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11 January 2007, 05:05
george roofAir Lions
Earlier someone asked to see some more picturs of lions. Dennis Harris of Artistry of Wildlife in Detroit had entrusted me with some in-progress pictures of his imaginative piece. If you are an SCI member, the Air Lions are in the center of the magazine. Two lionesses are taking down a gemsbok while a huge maned male is charging in to clean up. Of all 4 animals there is only TWO spots where the mounts touch the base of the display. One of those points is the male's back foot. No other animals feet touches the base. I saw it being done in pictures he entrusted to me and I see the finished mount. I just don't happen to believe it's possible.
Dennis has just posted pictures of the on
www.taxidermy.net/forums and you click on "Taxidermy Industry". Look for "Air Lions"
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11 January 2007, 09:37
jdsThat's awesome!
Here's a link directly to the thread:
http://www.taxidermy.net/forum/index.php/topic,13795.0.htmlJDS
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11 January 2007, 09:39
yukon deltaThat's amazing. As stated, the welder was top notch to pull that off.
Here's the link...
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11 January 2007, 09:41
yukon deltaWe had the same idea JDS...
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11 January 2007, 16:41
bo-n-aroGreat work!
That is a fine example of showing that a good taxidermist needs to be part engineer along with being an artist.
11 January 2007, 21:35
Aspen Hill AdventuresIt is very nice but the lionesses look fat.
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11 January 2007, 21:44
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12 January 2007, 02:56
Use Enough GunVery nice.
24 February 2008, 00:05
Hunting For AdventureI have seen this picture numerous times in SAFARI and had always wondered how it was made. Very neat.
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26 February 2008, 00:29
577NitroExpressThat work of art (it can't be called anything else) left me speechless!
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If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming... 26 February 2008, 07:53
yukon deltaI wonder 2 things...what did it cost and how do you move it?
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28 February 2008, 07:29
Hunting For Adventurequote:
Originally posted by yukon delta:
I wonder 2 things...what did it cost and how do you move it?
I wondered the same thing. I'm sure a lot and very careful are the answers.
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19 March 2008, 23:18
L. David KeithDennis told me they are pinned together with steel pins. This allows for transport. He recently (last week) swept several major awards with his Cougar/Elk mount. It's posted in the Taxidermy Forum.
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20 March 2008, 06:05
Allan DeGrootIf you want a really close look there's one in Cabela's Hamburg PA store.
If not identical it's amazingly similar.
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20 March 2008, 07:36
<The Artistry of Wildlife>Want an inside look at the mount
Click here.
from form alteration to welding to slide pins.
The enetire mount comes apart each animal can be transported seprate.
http://www.artistryofwildlife.com/air-lions.htmlThanks for looking
artistryofwildlife.com20 March 2008, 18:32
mboga biga bwanaI like this American Taxidermy Artists.
I was 2 Times on SCI Conventions and the absolut Highlight are Always the Taxidermy Work...
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