Dead turkey head painting

[TRKYHTR]

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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[TRKYHTR]

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.

[TRKYHTR]

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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[new2turkey]

My opinion doesn't matter much, but I still think it looks great!

[kenturkey89]

Looks like you did a great job

[sugarray]

Looks good Joe!  Does look more like a dead turkey head now.

[hobbes]

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.

[TRKYHTR]

I do have a VCR player and would love to have it.

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[bowhunter84]

That is a much better representational of a dead turkey head. 

[Ky strutt n bust n]

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.

[neal]

Man unreal the first pics to the second set he is dead in the second set great work!

[turkey slayer]

 looks great, especially  for your first !!