Does anyone know of any reference for deer face scars?
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Ya know someone is a taxidermist when they ask a question like that. I don't have any scar photos (my response title was just a joke), but if you ever need bubbling hypodermis, or sciatic nerve.......I've got those.
Why don't you describe the size and location of the injury, and I'll bet some one could help with the way they paint.
It's about an inch above the eye. It was almost healed when shot, the scab was loose and falling off when killed - needless to say it fell off during fleshing/tanning. The scar is about the size of a dime.
better than you would expect to start with.
I'm guessing your customer wanted the battle scar left.
This is what I do, someone else can add more techniques. I taxi and position the skin to close the area down in size without distorting surrounding hair patterns, and then do as much a "comb over" as possible, again without messing up the look around the damage area.
I use artist's oils, that gives me control over my color mixes, and the thickness of the paint. I dilute with turpentine to the point the paint is like a water color.
I would use titanium white with just the slightest touch of burnt umber. If the scar is bigger than what I really wanted to see, I would add a slight, and I mean slight, amount of alizarine crimson to give more of a SLIGHT pink cast.
A dry skin is going to soak this up like a sponge, so I just keep "feeding" it what it needs. This will be a case of less is better than too much, but the turpentine will keep your paint from glossing. You can also dab with a Q-Tip or rag to help get effect.