Global Moderator 12poundbass Posted February 7, 2018 Global Moderator Posted February 7, 2018 What did you have to give him for the fish, length, girth, and weight plus picture? Quote
22RangerZ520R Posted February 7, 2018 Author Posted February 7, 2018 1 minute ago, 12poundbass said: What did you have to give him for the fish, length, girth, and weight plus picture? Yes sir, all of the above. Length, girth, weight and tons of pics.... He's going to start my PB smallie soon too, can't wait to see the driftwood layout options and final colors on that one too!!! 1 Quote
Global Moderator 12poundbass Posted February 7, 2018 Global Moderator Posted February 7, 2018 10 minutes ago, 18RangerZ520L said: Yes sir, all of the above. Length, girth, weight and tons of pics.... He's going to start my PB smallie soon too, can't wait to see the driftwood layout options and final colors on that one too!!! Do you know if he makes his own blanks? I looked at his site but it didn't say. Quote
22RangerZ520R Posted February 7, 2018 Author Posted February 7, 2018 4 minutes ago, 12poundbass said: Do you know if he makes his own blanks? I looked at his site but it didn't say. No he doesn't make his own blanks, but he does modify them quite a bit. He replaced a couple fins on my largemouth and had to rework a part of the back of the largemouth. He told me he is going to have to replace a few fins on my smallie, because the ones that came with the mold didn't look good... Quote
BillP Posted February 9, 2018 Posted February 9, 2018 Wow is that beautiful. That taxidermist is awesome Quote
22RangerZ520R Posted February 9, 2018 Author Posted February 9, 2018 7 hours ago, BillP said: Wow is that beautiful. That taxidermist is awesome Thanks. It's Dave Campbell - www.davecampbellfish.com Quote
XzyluM Posted February 10, 2018 Posted February 10, 2018 That is going to be one awesome replica. The details look amazing. Quote
22RangerZ520R Posted February 10, 2018 Author Posted February 10, 2018 14 hours ago, XzyluM said: That is going to be one awesome replica. The details look amazing. Thanks. I have a skin mount on the wall now of a 7lb I caught back in high school and this replica slaughters it!!! I'm dying now to see it in person and see what he does with my smallie! Quote
Super User WRB Posted February 10, 2018 Super User Posted February 10, 2018 Good to see a replica artist work, beautiful detail you made the right choice. My NLMB skin mount was back in 1971 and looks it! My FLMB (avatar) was back in 1993 and looks as good today as it did when new, except some fin damage from a earthquake. Enjoy your mounts they bring back good memories every time you look at them. Tom Quote
22RangerZ520R Posted February 11, 2018 Author Posted February 11, 2018 18 hours ago, WRB said: Good to see a replica artist work, beautiful detail you made the right choice. My NLMB skin mount was back in 1971 and looks it! My FLMB (avatar) was back in 1993 and looks as good today as it did when new, except some fin damage from a earthquake. Enjoy your mounts they bring back good memories every time you look at them. Tom Yes sir, I'm looking forward to getting them both up on the wall! I haven't seen any other replica mount companies with the amount of detail that Dave Campbell has on his fish. Quote
Super User WRB Posted February 11, 2018 Super User Posted February 11, 2018 There are a few true artisans regarding fish mounts that create life like replicas of bass. Robert Munos of Roberts Trophy Fish mounts was one of the best around but he retired. Coloration differs depending on where the bass is caught, how deep and types vegetation plus the stress it's under when photographed. Our bass out west tend to have less chartreuse highlites and more contrasting coloration with pearl white bellies, pronounced lateral line darker greens with highlites above the lateral line do to our deep clear water lakes. Having each scale painted with multiple color shades makes a replica mount look alive and it should stay looking great for a very long time. Tom Quote
22RangerZ520R Posted February 12, 2018 Author Posted February 12, 2018 11 hours ago, WRB said: There are a few true artisans regarding fish mounts that create life like replicas of bass. Robert Munos of Roberts Trophy Fish mounts was one of the best around but he retired. Coloration differs depending on where the bass is caught, how deep and types vegetation plus the stress it's under when photographed. Our bass out west tend to have less chartreuse highlites and more contrasting coloration with pearl white bellies, pronounced lateral line darker greens with highlites above the lateral line do to our deep clear water lakes. Having each scale painted with multiple color shades makes a replica mount look alive and it should stay looking great for a very long time. Tom Yeah, Dave painted each scale one at a time! Most of the other companies I researched just did a quick overall air brush paint job with zero scale detail. I'm glad I went with Dave Campbell! Quote
22RangerZ520R Posted February 21, 2018 Author Posted February 21, 2018 Got it in yesterday, and WOW. It looks even better in person... I can't wait to see my smallie he's doing as we speak... Mad props to Dave Campbell, his work is PHENOMINAL!!! My largemouth made his website for an example of his "master grade" work. The first three pics are of the completed mount before he shipped it. The last pic with blue wall is her final resting spot in my office! 3 Quote
Global Moderator 12poundbass Posted February 21, 2018 Global Moderator Posted February 21, 2018 Looks good! Can't wait to see the smallie. Quote
BillP Posted February 22, 2018 Posted February 22, 2018 What an awesome mount. Well worth the money Quote
22RangerZ520R Posted February 22, 2018 Author Posted February 22, 2018 19 hours ago, 12poundbass said: Looks good! Can't wait to see the smallie. Thanks! I'll post the smallie driftwood options when he gets to that point on that mount... 10 hours ago, BillP said: What an awesome mount. Well worth the money Yes sir, worth every penny! Quote
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