How to Sculpt Fins on a Trout

Instructions

• 1

  Before you start, use the tips of your fingers or a damp sponge to smooth out the surface of the sculptured trout. This will make the task a lot easier and the sculptured trout will look more natural and lively.
• 2

  Imprint scales on the surface of the sculptured fish with the help of a piece of cloth or netting. Alternatively, you can make use of a piece of leather or a piece of textured fabric for this purpose. Just make sure that the fins you imprint look natural. If they do not, smooth out the trout once again as you did before any try something different to imprint the fins.
• 3

  It would be a good idea to imprint the fins on a small part of the fish instead of imprinting it completely in one go. This will save you the trouble of having to use different stamping materials.
• 4

  Imprint the fins starting at the tail and on other necessary parts of the trout. Make sure that you work in small sections.
• 5

  If you inadvertently added fins onto the mouth of the sculptured trout, remove them completely. This is important because the only part of a fish which does not have any fins or scales is the mouth. A sculptured trout having fins at its mouth will look very far off from reality and no one will admire your work.