Skeletons.

[carlson]

Hey everyone I've always found wired together skeletons cool (kinda an nerd haha) an ive decided to try it I've been looking up info an all. An gonna start with a rat since I have extras ha. Does anyone have pics of any skeletons they wired or any they bought wired?

[3skulls]

I have made wind chime / mobiles. And a number of other things. Does that count?

[carlson]

Ha that looks cool is that deer?

[3skulls]

That one is tiny. Some type of rodent or rabbit maybe. I used to do special effects makeup and make props etc.
I have all kinds of skulls, bones and a freezer full of stuff :p

[MrLang]

You need some flesh eating beetles and veterinary anatomy books

[carlson]

The betels I can't find by me, I burry all my skulls but I think I'm gonna try cold water migration (? Is that what it's called) on a rat here in next few days see how that works. Far as references I don't have the books but I have found good stuff online and good pics so I think I can do it. I need a different drill and bit tho. Dude 3skulls that sounds like a fun job haha

[3skulls]

That would be a tiny drill bit.

Wait until spring, find some road kill. After the maggots eat away most of the "wet" matter, the dermistids come and feed on the dry left overs. You can collect them to start a colony or buy them online. If I had a building that wasn't connected to the house I would raise then.
The brains are what really stinks but the beetles go nuts for it.

I have had a full deer on the back porch for a few years, been wanting to wire it together for a while now. Just never get around to it.
I also would like to work with lucite. Maybe stuff some T molts when they get bigger.

Keep us posted with what you come up with.

[Raptor]

I have an old chicken house that I have all my skulls in. I keep the heads in the freezer till summer, then I put them out. In 110F weather, you can have a perfectly cleaned skull in about three days.

[carlson]

Ill for sure keep you posted. Winter is the reason deboneing will be hard but I grew up butchering farm animals and I think this cold water way will work if I skin and all that first. Excited to try tho I've wired lots of skulls when I was younger tried with a bull that after it died my cousin accidentally shattered the skull so I tried putting it together after the chickens picked it clean, my mom was very mad haha I was 10 when I did that and my dad let me bring home the pieces lol that was a great night my mom was angry. She later helped me learn how to tan wessels and rabbits tho ha

[3skulls]

My favorite find was a full horse, spotless skeleton. A friend of mine saw it a couple of years before. Had train tracks way back on the edge of his land. I'm guessing it got out and got hit :/

I'm sure a lot of people see it as morbid but I was always told that true beauty was on the inside :p