Dredge - Mounted Anchovy
Final mounted faux taxidermyed Anchovy.
Photographed with my fiance's fishing gear i had to borrow for the photoshoot!
Finished anchovy before brass plate is made and sealed with sealant.
In progress of painting. Fins not yet painted and attached. Body made from polymer clay and painted with liquitex soft body acrylics.
Fins made from craft eva foam sheets, sealed and painted with the same paints. Attached using superglue.
Digital mockup created to scale to help me sculpt and get proportions right on this little guy.
Brass name plate mockups of some of the fish I plan on sculpting. The name plates ahve the fishes name, max or minimum length in game, and where they are found in game.
(Still awaiting final plates from the engraver)
Sketches of fish from the game "DREDGE" on plaques.
A project that was inspried by the game DREDGE by Black Salt Games. I took art from in the game and made it as if you plucked it off the deck of the fishermans boat, and right onto your wall!
The anchovy was sculpted using polymer clay, painted with soft body liquitex acrylics, sealed and mounted to a wooden plaque, and finished with a brass nameplate.
I was so invested in this little guy I had forgotton to tame many progress pics, so its quite the jump from digital mock up, to pretty much done. That being said, he was such fun to work on especially after the massive undertaking of my last sculpture from DREDGE, The Oarfish.
He measures about 3.5 inches long and 1.5 inches at his widest point. Not too bad for a little anchovy!