The buckram looks really nice! Did it sort out the visibility problem?

Haha hun you were a life saver! You have no idea how much better it is, before it was like looking through smoke and fog even if I put my own hand infront of my face it looks like a blurry black blob, but with the buckram its clear and bright and I can do anything, even use my phone or laptop etc! It improved the ventilation too!

Awesome! Glad I ould be of some help :)

The color seems faded in the final image. Is that a camera issue, or are they not as bright as the felt? if the latter, you might consider a redo. I don't know how you colored them, but you might have tainted the green somehow, or used a colorant that didn't work out quite well.

I personally use Copics to color, and you have to let use black after green (in this instance) or it taints the color. In the future I plan to silkscreen. I'm not familiar with buckram. What I use is the screens for windows to keep most of the sun off of children. It's perfect as its white on one side, which is receptive to marker and paint, and black on the other which prevents back-reflection from inside. The holes are sufficient to allow for excellent vision. Previously I simply used a nylon mesh material which wasn't quite white enough to give brilliant colors (see "Doma Fox" commission in my gallery) or black mesh for the center of the eyes in my first costume (RedFox.)

Hopefully I can see this costume in-person one day. Do let me know if the colors are washed out because of the photograph or the technique, I'm definitely curious.

As my suit will be worn outside as well as indoors I needed something that wouldn't bleed or run when in contact with moisture such as rain (especially as below the eyes the fur is white!).
I did try copics as I own a set and they must be different from yours as they ran when in contact with water (Mine were copic Ciaos?), so I used a plastic based acrylic paint in the end that can take any amount of water on them as it dries like a plastic so water can just be wiped straight off.

The final buckram eyes are actually brighter than the old felt eyes, which you can see better when they're next to each other in the middle photo, they also have more depth as I was able to give it lighter green high lights etc.
I think the only reason the final image looks slightly dark is because the photos were all taken with a phone camera (not the best quality) And the final one was taken towards the end of the day when light levels were low.

Hope that helps (:

Ah gotcha.

I've never had problems with colors bleeding with my Copics. I don't use Ciaos though.