Fire Helmet No. 2

I was asked by my friend Natalie to make a Fire Helmet cake for her husband.  It was a challenging cake because it's so important for me to get it right, and try to capture as much detail as accurately as possible.

I'm really happy with the way the eagle turned out this time:

I was able to fix and/or vastly improve on the tough spots from when I first experimented with the Fire Helmet cake (post here).  I'm really happy with the way this cake looked for my friend and her hubby.