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I was wondering how you guys do your noses for whitetail deer for competition. Do you use the nose on the form and dremel it,do you use repo noses, or do you cast your own noses? I would really love to see someone cast a nose if any one would be interested in doing a session on this.:innocent:
July 22, 2011
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Mike I do casting in stages, a replacement w/t nose takes me 2-3 different pours to get the final product.
The first one is actually casting the real deer nose, If you look closely you can see the hairs and whiskers in the first cast.
Next you will cut it down to size and start working on the shape that you want the final product to be, this will be your master positive.
Once you have the master positive like you want it, pour the rubber to make your negative or mold.
I always keep the first piece out of a mold, just a pet peeve of mine.
Here is one I cast in pink and installed on Manikin. Plus one with light and one without light shining through the septum.
Thanks D. I just rolled in from Florida checking on my bees and got a chance to look over what you posted . thanks so much , I’ll probably be back for more questions:idea:.Got to go i have a Blueberry meeting with Dole, They pack our Blue berries for us and we have a grower meeting tonight. I’ll look at these more when i get home. God Blees. Mike.:biggergrin:
On the casting of the real nose , Do you freeze or cool the nose to keep shape better.seems to me a nose unthawed would move around some what during casting. I’ll admit i’m an idiot when it comes to this but i’m going to learn so i can do my competition piece. I know i might could take other routes but i have always strived to do better . I know there’s no better experience than a judge telling you what to improve on but i want to know as much as possible before i enter a piece. So what materials do you use on the casting and molding? And i’ll probably be back with more questions:biggergrin:
