So off I went into a google frenzy and decided to make a kind of "mounted trophy fish" with a wooden plaque background and a metal plate announcing the name and age...
So I started by icing a large rectangular board approx 24" long with sugar paste coloured with autumn leaf. Then I began by giving it a dark brown/autumn leaf wash, then I began painting the wood grain detail with dark brown. All the washes and detail were paste colour with rejuvenating spirit or a few drops of clear alcohol.
Next up was the cake itself. I had baked 2x 9" square chocolate cakes and cut the detail out by placing them side by side and using the off cuts for the fins and tail. (I detest waste)
I then covered the body with a pale green (mint green with a touch of autumn leaf) and cut out lots of 2cm circles from other various colours and stuck them on to mimic scales. The fins were covered with egg yellow/autumn leaf and then scored to add texture.
The mouth was created by using a bone tool to make indentation. I then gave the scales a very light wash of water before adding some iridescent glitter.
This was then finished off with a black 15 mm ribbon for the board and a plaque for his name and age. Simples!
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