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My first resin mask! Features moving jaw and poseable ears. (You can see that one accidentally got bent in the closed-mouth photo. Didn't notice in time to adjust it!)
Painted resin with acrylic eyes, stretch-velvet and puff paint hood, wire and cotton jersey ears, quilted microfleece neck, and crinoline/muslin fin.
Vision is through painted mesh just in front of the eyes, and also through the mouth a bit.
There are a few things I'd have done differently if I was to try again, but all in all this was a good learning experience.
Painted resin with acrylic eyes, stretch-velvet and puff paint hood, wire and cotton jersey ears, quilted microfleece neck, and crinoline/muslin fin.
Vision is through painted mesh just in front of the eyes, and also through the mouth a bit.
There are a few things I'd have done differently if I was to try again, but all in all this was a good learning experience.
Category All / Fursuit
Species Dragon (Other)
Size 900 x 900px
File Size 329 kB
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Thank you! I did indeed sculpt it myself. You can see a couple of progress pictures on http://stripeygryphon.tumblr.com/ if you scroll down.
The paint is a mixture of Createx pearlescent airbrush paints and Liquitex Basics acrylics with hints of Golden acrylic interference paint. Interference paint is SUPER FUN and shiny.
Thank you! I did indeed sculpt it myself. You can see a couple of progress pictures on http://stripeygryphon.tumblr.com/ if you scroll down.
The paint is a mixture of Createx pearlescent airbrush paints and Liquitex Basics acrylics with hints of Golden acrylic interference paint. Interference paint is SUPER FUN and shiny.
You know I think this is amazing, in all of her parts. There are so many things you did that are different than what most of that type of suit do out there, and it's things I didn't even think to try doing, but always thought, "Why do they always do it that way?"
(like making scaly suits.... not scaly... and the tearduct vision panels being painted to match the suit instead of big black masses.)
(like making scaly suits.... not scaly... and the tearduct vision panels being painted to match the suit instead of big black masses.)
Thank you! The praise means a lot coming from someone as craft-y as you! After all of the time that this took, I can definitely understand making scaly suits not-scaly. I spent DAYS waiting for puff paint to dry, and the effect looks good from a distance and in photos but isn't so great under close inspection. Furring a mask is so much quicker and more forgiving.
I almost wonder why nobody is using sculpted silicone "skin" over resin masks, although I suppose the expense and difficulty of casting it and painting with silicone pigments might play into that.
I almost wonder why nobody is using sculpted silicone "skin" over resin masks, although I suppose the expense and difficulty of casting it and painting with silicone pigments might play into that.
Thanks, I'm glad you like it! The eyes were drawn digitally, printed out, and glued to the back of acrylic half-spheres. Ended up having to go to OfficeMax for laser printing because it turns out that inkjet ink and acrylic gel medium do not play nicely together.
I have to admit that some things look better in photos than they do under close inspection- I've been having issues with the neck closure, for instance, and really shouldn't have used grey fleece to back the quilted front panel. It's kind of visible from the side. Lesson learned! Come to think of it, maybe some airbrushing would fix it and save me the trouble of re-making that piece.
Anyway, I'm pretty sure I'll be taking her to MFF later this year- I don't know if you go to that one, but if you do, you might have a good chance of spotting me there. :)
I have to admit that some things look better in photos than they do under close inspection- I've been having issues with the neck closure, for instance, and really shouldn't have used grey fleece to back the quilted front panel. It's kind of visible from the side. Lesson learned! Come to think of it, maybe some airbrushing would fix it and save me the trouble of re-making that piece.
Anyway, I'm pretty sure I'll be taking her to MFF later this year- I don't know if you go to that one, but if you do, you might have a good chance of spotting me there. :)
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