I finished my pedestal, the following pictures will give you an idea of the process I went through with some great help and input from my wife on some details. When I first told her what I wanted to do and with what materials, I got the ole crinkle of the nose look. When I mentioned the pine bark and pine needles I got a, you got to be kidding me type response. So like any good husband that wants to get his way I just ignored her and took her shopping with me! LOL ?K ?? Some of the following pictures are from the shopping results and some are from good ole mother nature.
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First I had to build a frame to support the bull for my taxidermist to work off of. So I welded this up put a wood plate over it and a post for the bull to sit on. Once the Taxi was done I took all back apart and set it in the house with an old piece of carpet under it to protect the tile when I slide it to the wall later.
With the wood plate I build an elevated lift for the rock fountain
The bull on the post they way the Taxi got to work with him.
Installing the bark with hot glue, screws and rubber silicone/calk. I treated the bark with termite killer and bug spray. I saturated it in a plastic bag for 24 hours, same with the pine needles and then let them dry out which didn??t take long in the Arizona sun/heat.
Put the bull on the pool table to keep safe while working on the pedistal. The yellow mut in the back runs like a cry baby when I pick the bull up, kind of funny really. LOL
A few pics how it went together. The tree my wife and I found at Michaels. I wanted a yellow Aspen and we searched the net for hours but the price of those things are sky high. When we got to Michaels we found this one and only tree that closely resembles the scrub oak here. The bark is a little dark but I decided I could live with that.
My wife helped a lot. Once she saw how the bark and pine needles turned out she was all about it. She worked in some details I may not have thoguht of.
A few pics of details.
The mule deer sheds I found a few years ago in the same area I killed the bull. I think they added a nice touch.
And here is the completed pedistal with the bull and for now in it's home location.
This was a very fun and rewarding project. I really enjoyed the process of putting it all together.
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First I had to build a frame to support the bull for my taxidermist to work off of. So I welded this up put a wood plate over it and a post for the bull to sit on. Once the Taxi was done I took all back apart and set it in the house with an old piece of carpet under it to protect the tile when I slide it to the wall later.
With the wood plate I build an elevated lift for the rock fountain
The bull on the post they way the Taxi got to work with him.
Installing the bark with hot glue, screws and rubber silicone/calk. I treated the bark with termite killer and bug spray. I saturated it in a plastic bag for 24 hours, same with the pine needles and then let them dry out which didn??t take long in the Arizona sun/heat.
Put the bull on the pool table to keep safe while working on the pedistal. The yellow mut in the back runs like a cry baby when I pick the bull up, kind of funny really. LOL
A few pics how it went together. The tree my wife and I found at Michaels. I wanted a yellow Aspen and we searched the net for hours but the price of those things are sky high. When we got to Michaels we found this one and only tree that closely resembles the scrub oak here. The bark is a little dark but I decided I could live with that.
My wife helped a lot. Once she saw how the bark and pine needles turned out she was all about it. She worked in some details I may not have thoguht of.
A few pics of details.
The mule deer sheds I found a few years ago in the same area I killed the bull. I think they added a nice touch.
And here is the completed pedistal with the bull and for now in it's home location.
This was a very fun and rewarding project. I really enjoyed the process of putting it all together.
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A couple other things too but for the most part I got exactly what I wanted, ha ha ha LOL
