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Post by jwj4856 on Oct 13, 2006 12:37:03 GMT -5
This is a pic of a catfish I did for my wife, it is a skin mount with cast head and fins.  |
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Post by trkyman on Oct 13, 2006 19:30:50 GMT -5
really nice,i dnt kno wut the fish originally loked like,and i kno they r hard tp make realistic,but u may want to add alittle more gray,exellent job tho ;D
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Post by jwj4856 on Oct 13, 2006 21:20:44 GMT -5
no more gray needed, we took about 15 pics when she caught it and it is painted exactly as in pics, blue cats in this part of country are more blue than gray.
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Post by trkyman on Oct 14, 2006 8:45:13 GMT -5
oh ok,neat lookin fish,down here they r all gray or brown
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Post by circleh on Oct 14, 2006 8:48:05 GMT -5
Nice. I haven't tried a cat yet I was told that I would be wasting my time using the skin, and that I should do a mold instead. Was it very difficult to do? What did you use as a filler?
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Post by jwj4856 on Oct 14, 2006 14:12:17 GMT -5
The skinning was a little harder than other fish since no scales and thin skin, just have to take time and patience, degrease real well and I preserved in den alch, I cast the head and fins since head is the greasiest part of fish anyway, carved the body, covered with caulking to fill any little voids in my carving and let dry. Surprisingly it turned out really well.
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Post by circleh on Oct 15, 2006 9:44:14 GMT -5
I might give a try next year with a channel cat out of my pond. I got some nice size ones in there. Thanks
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Derek
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Post by Derek on Oct 17, 2006 8:57:07 GMT -5
nice cat jw, I think its the first skin mount cat I've seen that didnt have some kind of shrinkage in the skin, you must have done a very good job fleshing it. its nice to see some taxidermists taking that little bit of extra time to put out a real quality mount. great job, hope the wife loves it, Derek
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Post by trkyman on Oct 20, 2006 6:11:13 GMT -5
That's really nice jwj. I always heard a skin mount catfish cant be done, but now I see that it can.
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Post by jwj4856 on Oct 20, 2006 12:22:39 GMT -5
Yes it can be done but it is not really worth it for a commercial mount, at least in my opinion, you do have to cast the head and it is a pain to skin and flesh, then you ahve to carve the body, so for commercial I will just use replicas from now on but this one was special si I did a skin mount on it.
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Post by lemonadewhistle on Oct 31, 2006 14:39:37 GMT -5
I know I'm late, but that is one of the best catfish mounts that I have ever seen, I love the pose and its coloring. Great Job. =)
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Post by jwj4856 on Oct 31, 2006 20:39:23 GMT -5
Thanks, and it is never too late to gove someone a compliment, we all like to hear them.
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Post by tylerdeloach32 on Jan 1, 2008 20:03:19 GMT -5
Wow very nice cat. I like the blue a lot. Looks GREAT!
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Post by cecil on Jan 22, 2008 23:22:05 GMT -5
Wow that catfish is impressive for a skin mount with all the rib details and all. If I had to bet with somone I would have said it was a replica.
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Post by mrs on Jan 23, 2008 8:07:00 GMT -5
I thought it was a replica. I've only seen one other skin mount catfish and it was quite poor. I was told that doing a catfish as a replica was the ONLY way to go. Obviously not. Great job!  |
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? Looking for a wayto fix broken fins on already mounted fish...And how to blend the color to match the fish already painted??? need some help please!!!!!
Sept 13, 2014 21:11:16 GMT -5
? Looking for a wayto fix broken fins on already mounted fish...And how to blend the color to match the fish already painted??? need some help please!!!!!
Sept 13, 2014 21:11:16 GMT -5