Pronghorn Antelope Special Techniques - Page 2

IV: To Position the Skull Plate on the Form

A. Rear width of eye socket on skull should approximately match rear width of eye socket on form. Form one-eighth inch wider than the skull is ideal.

1. If the skull and form do not match, select a different form, or widen or narrow the head as needed.

To Widen

To Narrow

B. Set the skull plate on the form. The eye socket diameter from top of the eye orbit (skull) to the bottom of the form socket should be no more than one and one half inches.

C. To Set the Eyes in the Form:

1. In preset eye sockets, place a ball of Critter Clay™ in the eye and simply press the eye into the socket.




2. Tilt of the eye may vary slightly depending on the mass of the horn bases as well as the angle of the horns. However, the upper rim of aspheric eyes will always be outside of the bone socket.




3. I do not recommend a decrease in eye tilt, even for narrow horns. For wide horns, increase the tilt to approximately match the angle of the horn.




4. For eye shape, there is generally more space-from-pupil at the upper front of the eye than the upper rear, and more space-from-pupil at the lower rear of the eye socket than at the lower front.