Recreating paw pads

[Tesa]

I have just started working on my very first mount.  It's a red fox.  It's pads were cut through during skinning and I was wondering the best way to recreate the larger center paw pad.

Tesa

[Allie]

I use critter clay and then paint them.

[Michael B]

Appoxy sculpt texture it then paint it when it dries.

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[Tesa]

Thank You Allie and Michael!!

[Amy G.]

Do you have to remove the pawpad if it's cut through? I have a fullsize yote that is most likely mountable with some work but the pawpads are split and I have no idea what to do about that. Can you pin it together while it glues down and then when it's dry apoxie sculpt the seam?

[Mountainman Vic]

Just sew them back up and use the apoxy sculpt to finish them up. use a piece of sandpaper to texture them.

[Lucky Larry]

Use any of the 2 part epoxies, add some black tempra paint.  When done sculpting the pads, use the end of a piece of the foam neck/tail material to put in the texture.  This also  works great for rebuilding  mammal noses.