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I started the base of the mask the same way that the artist @miquililintal (on Instagram) start some of here own mask, by making kind of cardboard helmet.

To have a movable jaw, you need to have this inclined part in the side, and you need to be mindful of where your rotation joint is placed alongside your face.

Don’t quote me on this because it took me a few tries to get it right lmao but I feel like If it’s to low or to high or if it is not inclined enough it won’t be as effective? For me at least it did not move very well when I first tried with a non-inclined base.

When you’re at this step, you can start to build up your mask with all those form, and then you should add a horizontal support bar that is not connected to the jaw part (The jaw part should be left independently so that it can move freely !). You will build your mandible on this horizontal part, by cutting out and assembling two pieces like in this picture below:

Then you add a string from the furthest point possible of your mandible and connect it to the lower point of your movable jaws like pictured below BUT I advised that you do so while wearing the mask and while you have your jaw opened to your maximum and By stretching the string as much as possible so that it can be as effective as possible when it is done.

I colored the string and hid it with a piece of black tissue so that it doesn’t block the thread.

On the picture above I colored the path that the string should take in green.

Thanks to some fursuit tutorial that I came upon on Instagram I learned about this technique from the furry community that uses mesh material like mosquito net so that you can see something without being seen so thank you fursuits maker for sharing your awesome tips this rocks. (the mesh material here is a Christmas table set so you can still see a bit the stars and snow globes and stuff but idc).

Fun fact: the eyes glow in the dark thanks to cool «glow in the dark paint» but idk how to take a picture of that so you’ll have to believe me.