>>2153844Fresh, looked like mostly small mouth from the pics
>>2153627An airbrush is key, it’s pricey but I recommend a UV light activated epoxy for your finish clear coat. You can build a “curing bucket” with some tinfoil and black light LED strips off of Amazon. I’m still very amateur and lures is a side quest in my painting so I just order cheap clear plastic crank baits. Invest in white primer so your paint sticks and looks bright, I use Vallejo. Get experimental like spraying over fishnets, string, doilies for easy patterns. Remeber fish fundamentals like a whiteish belly. I forget the name but the little clear rudder in front of the bait, be sure to buff it with a very high grit sand paper or sanding straw so the epoxy cures clear on it.
I come from a nerdy warhammer painting background so I already had a lot of paint colors, just buy colors you like at first. YouTube is an amazing resource to learn, I stumbled across a guy named Baker builds and he has some really nice beginner videos.
If I can be a devil on your shoulder, pull the fucking trigger homie, learning to paint and art in general has been the most fulfilling thing in my life and I’m very happy for it.
Can’t stress the YouTube/baker builds enough. You will learn all you need to know from a little research. Start up cost can be a little over whelming but skill and experience will give you cheap tricks and make it worth it.
