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Sharpe19 — Wedge-tail Gryphon

Published: 2014-03-13 20:06:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 7856; Favourites: 379; Downloads: 36
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Description Prior to posting the ready-to-fur blank I wanted to have an example of how one of these bases would look finished.  

Design is based off of many species, mainly the wedge-tail eagle, the Tervuren (European shepherd breed), and a ring necked pheasant cock.

Features the following:
~Resin following eyes (sadly these ones have cracks in them but is difficult to spot unless someone is staring up close at them)
~Moving beak with a soft foam tongue
~Over 7 furs used in the face and hood, complete with a hidden zipper for easy in and out access
~Feathers from a ring necked pheasant and Furnace hackles from a chicken
~Drilled nares for extra ventilation
~vein detail on the inside and outside of the ears

I'm not sure what will become of this head at the moment, whether to sell it as is or turn it into a partial/full in the future. All I can say at the moment is I'm incredibly proud of how this turned out. It's my first official avian I have made, something I've been wanting to make for about 5 years.

DISCLAIMER: This suit contains natural materials hand picked from a pheasant skin. This skin is a fly tying grade for fly fishing flies and was harvested legally during hunting season. It went through a cleaning and preservation process to ensure the materials are sanitary and do not harbor any illness or mites. Due to the nature of the material, gentle care and handling is required.
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Comments: 28

Roxie-the-Charizard [2016-03-06 02:09:09 +0000 UTC]

HECK DARN THIS IS FANTASTIC

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Redofscale [2015-10-16 21:58:44 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful mask, May I ask how big the eyes are?

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Sharpe19 In reply to Redofscale [2015-10-17 04:35:52 +0000 UTC]

32-36mm I think..? Been a while.

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Redofscale In reply to Sharpe19 [2015-10-17 11:05:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, they took awesome! Do you do commissions? 

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Sharpe19 In reply to Redofscale [2015-10-17 14:54:42 +0000 UTC]

For heads yes, currently closed for the year though, sorry!

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Wolfywingedwolf [2014-10-10 20:42:02 +0000 UTC]

HOW DID YOU MAKE THE BEAK!?! I'm making my own bird costume... So please help me...

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ElementalJess [2014-03-23 15:08:12 +0000 UTC]

Oooo wow, very nice work! I love the realism.

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Faithodon [2014-03-22 20:43:44 +0000 UTC]

BEAUTIFUL!!!

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FiremoonCreations [2014-03-18 19:03:11 +0000 UTC]

I love your detail, absolutely beautiful.

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xXNibiNoNekoXx [2014-03-16 00:43:42 +0000 UTC]

Oh my gosh, this is beautiful! <3 Think this is one of my favourites. You really outdid yourself!

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TheGreatSphinx [2014-03-15 19:20:59 +0000 UTC]

how much are yer parshals?

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lamelobo [2014-03-14 16:11:03 +0000 UTC]

so dearly beautiful sharpe wow !!!  

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AplePop [2014-03-14 10:00:32 +0000 UTC]

 

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eshipsey [2014-03-14 05:54:18 +0000 UTC]

This is gorgeous! Excellent work.

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Zhon [2014-03-14 05:05:27 +0000 UTC]

Very Beautiful!!!

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Featherthefurry [2014-03-13 23:06:48 +0000 UTC]

he is beautiful! Oh my goodness!

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TheBookWormDragon [2014-03-13 21:46:58 +0000 UTC]

This is beautiful, like absolutely awesomely stunningly beautiful

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CookieMonsta409 [2014-03-13 21:45:31 +0000 UTC]

That's amazing!!

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CuriousCreatures [2014-03-13 21:40:54 +0000 UTC]

THAT....is awesome. I want it.

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PaleBrother [2014-03-13 21:31:29 +0000 UTC]

This is so beautiful!

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AtFirstPlush [2014-03-13 21:14:16 +0000 UTC]

Stunning!

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Erykun [2014-03-13 21:00:07 +0000 UTC]

This is absolutely amazing. I can say with confidence this is the most beautiful avian I have seen done, and I have seen a lot of fursuits.

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Saborcat [2014-03-13 20:54:20 +0000 UTC]

Wow that is awesome! I love all the detailing. Very nice work.

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x-Re-Animated-x [2014-03-13 20:48:24 +0000 UTC]

this is so cool

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GhostBA1T [2014-03-13 20:32:47 +0000 UTC]

i think you should keep it to tease people ^.^

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IcestormTundra [2014-03-13 20:20:56 +0000 UTC]

this is seriously beautiful, great work!  ^^

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Crovv [2014-03-13 20:18:15 +0000 UTC]

Nice to see one of these bad-boys completed! I cannot wait for mine in the mail -dances-

I always really love the look of adding real feathers to the masks. I need to find out how to do this as I plan on using rooster feathers for mine

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S-ibbi [2014-03-13 20:09:46 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow that really incredible. I am amazed at how this turned out. I really love the coloration and your use of feathers. It looks so nice and real .O. I really want to pet it so much.

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