Help with Antlers

[knarlyknot]

I'm afraid I'm no help but I wanted to say, what a great link, absolutely beautiful masks!
Best of luck.

[gypsylakat]

http://www.crafts-gifts.com/deer-antlers-skulls.html

also this is one route you could go.... I don't know about your animal rights opinion... you'll want to go for 1-2 points, anything else is going to be MUCH too heavy... (scroll down for just plain antlers)

http://www.cabelas.com/hprod-1/0041996.shtml
those might be like the ones Lady L used... I just searched "antler ornaments" in google

There are also some on Ebay... just search antler...

[Lady L]

Oh those are cool, gypsylakat. Yes, the cabela's are a lot like the one's I bought. Mine had a deer head on the top, which we sawed off. As far as real antlers, you can get them quite reasonably from a taxidermist. Deer shed their antlers and grow a newer/larger pair every year. One does not need to kill a deer to obtain antlers, if that is a concern. I thought the resin was lighter weight.

[gypsylakat]

Yeah I knew that, but I wasn't sure how many of the ones from the Taxidermists were actually shed and not from hunting.

(personally I do not care, I quite enjoy the taste of venison)

[Lady L]

Ok, well just wanted to cover all the bases.
Sometimes people are confused over the difference between "antlers" or "horns". Horns don't grow back every year. Not meaning *you*, but anyone in general that would read these posts.

[temper]

I did a fantasy helm with real antlers and you can run a set of steel bolts through them. Our costumer disguised this with rabbit fur at the base. I also have a resin set that I bought from a hunting supply shop (scrape together to bring in males listening for other males) these are light and will take glue and paint.  The hunting supply was also a good source for real antlers.

[Lady Rae]

Thanks for everyones help!!!

Here is the finished product...

[gypsylakat]

looks awesome what did you end up going with?

[Lady Rae]

I went with a conversion kit to turn a female decoy into a male.....

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0059218410631a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&QueryText=antler%2C+decoy&N=4887&Ntk=Products&Ntx=mode+matchall&Nty=1&Ntt=antler%2C+decoy&noImage=0

Then he attached them to a leather headband with a strap going up over his head....which we camoflagued with the Ivy...

[Lady L]

Wow, turned out great!