anyone see this thing its awesome anyone know where you could get these repro antlers and what cape to use looks like a elk form with some kind of light elk cape with a dark back, if anyone has any info please email me
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....That he used four lifesize white elk skins to make it. I was hoping that there will be an article on its construction in Breakthrough!
They were white elk bred in captivity, and theyre not really that easy to obtain. Also, he made the form, similar to a moose, with fallow deer influence, as best as he could from researching all the Megalaceros info available. The antlers were repro-ed by Ken from fossils. The mount is now at Dean Ziegler's Deerassic Park soon to be on display.
He gained access to a skeleton and made all his measurements from them. If I recall properly (Where the hell are you Walker? Is it sheep season up there?) he used FOUR hides from captive reared white elk in order to make a seamless transition. He had two sets of antlers made form fossilized antlers and the set you see was the SMALLER set as the larger reproductions had too many flaws. He hand colored the hide to achieve the color patterns mimmicking the French cave paintings and spent weeks and months researching other cave painting as well as taxonomy of grazing animals and colorations to get to that point. If you get a chance, you must see this thing. I looks exquisitely real and at the World Show, Ken was standing by it when two guys walked by. The first guy said to the other, "What the hell is THAT?" The other guy says, "Oh that's one of them stupid game farm animals." LMAO
Does anyone have a pic of this thing? You've caught my attention and would like to see it.
http://www.breakthroughmagazine.com/issues/2005/spring2005/gallery/gallery09.htm
many pics from the world show
http://photobucket.com/albums/y109/wildlifeartist1/?start=40