Problems Carving/tooling Eagles Eye And Brow

[OdinUK]

Im trying to tool this eagle onto the leather to make a backpatch. Im ok with most of it but due to its size I can't seem to get the correct expression of the eagle. The eye and brow are the main areas that I just cant seem to get right. Im trying to get that authoritive condident look.

The brow needs to be deep, it seems, but then I loose any detail of the eye. I may go for a two tone colour scheme by blocking and then antiquing the eagle. I'll use a background texture tool for the background around the eagle.

Does anybody have any advice or tips on how to do it? Im trying to use various size figure carving bevelers along with a modeling spoon.

[Randle P McMurphy]

As I see, Bring the eye lid to a point toward the beak, under cut just a bit.

Make a semblance of the eye, practice on some scrap eyes only.

Have fun

[OdinUK]

Hmm I'll give it a try, so cutting past the eyeball with a slight undercut. Thanks for the tip, I'll see what happens.