Lion Mounting | Finishing | Base Creation | Splitting Image Taxidermy
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- In this video you will see Splitting Image Taxidermy's taxidermist Gavin, Rose and Pox create a world class Lion Trophy mount from start to finish.
This video is divided into three sections. The first section showcases the mounting process of the lion. Making sure that the manikin is shaped to the right size to fit the skin. During this process you will also see how Gavin transforms the manikin to the desired pose that client requested.
In the next section, which is known as finishing, we see Rose doing the final touch ups on the Trophy. The finishing process usually starts 6 weeks the mounting process, this is to allow the trophy to dry completely. The skin of the trophy will be treated with a shampoo to make sure that it is nice and clean. Rose will then do some light putty work on areas of the skin where there might be some damage, usually around the eyes, mouth and nose. Once Rose has completed this, she will then do some airbrush layering on the face, to emphasise a more lifelike trophy.
This particular Taxidermy mount, the client requested to have his Lion mounted in full with habitat as the base. This habitat is created my our longest standing Taxidermist, Pox. In the process we see how Pox creates this habitat using two part foam, by pouring it over the base and shaping it into the desired "habitat."
0:00 Introduction
0:51 MANIKIN ALTERATION
3:02 SETTING EYES
3:07 SCULPTING FACIAL DETAILS
3:20 APPLYING SKIN
3:35 TUCKING THE EYES
3:39 TUCKING THE MOUTH
3:52 CLEANING AND CHECKING EYES
4:04 STITCHING THE SKIN
4:10 ROLLING THE SKIN TO REMOVE AIR BUBBLES UNDER THE SKIN
4:48 DUSTING
4:58 SHAMPOOING SKIN
5:12 FINAL PUTTY WORK
5:34 AIRBRUSH LAYERING
5:50 REMOVING EXCESS PAINT
5:58 POLISHING EYES
6:13 FINAL CONDITIONING & SEALANT
6:19 HAND FINISH
6:52 MARKING OUT HABITAT BASE
7:07 PLACING ANCHOR BLOCKS FOR MOUNT
7:18 WRAPPING PAWS FOR PROTECTION
7:28 REINFORCING MANIKIN
7:35 VARNISHING FULL MOUNT STAND
7:42 LAYERING TWO PART FOAM
7:54 SHAPING FOAM
8:18 MANUFACTURING ROCK HABITAT
8:27 PREPPING GRAVEL HABITAT
8:45 BLENDING HABITAT TO STAND
8:51 COLOURING SYNTHETIC ROCK
8:56 PLACING FINAL VEGITATION
9:02 POLISHING STAND
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It really takes a true artist to pull this off, great work!
Starts with an amazing animal. Look at that mane
@@izang5800 Oh absolutely. They did him justice, he looks so alive!
That was fantastic. Really enjoyed seeing these artists at work.
Thanks for watching @martin. Glad you enjoyed seeing the artists do what they do best.
💖💖💖💖WOOW this is gREAT😍 MY FATHER POX & MY teacher gavin up on this its lit amazing work guys GODGIVEN💛💛💛🎨 SIT🙏 MORE BLESSINGS
Definitely one of the better lion mounts I have seen
glad you enjoyed watching our talented craftsmen create beautiful works of art.
@@SplittingImageTaxidermy ও
The eyes are SO important. You guys nailed it.
Thanks Steve. Glad you enjoyed our quality craftsmanship
Love with their detailed work
Whoever makes the king of the beast using mounting Is the king of all arts
Beautiful job guys
The manikin still manages to look real, even without the skin
Lovely Lion king 👑
I need this 😍 incredible 👏🏻
Glad you like it!
凄すぎ！！
剥製でなくても、作れるんだ！！
awesome production all round
Much appreciated!
very good and very nice
I wish I knew about this when I was 18 I would of done it… I’ll still do it I love animals…
It's cool.
Grateeng from indonesia..! 🙏🙏
Incrível!!!!!!!!
Just plain brilliant
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watch
I really loved it ❤
Taxidermy is amazing, unless it's done for some hunter as a trophy for his kill, but i love seeing taxidermy in nowadays museums, for educational purposes with a deceased animal, or as an art contest. This is freaking beautiful
Well even if it is a Hunter who wants their kill to be taxidermy it isn't wrong, as long as all the other parts aren't put to waste and the meat is eaten I don't see what's wrong with it since its still getting a full use out of the whole animal
@@easypeezy03 Who eats lion meat?
@@frenchustubeyou never know, stranger things have happened before.😂
Fantastic......superb ....... stunning work......guys ....🙌🙌🤗🤗✨✨💜👍❤️
Thanks ✌️
Great job!
Thanks 😊 glad you enjoyed watching our talented craftsman
Wow beyond amazing, great jobbbb
That was fantastic.
Thank you
Why would they paint the rock around the lions foot and risk getting the foot covered in paint? When they could paint the rock, let it dry and then put the lion on?
very nice work.
Thank you very much!
If i hit the lotto i want one 👍👍
Amazing and Wow!!!
Thank you so much 😀
Very excellent. You men are good.
Thank you very much!
What are other options for a full-maned lion? Not everyone has the space for a full-body mount!
Shoulder wall mount, shoulder pedestal, half mount or a rug
the skin is a real lion skin???
That’s correct
🦁=😮😉👍
thanks for watching :)
How much does it cost
Hi Edward, thanks for watching. Contact us at info@splittingimagetaxidermy.co.za for all your Taxidermy enquiries
This is awesome! How much would this cost to buy?
You're looking at around 12k (US) for a full body african lion, maybe more
Have you guys ever competed in the world taxidermy championship?
Our head of art (Travis De villiers) has competed in many championships before and has won on multiple occasions.
it looked more realistic and wild before painting the nose and mouth...
Well, im sure the paint will wear out eventually
Nose is too black and why the hell does it seem like every full body mount the animal is standing on rocks.
Because it’s easy to hide the pole holding the actual mannequin up.
They should harvest animals for their pelts and make these realistic animal taxidermys and sell them so that everyone can have a life size realistic wild animal. It’d be so cool to have a realistic lion or elephant in your house. It could also maybe keep endangered animals breeding so that they don’t get extinct.
I thought you guys at least used the original bones and skull of the animal. this is dissapointing
It’s very rare anyone in modern taxidermy use the skeleton of animals. I think the only cases are horns and claws. Maybe teeth?
The name itself just means “Movement of skin”. All we do is use animal’s hide and glue it down. That way muscle definition easily mimics the irl conformation. I don’t think you’d nail the same look with only bones lol
Beautiful work but I don’t agree with trophy hunting at all.
This is so wrong
Why
You know professional taxidermist don't kill animals, right?
@@arsonkid1666 well that’s stupid I kill for the taxidermy
@@maddawg5016 but you're not the one who create the taxidermy so.. there's a difference between a hunter and a taxidermist
@@arsonkid1666 I do taxidermy and hunt