More pics:
Iridescent gold is painted where the following yellow will go to give the bass a kind of a metallic sheen under the subsequent green final color. I didn't take a picture of that step as it may not even show in a picture.
A bright yellow is misted over the same scale areas of the fish to make them look green. This will be darkened later. Note instead of yellow it appears to be a light green due to the brown antiquing underneath. Novices think they need to paint the same color they wish to achieve when it's not the case especially with skin mounts.
Here the pec and anal fins (one on back too) are painted an orange color to be darkened later to match those in the original photo of the fish that was released.
Here a dark green followed by a brown and barely some black is used to paint the scale tips on the lower lateral portion of the fish, paint the caudal, dorsal, and anal fins, and darken the fish and subdue the green a little to match the fish in the original photo. The longitudinal lateral stripe markings that go from the front of the caudal fin to the back edge of the clithreum bone that are fairly subtle in the original fish, are also added.
Gill Red is painted on the gills to intensify the molded in color. (Not shown)
