just rehydrated a black bear cape i purchased after looking it over i don't see that it has any extra eye skin to tuck, how do i go about getting this right, super glue, hide paste or what is the best way to get they eyes to look right, i know some posts say they don't tuck their eyes sometimes but i was tought to tuck them, now what do i do? any help would be great, thanks
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Dont let the inner skin missing scare you. Do your clay work around the eye and use hide paste to hold it in pplace, you may need to pin the front and back corners. Tend to it 2 to 3 times per day, this was shrinkage dont get out of control. References!
John is right...it's not absolutely necessary to have the eyelid skin, however it's nice to have some to tuck. I just completed a life-size coyote without any eye skin and it turned out just fine. Like John said you may have to pin the front and back corner and keep an eye on it more closely to make any adjustments if necessary. Some folks glue the eye lids in place and don't use the eye tuck method. It's all personal preference. You'll be ok , just make sure to use good reference and check frequently.
thanks, i'll give it a try and thanks again for all your help and patience