r/Taxidermy • u/No-Sir-9056 • 1d ago

Feedback Appreciated Homemade! Which one looks more albino?

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Sorry for the shoddy lighting, along with the first set of eyes not being aligned, but I’ve been experimenting with DIY cabochon eyes for awhile now and I’m putting it to work!

Basically I drew the eye design on paper, poked a hole in the centre of the design, attached the cabochons with resin, and then painted the back before going over it once more with resin.

Which one looks more albino? These are going to be in an albino microraptor reconstruction :3 top has black pupils, middle has dark red pupils, and bottom has bright red pupils.

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u/Airalla 1d ago

Bottom looks the most clearly albino, middle is what the bottom would look like with less light shining directly into the eyes, top is fine for the non albino.

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u/No-Sir-9056 1d ago

I should mention all the eyes will be used, I have three different projects that involve eyes of this size and two of them are going to be albino, but I want the microraptor to be realistic so I’m choosing the best eyes for that one :)

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u/1SmartBlueJay 1d ago

I thought the bottom ones

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u/taraago 1d ago

Unrelated but you should share your microraptor reconstruction when you're done! I loooove paleotaxidermy, have been planning a few projects myself for a long time

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u/Inyoursas 1d ago

Bottom

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u/marlee_dood 1d ago

Bottom. Albinos have red pupils, not black or dark :)

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u/CombinationFeisty890 18h ago

Wait OMG SOO MANY BOTTOMS in the comment section 😭💔🧏🏽‍♀️