oh hell i'm sorry for posting here that amount of times, y'all are just helping me so much i can't stop that easily... okay, anyways, i just started on my own fursuit /made quite a few commissions past two years but couldn't manage to make anything for myself until now/ and need some general/moving jaw advice /the head is all foam/
it just gave me a lot of problems, as i wanted a not very big head with with a moving jaw, the only avaible material was foam and balaclava base wasn't quite working for me. here are some pics of the WIP head, the first one is with hair and white cheek fur slapped on just for a general idea of how's gonna look when done /really sorry for my pc screen showing there, haha/.
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i dunno, i think the base is lacking sth... i thought about extending the cheeks down a bit but that would restrict the jaw movement/
the moving jaw is just an elastic strap going here and glued to the rest of the head on the inside /it really goes just a little bit up, not all over the head or so/, so it's the only thing connecting the lower jaw to it.
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one problem - the jaw doesnt really close, it hangs a bit open and that's annoying... i tried tightening the elastic but the only thing it did was make the jaw lose its shape. other than that, it moves just okay, though i have absolutely no idea how i would fur that head so everything'd still work... any tips?
anddd the lining. taping the inside does not work as after i remove the tape it just keeps sticking to itself and the pattern is unusable. also i saw the way Matrices did show in a comment under an older post in there, which was basically sewing a balaclava-like shape, cut eye holes in it that match the suit's eye placement and glue that inside, but it also did not work in my case as it just NEVER fits... lining commission heads makes me so frustrated,like i have to glue fabric pieces on the inside and even though it's comfortable it looks HORRIBLE and i did get pretty badly burned a few times when doing this /you can even see one of these burns on photos there/...
here comes the last question, when gluing the fur to the head even though i'm trying to make everything look clean the fur ALWAYS slips down a bit and leaves stains of glue on fleece around the eyes, inside the muzzle or so... got this problem again while working on my newest commission and i just can't leave it like it is, but i have no idea how to get rid of that glue... are there any ways?
thanks
it just gave me a lot of problems, as i wanted a not very big head with with a moving jaw, the only avaible material was foam and balaclava base wasn't quite working for me. here are some pics of the WIP head, the first one is with hair and white cheek fur slapped on just for a general idea of how's gonna look when done /really sorry for my pc screen showing there, haha/.
i dunno, i think the base is lacking sth... i thought about extending the cheeks down a bit but that would restrict the jaw movement/
the moving jaw is just an elastic strap going here and glued to the rest of the head on the inside /it really goes just a little bit up, not all over the head or so/, so it's the only thing connecting the lower jaw to it.
one problem - the jaw doesnt really close, it hangs a bit open and that's annoying... i tried tightening the elastic but the only thing it did was make the jaw lose its shape. other than that, it moves just okay, though i have absolutely no idea how i would fur that head so everything'd still work... any tips?
anddd the lining. taping the inside does not work as after i remove the tape it just keeps sticking to itself and the pattern is unusable. also i saw the way Matrices did show in a comment under an older post in there, which was basically sewing a balaclava-like shape, cut eye holes in it that match the suit's eye placement and glue that inside, but it also did not work in my case as it just NEVER fits... lining commission heads makes me so frustrated,like i have to glue fabric pieces on the inside and even though it's comfortable it looks HORRIBLE and i did get pretty badly burned a few times when doing this /you can even see one of these burns on photos there/...
here comes the last question, when gluing the fur to the head even though i'm trying to make everything look clean the fur ALWAYS slips down a bit and leaves stains of glue on fleece around the eyes, inside the muzzle or so... got this problem again while working on my newest commission and i just can't leave it like it is, but i have no idea how to get rid of that glue... are there any ways?
thanks