Ooooh that's pretty cool Liz :3 Just another talent you've revealed to us :3 *Hug*

OMFG You should SO Suit with me at PCM on Thursday! :D

Oh, how i would love to! But I don't have a partial, I only made a head. QQ

SO, find some white gloves VOWLA! Insta FURRY! :D

I used a plastic canvas mesh type of material to make the basic form of the head (real basic) , Then I added foam to shape the head more and shaved it down. The eyes are taxidermy blanks I bought online and painted myself with tearduct sight. I cut the white fur into 4 pieces (It was a furry bathmat I bought at wal*mart for $20, It had the long fur I wanted and was a very thick weave ) I sewed the 3 front peices together then applied them with hot glue and just used scissors to 'sculpt' the fur. The mouth is made out of a. sculpy for the teath and gums and b. fun foam, wire, and high gloss modge podge for the tongue and internal part of the mouth. The jaw i did with rubber bands, and it just kind of happened accidentally so i went with it. It's not amazing, It opens when you open your mouth wide enough, but it's a little crooked- I think it has to do with uneven tension in the rubberbands. The head is big enough for me to wear my glasses in , but too small for Alex's head to fit into. The sight is limited though, big blind spots on either side.. I want to try a toony eye next with sunglass lenses for pupils.

this ( http://www.matrices.net/matricessuit.asp ) is the tutorial I used with the plastic mesh. I tried it on every step of the way. Everytime I sewed another piece on I would try the mask on. I also tried to make it looser then I thought I needed, wich was good, because If it were any smaller it might not fit.

Like I said, The moving jaw was actually an accident. I ran out of Hemp twine to tie sew the plastic canvas together after I made the lower jaw piece (separate from the main head . When I attached the Jaw piece I used leather cord instead, and just tied it in a loose loopin one spot in the middle of the jaw on either side first to make sure I had it in place. The jaw naturally swung open with gravity, so all i had to do then was cut a couple rubber bands and tie them mid-way down the jaw line on both sides to the top jaw to create tension upwards, but still allow for the jaw to move when pushed on.

I can see well enough in my mask, when I was trying it on and figuring out the position of the mask and my eyes in it I put a piece of paper inside the mask between my eye and where the eye hole would be on one side, looked in a mirror and traced the area where my eye was. repeated with the other eye, then I could see exactly where I would be viewing from and decide the best place to put the eyes from there.

Hope that helps! Like I said, I want to do another one.

so all i had to do then was cut a couple rubber bands and tie them mid-way down the jaw line on both sides to the top jaw to create tension upwards,

so on both sides of the lower jaw,-left and right side- about halfway down the length of the jaw, right before where the back most teeth are (lines up with my cheek when I'm in the mask) I tied one end of the rubber band. The other end of the rubber band gets tied to the upper jaw (again, halfway down the length of it, so the rubber band is tied in a straight vertical line). The rubber band should be taught, not slack. The rubber bands hold the mouth closed, so if you are not putting pressure on the chin strap then the mouth remains closed, and it pulls the mouth back closed after you open it.

The jaw is attached to the side of the head by a single loose loop of leather cord in my case, this is what is taking place of the hing for me, just tying it loosely enough that it can move freely but is held generally in the right place.. .

Keep in mind that mine is a short muzzled mask, so it's probably a little easier to do
does that clear anything up?

oh, and i don't know what skype is, lol. I don't have AIM either.