Fake velvet?

[Spitz]

Anybody have a good reference for a taxidermist that can apply velvet to a mount that doesn’t look totally fake? Hoping to get it put on a euro mount of a buck I shot recently.

 

[MattB]

If you find someone who can make it not look fake, please let me know. It is usually too perfect and immediately appears rake.

 

[Fatcamp]

Have a pro do it and then let the kids mess with it for an afternoon.

Nice buck, btw.

 

[Spitz]

Thanks.

 

[Stalker69]

I believe it is research manikins, it’s not cheap, it looks a little to perfect. But they do the best I’ve seen. I split the skull down the middle before shipping them. Cause that’s expensive also.

 

[BiggMc]

Wow this looks great for a display.

 

[PirateDoctrine]

Interested in the same topic. I've seen some nice ones at DSC but it seems like everything Google returns immediately looks synthetic. Its like there is no wear/oils/veins/etc on most of the synthetic mounts which throws me off.