delawareswimbaits Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Been a long time lurker on this site, and figured I'd finally say hello. Name's Kenny, and I've been making lures for about a year now, and I learned a LOT from this site. Still do every time I log in. Anyways, here's a few lures I've done: From the left, we have: a billed wake bait, a suspending multi joint bait, a glide bait, and a lunker punker knock off. Here's a gill I'm working on: And another glide bait: As you can see, I've yet to buy and airbrush, I'm scared to ruin a lure after working so hard to get them this far haha. But I gotta learn somehow. I'm thinking of the Neo CN. Is it a decent starter airbrush? I'm also in the process of making my own silicone tail mold, so I won't have to use other companies tails. Here's some video of my wake bait: And my glide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x7efvvB8iM I'd like to get my glide bait to make a wider slalom but I'm not sure how to go about doing it. I know that bigger baits make a bigger slalom, but I don't want to really go past 8.5-9". Just gotta keep tinkering I guess. Wood is Poplar, except the wake bait, I did it in Cedar. 1.5" screw eyes, Owner Hyper Wire split rings, and Owner St-36 hooks. If I get bent out, I'll switch to 41's. Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself, throw my name out there, and maybe talk lures with some of you guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gone2long Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Welcome aboard! I started with a NEO but I would recommend either the revolution or the Eclipse as they handle thicker bodied paints. I'm a gravity fed fan as you don't need a ton of paint and you can run a gravity fed brush at much lower PSI settings giving more control and as a plus they clean up nicely. Nice baits and good luck getting them finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 I find that tightening up the joints helps in adjusting the slalom effect for glide baits. Sometimes less is more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkman Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 welcome homie, nice looking baits BTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 Delaware, Welcome to the site.We love seeing your work but it needs to go into the gallery ..Thanks..Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
