Wrapped mounts only

[Samson]

Hello to all.
here is my latest wrapped mount, a least weasel, only 15cm long and i nearly broke my fingers on it, lots of clay in it 
my hand is there to show how little that thing is 

i also love the cat mount (my cat RANI looks just the same) 
Greetings, Karin

[snowhare]

Samson

OH YEHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YOU ARE GETTING REALY GOOD IN THAT WRAPPING STUFF

Snowy\

ps nice fatt cat ya did hu preparateur , i like um dead

[museum man]

that thing is tiny....great job

[Samson]

thank you Snowy and Museum man 
i used the original skull in it, (attached to the lips) it is so much easier for me to work when the skull is still intact and i don't have to carve one. 

i don't know what i like better, birds or mammals
Greetings, Karin

[preparateur]

thank you Snowy and Museum man 
i used the original skull in it, (attached to the lips) it is so much easier for me to work when the skull is still intact and i don't have to carve one. 

i don't know what i like better, birds or mammals
Greetings, Karin

Hi: I like the weasel, What,s in the ears ,clay or something for fixation ?


prep.

[snowhare]

What,s in the ears ,clay or something for fixation ? 

must be na da

[Samson]

snowhare is right, it is na da 
i could not split the ears to the tip and give just a little clay in the earbutts, the rest dried up, sorry   

Greetings, Karin

[charnwood taxidermy]

A very dark red fox, wrapped body and legs and my first carved fox head

[charnwood taxidermy]

another

[Daniel M.]

Great work everyone!!!

Here's a Black Handed Spider Monkey that I wrapped, it's hard to wrap those long legs

[John Bellucci]

When I saw this in the Ohio show results, I just knew this had to be one of your pieces.  Primates are a challenge ... no doubt about it!  Well done, my friend ... well done!

[museum man]

daniel,  the face is dead on....perfect job......also putting the pectoralis major muscle in the proper position with the hanging arm looks great.....your attention to detail is what has made you an exceptional taxidermist....your artwork is second to none!!

[snowhare]

M r Daniel


Great ape ya did there love the pooze , just one lill thing the face and feet are for ME a bit to shiny , nolmaly it is a more waxy look ok , hope you dont mind me saying here

Cheers Snow

[museum man]

i agree with you snowhare....looking at it again, tweeking it with a lite overspary of a soft flat black would be the final stroke

[Daniel M.]

Thanks guys

Snowhare, how do you make it look more waxy? That would look more realistic, and please feel free to tell me anything you see wrong with any of my mounts, they are far from perfect and I learn a lot when pro's like you enlighten me


I should add that it was a very old female and she had very little hair on her legs and tail. I spent quite some time airbrushing different colors of paint all over the body to sort of hide/blend the sparse or bare areas.