Since we’re covering airbrushing I thought it would be appropriate to let you guys in on a little something that I’ve been working on. After seeing a repaint I’d done at the Bass-A-Thon in ‘08 I was contacted by Matt Newman about doing some baits for him. After a few weeks had passed I was introduced to the owner of Tru-Tungsten Dan Vesuvio and was asked to do a sample line of both painted and foiled baits. They gave me carte blanche to do various patterns that I thought would work. Below are a few of the samples that I came up with over the last month. Some of the baits are straight paint done by both airbrush and artists brushes while others were given a foil base to give more depth and natural flash.
Primer Coat
foiled Shad,Bluegill,Crappie,Chartreuse Shad,and Golden Shiner
foiled Black Crappie
Male Bluegill
Female Bluegill
foiled Clear Lake Hitch
foiled Blue Back Herring
foiled Juvenile/Wild Rainbow Trout
foiled Stocker and Green Stocker Rainbow Trout
Tackle Tour Shad or Threadfin Shad?
those are absolutely sick baits man, looks like you could put em in an aquarium!
Dang they sent you a lot of baits bro:)! Glad I could help. This guy can foil and paint better than anyone I’ve seen. Tons of detail and will bring any bait to life. Check out his photo album. Beyond sick!!!!! Very talented.
Very Nice Bro… blows the stock colors away.. I actually want to pick up a few more now.. whats playing on the old school boom box… Cali Girls by VH?
thanks for the feedback guys….if anything develops I’ll post it here
now i want a crappie all the sudden
Some folks just have talent… Amazing!!
Very nice…i also dig the blue gill
Jeebus! That male bluegill is on point
YEAHHH. Those are really good lookin’ baits. They should just leave you in charge of all the Tru-Tungsten paintings.
Nice! Thats tight!