Crocodile mounts

18 February 2011, 19:29

505 gibbs

Crocodile mounts

Need some ideas for Crocodile mount, let's see them all, rug, european, partial, lifesize...

18 February 2011, 21:53

butchloc

mine is a lifesize 12' grabbing onto a lifesize bushpig. i'd post a pict. but photobucket has my account all messed up. i've seen them both lifesize and rug mounted on wall & floor, european ones just didn't turn my crank at all. regardless of how you do it, it's going take up a lot of room.

18 February 2011, 23:06

Equinsu Ocha

Brad
I recall a pic of Dave Fulson's croc posted on here awhile back.. Wildlife Gallery mounted it, IIRC..
It was L/S, swimming head-down.. wall mounted as to not take up any floorspace. Looked great.

See if you can dig up the archive. You will like the mount.

19 February 2011, 00:12

505 gibbs

quote:
mine is a lifesize 12' grabbing onto a lifesize bushpig. i'd post a pict. but photobucket has my account all messed up. i've seen them both lifesize and rug mounted on wall & floor, european ones just didn't turn my crank at all. regardless of how you do it, it's going take up a lot of room.

email to nyati42@gmail.com / I will post it as well if you want.

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19 February 2011, 05:48

505 gibbs

quote:
i have a life size alligator at 13 1/2 feet not a croc but just as mean

so let's see it, I'm trying to get some ideas here.

19 February 2011, 08:12

jwm

I can't locate the picture, but I saw a truly unique mount of a crocodile that utilized just the head, embedded in a plate of brownish plastic (epoxy?) to simulate the croc floating in dirty water with just the top of its head visible. The sheet was made into a coffee table with the head in the centre.

Hard to describe, but it looked much better than it sounds.

John

19 February 2011, 10:06

Frostbit

quote:
Originally posted by jwm:
I can't locate the picture, but I saw a truly unique mount of a crocodile that utilized just the head, embedded in a plate of brownish plastic (epoxy?) to simulate the croc floating in dirty water with just the top of its head visible. The sheet was made into a coffee table with the head in the centre.

Hard to describe, but it looked much better than it sounds.

John

It's in the thread link posted by Scottyboy above.

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19 February 2011, 10:32

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quote:
Originally posted by Frostbit:

It's in the thread link posted by Scottyboy above.

Thanks, yes, that's the one.

Great mount, isn't it?

19 February 2011, 23:13

Frostbit

quote:
Originally posted by jwm:
quote:
Originally posted by Frostbit:

It's in the thread link posted by Scottyboy above.

Thanks, yes, that's the one.

Great mount, isn't it?

Showed my wife and she thought it should have a motor so when people sat down to eat the mouth opened.

20 February 2011, 05:25

Steve Ahrenberg

505,

I did this one (14') just lying on the floor, Crocs are hard to display and expensive to mount (full). I am building a new room and am going to try and incorporate this one over the top of the bar somehow.

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21 February 2011, 19:59

Sevens

quote:
Originally posted by fairgame:
Steve pour a few wheel barrows of sand on that nice carpet of yours for the finished effect.

Steve, I had the same idea as fairgame except for your bar. You could build the back of the bar protruding from the wall a little bit then make a sand bar at about a 45 degree angle so your croc can be seen by everyone sitting below.

Kind of like this, but swap the leopard for your croc.

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22 February 2011, 03:40

sandyhunter

Brush Country had one on display at SCI that was coming out the water to grab a nest-raiding hyena -- pretty cool. I've got a fuzzy picture on my phone and will try to upload it later. Here's their site:

www.brushcountrystudios.com