Ear / Antler Set

The Meder form has a very short antler shelve as to most of the skull plate needs to be cut off, also using plastic liners and butts your stuck with the shape. Side angle pic.

 

I'd say from what I see, you have the antlers tipped too far back, I've found on those meder forms, throw some of those measurements out and go by the accepted guidelines for antler placement.

 

I stand by what I said, tipped too far back, and I agree, I'm not a big fan of those forms.

 

Hard to tell but maybe too far back as well. Most of the deer I see measure around 2 1/4" from center of eye to closest part of the bur.

 

The old "2 finger rule" is kind of goofy. Who's fingers are the standard? I too am not one to settle for half assed, as long as the center line matches close in relation to side to side, you are good. Each form was sculpted to fit the sculptor's idea of what it should look like, that doesn't necessarily make it correct. Set the antlers to where they look correct to you, following typical guidelines, then test fit the cape, it will tell you where they go.

 

The antlers definitely need to be be tipped forward a bit. That ridge on the top of the skull should rise up above that ridge on the foam. That is just the start of the "brain ridge" if that is what you are concerned about.

 

You're welcome

 

Don't know if this helps but what I do is take a measurement before skinning from each tip of main beam to tip of nose then when setting antlers on form I try to match the measurements taken to get the right angle on antlers so they are not to far back or forward. I'm by no means an expert on the subject but seems to work for me