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Started work on Miwak’s bone tail. It’s going to look fantastic but I immediately see issues with putting on the minky sleeve. It’s also highly unlikely I’ll get this, plus paws and head, done by spring, when my maker will have an opening for the body suit…
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Another set of pre-made paws for practice. These are a slight pattern modification for the option of larger finger pads.
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Whenever you create, adapt, or modify a pattern it’s always a good idea to make a paper mock-up first. I’m adapting the principals of the FurSmoothie pattern to have 5 toes and a moor bear-like foot shape.
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Painted and sealed. I am so amazingly proud of these gums and paint tones. This is the first time I’ve sculpted gums with this level of detail that also had to avoid hiding teeth unnecessarily or hitting the upper jaw. Now to install all the hardware.
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Finished another premade paws using my new 5-finger pattern. These are super comfy for small hands.
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Completed all the base modifications for Miwak. Eyes were drilled with bases re-sculpted, eye vents enlarged, jowls heat formed, nose vents drilled, jawset installed with gums sculpted, and all hardware attachments drilled in. Time to do some painting!
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Almost finished another pre-made. I’m really happy with this pattern, it’s officially my go to now.
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Paw parts and a tail gore piece all ready for install on their respective pieces. Doing all this took a goodly few hours and several mis-spooled bobbins
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I’ve been doing some experimenting with making eyes. I have discovered copic markers blend out well under E6000 glue, and adding Derwent Inktense pencil details over the copics creates a beautiful semi blending effect. The Inktense pencils also blend with the copic colourless blender
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Working on another pre-made tail, just because. This one is a king cheetah.