I have trouble making the eye of my deer look like the pictures I have, without the eye lid being too far from the eye. Am I supposto build the clay up inside the eye socket behind the eye, or am I supposto just put enough to hold the eye there.
Thanks for your help
Susan
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If you'll post your email or send me your email address, I have a sequence of 5 pictures showing how to clay the eyes before mounting. I'm no Bill Yox or Joe Meder, but they ain't rocket scientists either. LOL
I have noticed on research forms, if you do not add some clay behind the eye the eyes look ...."flat"
On the McKenzie forms, I do not put any clay behind the eye, in fact I dont use much clay in the upper front corner ormuch around the eye at all.
I would like to see what anyone elses opinon is?
Tony J.
I use the right amont of clay on every deer i do.i put the cape on the form. then i put clay around eye you can add or use less to fit the form.6500 McKenzie my form i use the most.hope this helps
George,
Here is my e-mail adress. Please send the steps you mentioned. Thanks Susan
Buy a Meder eye setting reference head from McKenzie. One side has a relaxed pose, the other eye is a more alert normal eye set. Make your eye modeling job look just like the reference head, and you will have excellent eyes.
thank you George for the pictures. They should help a lot. Thank you to the others who posted too. With these tips I should be better of on the next one. Thanks again Susan