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Quick Masking for Painting Duck Feet
Posted by Randy Turner - Lone Star Taxidermy Supply Co. on 1/25/2012 to Quick-N-Easy Tips
When doing any airbrushing on waterfowl mounts, overspray is always a concern. A quick, effective way to keep overspray at bay is to take a piece of paper (like a notepad), tear/cut a line to about midway on the paper. Enlarge the end of the cut slightly, creating a hole a little smaller than the diameter of the leg (pic1).
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Slip the leg into the slit in the paper all the way to the hole in middle. Put a piece of tape on the paper to hold the edges together. (pic 2)

Paint as usual, remove paper. For some reason doing it this way works better than trying to use tape alone. You always seem to have a very sharp, unrealistic line where the paint stop when using tape. Either that, or still end up with paint on the leg feathers. Works great on flying or standing mounts.
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Greg Capshew Date 2/13/2012 12:17:16 PM
An easier way to paint your feet is to take them off the bird . Yeap all the way off , I wire them and inject them with masters blend , pose them ... Let them dry and then paint them .... Its very simple and saves time in the long run ......... No paint on feather issues with this method . Its just like using a fake head , once you've done a few you'll wonder why you hadn't done it this way long ago . Just my 2 cents
 
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