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Fursuit Head!!!!!!!! OMG YESSSSSSS!!!
10 years ago
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So my awesome friend 
stardustfur gave me a lioness fursuit head he had kicking around. (THANK YOU STAR YOU ARE TOO GENEROUS AN SWEET AS ALWAYS <3 )
I'm in the process of modding it for myself into something more canid/domestic cat hybrid-like. :D I have a teeny head which it fits perfectly!! (srsly my head is small... LOL)
(Check out my twitter media tab for pics of the WIPs: https://twitter.com/RoseNightshade/media )
I've already reshapped the muzzle and tips of the ears, next I need to cut out the eyes to prep for the new ones I'm going to make out of painted buckram (once I get the buckram in the mail, I just ordered it)
I'm going to give her glowy iridescent horns, a new nose, ear hair, hair, new teeth, new tongue, etc, and I have to figure out how I'm going to paint her (because I don't own and can't justify the cost of buying an airbrush system) (Nose, horns, lighting for horns, and teeth have already been purchased! :D Got em from https://www.etsy.com/shop/DreamVisionCreations)
Am so super duper excited to have my very first fursuit head >o< She's a personal project, not going to be for sale once she's finished or anything. Once it's finished I'm going to commission somebody or other for paws/armsleeves and a tail, so turn her into a partial. :D
Ahhhhhhhhh I'm so nervous about painting her because I could use watered down arcylics???? or I could use my copics (I tested it on a scrap piece of fur)???? but if I use my copics I'm limited to the colors I have ink refills for, and I'd end up needing to buy more ink refills prolly, and then if I do copics I won't be able to wash it anymore with the simple alcohol/water mixture because copics are alcohol based and I just... am like... no idea how/what I should do other than by instinct based on my multitude of mixed media art projects and super careful experimentation after reading tutorial advice, but I'm doing fine so far I guess???
I'm gonna shave down some of her fur too, it's all pretty much the same length right now (short but still fluffy, maybe 1\2 inch or slightly longer?) and I really really want the hair on her muzzle and over the top of her head SHORT. I'm not too nervous about doing that, but I'm not sure if I should do that before I put in her new eyes, or after??? Anyone have suggestions on that? (Ffffffffffffft I'll prolly end up doing it tonight, or super soon, after I take out the current eyes, just because I'm impatient and I won't have the material for the new eyes soon, but I DO have the clippers/trimmers NOW >3 )
And of course any shaving I wanna do I need to do that before I paint/color her fur. And I have NO idea where/what to buy for the long (white) fur I wanna put in her ears, or the purple/blue hair I want for on top of her head. There's so many options and I've never shopped for fur before????
Like... I'm just... over here like.... ravenously reading every tutorial/info on various aspects of fursuit head making relevant to what I'm doing but I'm still all ???????????????? WELP JUST GONNA THROW MY ART SKILLS AT THE WALL AN SEE WHAT STICKS!!! Which usually serves me well. I'm excited and nervous, hahahaha. XD
TLDR: Friend gave me a fursuit head! Rose moddding it! But Rose got no ACTUAL experience or clue what she's doing! AHHHHH HOW DOES I PAINT FURSUIT WITHOUT AIRBRUSH?! WHEN SHOULD I SHAVE FUR? NOW? LATER? WHERE BUY THE THINGS?! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *VIBRATES WITH EXCITEMENT*
If anybody has advice or links to tutorials or advice, I'm more than happy to check it out! :D
stardustfur gave me a lioness fursuit head he had kicking around. (THANK YOU STAR YOU ARE TOO GENEROUS AN SWEET AS ALWAYS <3 ) I'm in the process of modding it for myself into something more canid/domestic cat hybrid-like. :D I have a teeny head which it fits perfectly!! (srsly my head is small... LOL)
(Check out my twitter media tab for pics of the WIPs: https://twitter.com/RoseNightshade/media )
I've already reshapped the muzzle and tips of the ears, next I need to cut out the eyes to prep for the new ones I'm going to make out of painted buckram (once I get the buckram in the mail, I just ordered it)
I'm going to give her glowy iridescent horns, a new nose, ear hair, hair, new teeth, new tongue, etc, and I have to figure out how I'm going to paint her (because I don't own and can't justify the cost of buying an airbrush system) (Nose, horns, lighting for horns, and teeth have already been purchased! :D Got em from https://www.etsy.com/shop/DreamVisionCreations)
Am so super duper excited to have my very first fursuit head >o< She's a personal project, not going to be for sale once she's finished or anything. Once it's finished I'm going to commission somebody or other for paws/armsleeves and a tail, so turn her into a partial. :D
Ahhhhhhhhh I'm so nervous about painting her because I could use watered down arcylics???? or I could use my copics (I tested it on a scrap piece of fur)???? but if I use my copics I'm limited to the colors I have ink refills for, and I'd end up needing to buy more ink refills prolly, and then if I do copics I won't be able to wash it anymore with the simple alcohol/water mixture because copics are alcohol based and I just... am like... no idea how/what I should do other than by instinct based on my multitude of mixed media art projects and super careful experimentation after reading tutorial advice, but I'm doing fine so far I guess???
I'm gonna shave down some of her fur too, it's all pretty much the same length right now (short but still fluffy, maybe 1\2 inch or slightly longer?) and I really really want the hair on her muzzle and over the top of her head SHORT. I'm not too nervous about doing that, but I'm not sure if I should do that before I put in her new eyes, or after??? Anyone have suggestions on that? (Ffffffffffffft I'll prolly end up doing it tonight, or super soon, after I take out the current eyes, just because I'm impatient and I won't have the material for the new eyes soon, but I DO have the clippers/trimmers NOW >3 )
And of course any shaving I wanna do I need to do that before I paint/color her fur. And I have NO idea where/what to buy for the long (white) fur I wanna put in her ears, or the purple/blue hair I want for on top of her head. There's so many options and I've never shopped for fur before????
Like... I'm just... over here like.... ravenously reading every tutorial/info on various aspects of fursuit head making relevant to what I'm doing but I'm still all ???????????????? WELP JUST GONNA THROW MY ART SKILLS AT THE WALL AN SEE WHAT STICKS!!! Which usually serves me well. I'm excited and nervous, hahahaha. XD
TLDR: Friend gave me a fursuit head! Rose moddding it! But Rose got no ACTUAL experience or clue what she's doing! AHHHHH HOW DOES I PAINT FURSUIT WITHOUT AIRBRUSH?! WHEN SHOULD I SHAVE FUR? NOW? LATER? WHERE BUY THE THINGS?! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *VIBRATES WITH EXCITEMENT*
If anybody has advice or links to tutorials or advice, I'm more than happy to check it out! :D
Install the eyes last! The only time I recommend installing the eyes first is if they are 3D eyes. If they are standard toony eyes, install them last.
Hope this helps a little!
The fur on this head is camel and an off-white (not sure the name of the off white color) So I know I can only go darker (Which is a shame because I'd love to make it a bright blue XD)
Those are awesome results on that head without using an airbrush! Wow! :D I feel alot more confident and reassured now knowing that >3< Idk what a slicker brush is, but I'll look into it and pick one up if I don't already have one somewhere. :D
And oh man, was the white marking on the forehead added back in over top of the orange/yellow there??? That makes me feel REAL good if so, because I was wondering about being able to try and do something similiar with spots maybe?
Thanks for the link and advice/help!!! >o< It's greatly appreciated
I'd go and purchase fur that is and colour you want and work from there.