HOME | DD

AnyaBoz — African Unicorn Head Mount

#african #animal #fantasy #faux #furry #goat #head #horse #mounted #nontraditional #ooak #realistic #taxidermy #thelastunicorn #unicorn #headmount #fauxtaxidermy #anyaboz #roomguardian
Published: 2014-10-19 04:04:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 3873; Favourites: 68; Downloads: 18
Redirect to original
Description Feast your eyes on a rare glimpse of the last unicorn ever recorded in history. This is a male African Unicorn, quite different from the more common Western Unicorn. He was killed by a Spaniard in the late 1700s and unlike most of the African Unicorns that were killed and used for medicinal potions by the native tribes, this unicorn was professionally mounted and preserved as a trophy for the hunter's estate. It was unearthed by the descendants of said hunter just this year and it will be up for auction in the coming months. 

16x18x21

This unicorn was made with a cardboard and foam armature. His horn is a carved down wooden dowel with super sculpey detail. The eyes were actually substitutes I made for my Bathsephus mask that I ended up not using. The fur is a mixture of real rabbit fur and synthetic fur. 

Commission progress was stalled for about a week because one of my my shipments took way longer than expected to arrive. So in the meantime, I worked on him I am saving him for some shows so he will not be for sale on etsy. 
Related content
Comments: 19

HungryHare62 [2021-02-20 21:28:13 +0000 UTC]

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

etremelyinnpropiart [2014-12-09 02:38:48 +0000 UTC]

Man I love unicorns!
Haha I will show this to everyone I know and hopefully convince them Faeries are real

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

AnyaBoz In reply to etremelyinnpropiart [2014-12-09 04:43:34 +0000 UTC]

Yes! Hahaha convince them of their existence!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

etremelyinnpropiart In reply to AnyaBoz [2014-12-09 12:33:21 +0000 UTC]

#faeries

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Posiitive [2014-11-08 00:49:46 +0000 UTC]

Such an interesting piece of work!Very well made and a great concept on this creature. Creative and imaginative!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

AnyaBoz In reply to Posiitive [2014-11-09 18:42:45 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I'm very happy with him

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Posiitive In reply to AnyaBoz [2014-11-10 04:54:38 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

ElreniaGreenleaf [2014-11-03 22:04:59 +0000 UTC]

Those EARS! ^^
I made a Unicorn bust like this at college last year but this is sooooo much better, haha! I couldn't get the fur looking natural enough - any tips?

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

AnyaBoz In reply to ElreniaGreenleaf [2014-11-07 01:05:39 +0000 UTC]

Haha thank you! That means so much to me!

I guess just make sure the fur is going the right direction and
covering up any noticeable seems. It also helps to just look at
different animal face patterns to kind of get an idea of what looks
like something that could really exist, and I like to make the fur
have a gradient instead of just hard edged spots.

Hope that helps!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

AstaraBriarart [2014-10-20 09:09:58 +0000 UTC]

Incredibly cool!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

AnyaBoz In reply to AstaraBriarart [2014-10-23 02:09:45 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

AstaraBriarart In reply to AnyaBoz [2014-10-23 15:49:27 +0000 UTC]

NP!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

S-ibbi [2014-10-19 04:46:53 +0000 UTC]

You did a beautiful job~ I love fantasy taxidermy <3

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

AnyaBoz In reply to S-ibbi [2014-10-23 02:09:39 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Yeah there's something so appealing about having
a fantastic beast on your wall

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

RomKom [2014-10-19 04:14:48 +0000 UTC]

He is gorgeus!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

AnyaBoz In reply to RomKom [2014-10-23 02:09:16 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! 

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

MagicMage-y [2014-10-19 04:07:41 +0000 UTC]

He's quite beautiful! You did a really good job on him.

I like how he kinda' looks like a Pygmy goat! 

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

AnyaBoz In reply to MagicMage-y [2014-10-23 02:09:01 +0000 UTC]

Haha thank you! I'm flattered
Yeah I wanted to make him a little more goat-like than
the traditional unicorn

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

MagicMage-y In reply to AnyaBoz [2014-10-23 04:24:43 +0000 UTC]

I think that you pulled it off quite well!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0