Shoot em Up, I hate to argue with you here, but your advice is misleading.

If a hide is properly thinned, the lip slot cut properly,the lip tucked properly, and a good quality adhesive is used, nails or pins are absolutely not required. I noticed in another post that you are using dry preservative, which may very well require the use of nails, but a tanned skin that is prepared correctly does not require nails if a good adhesive is used. The apoxie finish work should normally only be required within the nasal cavity to blend skin to the septum, slight areas around the eyes and to rebuild the exposed portion of the lower lip beneath the nose pad. It should not be required to make nail hole repairs around the lip line or fill in areas that have "pulled free".

As far as bondo ears go. I have used them with success and they can be made to look nice, but your assumption that they never drum is false. The nice full look you speak of is also incorrect in that a whitetails ear is not "full" but is very thin and the only thing thatshould givea full look is the grooming of the hair. Also, the assumption that ear liners always drum is false. A properly fitted earliner using a quality adhesive can achieve an incredibly realistic ear without drumming.

Your suggestion that the Bright tech economy eyes are even close to some of the other eyes available is also false. Whitetail eyes are not black and any good reference can reveal this to anyone who has the willingness to observe. There are a number of quality eyes that are available, while bright tech may be sufficient for lower quality commercial work, they do not compare to other eyes that are available.