post your full body mounts here
11-19-2007, 11:07 AM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Roanoke, Virginia
Posts: 2,335
RE: post your full body mounts here
ORIGINAL: 8pt~Bowhunter
How much does a head mount cost?
ORIGINAL: TimberlandTaxidermy
Thanks, lifesize cats run $495.00, plus base. I think bobcats are my favorite thing to do.
Thanks, lifesize cats run $495.00, plus base. I think bobcats are my favorite thing to do.
11-20-2007, 01:41 AM
#13
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location:
Posts: 246
RE: post your full body mounts here
ORIGINAL: 1shotkill1993
ORIGINAL: 8pt~Bowhunter
How much does a head mount cost?
ORIGINAL: TimberlandTaxidermy
Thanks, lifesize cats run $495.00, plus base. I think bobcats are my favorite thing to do.
Thanks, lifesize cats run $495.00, plus base. I think bobcats are my favorite thing to do.
11-29-2007, 08:07 AM
#17
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Dover, PA USA
Posts: 5,497
RE: post your full body mounts here
Timberland,
IMO predators are the most difficult animals to truly bring out that "lifelike" look to them, they are just so expressive and every animal has it's own little nuances. I've seen some really funky ones and many times you can't quite put your finger on what looks wrong.
Those examples you have posted are OUTSTANDING! It's really hard to make those animals look "alive" and the eyes say so much more than something like a deer. VERY nice work. [:-]That stretching cat and bottom coyote especially really do look alive.
IMO predators are the most difficult animals to truly bring out that "lifelike" look to them, they are just so expressive and every animal has it's own little nuances. I've seen some really funky ones and many times you can't quite put your finger on what looks wrong.
Those examples you have posted are OUTSTANDING! It's really hard to make those animals look "alive" and the eyes say so much more than something like a deer. VERY nice work. [:-]That stretching cat and bottom coyote especially really do look alive.
11-29-2007, 09:16 AM
#18
Spike
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location:
Posts: 40
RE: post your full body mounts here
Timberland Taxidermy,
The first cat is hard to see the face detail. The second is spot on!Their are only a few taxidermists that have the talent to make the cat's facelook lifelike. The second picture with the stretched out cat is way underpriced for the quality of that work. I have personally visited Jan Van Hoesens studio in Northern Michigan and played with her pet lynx, bobcats and coyote.The bobcats that I had mounted in her studio, I had no problempaying $800 for a completed mount after seeing the quality of work. She has some of her pieces displayed in the Smithsonian museum and is revered as one of the best small mammal taxidermists in the world. She definately sets the bar high and I'm glad she has her own form making company to share her artisticly sculpted forms with everyone. Nice work, DREW
The first cat is hard to see the face detail. The second is spot on!Their are only a few taxidermists that have the talent to make the cat's facelook lifelike. The second picture with the stretched out cat is way underpriced for the quality of that work. I have personally visited Jan Van Hoesens studio in Northern Michigan and played with her pet lynx, bobcats and coyote.The bobcats that I had mounted in her studio, I had no problempaying $800 for a completed mount after seeing the quality of work. She has some of her pieces displayed in the Smithsonian museum and is revered as one of the best small mammal taxidermists in the world. She definately sets the bar high and I'm glad she has her own form making company to share her artisticly sculpted forms with everyone. Nice work, DREW
11-29-2007, 10:08 PM
#20
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Posts: 246
RE: post your full body mounts here
ORIGINAL: Matt / PA
Timberland,
IMO predators are the most difficult animals to truly bring out that "lifelike" look to them, they are just so expressive and every animal has it's own little nuances. I've seen some really funky ones and many times you can't quite put your finger on what looks wrong.
Those examples you have posted are OUTSTANDING! It's really hard to make those animals look "alive" and the eyes say so much more than something like a deer. VERY nice work. [:-]That stretching cat and bottom coyote especially really do look alive.
Timberland,
IMO predators are the most difficult animals to truly bring out that "lifelike" look to them, they are just so expressive and every animal has it's own little nuances. I've seen some really funky ones and many times you can't quite put your finger on what looks wrong.
Those examples you have posted are OUTSTANDING! It's really hard to make those animals look "alive" and the eyes say so much more than something like a deer. VERY nice work. [:-]That stretching cat and bottom coyote especially really do look alive.