The mask I'm working on is an akita, by the way. His name is Callix, at least, until I sell him. Here's a video! The reason why my idea would out so well, is because for some reason, he's a BIG head and I'm so tiny and small. That little neck with that big of a head? It just doesn't look right. I don't know why he came out so big. If I give him a thick neck, like Akita's have, that might look more natural and make the head more convincing for his breed.
I'll fur the head only so much and then work on the "Cape" I guess you could call it? That's where I'll start adding the polyfiber fill. This picture below explains how my concept seemed to look great, but only from certain angles because it was my first mask and a very crude concept of what I wanted. One side was solid while the other was scarce of foam and looks sagged in. But, it does look appealing from certain angles, doesn't it? A graceful look is added to the head and it's varying postures. I find that attractive to have in a fursuit for pretties, I guess.
One thing that stands out, though, the head wasn't foamed to be 3 dimensional So it's just foamed down the back of the head and in the picture in the top left, it looks very odd. Now, I made the head weird anyways, but the mask looks rather forced and stiff, if you know what I mean. The cape is tucked into my tunic, so that's not helping. It also doesn't look as natural as it does from 3/4 view because it lacks the swelling of the fur.. Because of that extra foam, its also, very very hot. My mask was built as a novice piece, so my snout isn't too spacey to allow hot air to escape. Its cramped and the nostrils aren't too big to allow heat escape anyways. Granted, this doesn't mean this head I'm working on now will be THAT bad. It's not and it has a long snout, too. I just fear for the buyer, because I've worn my full get up and when I breath, the heat from my breath burns my eyes because it's so compact in the mask, it comes right back at me instead of going out!
That brings me to my question and I apologize for the long intro, I just...flow that way for some reason.
If I use poly fiber fill to arch the neck into a curve down the back and around, under the cheeks, would that be too hot? I don't want to make this mask unbearable for his lucky owner by covering up the main arterial veins! . However, I do really want the curved look, but would it be poor planning if I did use polyfill?
If put this on all of my future mask bidding descriptions, would it be all right? "Installing a small fan is highly recommended, due to the use of extra padding, which might make the wearer heat up faster than a typical fursuit partial."
I don't know. I just don't want to sell it to the buyer and then leave them hanging in anyway shape or form, but, as long as I warn them, they read it and they still want it anyway, I guess I can't be too guilty for any reason, because I DID WARN them in advance.