A little something from DOWN UNDER.........

if you have a shortfall its that you only mount animals with big ears (LOL)

 

Looks good Dennis. I like how you can even see the roll's in the ribcage instead of it being smooth.

two questions, what did you use to make the tail & I cant see the pupil's, but are those dark Tohikan whitetail deer eyes ???

 

Great job, I'm like Michael what you use for the tail , how about seam work .

 

I like your eyes in this roo. Most people get them wrong.
I would have the tail more along the ground. It looks unbalanced.
I've included a pic to show what I mean.

 

I just want to know how the hell you hide the seam so well on something that thin haired.

 

I agree with Sam on the tail. Also it needs more bulk over all. A male red roo has shoulders and forearms like a wrestler and a big chest.
Front feet should be more claw like. Even when dead a big roo's front paws are like a human hand making a claw. They don't relax much.

http://home.iprimus.com.au/readman/red.htm
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Macropus_rufus.html

This link is a good one to see the paws
http://www.abc.net.au/nature/australasia/ep2_pic8a.htm

 

samantha i was thinking the same thing it doesnt look balanced. other wise very nice and clean looking..

 

Oh grow up,,, that how it works around here! ;D ;D ;D

 

Sometime's it's easier to set back and point out problem that it is to fix them.
I think it looks great and what a challenge

 

Mate I'm not even a taxidermist. But I have seen a hell of a lot of roos and shot a lot under permit, both greys and reds, I'm just telling you what I've seen after a lot of years watching them in the bush and shooting them. Sorry if you didn't like my comments. Mounting an unfamiliar animal would be extremly hard, sort of like me trying to do a bear. Sam has done it with a coyote that I thought looked great but folks like George pointed out some small faults with things like the ears. Seeing that George has seen more coyote's than any Australian it would be pretty hard to disagree with his comments.
My comments were not to critique, hell I've never mounted anything in my life so I'm not one to critique anything, they were more of an oberservation. Just trying to help is all

 

Great work Dennis! of course.

 

I didnt set out to piss any one off * . ???
Thats the first time I've ever said anything negative about anyone elses mount on here and only because I felt it was obvious.
I cant show you any of my roo mounts because - I'm not allowed to mount them anymore nor even display thier pictures without paying for an expensive license first!! ;D.

 

Great looking piece, Dennis. A free standing at 4 1/2 ft. tall roo mount must look awesome in person. Hard to tell the dimensions from the pics. Sometimes we just have to put the reference photos away and do what works, or what we want it to look like. The customer pays us for our own interpretation.
I had the privilege of spending a couple of days working with a true master taxidermist. I would see him do things that I thought were unconventional, and he would tell me "What? Did you think that was against the rules?" or "It may not be anatomically correct, but I just like the way it looks."