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I was bored so I started a new project
I had a whole pile of old shed skins that I had no idea what to do with, other than toss them out (I had been saving them for a big project that fell through). So I thought for a while and figured it would be really neat to make some "snake skin" accessories. This was just my test one. Now I'm trying to think of what else to do it with. It feels so cool and it looks pretty neat (I think). I still need to apply a few more coats to it (and you can see in the pics it is still wet), but I am really pleased with it. Not sure if it's something I should wear out around here though. Snakes aren't popular (especially in New Mexico!) and I'm worried it may give the wrong idea about snake skin? Wish I could make it obvious that the snake it came from is alive, lol!
Anyhow, here's attempt number one.
I have a friend who keeps ball pythons who is going to give me some of those too, so I'm pretty excited to work with that. I think it would be neat to try bp sheds over colored bases. The boa pattern would just get lost, I think.
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Nice, how big is the boa you took it form?
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1.0 - Naja siamensis - Zeus (Black & White Spitting Cobra)
1.0 - Naja n. woodi - Hades (Black Spitting Cobra)
0.1 - Naja nigricollis - Athena (Black-necked Spitting Cobra)
coming at some point in the future
Naja annulata (Ringed Water Cobra)
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For that shed maybe three and a half or four feet? She's pushing five feet now.
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Re: I was bored so I started a new project
Originally Posted by Shann
For that shed maybe three and a half or four feet? She's pushing five feet now.
Very nice, you may start a trend for girls lol.
-Venomous-
1.0 - Naja siamensis - Zeus (Black & White Spitting Cobra)
1.0 - Naja n. woodi - Hades (Black Spitting Cobra)
0.1 - Naja nigricollis - Athena (Black-necked Spitting Cobra)
coming at some point in the future
Naja annulata (Ringed Water Cobra)
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I was bored so I started a new project
Very cool. Haven't seen this done before. I've seen the snake shed nails though.
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0.1 Naked Cat (Mercedes)
1.0 Hamster (Pumpkin)
1.1 Bumblebees (Satyana & Weedle)
0.3 Normals (Shayla, Rita and Althea)
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1.0 Pied (Monsieur Piederoff)
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wow! Never seen anything like that, that's really cool!
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Re: I was bored so I started a new project
Originally Posted by Bobbafett
Very cool. Haven't seen this done before. I've seen the snake shed nails though.
That's actually where I got the idea from. It's the same basic idea, but I tried to find some sort of guide online and I couldn't really find anything, so we will see how durable it turns out to be.
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Re: I was bored so I started a new project
That's pretty cool. I'm amazed you got it on in one nice piece without it tearing. Were you working with a fresh shed that was still wet? Also what are you sealing it with?
Last edited by DooLittle; 09-22-2013 at 11:36 AM.
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Originally Posted by DooLittle
That's pretty cool. I'm amazed you got it on in one nice piece without it tearing. Were you working with a fresh shed that was still wet?
No, that one was maybe a year old or so? When she shed originally I was pretty careful about preserving it. I was very careful when I cut it, and the glue helped it kind of rehydrate enough to work with it.
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Awesome little project! I'm not really one for headbands, but I'd wear that! I wonder what it would look like if you tried different color headbands? Next project, maybe? ; ) lol
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