Okay almost everything is here; just need to get my sewing kit in one place and I'm all good to go!
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!
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.
@quincyotter Yeah I definitely want to have stiff/solid ears! Thanks for the info! 💛💜
@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.