Nuki Raccoon: Fedi's Favorite Furry F***posterFor the other amateur #FursuitMaker s out there, the reason I am #painting over the #CraftFoam with weatherproof #acrylic is to get it a hard, durable, and potentially shiny surface. The craft foam brushes are nice because I don't need to worry about cleaning them (this stuff isn't meant to wash out) and they have a soft yet sharp back edge that I can use to smooth the surfaces after I've spread it around with the scissor-cut bristles.
For the nose and lips, I did a single coat of black to give the flesh a shine. For my #FursuitEyes, I'm doing one coat of black on the back of both parts (it helps with vision), one coat of red on the front of the iris, and two coats of smoothed out white on the scalera. The idea is to give them both a more vibrant shade of white, a more textured red, and make it all shinier and more durable under use.
Once it dries, I am going to use a hair dryer to heat cure it, then hot glue it together from the back.
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