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SabrePanther In reply to Pre-Served [2012-09-10 17:41:50 +0000 UTC]

happy to share I'm still revising my "technique" myself. I got one of those $5 plastic masks at hobby lobby. I also got myself one of those foam mannequin heads there as well.
First off, I put the mask on the foam head, then sculpted a snout and other animalistic features on the mask with non-drying clay. I tried to use as little clay as possible so I don't end up with a fursuit head that looks giant in comparison with the body and also looked at a wolf skull for a reference.
Secondly, I put paper mache over the clay, let it dry, and then pried it off. I removed the clay, and then glued the paper mache snout onto the plastic mask.
Third, I cut the mask in two parts, the upper and lower jaw. (the trickiest part is making sure the cuts are perfectly symmetrical or else you'll wind up with a crooked jaw.) Then attach the hinges. I used chopped up and sturdy plastic utensils at the time, but they proved to be pretty fragile and easy to break, so you may wanna find another alternative. I'll probably get a hinge set from DA's Monoyosha's web store.
Fourth, I sculpted a jaw set with sculpey clay and with help from looking at wolf skull references. Again, the trickiest part is making sure the teeth align and match up. I then glued them on the upper and lower jaw areas. Also sculpted the nose out of the same stuff.
Fifth, the eyes were made of fishbowl gems with irises painted on the back of them. Easier to make than resin eyes in my opinion.
Hope this helps and let me know if I need to clarify anything!

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Pre-Served In reply to SabrePanther [2012-09-11 01:49:09 +0000 UTC]

Theres no way I can ever be able to do this XD Im only 13... May I ask If you could make one for me? And if so, how much would you charge? I live in Colorado ^^

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SabrePanther In reply to Forest-Soul [2012-02-14 12:24:20 +0000 UTC]

thanks! I had inserted some little hooks under the lips of the finished mask so that I could pose them into a snarl if I wanted, hence the realistic coloring of the gums

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Forest-Soul In reply to SabrePanther [2012-02-14 17:38:16 +0000 UTC]

That is an awesome idea. I've looked at masks with permenant expressions and such (it kinda makes me sad :/) but this is very cool.

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SabrePanther In reply to HipsterLipstickWolf [2011-09-12 21:13:02 +0000 UTC]

lol thanks!

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HipsterLipstickWolf In reply to SabrePanther [2011-09-13 04:36:32 +0000 UTC]

yup(;

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SabrePanther In reply to TheGreatSphinx [2011-07-29 02:47:08 +0000 UTC]

thanks I had to hide it under a blanket when I was not working on it because it scared the neighborhood kids XD

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TheGreatSphinx In reply to SabrePanther [2011-07-31 23:49:40 +0000 UTC]

lmao

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SabrePanther In reply to Takki-Says [2011-07-19 01:52:53 +0000 UTC]

its actually pretty light since the base is just paper and plastic

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Takki-Says In reply to SabrePanther [2011-07-21 14:42:58 +0000 UTC]

Very cool!

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SabrePanther In reply to JericaWinters [2011-07-07 06:33:08 +0000 UTC]

nom nom nom.... thanks!

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