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| Discuss the trade here; talk about the finer points of Basement Bait building and custom painting. Beav will love this forum, and he's offline with a computer problem! Thanks to muskienightmare for the concept and request. Enjoy! |
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Location: the Netherlands | Hi,fellow builders i'm building myself and am struggeling, how to do a crappie patern.
the black spots,how do i,you do that??
can someone explain me how to do this??
thx your nevr to old to learn
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| Richard,
Try a sea sponge.Real uneven and jagged like.Dip it into black and lightly apply to bait.Makes the splotchy marks. Hope this helps. Steve |
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Location: the Netherlands | Why didn't i think off that thx,i will give it a shot.
Richard |
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Location: Duluth, MN - Superior, WI | Good idea, muskienightmare on the custom bait building forum!!
Richard,
Also, try other things like napkin or flower from the craft dep. gives a different look.
-Corey
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| Great forum!! And thanks for the crappie pattern question, I was wondering that too. |
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Location: Oregon | I do all of tiny marks on my painted version with an airbrush. I have tried the sponge idea and had trouble with it.........maybe it's time to try again.
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Location: Duluth, MN - Superior, WI | Jed,
I also had problems with the sponge. That is why I use some of the other things that I mentioned.
Give a paper towel a try. Crumple it up and dip in paint on a cardboard cutout and dab it on another spot to work in the paint and even it out.
-Corey
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| I do my crappie patterns using a short piece of rope (the white braided kind that is usually sold as anchor rope...NOT NYLON). I fray the ends a little bit and then just dab them in paint and then dab the end of the rope where i want my spots. This gives a nice irregular broken up pattern. |
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Location: the Netherlands | Thx guy's i'll give it a go.
when i'm done i will post a picture.
this was my crappie immitation till now. 
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Location: Des Moines IA | Whoo HOO!!!!! A new Forum! Good goin Nightmare!!!!!! |
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Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water | This is awesome! I can't believe how quickly this is taking off! Thanx Steve! |
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Location: Appleton,WI | cut your spong on the band saw into a thin piece and spray thru the sponge! |
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Location: Eden Prairie & Pine Island | Here's one done with the sponge technique.
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Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water | Gman, that's sharp, man! |
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Location: the Netherlands | Looking smooth,is this done with the slice of sponge?
or with the dip version?
thx again Richard |
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Location: Duluth, MN - Superior, WI | Looks great Gman!! Did you cut the sponge?
-Corey
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Location: Eden Prairie & Pine Island | This particular lure was done by my painter, known on these boards as Cast-n-Blast. I'll see if I can get him to post more of an explanation here. The guy is awesome! |
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Location: North Metro | Thanks G. The crappie is quite easy, but you have to be a bit careful not to load up the sponge with too much paint. I also like to dab the loaded sponge onto another piece of paper to get the excess paint out of it so as not to get too much paint on the lure. Find a sponge that has a varied texture to it, I like one that has smaller points as well as larger openings on it. Real sea wool sponges only. Paint your silver, then a lighter spray of purple, and when dry, sponge on your black flecks, put the red on for gills and black down the back and you're done! |
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Location: the Netherlands | Guy's i like your opinion,i did a crappie with the slice of sponge,diped it in black,then on a piece of paper
t'ill most paint was off.
see the result.
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Location: Des Moines IA | looks like a bleeding crappie ....... I'd say you've completed your task. Might try to find a "finer" sponge to get smaller "specs" .... |
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