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Daniel M.
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« on: March 13, 2010, 09:53:45 PM »
Hey Snowhare,

I thought I would try to wrap something again. Let me know what you think. Smiley  Thanks, Daniel


Fur side.

Skin side.

Laid out in the general pose.

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« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2010, 09:55:48 PM »
Pose that I'm aiming for.

The core of the body.

The carved head.

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« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2010, 09:58:44 PM »
Most of the body and neck done.

Other side.

Test fit.

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« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2010, 10:01:33 PM »
Front leg wire.

Front leg wrapped.

Other side.

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« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2010, 10:03:56 PM »
Test fitting the front legs.

Starting on the back legs.

Close up.

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« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2010, 10:06:41 PM »
Other back leg wrapped.

Wire run through body.

Wire cut and untwisted.

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« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2010, 10:08:58 PM »
Wire.

Untwisted ends are separately curved back into body.

Wrapped body with tail.

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« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2010, 10:12:19 PM »
Posed.

Side view.


                                                       *** The Mounting Begins! ***

Head clayed in.

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« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2010, 10:14:11 PM »
Other side.

Straight on.

Hide paste applied.

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« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2010, 10:16:14 PM »
Regular AFG hide paste.

Vermiculite added.

Mixed to form a thick paste.

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« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2010, 10:20:23 PM »
Paste applied to the neck.

Other side.

Paste applied all the way down the back.


*** I apologize that I didn't get pictures of the rest of the process, but I just sewed up the front and back legs, pinned the belly and sewed the tail. ***

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« Reply #11 on: March 13, 2010, 10:21:42 PM »
Finished right after mounting.

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« Reply #12 on: March 13, 2010, 10:24:46 PM »
wow thats really awesome!  Thanks for the great tutorial!  Looks like you nailed the pose.  May I ask how long on average it takes you to create the wrapped form? 


Thanks again!

~Leslie
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« Reply #13 on: March 13, 2010, 10:28:04 PM »
Dried pictures.

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« Reply #14 on: March 13, 2010, 10:31:35 PM »
I will post pictures when the finish work has been done and it's on the base. Thanks for looking! Daniel



Thanks Leslie! Smiley It took me about 30 minutes to carve the head, about half a day to wrap the body, and over 800 feet of string!

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