bucktails for people not fish

[gunnr]

I've been getting quite a few request from people asking me to do this stuff. I like how they turn out but it's kind of tough making them and knowing they'll probably never see water!

[Dark Cloud]

Those are pretty neat! They would make cool gifts...

Want to divulge how you make the blades?

[gunnr]

Pretty easy but a little time consuming. Paint the blade with a white basecoat, then with whatever color. You can leave it white if you're using a clear decal. Then I clearcoat it with Devcon 2T so the waterslide decal won't mess up the paint. Then when that's cured, I use a waterslide decal (they come in clear or white/opaque). After the decal has had time to dry, another coat of Devcon to protect the decal. They're built to fish with but I doubt any see water! If you need help with anything, or I wasn't clear on something, let me know.

[Bobb-o]

where do you get your waterslides from?

[gunnr]

Not sure where I got the waterslide decal paper - I did a search on it and there were quite a few places that sold it and I just found the cheapest one. The images are clip art and other images I had on the computer that I resized on my photo program.

[walleyemaniac]

Those are really cool, nice job!!

[chief]

Man, are those ever lifelike.

However, because they're so lifelike, the "Cubs" model only works in April and May, while the "Bears" offering does nothing after September.

[solbes]

Sweet work there