Jabba's Other Prize- Tauntaun Wall Hanger!

[galactiboy]

Hey everyone, just wanted to share my Tauntaun Taxidermy. This started out as a Hasbro Tauntaun that I beheaded, then I routed out the harness bits and used milliput to remove the neck seam and add hair to the parts I gounged out. After it was done I repainted him and used a 3M hook to hang him:

On Display,
turns out I had the perfect spot of him

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[LoveMinusZero]

That's pretty cool man, great idea. You going to try to make that other beast Jabba had?

 

[steveo]

Love it, but the Taun' head should be on the other side of Han.

 

[Cocoboloboy]

Looks great! I never did finish mine.

Was the one in the film mounted on a backer board? I tried to look at pics but couldn't quite tell.

 

[galactiboy]

That's pretty cool man, great idea. You going to try to make that other beast Jabba had?

Thanks man Probably just stick with this one... especially as I have no idea what the other one is

Love it, but the Taun' head should be on the other side of Han.

Always gotta be at least one in the audience

Yeah, I was aware of the placement, but I like the configuration even if its not correct. Also; his had 2 full horns so I'm doubly wrong

 

[galactiboy]

Looks great! I never did finish mine.

Was the one in the film mounted on a backer board? I tried to look at pics but couldn't quite tell.

Thanks man, but I thought yours was finished... it at least looked like it was.

I was unable to find any clear enough images to tell if there was a backer or not; kind of looks like not; and that is just easier to get away with

 

[Cocoboloboy]

Nope. I was gonna fill in the seam and dremel off the harness and all that jazz like you did but never got around to it.

It kinda looked like there was a mounting board in one pic I saw but it was so dark I couldn't quite tell. I'd make a couple for us if someone could confirm there is one and what it looks like.

 

[Chakaman]

Thats pretty cool, nice job.

 

[Batty]

It would suck being a Tauntaun; you get your belly sliced open or your head gets chopped off and hung on a wall...

Nice work, GB!

 

[barryo]

very nice GB.............i knew that taun taun was good for something........
really adds to your already kickass display.

 

[galactiboy]

Nope. I was gonna fill in the seam and dremel off the harness and all that jazz like you did but never got around to it.

It kinda looked like there was a mounting board in one pic I saw but it was so dark I couldn't quite tell. I'd make a couple for us if someone could confirm there is one and what it looks like.

Gotcha, on the plus side you don't need a dremmel for him; I just dunked him in hot water and used a sculpting tool to remove the harness bits.

Yeah, and let me know about the mount... if there is one I'd love to get a professional Coco version Although I'm not sure how to actually attach him to anything; being hollow and very thin plastic would make it tricky.

Thats pretty cool, nice job.

Thanks

It would suck being a Tauntaun; you get your belly sliced open or your head gets chopped off and hung on a wall...

Nice work, GB!

Ain't that the truth... Tauntauns definitely get a raw deal

very nice GB.............i knew that taun taun was good for something........
really adds to your already kickass display.

Thanks man

 

[boinkffd]

I cut a wedge out of a PVC pipe at glued it not the back of the head to extend the neck .Then sculpted fur over the pipe. I filled the head with resin and stuck a magnet in there.

 

[Mandible]

Hey everyone, just wanted to share my Tauntaun Taxidermy. This started out as a Hasbro Tauntaun that I beheaded, then I routed out the harness bits and used milliput to remove the neck seam and add hair to the parts I gounged out. After it was done I repainted him and used a 3M hook to hang him:

On Display,
turns out I had the perfect spot of him

​

Great job!

Did you repaint the wall that Han (carbonite) sits on? Looks much lighter and more like Jabba's throne and archway pieces.

BTW: I did a repaint on the carbonite; I found the all dark version a bit much.

 

[galactiboy]

Nope, my piece of wall is stock. Gotta say though, I really like the repaint you did on yours; looks much better

 

[clparker04]

Wow that is very cool mate

 

[galactiboy]

Thanks

 

[skazzarola]

what a great job! Congratulations!

 

[galactiboy]

Thanks... after sitting with him for a few days I think I need to adjust the angle at which he sticks out from the way; I don't think I can get him looking full straight forward, but I think if I remove a piece of the base of his neck I can get him to look up a bit more.

 

[FLOSI]

Great idea, Joseph! That really turned out great. :

 

[LOPIE]

Dam, now I want one.