new guy from South Africa

[rp]

hi all I've been doing fish replicas for 4 years now and really enjoy this forum. i would like to know if you could give me tips on how i can improve on my mounts

[Dave Smith]

rp: WELCOME!!!!!!! Glad to have you here. beautiful fish (Tiger??). Maybe we can get some tips from you instead!! he he

[Andy's Taxidermy]

well looks pretty darn good to me...that is one toothy striper..LOL...good work

[rp]

thanks guys and yes it's a tigerfish it weighed 15lbs i'm at this stage busy with a 22.5lb tiger that was caught in Zimbabwe and their big cousen a 82lb goliath tigerr that comes from the Congo

[al from sc]

very nice,...did that come out of the amazon?

[rp]

here is some more of my work, i still need alot of help. the paints that i use is automotive paints as we don't get any airbrush paints in South Africa if i want to work with the paints that u guys use, i have to import it from the States and that is real pricey with all the import taxes and shipping costs.

[rp]

tigerfish comes mainly out of the river and lake systems of the southern parts of Africa, like from the Zambezi river and the Okovango delta. the goliath tigerfish comes mainly from the northern parts of Africa like from the Congo and and the Nile delta systems

[olytax]

Hi RP.........I'm sure that when some of these guys go huntng over there they wouldn't mind packing 4-8 bottles of paint with them....they could mail it once they got in country.   Who's going over there hunting?

[jemmick]

the wet paint might be a prob. with regs but I am sure someone could help you out in the powder dept. You do a great job w/automotive paint ( thats all I used for years). Where are you in R.S.A.?

[Travis Jones]

Welcome!!!! There some wicked fish my friend.

[Dwayne P.]

Nice

[RDA]

DITTO

[Riverdale Taxidermy]

familiar looking cichlid what type is that?