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Title: Todays project
Post by: boneaddict on February 02, 2008, 02:08:55 PM

Since it is snowing I decided to tackle a project......outside yesterday and one of my breeders freaked out and got hung n the wire by his spurs.  He broke his leg.  I was thinking about mounting him so anyway as I had a replacement breeder  I was going to take pics as I went along, but I got carried away.  Now its just time for it to dry a bit.
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Title: Re: Todays project
Post by: boneaddict on February 02, 2008, 02:11:04 PM

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Title: Re: Todays project
Post by: boneaddict on February 02, 2008, 02:13:24 PM

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Title: Re: Todays project
Post by: huntingnut on February 02, 2008, 02:38:50 PM

That's a cool mount. Now you just need a coyote mount chasing it. That's quite the pile of bone in the background.

Title: Re: Todays project
Post by: boneaddict on February 02, 2008, 05:18:17 PM

Yep, I've logged a few miles.    SCARY posting when you have a messy house.  I'll be painting that wall later tonihgt.  I just went scouting and found one hell of a spot to get that cat or coyote mount.   Now all I need is time. 

Title: Re: Todays project
Post by: Coasthunterjay on February 02, 2008, 05:29:31 PM

good looking bird bone....how do you do your fleshing?

Title: Re: Todays project
Post by: Ray on February 02, 2008, 05:54:14 PM

Awesome work

Title: Re: Todays project
Post by: jackelope on February 02, 2008, 06:01:28 PM

bone...i approve of your decision on what to do with this guy assuming it's the one we talked about in the past. thats pretty damn cool. good work.

Title: Re: Todays project
Post by: boneaddict on February 02, 2008, 08:05:18 PM

Thanks guys.  I should have knocked hm off about a month ago.  His tail went from perfect to thrashed, I guess with the weather we have had.  I am having alot of trouble with.  Yep, he is one of the ones we were talking about.  I sold the other one.  I figured my reezer has just too manyprojects. I'll see how his comb turns out.  Its alot bigger than a ringneck pheasant. 

I use a scalpel, and my fingers, and sometimes a pair of scissors.  Its pretty meticulous, but not as bad on the pheasants as say a duck.

Title: Re: Todays project
Post by: boneaddict on February 16, 2008, 07:45:18 AM

I know the correct way to do this would have been to build the ridges into the head itself before mounting, then stretch the waddles over it.  I had enough difficulties.  This works fine for me.  When I am done, he'll probably be turned into fly tieing material anyway.
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Title: Re: Todays project
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on February 16, 2008, 08:03:41 AM

That is plastic looking!  You got any pictues of a live bird I can see?

Title: Re: Todays project
Post by: PolarBear on February 16, 2008, 08:16:19 AM

Sweet!
I've gotta get back into the bird taxi thing. 

Title: Re: Todays project
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on February 16, 2008, 08:17:39 AM

The bird does look great!

Title: Re: Todays project
Post by: boneaddict on February 16, 2008, 08:44:09 AM

I was hoping the original waddles would hold up better, but they shrank too damn much and I just didn't like them.  A full silver had huge waddles compared to a ringneck.  I used a full waddled ringneck head for him, and it wasn't nearly big enough.  I'll know better next time.  I should have epoxy sculpted the head more then stretched the waddles over it.  That would have given it a more textured nature look.  Instead, I reformed the head or created the waddles with epoxy sculpt, so there is a reason why the head looks plastic.  (bugs in the garage won't eat it that way ;) )  I ruffed it up a bunch but because I had painted it instead fo the airbrush, the paint smoothed it out more. 

Title: Re: Todays project
Post by: boneaddict on February 16, 2008, 08:49:55 AM

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