Another Pedestal elk mount out the door for Charlies Taxidermy!

[bowsandhose]

hope mine turns out better than that  JK. looks like he is ready to kick some butt. nice work

[bucklucky]

hope mine turns out better than that  JK. looks like he is ready to kick some butt. nice work

Yours WILL turn out better than that one , trust me  Your bull could be on a crapy mount and look good, no ones gona look at the maount anyway, they'll be looking at the horns 

[MichaelJ]

Great work Charlie!  I'm just curious but did you ever get pics/story into a mag for your bull or not???

Michael

[bucklucky]

Not yet man. I started my story but havent finished it yet.

[Little John]

You need to get that story into Eastmans and win a pair of Swarovskis. Then you can sell tour other pair to me.

[bucklucky]

Wish my pictures were good enough for the cover.

[archery288]

I keep checking my inbox everyday looking for the story.... I have yet to see one... 

[bucklucky]

Jon, I might have to get you to write it for me 

[bowsandhose]

mine too jon 

[bowhunter/taxidermest]

hey bucklucky i was wondering how you make the facial detail pop out like the viens im kinda new to the big game stuff,  i know that you can by the pre made bodies that have the facial details but i didnt think that htey stood out that much is that a injecter like with birds feet or clay? pm me if you want to, thanks

[bucklucky]

All the detail is done with a rifflers wrasp , wood wrasps,  saw, some times a knife to get started. Epoxie sculpt is also used on the face, and really good hide paste. There is also alot of facial mods that will go into the mount also. Depends on the form and heads being used. Use your imagination and pay close attention when caping critters. Hint: When caping keep all the muscle on the head itself and not the cape, the eyes are the hardest but if you take your time you will learn alot about the head itself.

[Houndhunter]

didnt like it till i read what you said, now it makes sense to me. looks good, cant wait to see what that blacktail is gonna look like

[bowhunter/taxidermest]

thanks im going to practice with my elk from this last year. i think that im going to practice on a form that i have laying around here to what i want it to look like. there are some that just people over do the detail work and it just dosent look right, im no hard nose when it comes to detail but i want it to look right and that elk you get some kudos points with me cuase that thing is just perfect. cant wait to see some of your others do you have any deer pics or other elk pics that have good detail that i can refrence from?

[bucklucky]

Truthfully , use live picture for referance not someone elses work. My work is far from perfect. I tend to overdue some things for eye apeal. You can look back in the taxidermy section and see some other mounts I have posted the past couple of years. Live still pictures of the critter you going to mount is the best referance you can have besides the live animal in your barn yard  . Its hard to find the perfect referance sometimes especially on veins on the face. They just dont show very often, or if they do its just slight. My veining on that mount is over done . Its not correct. I could tear that mount apart with everything that is wrong if you want me to  Thats the best way to learn and get better. The wrinkles in the neck are perfect though . I have a long way to go to get where I want to be .

[bowhunter/taxidermest]

that is true though with anybody that respects there mounts and the hardwork that they stick into them, your neck is good but i truley like the way that you did the viens. though you may not like them and they are over done a little that still turned out to be a great piece of worksmans ship.