Okay almost everything is here; just need to get my sewing kit in one place and I'm all good to go!
Had a hard time braining last night but did work some more on the eyes this morning. Need to make some test mockups before I commit and then work on the rest. :)
Already thinking about making a fursuit head of my wolf supervillain, Epoxy! After I'm done with my Renamon, of course. :)
Made some test "follow-me" eyes and though they didn't fit easily they were a good test to see how deep they needed to be to get the effect to work properly, given that the eyes are kinda narrow. I think 19mm (3/4") is about the right depth for the effect!
Just an FYI this is my first time trying to make a fursuit. The 3D printed base is from Schneepardi on Etsy.
Tried the eyes a little differently tonight and I think they actually look a bit better!
I'm not sure if I'm gonna end up using the straps in the final product as I've got to build up the jaw/cheeks and ears and given they're further back it might just be easier to enclose my head fully in foam.
Gonna look at some more tutorials and see if I can find a better solution.
Okay so replaced the elastic straps with foam and it fits pretty well! This is gonna be the way to go as I can attach the ears to this! :D
Suddenly thinking about what if I follow up Epoxy with my Tenga Warrior OC! >.>
Full suit, of course, because wings are important for birds.
@renbymon Where did you find a head bust form thingy? I need a couple of those to keep my silicone masks on ^^
@tryst https://www.neillsmaterials.co.uk/product/ed-head-armature-h2-0/
It's meant for sculpting with but it's also really hard wearing so great for making fursuit heads on.
@renbymon Renamon's cute by default! Nice to see the eyes done! π
@dragonarchitect I wanna do a faux gas mask to wear with it too >:3
@renbymon Looks really on model, excellent work. How is the vision shaping up?
@quincyotter I need to do a lot of foam work to this (ears and jawline) but yeah I'm really happy with how it's turning out ^^
There isn't much front vision, but there is some so it's not too bad. :)
@renbymon 
Renbymon real...
@PsyChuan I'm a Renamon!! ππ
@renbymon you're a Renamon! \o/
@PsyChuan ππππππππ
@renbymon i think i would melt if i ever saw that irl gdagfdhjj
@PsyChuan That suit is 100% the reason I became a Renamon; I saw photos of it in the early 2000s and my brain went "Oh! I'm a Renamon!"
Been a Renamon ever since!! ππ
@renbymon i mean i can see why
@PsyChuan Getting a Renamon suit has been a goal of mine ever since then! ππ
@renbymon i look forward to seeing the progress! :D
@PsyChuan Oh there's gonna be progress photos for everything!!
@renbymon I'm not sure if this helps or not, but back in about 2009-2010 I built a Zangoose fursuit which has somewhat similar solid ear stalks as a Renamon would.
In that case, where I was going for as on-model as I could with an human inside I wound up affixing carved foam to some fairly thin carved foam above the eyes near the top-back of the "skull." The end result looked pretty good, but was impractical in a lot of circumstances where I was not standing.
I recognize that in your case this would be beyond the 3D printed area, and require building up / affixing some carved foam or risk floppy ear stalks built on just fur.
Something to at least think about though - go off model with floppy or semi-floppy ears using a fun foam or similar ear support (curved triangle of ~2mm thick foam).
I'm planning on building a Zangoose v2 once I get a workshop set up with this method instead of the on-model rigid foam ear stalks.
@quincyotter Yeah I definitely want to have stiff/solid ears! Thanks for the info! ππ
@renbymon Renamon gets an X-ray.
I didn't get time to work much on my #renamon #fursuithead but was at least able to mock up some eyes and print them out to see what they'll look like.
Then I discovered that we're out of colour ink, lol.
I want to go with "follow-me-eyes" but at least the standard old-school eyes will work okay. Also I'm not aiming for cute but it's nice that it does look cute by default!