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Published: 2011-05-08 04:22:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 1797; Favourites: 46; Downloads: 9
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Description Lol, I'm probably bugging all my watchers by uploading so many pictures this week... ANYWAYS, I decided to make Khaz poseable too.. sense I was having so much fun posing my Black coyote xD

He is a soft mount red fox, which was made by ~leopardpaws . I put in the wires to make him poseable, but that's all.

Last one of Khaz, at least. Just rolling around in the grass. Just thought it was a cute photo, and that he looked pretty lifelike.

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Now, before you start flaming me for owning a fur or taxidermy piece – ASK QUESTIONS FIRST. Get to know me. Figure out how the animal was killed. I can’t tell you how many times people have accused me of killing an animal, told me that it’s wrong to kill an animal just for their fur, or have called me and/or my hobby disgusting. First of all, I have not killed a single animal in my entire life, except for maybe a few bugs. Secondly, animals are rarely killed just for their furs. Even fur farms use more than just the fur. Did you know that the meat in dog and cat foods are bi-products of fur farms? If the dog food you feed your dog has any “meat bi-product” in it, it is most likely a fox, mink, etc. And lastly, taxidermy is NOT disgusting. At all. All it is, is turning a piece of leather into something that will be admired and cherished for years to come. How is that disgusting? It’s a lot less disgusting than a rotting pile of flesh; if the animals not taxidermied, that’s how it’ll end up.

And I hold utmost respect towards ALL of my animals. All of them are handled and treated carefully and respectfully. None of them are thrown around or tossed in my closet or on the floor in a corner. They are all either hung on my wall, across a chair, or on my bed. I hold the same respect for them as I do my pets. After all, they were once living and breathing too.
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Comments: 20

SherlockHolmes90 [2013-06-17 03:06:16 +0000 UTC]

Omg must rub belly! *Rubs his belly*

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Tooel [2012-11-16 23:52:56 +0000 UTC]

Random question~ Do you prefer a poseable plush or an (unposeable?) plush? I'm getting a red fox soft mount and I've been wondering which I should do.

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Lupen202 In reply to Tooel [2012-11-17 00:08:15 +0000 UTC]

I love the differen't poses you can do with poseable plushes, as it's really helpful for photography, but at the same time I like the "floppy-ness" of an unposeable one too, lol. They're a lot nicer when carrying around or having laying on your bed.

So I can't really tell you which is better... I guess it just depends on your personal preference or what you plan on doing with it. Poseable plushes do go through a lot of wear and tear though if you continue to pose it differently. The wires (or whatever else the taxidermist uses) rubbing against the leather all the time is obviously going to have a toll on the pelt in the long run, and soft mounting an animal is already decreasing it's "life span" as it is, due to all of the air that can reach the leather, unlike traditional.

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Tooel In reply to Lupen202 [2012-11-17 00:14:12 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the help!

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HaloneWolf [2012-08-30 07:01:04 +0000 UTC]

This looks really pretty also i want to ask something too is there a way you can dye only certain bits of the fur on a soft mount to make a pattern because i'd love a red fox that looks like my fursona Zurui
(also i used to hate pelts and mounts but then i realised its no different than the wolf tooth necklace i wear )

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Lupen202 In reply to HaloneWolf [2012-08-31 01:22:52 +0000 UTC]

Thank you and I'm sure you could dye certain areas, but I've never dyed pelts as I like them natural, so I'm probably not the best person to ask

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trophy1234567 [2011-12-20 02:28:12 +0000 UTC]

This is what my dog, Blossom, will do. She rolls around in the grass being all derpy. And I am SO jealous of your pelts!

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Scratchez [2011-12-19 22:06:09 +0000 UTC]

Wow, great job on this!

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maru-pen [2011-05-24 11:22:15 +0000 UTC]

wow. Taxidermy always amazed me, and this is awesome!

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ranshin06 [2011-05-24 10:49:35 +0000 UTC]

ang cute naman yan and so cool!! my comrade!!!!

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lawlietlk [2011-05-22 07:41:35 +0000 UTC]

He looks so LIFELIKE. @3@ *petpetpet* I'm envious of your foxes. I want dem. I want dem bad.

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Lupen202 In reply to lawlietlk [2011-05-22 08:30:18 +0000 UTC]

That's why I love taxidermy - makes them look so lifelike and beautiful. If he wasn't taxidermied he would look more like a rotting mass of flesh. ><

...and sorry, you can't have dem D:

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lawlietlk In reply to Lupen202 [2011-05-22 14:49:06 +0000 UTC]

I don't see why so many people think it's so creepy. 8P It's such an amazing art! It's so meticulous!! 8U

And I would never take your pwetty foxies from you. >u< But I do hope to have my very own some day! 8D

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Lupen202 In reply to lawlietlk [2011-05-22 22:31:28 +0000 UTC]

I don't know.. a lot of it is just misunderstandings. Once talked to someone who thought that the organs and such were still inside the mount and that they were just preserved somehow, like freeze-drying I guess, which does happen, but it's not always the case. After I told them there was nothing but leather, glass eyes, and a foam form they weren't so disgusted, but they still didn't really approve of it.

And if you ever do decide to buy a fox pelt I'd recommend Glacierwear.com or Hideandfur.com.. both have pretty reasonable prices and glacierwear ships incredibly fast. Once it took only two days to get a pelt from them. Both humane and US based too.

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Eliea [2011-05-11 15:27:46 +0000 UTC]

loving how your pose-able critters are coming out! This looks so cute and real! GReat work!

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Lupen202 In reply to Eliea [2011-05-12 00:41:05 +0000 UTC]

Thank you ^^

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samanthaeevee [2011-05-09 00:40:32 +0000 UTC]

*grabby hands* T3T waaaaant.... Too.... Cute.....

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Esaki [2011-05-08 20:33:55 +0000 UTC]

Adorable!

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FlashbackPractice [2011-05-08 17:52:31 +0000 UTC]

God, this is just too cute. How are you making them posable? They look so cute c:

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Ziblink [2011-05-08 11:21:59 +0000 UTC]

That's just perfectly adorable!

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