Ready For Finishing... 5 Cape Buffalo Taxidermy

[harden]

2 Shoulder mounts, 1 Pedestal and 1 double pedestal.....No finishing one yet. Now to rebuilt all the soft tissue area's , inner nose , eyes , inner ears, nose pad and the bosses connecting to the skin then Airbrush and Finish out painting.

 

[revturbo9967]

is this the normal conditions of the capes when they come in?

 

[harden]

Yep everyone all the time, These are pretty good. Most are worse.

 

[revturbo9967]

Yep everyone all the time, These are pretty good. Most are worse.

thats pretty disappointing . i had no idea they look that bad when they come in

 

[cagkt3]

Dennis is a magician or wizard or something like that. They will look fantastic when he gets done.

 

[revturbo9967]

yes his work is beautiful. not all taxidermist do this though .

 

[harden]

here is one of these finished and this is not only a cape buffalo issue lot of african common with hair loss and damage. It takes an ARTIST to repair them and fix not just a taxidermist

https://www.africahunting.com/threads/before-after-cape-buffalo.44425/

 

[Brent in Az]

Wow! Magnificent work as always!

I like that old white faced Bull. Excellent detail!