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Face Details: Teeth, Lips, Eyes (long post)
The last couple days I’ve been working on finishing finer details on Rocky’s face. The quick mockup I published earlier wasn’t bad, but I noticed a couple of things.First and foremost, Rocket J Squirrel does not have a significant cleft in his upper lip; in all the original cartoons its almost always a smooth line…
Progress on the coat!
Modifying the neckline and lapels. The new closure works well, but the result still looked like a (cheap) tailcoat. After a bit of soul searching, I cut off the lapels and reseamed the edges to a smooth line, and trimmed the top of the “waistcoat” down to a square line (at the top of the…
Starting Rocky’s Tail
One of Rocky’s signature features is his giant fluffy tail (it often rises taller than his head in the cartoons). After finishing his head and flying cap, that tail is my next major construction challenge (and I only have 4 weeks left! eep!). I investigated several ways to make the tail free-standing and self-supporting, but…
Chunking the foam for cutting
Before the foam can be cut with my Dremel coping saw, I have to make sure the pieces will *fit* in the arm of the saw, so I chunked it up
Hokey Smokes! It worked
Today I added the tail mounting port to the “hero” fursuit body and did a quick try-on with the body, tail, head and paws.I’m super happy with how it looks! I’m putting this gallery under an additional spoiler password. If you really want to see the photos, the PW is Spoil Me Sweetie!(don’t forget the…