how did you get the stipple effect on the head? Did you use a tooth brush with paint on it and draw your finger across the bristles to get the effect? if that description makes any sense. I have used that technique to put the background stippling on pinball game cabinets that I have restored.
funny thing is I'm fixin to carve some wigeon and just last night I did a google surch for "Furia Spatter paint wigeon" to see what the spattering would look like on one. Well Done Bob, always a pleasure to see your work!