View Full Version : Artist Wanted-Castaic
merkopac
04-11-2009, 11:05 AM
Im looking for someone with skills to make me a big bass and maybe a striper out of plywood for my tackle shop in Castaic.I want to put them on top of the shop so people can see them from the freeway.If your interested you can call me at 661-219-1262.Thanks Bret
Captain Castaic
04-11-2009, 11:58 AM
Hey Bret..that would look real cool. hope someone with skills responds to you.. Good luck.
C.C.
fishmounter
04-11-2009, 12:37 PM
How about a giant 6 foot fiberglass Largemouth Bass? You can get this from a mold of a saltwater Jewfish, which has the same body and fins as a LMB, it just has to be slightly modified and then painted like a bass. If done right, it looks awesome. Cost wise it will be more than a plywood fish...
Lipripper93561
04-11-2009, 01:18 PM
About what size are you looking for, x feet by x feet and I am assuming you would like the quality or similar to the Bass Pro shops catalogs covers? I know of two guys in Bakersfield who could serve that up right. One is an excellent painter, the other my father who is an exellent sculpter, in about all materials, he could stack and sand 1 inch thick pine on top of the ply for depth and 3d. I'll give him a call and see if they are interested and get in touch with you if they are.
merkopac
04-12-2009, 09:54 AM
Yeah thanks guys.Im kinda thinking about paying someone to paint a bass on plywood and cutting it out or I could cut it out myself.Im a little sketchy about putting something expensive up on top of the roof.When I was a teenager a giant cut out bass on a drunk night could end up on my wall. Anyways I was planning on paying a couple hundred bucks a piece(One striper,one bass).I want the fish to look like their jumping facing each other on either side of the sign.I actually have the pictures of the fish I want so if anybody has skills and can paint something like the pictures I have but bigger I pay you $200 a piece maybe more if your good.
dodoman
04-12-2009, 11:15 AM
that would be a great idea, as i never knew there was a tackle shop there.
Yeah thanks guys.Im kinda thinking about paying someone to paint a bass on plywood and cutting it out or I could cut it out myself.Im a little sketchy about putting something expensive up on top of the roof.When I was a teenager a giant cut out bass on a drunk night could end up on my wall. Anyways I was planning on paying a couple hundred bucks a piece(One striper,one bass).I want the fish to look like their jumping facing each other on either side of the sign.I actually have the pictures of the fish I want so if anybody has skills and can paint something like the pictures I have but bigger I pay you $200 a piece maybe more if your good.
hey brett, i would love to do this project for you. i havent done fish before, but if you have the images you want to use, id have no problem matching them.
here are some things ive painted.
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/4716/bobsb.jpg
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/1408/mercgfw.jpg
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/3575/woodyy.jpg
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/3310/hummingbirdp.jpg
edit, some lines look really crooked due to resizing the photo
gletemfeelsteelgary
05-07-2009, 11:12 AM
hey brett, i would love to do this project for you. i havent done fish before, but if you have the images you want to use, id have no problem matching them.
here are some things ive painted.
edit, some lines look really crooked due to resizing the photo
Very nice artistry...
Looks sweet..
Ha ha ha...hey Bret, I'll give you a photo of me holding a toad, he can do mimic that....with me in it !
Ha ha ha ha..
I look forward to seeing this out in front !
Gary