Doing some foaming for my head with this new foam I'm experimenting with. It's pretty stiff and doesn't seem to take glue very aggressively so it's hard to laminate curves into it. On the other hand its stiffness makes it very easy to carve. Softer foams tend to flex under the knife and this doesn't. I'm actually able to make cuts with a simple blade instead of scissors. It does still take glue well enough to work and it flexes enough that I'm not worried about it snapping so it's a viable material. I won't be able to tell if it does the thing I bought it for until I finish.

Now that I'm measuring and cutting stuff it's hitting how big an 11cm by 21 cm beak really is. My old head was way out of proportion in that regard. This would be really crazy if I were basing off a crow or raven.