Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
May 26, 2012, 08:16:34 AM

Login with username, password and session length
Search:     Advanced search
1342326 Posts in 139448 Topics by 36718 Members
Latest Member: megan.artemis
* Home Help Help Search Calendar Login Register
Taxidermy.Net Forum  |  Taxidermy Discussion Categories  |  Lifesize Mammals  |  Topic: First Bobcat Mount « previous next »
Pages: [1] Print
Author Topic: First Bobcat Mount  (Read 1150 times)
AR1527
New Member
*
Posts: 32
« on: January 15, 2012, 05:16:39 PM »
Just finished my first bobcat and did the base work myself too. I know it needs some work around the lips but please point out anything else you see that needs improved. Thanks!
Report to moderator   Logged
mr.T aka mr. friendly
Platinum Member
*****
Location: my house
Posts: 18735



WWW
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2012, 05:30:07 PM »
I think you got a lot to work on,, other than the lip. Just throw a dart,,,, and start there.

* spot on.jpg (61.05 KB, 713x345 - viewed 772 times.)
Report to moderator   Logged
Stop Rot,,use it or lose it.

Don't put "taxidermy" in your user name until you are one.

"Some mistakes go away with practice and some mistakes go away with study.  Study first and you won't waste the time practicing".

Never pre-judge the size and depth of a mans wallet, they will surprise y
gade04
Gold Member
****
Location: Valdosta, GA
Posts: 530
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2012, 06:46:16 PM »
Try using apoxie sculpt and give some texture to the nose.  Use a brown color to go over your nose.  You want the base color to show but not be so bright and flat.  Comb the hair over the ears.  Mr. T has helped you tremendously by providing you with a reference picture.
Report to moderator   Logged
"Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth." George Washington
John Helm
Silver Member
***
Location: Northern New Jersey
Posts: 267
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2012, 08:46:16 PM »
It would help greatly to work the skin forward in the entire head area while mounting.  It seems that the skin is stretched back quite a bit.  Try rehydrating the neck, head & face skin and bring it forward.  This will allow you to make adjustments to the eyes as well. 
Report to moderator   Logged
Dc taxidermy
Platinum Member
*****
Location: Loris SC
Posts: 1863


Me and My Baby's senior picture
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2012, 11:32:08 PM »
Quote from: mr.T aka mr. friendly on January 15, 2012, 05:30:07 PM
I think you got a lot to work on,, other than the lip. Just throw a dart,,,, and start there.

LOL, T. you crack me up...DC
Report to moderator   Logged
See What Had Happened Was....................Cammander An Chief Of The Redneck Mafia, Hulls Island


All in One Taxidermy
3871 E Hwy 9
Loris, SC 29569
(843)-503-0792
museum man
Platinum Member
*****
Location: where i've always been
Posts: 1373
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2012, 11:37:32 PM »
just a few off the bat...eyes are way to bugged out...no lid definition....ears to far back and not even across....
Report to moderator   Logged
i am a retired taxidermist from the museum of science and natural history.....
luv2bowhunt
Bronze Member
**
Location: Central Iowa
Posts: 191
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2012, 02:46:00 AM »
Good thing is you got your first one under your belt now. Get yourself some good reference pics and have them there to look at while mounting. We all "think" for the most part that we know what an animal looks like but to have the ref in front of you then you will know what it looks like. It does look like the skin is pulled back towards it hind end. I think if you would take a blow dryer and "fluff " it up it would look a lot better too. Really study the eyes, ears on ref pics. Having those right will make or break a cat mount or any mount for that matter.  Didn't someone say one time that the eyes were the window to the soul. That is so true in taxidermy. Good luck with your next mounts and strive to continually improve.
Report to moderator   Logged
Spend time with your kids now, they grow up fast.
AR1527
New Member
*
Posts: 32
« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2012, 09:34:51 AM »
Thanks luv2bowhunt! The kind ones make you want to improve a heck of a lot more than the mean ones!
Report to moderator   Logged
-Rebecca-
Platinum Member
*****
Location: Ga
Posts: 1508


A venti caffe' mocha vodka valium latte to go plz
« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2012, 05:21:51 PM »
Don't sweat it, just chalk it up to practice and keep at it.  Wrap the head area in a damp towel and cover with a garbage bag overnight or until it's rehydrated, then make your adjustments.    When you get done with that, give him a good bath and back brush/dry him with the compressor or a cool blow dryer.  The first is never perfect, but you'll learn more from correcting the problems than you will from starting over.
Report to moderator   Logged
Chris Johnson - chrisrj02@gmail.com
Gold Member
****
Posts: 561
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2012, 07:53:23 PM »
Keep your head up and keep going.  You should look at my first bobcat I ever mounted!  I remember thinking it was the coolest thing ever when I got it done and now looking back its absolutely dreadful!  No one is perfect on the first one.....it's the people that keep at it that become great taxidermists!

Having said that, if you put your hand on your forehead and push up and back, you will get big wide buggy eyes.  That is exactly what this cat is suffering from.  Pull the skin forward to give it a more relaxed look.  Also, you need to pay more attention to detail around the eyes.  The ears are not even either.  The pupils of the eyes are pointing in different directions and the paint on the nose is to thick...looks like paint rather than natural.  Also, I think the lips need tucked a little deeper in the front. 

Take everyone's comments serious and try to improve.  The ones that can take the verbal punishment and keep on trucking will continue to get better.  It's how the "pros" will break you in!!
Report to moderator   Logged
mr.T aka mr. friendly
Platinum Member
*****
Location: my house
Posts: 18735



WWW
« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2012, 09:20:19 PM »
Quote from: AR1527 on January 16, 2012, 09:34:51 AM
Thanks luv2bowhunt! The kind ones make you want to improve a heck of a lot more than the mean ones!

There were no mean ones, why so sensitive?
Report to moderator   Logged
Stop Rot,,use it or lose it.

Don't put "taxidermy" in your user name until you are one.

"Some mistakes go away with practice and some mistakes go away with study.  Study first and you won't waste the time practicing".

Never pre-judge the size and depth of a mans wallet, they will surprise y
masterdunbar
Silver Member
***
Location: Eagle Point, OR
Posts: 318
« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2012, 02:07:14 PM »
I agree with Mr. T.  there were no means ones and critiquing can be rough but everyone is trying to help.  inthe case of the bobcat  I think there is a ton of work to be done and for his first one that is fine and all but reference pictures like that really make things obvious as to what went wrong.

Live and learn.
Report to moderator   Logged
lmooney
New Member
*
Location: Orange County, Texas
Posts: 55
« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2012, 09:51:24 AM »
Looks great for first mount. Keep it up.
Report to moderator   Logged
Know and believe in yourself, and what others think will not disturb you.
SWAMPBUCK10PT
New Member
*
Location: UPPER MICH MQT COUNTY
Posts: 33
« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2012, 10:05:47 PM »
Lots of Good advice Given---Listen and learn you will become a Great Taxidermist your well on your way-Thanks for sharing your first Bobcat mount-----
Report to moderator   Logged
Pages: [1] Print 
Taxidermy.Net Forum  |  Taxidermy Discussion Categories  |  Lifesize Mammals  |  Topic: First Bobcat Mount « previous next »
Jump to:  


Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Contents © 2006-2012 Taxidermy.Net, LLC. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.
Powered by SMF 1.1.16 | SMF © 2005, Simple Machines 		Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!