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September 27, 2012
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I was very lucky getting a hold of this sucker ! It’s a gaboon viper over 51 in long and absolutely beautiful ! I’m planning on doing a comp mount with this guy But first I have to make a form for it .
Tommy
September 26, 2011
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Seems like it’s going to be a great mount. Being a fish guy, I would really like to see the form you make for it before you mount it.Do you normally carve the forms or do you cast them ?
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September 27, 2012
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I normally carcass cast them it’s just easier for me than carving I’m not to good at carving lol . I will post some pictures when I start making the form
December 24, 2014
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I’m sure it going to look great
February 5, 2014
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Beautiful!
Look like he needed more meals. I got in an emaciated 9′ redtail boa a few months ago. Am looking forward to watching the progress. Would like to try one of these bad boys someday. Thanks for sharing!
September 27, 2012
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Yeah he did need more meals. He actually had stopped eating for what ever reason and died.
Same with the redtail. Sometimes owners feed them and don’t keep them warm enough for them to digest the food properly. I about let my gator get too cold. He was in a stock tank with a heat lamp above his ‘island’. But the water got too cold. He got into the water, his temp dropped and I was lucky he didn’t drown. I knew something was wrong when he didn’t pop his head up when I came in to feed him. Dried him off and stuffed him under my shirt to warm him up (fortunately he hasn’t tried to bite..yet…). He is in one of the guest bathrooms now, until the weather warms up more. He doesn’t eat much during winter, so it stays pretty clean (he goes in the water).
September 27, 2012
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I learned this from a post Kerby Ross posted some years back it’s helped me a lot on snakes you can’t buy a form for .Thanks again Kerby !.take all the insides out of the carcass and fill it with paper towels . Put it in the position you like and add clay to it to build up the tissue that’s on the skin .In this case I built it up back like it would have been if it had not starved to death. Then make your plaster mold 
September 27, 2012
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Here it is out of the mold . Still have a lot of work to do to it. 
September 26, 2011
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Now THAT is awesome !
Looks like it is going to be a great mount. Thank you for sharing the pics.
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September 27, 2012
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I decided to carve a head for this guy , just about ready for a test fit and then some tweaking . I’m heading to the nationals in July so want have any pictures of him finished but if your gonna be at the show maybe yall will see him if he turns out good LOL
Tommy
September 26, 2011
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I want to see pics of it after the show. It looks like it is turning out to be a great mount !
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September 27, 2012
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I had the privilege of Matt Zimmerman judge two snakes for me at the national in open division and took 2nd on both of them . I got a 87 with my gaboon and a 88 on an eastern . I was pretty excited to say the least first time for my competing at a national level .
Tommy 
September 26, 2011
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Looks great. Congrats !
That is going on the home page of Taxidermy Talk .
Thanks for sharing the steps with us.
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