I recently found a vew way to work on wattles to get the nice full size. I have been splitting them and using clay or epoxy sculpting medium to rebuild. The Problem I always encountered was getting the material in the head to rebuild with. If I put in before turning the head right side out, I found it hard to turn. The mouth and eye hole are to darn hard to use to get it in the right spots. Last night I mounted the bird and then began work on the head.
I simply took my scalpel and sliced open the wattle from the top of the head to the bottom. I used this huge opening to insert magic sculp exactly where I wanted. Then I simply pressed the edges of the seam back together in the epoxy. No sewing or anything. I plan to smooth transition with magic sculp before painting. I created the biggest, fullest, nicest shaped wattles Ive ever done. Ask any hen, size matters. Does anyone see any potential problems with this technique?
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Are you talking about cutting right down the face of the wattles or along the edge from top to bottom. If you have pics of the thing when you are done , I would like to see them. Brad
The wattles is by far the biggest problem I have with pheasants...If it works I would love to see a picture!
I sliced right through the middle of the face, Though along the the edge might work to. Email me an address if you wnant a picture.