AR member Shootaway's cape buffalo and impala

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24 February 2010, 06:06

Grafton

AR member Shootaway's cape buffalo and impala

Here are a couple of mounts I just completed. Shootaway's cape buffalo pedestal mount and impala shoulder mount from his Zimbabwe safari:

This is the back of the mount, a baobab tree painted on distressed pigskin.

24 February 2010, 06:51

Vanderhoef

Good job capturing the character of the buff....love the ears!

Congrats to Shootaway!

24 February 2010, 06:55

buckeyeshooter

very nice work!!

24 February 2010, 16:36

Tim Herald

Super work grafton - Congrats Shootaway!

24 February 2010, 16:58

shootaway

Thanks for everything,Grafton! I sure made the right choice in choosing you as my taxidermist.

24 February 2010, 16:59

BNagel

quote:
Originally posted by shootaway:
Thanks for everything,Grafton! I sure made the right choice in choosing you as my taxidermist.

24 February 2010, 19:03

dinsdale

WOW;good job.

Love the eyebrow work and the nose pad.

Just enough sheen and nice color.

Fantastic.

24 February 2010, 21:43

matt u

Very nice Buffalo Grafton!
Congratulations shootaway

24 February 2010, 22:38

Equinsu Ocha

quote:
Originally posted by RREESE:
Nice work Grafton! But I'm curious, did you grind the bosses down for artistic purposes or were they already small and narrow?

No taxidermist would EVER do that!!

Grafton, superb job on the buff!! I like the baobab on the leather backing. Classy.
Thanks for sharing the pics with us.

25 February 2010, 00:26

Mary Hilliard-Krueger

Beautiful taxidermy and fantastic painting, Grafton!

25 February 2010, 02:10

Grafton

quote:
Thanks for everything,Grafton! I sure made the right choice in choosing you as my taxidermist.

Thanks, You are very welcome, Shootaway. It was a pleasure doing the work for you.

RREESE, I would never grind down or remove any horn material. To a certain degree, cape buffalo require some rebuilding of the boss or the skin/horn juncture. This is because the soft tissue of the growing horn is boiled or has shrunk away, leaving a gap between the hard horn and the skin. So, some material is re-created but no horn is ever taken away. I do my best to try and get the buffalo to look the way it was, not building the boss up too much, and certainly never taking any away.

Thanks to everyone for the comments.

26 February 2010, 03:31

steve f

Great work-thank's for sharing.

26 February 2010, 08:15

Sevenxbjt

Wonderful work!

27 February 2010, 19:59

collector

Beautiful...you are truly an artist !!!

05 March 2010, 04:45

Painting and Buff , Just Awesome !
Great Job !!!

05 March 2010, 19:22

Woodmnctry

quote:
Originally posted by RREESE:
Nice work Grafton! But I'm curious, did you grind the bosses down for artistic purposes or were they already small and narrow?

Well aren't you just a prince of a guy --- and I'm guessing sexually challenged at that!