VERY VERY NICE
I was recently approached by a guy who wouldn’t take no for an answer. He was in my shop with a buddy to pick up a 30 inch walleye reproduction. He showed me a single photo on his phone. He said I want you to do this peacock bass. I told him every way I could I was backed up. He said I don’t care how long or how much!
So quite some time and a serious amount of work later, here it is. This repro came with no head or fins attached. I had to assemble it, epoxy everything together, and paint it according to the one photo that was taken of the fish on a river in Brazil.
It is the first peacock bass I’ve ever done. You can get 20 reference photos of peacock bass and absolutely none will match any of the others.
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I just noticed, as is the case with most fish taxidermy, the colors are much lighter in the photos than to the eye. I painted a huge black crappie a few years ago and it looked wonderful under my daylight flor lights in the shop. I had it cleared and ready to go on the habitat and decided to take it out into the sunlight. One look at it and I stripped every bit of paint off and repainted it! I looked nothing like I had intended it to. Of course most fish mounts will never see sunlight but I wasn't happy and unless I'm happy, it doesn't leave my shop.
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Amazing job. First on accommodating the customer and second on the end result. You should be very proud.
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M R Dux LIKED above post
Amazing and awesome work.
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It's not the numbers or the size, it's the time spent on the water!M R Dux LIKED above post
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Proud Member of Team Geezer... authorized by: billbob and "G"M R Dux LIKED above post