I decided I was going to mount 2 of the big gobblers I killed this year. 1 is going to be a dead turkey mount and the other is going to be a walking limb mount. So I bought 2 freeze dried heads from Cally Morris and got them in the mail today. I couldn't contain myself so I fired up the air compressor and started painting. This is the first freeze dried head I have painted and I like it. I can't wait to mount the turkey now. I'll do that when I get back from my SD/WY hunt. What do you think?
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I know it didn't look exactly dead, they actually look ugly after their shot, but I didn't want to make it look ugly either. I did add some purple where the blood sets. I do need to tone the red down a little. I was torn between making it look dead/ugly or making it look good. Thanks for the input. It was my first freeze dried head to paint.
OK I made it a little more dead. I should probably add some white spots to the red carnucles but I think I'll just leave it.
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My opinion doesn't matter much, but I still think it looks great!
Looks like you did a great job :)
Looks good Joe! Does look more like a dead turkey head now.
Joe, Do you have a VCR player? If your interested (and it would not offend me if your not), I have a Cally Morris Turkey Head Painting VCR Tape that was recorded during a seminar at the World Taxidermy Show several years ago and sold by WASCO. I don't have a VCR player any longer and have no way of converting it to a dvd.
The head does look nice though. A little intense on the colors, but still a good job. A really nice touch is to clean as much of the paint off of the hairs and small feathers as possible and use a women's mascare (spelling??) brush to darken them. However, try to avoid the obvious brush strokes on the paint.
I do have a VCR player and would love to have it.
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Quote from: georgiaboy83 on April 26, 2011, 05:54:48 PM
That is a much better representational of a dead turkey head. :you_rock:
:agreed:
thats awesome man. keep em coming. dead turkey-look or not, its your mount and and if that suits you, well def looks good in my book.
Man unreal the first pics to the second set he is dead in the second set great work!
looks great, especially for your first !!