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Note to self: teeth = pain in the butt

Anyway, the underskull is 100% finished now.

Next objective is to begin the furring steps.

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For those wanting to know how this was made:

I began the project by ordering glass taxidermy eyes from Van Dyke's taxidermy (online). They are leopard eyes, as they did not have any wolf eyes, but they looked suitable to me. Everything else was hand-made.

I sculpted the wolf face using an oil-based clay (Chavant NSP Medium) over a lifecast of my face, being sure to place the glass eyes in the sculpt where I wanted them to be in the final version. Once complete, I removed the glass eyes and made a mould of the sculpture and then finally cast a thin replica of it in resin.

From there, I cut out the eye sockets and cut the jaw apart, then glued in the glass eyes. I modeled the hinge using clay, which I then moulded and cast four copies in resin. I used an aluminum screwpost for the hinge pivot and then hot glued the hinge ends in place onto the mask and jaw.

I used a modeling compound called Apoxie Sculpt to make the eyelids, which is a two-part mixture that self-hardens.

The teeth were hand sculpted by me, a slightly smaller copy of a wolf taxidermy jawset that I own, which were moulded and then cast in resin, painted, and coated with shiny gloss. The teeth were then carefully hot-glued into place inside the mask.

Finally, I attached elastic around the top and back of the mask, as well as connecting the hinges to keep the jaw closed. The interior was padded with cheesecloth for a comfortable and perfect fit (I can even wear my glasses under the mask).

Description
www.NetherDen.com

Note to self: teeth = pain in the butt

Anyway, the underskull is 100% finished now.

Next objective is to begin the furring steps.

----------

For those wanting to know how this was made:

I began the project by ordering glass taxidermy eyes from Van Dyke's taxidermy (online). They are leopard eyes, as they did not have any wolf eyes, but they looked suitable to me. Everything else was hand-made.

I sculpted the wolf face using an oil-based clay (Chavant NSP Medium) over a lifecast of my face, being sure to place the glass eyes in the sculpt where I wanted them to be in the final version. Once complete, I removed the glass eyes and made a mould of the sculpture and then finally cast a thin replica of it in resin.

From there, I cut out the eye sockets and cut the jaw apart, then glued in the glass eyes. I modeled the hinge using clay, which I then moulded and cast four copies in resin. I used an aluminum screwpost for the hinge pivot and then hot glued the hinge ends in place onto the mask and jaw.

I used a modeling compound called Apoxie Sculpt to make the eyelids, which is a two-part mixture that self-hardens.

The teeth were hand sculpted by me, a slightly smaller copy of a wolf taxidermy jawset that I own, which were moulded and then cast in resin, painted, and coated with shiny gloss. The teeth were then carefully hot-glued into place inside the mask.

Finally, I attached elastic around the top and back of the mask, as well as connecting the hinges to keep the jaw closed. The interior was padded with cheesecloth for a comfortable and perfect fit (I can even wear my glasses under the mask).