I’ve rarely worked in 3D and only once in bronze. I’ll echo again that bronze is a weird medium. The bare spots and the oxidized spots really mess with the depth of everything. On top of that, the eyes are a weird thing to sculpt. You can have smooth, blank eyes on a stone or clay sculpture just fine without disturbing anyone. But the Fonz’s eyes that are both blank and reflective above? Nope, that’s disturbing as hell.
ETA: Anything done with lost wax casting that you’ve sculpted by hand seems to come out exaggerated and strange. Tiny imperfections in the surface seem to become huge.