Your instructional videos are so detailed and useful you seem to cover every detail ...... Their a great help for a beginner .... Thank you for your time making and posting them
Very impressed with your paint jobs! I used to paint them and I could never get a pumpkinseed pattern right. I never thought of an artists sponge. Have you ever tried Solarez as your top coat. It has worked well for me. Thanks for sharing your techniques with the rest of us.
What kind of material is your stencil made out of? I use paper and it’s terrible. Would love something plastic like the one you used. Love your videos!!!
Finished my first attempt to copy this bait. Sort of screwed up though. Went with a different clear coat, from Netcraft. Easier to use, but not as good. I also used the same color as my spots on the back. Oops. I didn't have the same color you had, so I mixed wicked brown and a wicked yellow something. Came out about the right color. If I could post pics, I'd show you. Just want to thank you for the tutorial. Really helps. You should do a standard bluegill next.
+suzy mcalister I did another version this morning and didn't screw it up as bad. I also when with the two part epoxy with glitter and it gives it a much better shine. Mixed the spot color the same, but I added a couple drops of pearlized copper to it. I likey :)
Hey man love the baits but is there any way you can do a video on your whole setup and everything you use for a crank bait what airbrush gun and everything that would be amazing and thanks
+Lure Me In Custom Painted Crankbaits please, this would be an amazing hobby for myself! Any books you recommend I've never air brushed before. Anyways I would love a list, to grasp a more in depth understanding of what I would need
Anytime that you put epoxy clear on your crankbait what I do is I used to heat gun to heat it up for a few seconds and it gives me more time to work with it and it comes out more glossy and shiny just try it and let us know what you think
I pop the eyes out then using a fine grit sandpaper I lightly sand the bait. You do not need to remove the paint. Then spray your white base/primer coat
Thank you. What if the eyes are painted on? You have a technique for painting eyes? Could I put on eyes even though the bait wasn't balanced for those kind of eyes.
That clear coat is it ok if I use vanish? or Epoxy is better? I’m using it for my shrimp hunter squid jig it cost a fair bit and can’t find them no more so I don’t want to destroy it I only use it once got 2 squid and see bite marks already
Uncle Darren I don’t know much about varnish. I used to use Epoxy but now I’m using KBS Diamond Clear Coat. One part. Just dip and hang. I recommend 2 coats
Lure Me In Custom Painted Crankbaits I think I better stick with Epoxy everyone using it is it the one you buy in the hardwares with the two pump glue I can’t send pictures on here so can’t show you what it looks like just want to be 100% sure cause I’m going to do all of them
Lure Me In Custom Painted Crankbaits what do you call it in the hardware is it just called kbs glue? Sorry new at this I normally just buy the jig and fish away but I’m using a collection squid jig don’t want to destroy it
To view the alternate technique of applying the brown spots since the video was out of frame, visit our facebook fan page. facebook.com/luremeincrankbaits
How artistic do you need to be to airbrush hard baits at all? i'm interested in starting to do this but if these come out anything like any of my drawings then it won't be worth the investments
Tom Laicher Im not an artist by trade or anything. I learned by starting to watch RU-vid videos like mine then practicing a lot and trial n error. I have a good sense though of how to choose colors that match a reference photo of a fish.
+suzy mcalister The clear coat is on Amazon. It's Devcon 2 Ton 30 minute epoxy. Realistically you only have about 8 minutes so that equates to about 2 baits
+suzy mcalister sorry I misunderstood. I thought you meant clear coat. But the Medea Airbrush cleaner can be found at Dick Blicks Air Supply in the store or online. I'm sure it's online too such as www.chicagoairbrushsupply.com
Use Scotch tape or clear packing tape instead of painters tape so you can see where your lining up the black Gill color. Don't remove the bill tape until after clear coating so you don't get clear coat on the bill. But great colors and great pattern looks really good.
Russell Devane Both those tapes leave residue and difficult to take off. Also I dip my entire bait in clear coat including the bill to prevent the bill from chipping or cracking.
Lure Me In Custom Painted Crankbaits all you have to do is before you put the shipping tape on, is put it on your shirt or pants or something and get a lot of the sticky off then you can use it and see what you're doing and it won't leave residue. Works great for me and cuts down on mistakes
If you put glitter in your epoxy, it gives it a milky tone...That's why I shake it on after..then I do another coat...And too much of epoxy will make your lure yellow..
+Lure Me In Custom Painted Crankbaits Who commonly would carry this. I just recently got a air brush and the the clear coat was the only thing I struggled to find. Also I'm curious about your holder and where I can get one of them
