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Jim B
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« on: August 31, 2006, 12:29:23 AM »
This was a fun project.It is a wild, 50", Savannah Monitor that was bow-killed in Africa.All I had to go on were kill photos and the skin for measurements.I carved a body based on the skin measurements and all the photos I could find.It was shot twice,through and through,with 4 blade broadheads but the good news is,the hunter was a tanner and personally skinned and tanned it himself.It was a great skin to work with.I've mounted a lot of snakes but this is the only lizard I've done.
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« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2006, 05:09:19 AM »
nice liz  :)DANIEL
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« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2006, 10:53:56 AM »
So, I'm assuming that you carved the body? What materials did you use?

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« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2006, 11:07:07 AM »
Nice work.
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« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2006, 04:37:20 PM »
Kerby,I carved the head first from a dense piece of urethane foam which was saved from a form alteration.I then carved the neck and body from a block of urethane foam.The legs and tail were carved from 2 lb. density  ethafoam,which is a flexible, white foam.I then ran a wire through each leg and the tail and put all the pieces together.I used the skin to test each part as I carved.This gave me a form with flexible legs and tail so I could have a little flexibility in posing and fitting to the base.I used latex caulk for paste,because of it's flexibility.
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« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2006, 05:35:44 PM »
Again nice work on reptiles!

Smiley

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« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2006, 10:08:26 PM »
Great job, very nice.
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« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2011, 09:42:31 PM »
Great work.
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« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2011, 09:57:43 PM »
It looks great, but I don't think it's a savanna. It looks more like a rock monitor?
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« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2011, 12:07:08 AM »
It is actually a white throated monitor.  A few years ago taxonomist separated the savanahs into sub-species (white throated, black throated & savanah).  Jim's monitor appears to be a white throated monitor.

Jim does great reptile work.

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« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2011, 08:05:38 AM »
Quote from: Kerby Ross on December 01, 2011, 12:07:08 AM
It is actually a white throated monitor.  A few years ago taxonomist separated the savanahs into sub-species (white throated, black throated & savanah).  Jim's monitor appears to be a white throated monitor.

Jim does great reptile work.

Smiley

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Aha! Thanks!

The monitor looks amazing. I have a pet one, and this mount really captures their personality.
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« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2011, 09:28:56 AM »
Awesome work. Your habitat is amazing as well. I really like how the grass is bent over as he's climbing over the rock.
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« Reply #12 on: December 06, 2011, 04:40:48 PM »
Amazing work!
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« Reply #13 on: December 07, 2011, 12:41:02 AM »
Jim that is fantastic work.
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« Reply #14 on: December 08, 2011, 12:15:29 AM »
 Shocked  FANTASTIC!  Great Job!   Cool
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