arapaima taxidermy completed😁😁

[jiyulsin]

I've completed the arapaima taxidermy that I've been making since last time

White and red are all paint brushes

I could make the eyes in a new way and produce better quality


I've completed the coloring with considerable satisfaction

This taxidermy will be used as a gift for someone who has helped me a lot

Before and after coloring

 

[Hendre]

What incredible work! It looks purely gorgeous and I am certain that it will be a treasured gift.
If I may ask, how do you process and preserve the fish before painting?

 

[jiyulsin]

What incredible work! It looks purely gorgeous and I am certain that it will be a treasured gift.
If I may ask, how do you process and preserve the fish before painting?

I'll answer you a way for the public to follow
After removing all the leather except the head, remove the leather and then remove the water by immersing it in alcohol. Then fill it with like a newspapers and naphthalene, dry it for 2 months and then coat it with varnish, transparent acryl or paint

This method is a little different from what I use.

 

[FJB]

Amazing! Awesome work!

 

[fishguy1978]

Looks really good. I would put it in a place of honor.

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

were do you get your specimens from your own collection after they pass away or are they donations?

 

[jiyulsin]

were do you get your specimens from your own collection after they pass away or are they donations?

Both are applicable! I only use dead fish

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

jiyulsin Good that you only use living fish I think its disgusting how some people kill fish just to have them as trophys could we see some pics of your living collection?

 

[deeda]

Beautiful job jiyulsin !

 

[jiyulsin]

Beautiful job jiyulsin !

Thank you