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Finished the rooster paint. This is a Windstones Editions figure.
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Working on another pre-made tail, just because. This one is a king cheetah.
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Have got all the base/tone colours down and started on the feather barring on the wings. Next up is doing all the barring on the butt/leg/chest feathers.
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A few hours later and I have a forehead section ready for mask attachment. The pet mesh prevents the fur sagging into the crest rig. The rolled edge creates a more natural looking finish whilst helping to hide the gap between the crest and hood. Also sewed the eyebrows into place along the unrolled edges…
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This paint job looks much better than previous, more alive. These are the completed antlers for the jackalope project.
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Completed snow leopard tail. This is huge (148cm) featuring a gore cap and weighted tip. Rosettes are all hand sewn and has detail trimming to show these off.
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Whelp, the original gore cap was too large and failed in holding the tails weight up. So I’m redesigning with a single reinforced belt ‘tube’ and I inserted a 3” foam block at the tail base for stability. So far, it looks like it’ll work well.
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Started work on the antlers using a dry brushing technique. I’m not really happy with how it’s going but I’ll see what I think when I look at it again in daylight
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I am really proud of this paint job. I tried really hard to get realistic skin tones and make the teeth look real with tartar/plaque. I’m also so happy that the tongue (@tursowork) cut down nicely to fit.
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Gore end cap for the snow leopard tail. This was my first time doing satin stitch and I’m really pleased at how smooth I got most of it.