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« Reply #15 on: January 06, 2012, 09:41:02 PM »
That is cool Thanks for sharing Kerby
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« Reply #16 on: January 06, 2012, 10:15:27 PM »
Well, the rest will happen after the UTA Show as I am leaving in the morning on my road trip up to PASCO, Washington.  Won't be back until around 17-18 January.

More to come for sure!

Smiley

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« Reply #17 on: January 07, 2012, 09:19:07 PM »
very nice
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« Reply #18 on: January 08, 2012, 01:51:28 PM »
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« Reply #19 on: January 13, 2012, 10:50:46 AM »
I mean this in the nicest way possible, you SH1thead!  LOL  Haven't been on in a while and then I see the snake I wanted skinned out and going.  LOL  Some guys just have all the luck.   Grin
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« Reply #20 on: January 13, 2012, 08:11:46 PM »
Sorry....................

Smiley

You should have came to the UTA show.  Nice show.

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« Reply #21 on: January 13, 2012, 09:45:22 PM »
Wish I could have made it but with a new house and shop going up, a house being renovated and another one being tore down my plate is full my friend.  Smiley
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« Reply #22 on: February 11, 2012, 07:01:48 PM »
Once I popped the cast out of the mold I sawed off the excess foam and then added a layer of bondo to the outside and after drying to the belly as well.  Now it is totally covered with bondo and filled with foam.  Then with a combination of an electric hand held sander and a little elbow grease with a piece of sandpaper I now have it ready for a test fit.  Then I can add the muscle detail before mounting.  In one of the pictures you can see that I also molded and casted the head separately.  I will also fill in the small tail as I am mounting it.







This process was to show how to carcass cast a snake (just one method to reach the final goal of a snake mannikin).  This is really easy on smaller snakes, and allows you to make a mannikin on snakes that don't have forms available in the taxidermy supply catelogs.

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« Reply #23 on: February 22, 2012, 05:47:35 PM »
And finally got it mounted.  Now I have to keep checking and fixing scale alignment, taking a syringe and sucking out any air pockets, playing with the eyes, etc...  Everything is too soft and it is better to come back this evening or first thing in the morning and make more adjustments.

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« Reply #24 on: February 22, 2012, 06:04:45 PM »
That is the sweetest snake I have ever seen.

Great job Kerby
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« Reply #25 on: February 22, 2012, 11:32:25 PM »
Lucky dog!  I want one so bad.  Great job Kerby! 
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« Reply #26 on: February 23, 2012, 12:08:27 AM »
Dan, I know you do.  They are easy to do and fun to do.  I will keep an eye for ya.

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« Reply #27 on: February 27, 2012, 07:31:30 PM »
This post has helped me more in understanding the concepts of molding and casting than any post I have seen on this site! Thanks       Beautiful work!!!
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« Reply #28 on: February 27, 2012, 10:51:09 PM »
Very cool technique, this will help me with an idea I've been working on.
I have a gaboon viper skull, and it's in my top 5 favorites of a over 200 species collection.

Thanks for posting.
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« Reply #29 on: February 28, 2012, 11:12:10 AM »
Wow that is cool, great job my friend
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