the elastic band should work i have one in my head (still a work in progress) and it seems to work fine

Thanks much! ^^ Always good to hear from personal experience. I'll have to try one out. c:

http://www.cosplayisland.co.uk/tuto.....ls/fursuithead
this helped me out alot though you are doing wonderful yourself

Thanks for the link! ^^ Unfortunately he is not a balaclava-base head, so I hope the elastic still works. ;^; The link is still helpful though, thank you!

it should still work but i can't be sure

It looks pretty neat!

to much elastic on a head will only work the fabric and foam ever so much more from the inside (via constant stress if you talk alot) during the suits existence and thus setting yourself up for a soup of other issues later. if you find a good, solid but small base (Plastic, cardboard even) that fits the underside of the jaw well enough, glue that as the bottom of the jaw (closest to neck) . You should be able to glue short (about 2inch, give or take) elastic bands from each side of the jaw, up under the skin of the cheek of the face XP I've always found this to be alot more effective for awkward, non-balaclava heads, since you don't have any straps or random hardware to deal with to get simple jaw movement

Thank you much for the suggestion! ^o^ I did strip away the foam along the bottom jaw which helped tremendously. However, I will definitely try out this method to help the jaw close all the way. c:At the moment, the head is too loose and moves the whole head up and down when I open and close my mouth. I extended the back of the head down which helped slightly, but will pad it once I get the eyes and teeth in. Any suggestions for a snug-er fit? P:
Thanks again!

Pat yourself on the head;

this is where about 1/2 inch foam should go on the inside, as well as possibly in the cheek-bone areas (just under fursuits eyes?). think of what the inside of a bike helmet looks like padding-wise XP

Oh, I hadn't thought of a bike helmet! Thanks so much, you've been very helpful! ^^

its no problem ^^ I try when people need help. Too bad no-one seems to no i exist till they see Rolland XP