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<blockquote data-quote="AT Hiker" data-source="post: 5426157" data-attributes="member: 10019"><p>I'm a garage-a-dermist and I'm at $650, thanks to inflation. I only do a handful each year, if I had to run it like an actual business I'd be higher.</p><p>If your using decent products and a tanned skin I don't see how anyone can be under $600 and producing a quality mount, plus making any type of profit.</p><p></p><p>I'll take a 75/100 on a up close commercial mount any day of the week. Step back 10 feet and put it up on the wall and that 75 jumps up to a 90.</p><p></p><p>Now, take a up close picture of your mount and compare it to my commercial mount and the live reference. Just to give you something to compare things too. *don't use mine as a reference per say, just judge it against your guy and consider the cost* </p><p></p><p>FYI…there should be a slight gap on the bottom lid. The eye is fluid and free floating and not welded to the skin. If it were a competition mount I would have added some flesh tone (which you couldn't see on that angle anyways) and "floated" it with a gloss resin to add more depth.</p><p>Start doing that and your looking at $1k plus worth of work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AT Hiker, post: 5426157, member: 10019"] I’m a garage-a-dermist and I’m at $650, thanks to inflation. I only do a handful each year, if I had to run it like an actual business I’d be higher. If your using decent products and a tanned skin I don’t see how anyone can be under $600 and producing a quality mount, plus making any type of profit. I’ll take a 75/100 on a up close commercial mount any day of the week. Step back 10 feet and put it up on the wall and that 75 jumps up to a 90. Now, take a up close picture of your mount and compare it to my commercial mount and the live reference. Just to give you something to compare things too. *don’t use mine as a reference per say, just judge it against your guy and consider the cost* FYI…there should be a slight gap on the bottom lid. The eye is fluid and free floating and not welded to the skin. If it were a competition mount I would have added some flesh tone (which you couldn’t see on that angle anyways) and “floated” it with a gloss resin to add more depth. Start doing that and your looking at $1k plus worth of work. [/QUOTE]
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