62" WD, please critique

[RogerL]

Please critique. Also, this form is missized. This is a WDB5CM advertised as 10 1/2 x 62. NOT!!  62 x 11 1/2  actual size. This  snake was 62 x 10, big difference. My arm was sore from rasping. Arrgghh!

[RogerL]

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[Redwolf]

Nice looking mount Roger.

[3maytaxidermy]

gives me the chills... thats a good mount!

[Yeager1]

Looks pretty good Roger! I don't like to critique mounts from a picture because it can be deceiving. What I can see is you hit all the marks well. Maybe the eye could have been set a little more forward looking and the pupil more vertical, but again could just be the picture. I have to mount a western on the same damn form soon! Thanks for the mi-sized info!

[jeremy]

Roger thats a good looking snake and what a hoss....geeezzz, a big sucka.

 A couple things that I see, could be the picture but im having trouble seeing the definition on its lip line between upper and lower. Also i dont think this is your fault and its just my opinion but I dont like how that form sends the tail so high up off the ground and it looks strange from the transition, it looks like the tail almost goes into a 90 degree bend from horizontal to vertical not quit but clsoe just looks strange. Also i see the pupil slit needs to be set a bit more verticle like PY said.

 All in all I like it and think you have done well....

[Bobbym1232]

Looks pretty good Roger! I don't like to critique mounts from a picture because it can be deceiving. What I can see is you hit all the marks well. Maybe the eye could have been set a little more forward looking and the pupil more vertical, but again could just be the picture. I have to mount a western on the same damn form soon! Thanks for the mi-sized info!

Hopefully mine!   I got another 57" to mount last weekend.  We were blood trailing a deer in the dark, faces down by a bush when we heard the tick..tick....tick!!!  Has a few broadhead holes to fix up now!

Nice mount Roger.

[RogerL]

Thanks guys! Ya'll are good for just looking at bad pictures. The head was in bad shape from a .45 caliber so it was rebuilt mostly. Hopefully the next 2 will be better. One @64" and one @ 66". All from the same guy. I think I'd get off that lease! Thanks again for the input.

[MB in NC]

Looks great

[Gatorjaw]

Yeager1, would you say that the lower jaw is too thick in the front or is that a natural look to you?

[Yeager1]

Since I don't critique pictures that closely, I really can't say. Big diamondbacks have big heads I can vouch for that. What I normally do is sand a crease up the center of the bottom jaw. Then down both sides away from the lip line to simulate the jaw bone structure. This helps to take the thickness out of the bottom jaw if it is present. I always line the top jaw up first and this usually gives you a good idea if the head is gonna be to thick or not. I have this same form that Roger used that I have to mount a Western on hopefully this week. Yes, Bobby it is your snake!

[Gatorjaw]

Gotcha, Because on his last picture, the lower lip looked quite thick. I didn't know if it was just me. Outside of that,  seems to be very clean. Thanks!

[RogerL]

Yes, there were a lot of problems on this head. It was shot with a 45 caliber, and messed up the head pretty well. The form head was a little large for this snake and by the time I pulled all the pieces together........ well you know the rest.
Well, bottom line, it was close, and the customer loved it.
Thanks for all the input. The next 64" snake won't be quite as bad. I'll post some pictures when finished. Here is a closer picture of the head on the snake that is in this thread.
Thanks again. And God bless.