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Posted on 28/03/14 10:42:24 AM

Steve Caplin
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Challenge 498: Anthrop that mouse

I took my first ever evening class, as a student, this week: Anthropomorphic Mouse Taxidermy. Each of us was given a dead mouse, and over the course of the next four hours we were taught how to skin it, clean it, preserve it, stuff it and mount it.

The 'anthropomorphic' part of the title refers to the fact that the trainer brought along a whole range of doll's house props - hats, rakes, chairs, benches, clocks and so on - which we were encouraged to attach to our completed beasts.

I just couldn't decide, so I opted to leave my mouse more or less au naturel, rearing up in a pouncing pose.

Can you complete the task, and give the rodent some more human qualities? There are four camera angles for you to choose from - here, here,
here and here.

Posted on 28/03/14 11:03:31 AM

josephine harvatt
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You did a dam good job there - I would imagine mice are very fiddly - mind you a giraffe would bring its own problems too. Try and avoid putting pictures on twitter near mealtimes tho eh

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Posted on 28/03/14 11:12:23 AM

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josephine harvatt wrote:
Try and avoid putting pictures on twitter near mealtimes tho eh

And those were the censored ones!

Posted on 28/03/14 4:27:35 PM

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Challenge 498: Anthrop that mouse

Steve Caplin wrote:
I took my first ever evening class, as a student, this week: Anthropomorphic Mouse Taxidermy.

What an odd class! Was your instructor recently released from a long period of incarceration? It reminds me of something that turned up on the U.S. edition of "Antiques Roadshow" Someone had brought in a very detailed diorama made with cockroaches as the characters. It was explained that it had come from a prison in Georgia.

Posted on 28/03/14 6:54:17 PM

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Posted on 28/03/14 8:53:17 PM

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Revenge of the zombie mice

Posted on 30/03/14 03:33:08 AM

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Challenge 498: Anthrop that mouse

If there is such a thing as city mice, country mice and poor church mice, then surely there are toff mice.

(How pitiful am I that I have nothing better to do on a Saturday night than replace Maggie Smith's head with a mouse head?)

Posted on 30/03/14 09:02:47 AM

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Posted on 30/03/14 12:27:10 PM

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Posted on 31/03/14 09:41:40 AM

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Fantastic James

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Posted on 31/03/14 2:03:53 PM

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Thank you Vibeke, Iv'e made a little modification which i hope meets with approval.

Posted on 31/03/14 4:04:27 PM

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That is horrid James but beautifully animated horrid

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Posted on 31/03/14 9:39:53 PM

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Brilliant James ... utterly brilliant!

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Posted on 31/03/14 10:52:46 PM

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Fantastic James. I love the slight delay before the cat's smug expression. Disney, Pixar and Dreamworks don't know what they're missing.

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Posted on 01/04/14 09:30:01 AM

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Thought I'd better make an effort this week. I'm in Hong Kong, but as it keeps raining there is no reason to go out.

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Posted on 01/04/14 10:40:51 AM

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Thank you each for your comments.

Josephine, That's a wicked cat.

Vibeke, travel hasn't blunted your skills. Good / bad guy. Hong Kong's rain is our gain.

Posted on 01/04/14 11:20:05 AM

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