Canine Mask

          Here's some construction photos of a canine mask which I made to sell. I ended up selling it on FurBID:

 I started construction similarly to my Matrices mask. Taking strips of plastic canvas and sewing them together. 
 As you can see the jaw has balsa wood for my chin to press down on and is hinged (with brads and rubber bands) so it can move as I speak.
 This mask has large areas around the eyes, so it will be easy to see out of.
 Here's the mask after I've added the foam to build up its shape.
 The ears have a wire armature inside each of them, so they are very poseable. 
 Here is another angle of the mask before I began to add fur.
 When I started to add fur, I added the white fur first. Using two lengths of white I achieved a rather cool 'cheek ruff.' I also added details to the inside of the mouth using "Foamies"
 Here's a great view of the nose. I used black vinyl, and folded it underneath the foam, hot gluing it in place. 
 Finally here's a view of the finished mask, You can see I put in (removable) screen eyes. The screen is spray-painted white on one side with the black pupils and yellow irises painted in.
 Other small details were added, such as the vinyl eyelids, which are a nice touch to the finished mask.

 

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