I,m still stuck on the fish thing. I sold the bluecat fish (which I recently posted) to a guy who then asked if I could do some blue gill. So a week later this is what I came up with 4 blue gill. He wants to mount them on the wall in his office swimming away from the catfish. He is interested in doing the wall in his office like an aquarium with different fish sculpures. Sounds like I'll be making fish for a while, and that's a good thing.

Nice bluegill! Those look like keepers!

Nice work there!

nice fish and yes thats a good thing

Make sure you get a nice name plate on that wall as part of the deal---Perhaps a tasteful engraved brass plaque!

Please give a brief description on your technique...coloring...material...welding...weight

And of course: Did you use worms or crickets?

Awesome! You have seem to have the 3-D sheet metals sculptures figured out.

Love them would you mind doing a BP on them? I will code it for you if you take do the how-to's and photos,

These little fish are lovely!!! Nice work!!

I will try doing a blueprint on making them. I will keep posting fish as I finish them for the wall.

<sub>Very nice!! And yes, please keep posting these as you go.



Mitch</sub>

wow very cool

You sure have the fish thing down. Nice work

Nicely done job on the fish!

Those are awesome! you must have to use high pound test line to reel them in. Nice

You gotta be kidding me ? Seriously?.That is a very stunning and impressive work! :D

Such a supreme workpiece.

I love your fish man !! how do you get the bluing effect?
Phil

The bluing is done with a propane torch. Just watch the steel change colors as it heats then pull back at the first sign of blue and see how far it spreads. If you get it to hot it will turn a silverblue. Then just a clear coat good for indoors don't think it would last outdoors.

Well those are a nice collection. Many of us would like to know what thickness of material you made the body from , as well as the fins. What ever you used, you did it with a nice appeal.




Carry on

I think it was 16ga steel. The fins were hammered to make them thinner on the outside edge. I did send Steve Sells the info for a blue print but I don't know if he ever got around to coding and posting it. I ve never saw it if he did.