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View Poll Results: What should my first mount be? | |
White mouse
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Brown rat pup
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Black and white rat pup
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Adult albino rat
|    | 14 | 70.00% |
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22nd October 2007, 12:32pm
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#31 | | Athiest Otter
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 15,808
| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
I wouldn't mind ordering acrylic eyes for the first few larger mammals I'll work on (eventually), if only for the sake of keeping the costs down. But yeah, glass is generally better for the shine and wet look of it.
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22nd October 2007, 12:33pm
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#32 | | Rhymenocerous
Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In a puddle
Posts: 14,722
| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
the eye discussion is wierding me out more than the taxidermy part. | |
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22nd October 2007, 1:01pm
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#33 | | Athiest Otter
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 15,808
| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
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Originally Posted by cupotea  the eye discussion is wierding me out more than the taxidermy part. | Choosing the eyes is the least gruesome part too 
I kinda need to know where you guys wouldn't object to pictures going. Ideally they'd be in the creative arts gallery (or this thread), but I know some folk might not like that. Should I maybe start another poll about where to put the pictures?
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22nd October 2007, 1:15pm
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#34 | | You look lovely today. SuperMod
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 14,487
| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
Surely an album in the Twisted gallery would be more appropriate? | |
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22nd October 2007, 1:16pm
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#35 | | Let's Pray I'll Be Ok!
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: A Strange Bed
Posts: 25,296
| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
Twisted.
It's dead animals.
Another poll would just be attention seeking, and we don't want that.
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22nd October 2007, 2:29pm
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#36 | | Adie
Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Glasgow
Posts: 1,656
| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
Hold on, there wasn't even any consideration for googly eyes? | |
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22nd October 2007, 3:06pm
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#37 | | Athiest Otter
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 15,808
| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
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Originally Posted by mini_dez Hold on, there wasn't even any consideration for googly eyes? | There may have been.
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22nd October 2007, 3:41pm
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#38 | | John Ringo
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 12,757
| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
Who would actually want something as pointless as a rat or mouse stuffed? | |
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22nd October 2007, 3:46pm
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#39 | | Athiest Otter
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 15,808
| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
Others who appreciate taxidermy would be the obvious answer.
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22nd October 2007, 4:19pm
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#40 | | Decaying Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: SPARTA!
Posts: 6,248
| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
i had a look at that ebay shop. i kinda presumed you'd remove some bits and stuff the animal. that has hunners of animal shaped foam, do you just skin it and sew the skin onto a shape? | |
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22nd October 2007, 4:20pm
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#41 | | Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 5,984
| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
I'd say in Creative Arts or the Nature forum with a warning so people can't complain!
Where do you get your ahem...subjects from and are they already deid or killed for the purpose? | |
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22nd October 2007, 4:32pm
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#42 | | Moment Ruiner
Join Date: Jun 2001
Posts: 7,509
| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
why not host them on photobucket or something, and link them to a thread on here with a waring?
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22nd October 2007, 4:34pm
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#43 | | Athiest Otter
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 15,808
| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
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Originally Posted by karbon14 i had a look at that ebay shop. i kinda presumed you'd remove some bits and stuff the animal. that has hunners of animal shaped foam, do you just skin it and sew the skin onto a shape? | Its a common misconception that the animals are stuffed. Foam forms can be used for larger mammals (I think a stoat form is the smallest available). The skin is removed from the animal and overlaid on a 'form' either pre bought or custom made, and then pinned in place to be allowed to dry off. I'll be taking measurements: nose tip to eye, circumference of the neck, shoulder to shoulder ect to make sure any form I buy or make fits the animal it will be used for (not for the rat tho). Then it's just a case of stitching the incisions closed again. Quote:
Originally Posted by Nieriel I'd say in Creative Arts or the Nature forum with a warning so people can't complain!
Where do you get your ahem...subjects from and are they already deid or killed for the purpose? | Yeah, it's a creative art, so that's kinda why I wanted it there. Deffo with a warning though if that's the way I'm going to go.
The rodents I have at the moment are snake food, bought from a petshop. When I step up to squirrels, stoats ect the supplier of the bits and bobs I need like clamps, eyes, needles, surgical stuff will be able to provide. He's sent animal stock from people who have farms who trap and kill farmland vermin. Quote:
Originally Posted by catinacooker why not host them on photobucket or something, and link them to a thread on here with a waring? | Aye that's an idea actually Pete. A thread with links means whoever looks at the pictures has taken it upon themselves to have a swatch and can't moan at me
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22nd October 2007, 5:15pm
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#44 | | Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 5,984
| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
 Squirrelys aren't vermon. | |
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22nd October 2007, 5:20pm
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#45 | | Athiest Otter
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 15,808
| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
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Originally Posted by Nieriel Squirrelys aren't vermon. | Just the grey ones.
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