HELP PLEASE!!! Need a manniken for a HUGE Lifesize WOLF!!!

[NickyG]

Hey there!!!   I am going to be mounting a HUGE ALASKAN WOLF lifesize mount that my client wants it on a rock base with his front feet elevated, like he is looking off of a rock ledge...I have been checking McKenzie,JONAS,RESEARCH,VAN DYKES....This wolf is a beautiful,mature Black Wolf, and all I know right now is his full length (nose to end of tail is 87 inches!!!!)  WOW!!!  This is a whopper..My customer really picked a huge,beautiful Male Wolf!!!!  An suggestions for a form???  Any help will be greatly appreciated!!

[NickyG]

I like the Precision Manniken's form #VAW1 in McKenzie'S CATALOG page 401...Just looking for some other options...I may have to stretch/fatten this sucka out if this is the only one I can get hold of...H E L P !!!!   S O S!!!   S O S !!!

[Jim B]

Nicky G,keep in mind that case skinned wolves are stretched and always look bigger and measure longer than they will mount up.The 2 largest wolf forms on the market are Research's L-953 which is steep upright and McKenzie's RM355PA,which is running.Rarely will you find a wolf bigger than these two.If you were good at altering,you could order one of these without rods and change the pose or you could get the VAW1 and expand it.At any rate,I'd want to soak it up and get it back to original shape before ordering.Even after stretching width-wise,it still might want to be too long.I would be very cautious if that length measurement looks more than 55"-56".It's easy to get things out of proportion if you take that length measurement too literally,especially when dealing with case-skinned hides.Here's a picture of one way to expand a form.