SW Lures Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 (edited) I read a comment made by a member and got to thinking. Hard to believe I know. For a little fun here goes, What is the hardest scheme for you to paint? With that asked, what is the must productive scheme you do? For me the hardest is a real color of a craw that's common around here. A brownish red back with green appearing on the sides near the belly. The belly to me is cream color. The most productive is a dark green tiger with a brown belly mixed from pearl black and a pearl red. The back is a black with a dusting of pineapple pearl. This gives the look of a dark shiny green. The sides are a changing green, several transparent greens. Mainly a moderate shade of green. Especially productive this time of the year with a stained water. Farm land run off from the fields. I thought this would be fun topic to chat about, Dale Edited March 29, 2016 by DaleSW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Up here on the Delta, delta red is the most productive. My favorite overall scheme is a transparent silver shad with violet back, but that's a clear water SoCal color. The hardest for me is just about anything. I am not painter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRammit Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Hardest pattern for me... All of them (ha ha!).... Im always proud of my lures until i get the paint brush out But i dont give up easy... Wasted alot of perfectly good cardboard practicing, finally making progress I would like to get a good bluegill pattern down... Those things are all over where i fish! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW Lures Posted March 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 I just picked the worst, never said I was good at none. Ha ha I'm with you two, I try to do better each time. Violet black sounds like a interesting color Mark. I want to do a wooden bluegill lure soon. Yeah they are everywhere I think JR. Dale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikePaintsBaits Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 I'd Have To Said , A Really Good Bluegill Pattern. Blending Colors Is Always A Tough One. I'm Just A Maybe Average Painter. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bois d'Arc Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 For me the Pumpkinseed Bream is by far the most difficult to paint. All the dots, spots and streaks of color combine to make a prettycomplex pattern. There are huge numbers of shad in my area lakes so the most productive scheme is shad on silver foil. Goes something like this: white belly, grey upper sides, blue/green/copper back, yellow along the lateral line, pinkish lower gills, gold upper gills and eye sockets, flat black kill dot, light mist of burnt orange on the throat. Very effective during the summer and early fall months when the shad school up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 The hardest for me is just about anything. I am not painter! X2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodkaman Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 There is some stunning bluegill paint jobs in the gallery. True artists. Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osutodd Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 I struggle with crawdad patterns. Still haven't done one I like. And oddly enough, sexy shad is difficult for me. My idea of what I want is so narrow that it's never good enough. Bluegills, on the other hand, I love my results. It's basically "let's see what this looks like." They're all different and unique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverotter Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 there is little tricks you can use to make them seeds, gills, and craws easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joetheplumber Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 X2 on the Pumpkin Seed,I never have painted one that I liked. Craw patterns are a pain as well but I don't think there is really a wrong way to do one. I love Blue Gill patterns but I think my favorite of all is a Blue Back Shad pattern I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrybait Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 To me it seems like hard paint jobs are easy and easy paint jobs are hard. I can paint a great looking rainbow trout and always seem to get a nice job on a blue gill pattern (haven't tried pumkinseed thou). Then I try a shad pattern and I am on about my seventh generation shad pattern and still not satisfied. Then a friend wanted me to paint a glide bait like the Lucky Craft Ghost Minnow. I said no problem I will have it for you in a couple days. Now, I have scrubbed off my 6th attempt and just can't get a satisfactory job done on it. About to give up on it and move on. I'm probably running into the same problems the previous post had with sexy shad. Looks easy paints hard, looks hard paints easy. Barry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverotter Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 wildest hardest thing I ever painted was the original by Dakota lake outdoors. I painted it like a grasshopper. took quite a few hours to paint all the detail. had to use erasing techniques and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrogAddict Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 Bluegill for me. I can't seem to get it right. But I am not good at painting. I have an Iwata Revolution but it has a .5 mm tip and doing details can be difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 Realistic patterns are the toughest in my opinion. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinHanses Posted April 2, 2016 Report Share Posted April 2, 2016 My toughest pattern to paint is probably a real bluegill. 11-12 different colors, plus the layering. My most productive is what I called the "Heart Attack." It's a very simple white bait with a red EKG graph painted on it... (2nd from bottom) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW Lures Posted April 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2016 I have been away for few days and I have not had a chance to post until now. I have to say, you people are right about the bluegills in general. I’m going to give a shoot at a Bluegill design and paint it soon. The manufactures bluegill blanks are ok but I just want to give it a go. I am a naturelist at painting as I have said in the past. But I do like to go “abstract" painting at times. I guess thats what you call it. But that Heart Attack I like it and the others are interesting to Kevin, very nice work . LOL, for me I call when I go abstract, “I’m going crazy, having fun”. I like looking at the “art work” of all baits, from beginners to advance paintings. Some will make you smile and some will make you go WOW. My style to me is not necessarily the way to go, it’s just something I like to do. I do appreciate a nice bit of work no matter what level of the painter it is or what type it is. Thats why I started this thread. Being a naturalist in painting, adding the designing of the baits has added a new level of getting the natural look I want, that’s why I came to TU. I enjoy every day when I get to work on a lure now. Yeah I know I got the BUG! Anyways I’m heading out in a few days and put my work to the test. Water is right, weather should be good to great (some rain is ok). I will give these lures that I made a good run thru. The gizzard is the primary one, this is the one I came here to design. The other one is a new design I made. Haven’t never seen one quite like it before. I hope to catch a nice fish on it, I’ll post the gizzard with the fish if I do. Keep up the posts, I’ll may stop in at times, thanks. Cheers and take care, By the way I’m the one on the right! At least in a day or two. Dale 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuskyGary Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Everything that, reqiires shadeing is hard for me! I'm color blind to shades (can't pass a color dot test). That being said; I'm finding it's better to use transparent colors than opaque. Well, try, try, try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikePaintsBaits Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Hey Riverrotter What Little Tricks Are You Talking About , Could You Please Share. Thanks Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txmedic033 Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 The "heart attack" looks good, but it doesn't look like a heart attack. Give it some ST elevation and end it with a flat line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SVT-Power Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 The hardest for me is a realistic Crappie. A lot of painters share my frustration with that color scheme. There's just something about the green that's near impossible to get right. It always looks toyish or more of a baby bass color. My most recent crappie for a customer didn't look right to me, but He loved it and that's what matters. I kept it simple and used black,white,pearl white and gold pearls on fins, gill area and misted it on the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverotter Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 Hey Riverrotter What Little Tricks Are You Talking About , Could You Please Share. Thanks Mike what was ya trying to make. I'll try to help ya out. may have to pm me. I don't think we're supposed to oust pics for reference here are we? Hey Riverrotter What Little Tricks Are You Talking About , Could You Please Share. Thanks Mike what was ya trying to make. I'll try to help ya out. may have to pm me. I don't think we're supposed to oust pics for reference here are we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRammit Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 I don't think we're supposed to oust pics for reference here are we? Actually that's what pics are supposed to be used for in the forums..... A picture says a thousand words, as long as it doesnt say "what do yall think of this" 166.66666667 times.... Its fine here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW Lures Posted April 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 My scheme of a shad turned out great. The rock fish liked the scheme also. The shading was the issue. Now I have to work on the way the bait does while trolling. Someone wrote in a thread that cranking a bait in is different then trolling. He/She was exactly correct! Lesson learnt. Dale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougarftd Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 I think the bluegill is the most challenging ....I've worked on that one most over the years. I use 14 color changes in mine (that's where the challenge comes in...lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
