Ptychodus04’s Fossil Fish Prepapalooza

[Bobby Rico]

It is an interesting composition with the both fish. I just read this thread from page one and I also think it was a good call not to sacrifice the little fish because for me it makes it a more enjoyable piece to imagine the waterier drama that unfolded.  That bug is cool too.

 

[Ptychodus04]

I made some more progress on the Diplo prep this afternoon. It is so hot outside that even with the AC running my lab was 90 degrees!

 

[Ptychodus04]

Ok. Spent a bit more time on this after the sun went to bed. 

 

[Notidanodon]

It would be cool to create a little plateau for the bug

[Ptychodus04]

14 hours ago, will stevenson said:

It would be cool to create a little plateau for the bug

I probably will in order to make it more noticeable.

[RJB]

 Thats lookin really good Kris.   Gunna look real nice up on the wall too!

 

RB

[Ptychodus04]

1 hour ago, RJB said:

 Thats lookin really good Kris.   Gunna look real nice up on the wall too!

 

RB

Thanks. This one is a keeper for sure. 

[RJB]

5 hours ago, Ptychodus04 said:

Thanks. This one is a keeper for sure. 

And get a load of that freakin beautiful tail!!!  For me the diplo's have the most prettiest tails of all the fishes in the GRF!!! 

 

RB

[Ludwigia]

Man, Kris! Is that ever lookin good!

[Ptychodus04]

1 hour ago, RJB said:

And get a load of that freakin beautiful tail!!!  For me the diplo's have the most prettiest tails of all the fishes in the GRF!!! 

 

RB

Yah, they are nice and this one turned out really well. I spent around 6 hours on the tail alone.

11 minutes ago, Ludwigia said:

Man, Kris! Is that ever lookin good!

Thanks Roger. This is one of the nicer fish I’ve worked on and I have one to prep that might be even better.

[caldigger]

15 hours ago, RJB said:

And get a load of that freakin beautiful tail!!!  For me the diplo's have the most prettiest tails of all the fishes in the GRF!!! 

 

RB

Like a mermaids tail.  I agree.

[Bobby Rico]

Looks fantastic and are going make a stand or a mount to display it. Or a catering or over sized sardine tin. 

[Ptychodus04]

34 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said:

Looks fantastic and are going make a stand or a mount to display it. Or a catering or over sized sardine tin. 

I'll probably make a wall mount of some kind for it. I have a piece of bokote that should finish up really nice and I think I have enough for a shallow shadow box type frame for it. Or, next time I go hunting, I'll lob off a long section of mesquite and mill it down to make a frame. That might be more work than I want to put into it though. Maybe I'll make a live edge frame for it...

[daves64]

I wonder if there's anything under the fish.. 

 

I know.. don't get you thinking about that, right? 

[Ptychodus04]

14 hours ago, daves64 said:

I wonder if there's anything under the fish.. 

 

I know.. don't get you thinking about that, right? 

Seeing as nothing obvious showed up while I was prepping the perimeter of the fish, I’m going to assume whatever is there would prefer to remain hidden. 

 

I have had this thought more times than you could imagine though.

[Ptychodus04]

I wrapped up the double fish prep today. 

 

I’m estimating it took around 20 hours but I didn’t keep track. I’m very happy with how it turned out. Plus, I got a little plant fragment as an added bonus.

[Ptychodus04]

And moving on to the next fish... This is another double that is going to be a nice prep. The Diplo is 17”-18” long and there’s a soft micro layer on top of the fish so the fins should prep superbly. The Knightia is around 5”. I think the Diplo has some face issues but can’t say for certain yet. Here’s the starting pic.

 

[Ptychodus04]

Here it is after a few hours of scribe work.

[Ludwigia]

8 hours ago, Ptychodus04 said:

I wrapped up the double fish prep today. 

Yay! And I'm sure the next one will turn out just fine.

[RJB]

  Your turning into a fish prepping fool!!!   Keep up the good work my friend. 

 

RB

[Ptychodus04]

2 hours ago, RJB said:

  Your turning into a fish prepping fool!!!   Keep up the good work my friend. 

 

RB

Hey, at least the implication is that I wasn’t a fool before!  That’s a status upgrade in my book.

 

I’m getting where I don’t want to even look at another GRF fish! But, they won’t prep themselves will they?

[Fossildude19]

Nice work on that last one, Kris. 

I've been enjoying this thread. 

Thanks for keeping it going. 

Looking forward to the next ones.  

[Ptychodus04]

19 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

Nice work on that last one, Kris. 

I've been enjoying this thread. 

Thanks for keeping it going. 

Looking forward to the next ones.  

Thanks Tim. The current one is oriented such that it looks like the big Diplo is coming after the Knightia. Unfortunately, the Knightia is oriented upside down to the Diplo. Maybe he was sleeping.

[daves64]

4 hours ago, Ptychodus04 said:

 Unfortunately, the Knightia is oriented upside down to the Diplo. Maybe he was sleeping.

Maybe it's from Australia... Or..... the Knightia is actually right side up & the Dilpo is upside down..  

[Ptychodus04]

15 minutes ago, daves64 said:

Maybe it's from Australia... Or..... the Knightia is actually right side up & the Dilpo is upside down..  

Maybe you’re a trouble maker.  I like the Australian possibly.