eyes eyes.how do i do these eyes

Submitted by dave on 04/24/2004 at 14:36. ( ) 63.153.124.47

i have been mounting two deer.i am happy with the nose,lips,ears,but i can not get my eyes to look like other taxidermist get theres to look.big and plump and thay look good.i have looked at the ref pics on micro-tan site by the way i am useing 26mm eyes on 165pd deer..should your eye take up the whole orbit on the mannikin? my eyes just look small.and just not right.thanks for comments.dave

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TO SMALL

This response submitted by Jack F. on 04/24/2004 at 15:45. ( ) 12.152.155.160

Those eyes are to small for that size deer. Jack F


Dave

This response submitted by DW on 04/24/2004 at 17:02. ( ) 64.12.116.17

Use at least a 30mm eye for a deer with a 7" eye/nose measurement. I found under 7" you can use a 28mm. Ofcourse when you get into 7.5-8" eye/nose whitetails...you will probably have to use a 32mm


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