Fursuit Clay Sculpt Fast-Forwarded

There is now an update to this video found here: • Sculpting a skunk head...
60 minutes of sculpting in 12 minutes.
The clay used came from Michael's and the mannequin from eBay.

[@Lamb2th]

This is what it means to be a furry. Putting effort into something so tedious but rewarding in the end out of something you love. It's the artistic passion of the community that joins us together in our love of these amazing anthropomorphic beings.

[@Lamb2th]

***** Agreed! I'm glad someone thoroughly understands.

[@bellabat3616]

yeeep

[@sagethelemur]

+Seth Brandon furry is art.

[@blueberry_._bunny9845]

Seth Brandon dude ive seen u like 6 times on fursuit tutorials

[@olived8620]

:>>

[@Mudshadowlover11]

To the people asking, the clay sculpt here is NOT the actual mask. It's the base, what the mask is made from. A mold is then made from this sculpt and finally, a resin, light-weight, finished mask will be made from that mold.

[@Tommy_-fe2js]

Cybera Shivak ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏ ᴜ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟ ʀᴇsɪɴ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏғ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ɪ'ᴍ ᴘʟᴀɴɴɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ᴍᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴍᴀsᴋ

[@Mudshadowlover11]

I suggest looking into what works best for you, but quick-setting liquid resin should work fine. A company by the name of "Smooth-On" makes a lot of resins, I don't know exactly what kind to use.

[@dragames]

if you make this out of clay, what's the cheapest option for a mold? (I know people do that rubber box method but that looks expensive)

[@theradiance3838]

Cybera Shivak Epoxy resin can be used for an fursuit mask and for the mold i would recommend silicone.

[@bellathesuperpoms]

I can only afford to do the clay hehehe

[@kkp101Michaela]

Despite this being a resin mask, it's really helpful for those like myself that plan on making foam heads to see where to add extra padding to form the desired shape of the animal you're going for. Thanks for this video!(:

[@dragames]

well, the good thing about resin masks is it's easy to recreate with a mold once you do it... and it also allows smaller headshapes AND easier ventilation. but foam is cheaper for the first head if you're only doing one.

[@Mudshadowlover11]

@Dart Fox When you drop it, you sit down and cry for equal the amount of time it took to sculpt it

[@baldissmolchaldisaanthroca8312]

Cybera Shivak trueeeeeeee

[@Beetle91]

@DDofCourage Just pottery clay I bought at Michaels. Resin heads are not detailed enough for the type of clay to really matter.

[@gaolbreak1090]

That is impressive for "just" 60 minutes! Wow!

[@Beetle91]

@tiny1badger This part took me an hour. 4 hours sounds about right to make it ready for casting. Refining the features and symmetry take the most time.

[@NaviCakes]

I know this is a weird question, but can play-dough be used to the same effect?

[@Soup-tg8vc]

Loxy The Foxy no.

[@Beetle91]

@TheRazorKitten The sculpt is clay and the mask will be slush cast resin (a thin resin shell like a masquerade mask) and then padded out with carved foam for comfort inside and to form the rest of the head/ features specific to the character or species.

[@Topknot]

Watching this go from what it was in the beginning to a fully realized creature, with distinct features was just so cool. You're very talented, I hope to be as good as you someday, when I start to make fursuits!

[@uniformgrey]

Love it from start to finish! Thanks for sharing your process!

[@livy8320]

THAT IS SO PRETTY!!!!!

[@GlowyDaBstrd]

Read the other comments. "Beetle91 - 1 year ago Just pottery clay I bought at Michaels. Resin heads are not detailed enough for the type of clay to really matter."

[@TearsOfOblivionXIII]

@JillnRe She used the clay sculpt to make a mold for a resin mask. Read the very beginning of the video.

[@tiny1badger]

that took you an hour!?!?!? mine took me four hours to make >.

[@anakinidiothaharoasted5858]

Just gave my brother 10$ after I bet it was a cat

[@greenleafgreysock]

It's snout is so long xD Cats have shorter snouts and noses

[@AwesomeYena]

But... It's actually a giant panda.

[@TheRazorKitten]

@DDofCourage Heads are regularly made out of resin. Resin is not heavy at all.

[@KevinGeneFeldman]

Man, I'm artistic and could make a fursuit head, but I just get lost in all the materials and techniques and steps. I've made two foam heads, the first was huge and the most uncomfortable thing I've ever had on my body and the second was also enormous but just looked derpy.

[@FENRISULFR666]

You make it look so easy!

[@PaprikaDib]

Love it love it :D Thanks for uploading. I'm already a fursuit maker, but only with foam. But from not on I'll make my masks that way. And this video helps a lot, how to sculpt the head. Thanks again :D

[@BullerTheDog7]

You are so awesome i will 100% use this tip for my fursuit ! ^^ nice job!

[@Nevask]

@fallenangel12111 If you read the beginning, it says the uses the clay to make a mold, then uses that mold to make a light weight cast replica. :P

[@wolfieblack97]

This is verry beautiful !! . But I wonder isn't it kind of heavy to wear and easy to crack ?

[@Cheetahpaws]

Really nice!

[@amethistedraconis8032]

Enjoyed the video.

[@amychaogirl]

@inuyashafantiger the clay isn't in the mask. she explained in the video that she makes a resin copy of it.

[@catbirdwoman1]

Thank you for this video, It's actually a great help to see how molding is done, see I'm trying to make my own fursuit, so I've been looking up alot of Tutorials, this is a great help. So thank you so much for shearing it. ^_^

[@cassiexx87]

Bravo!!! LOVE it!

[@KatyaKnightwolf]

Did you use the eyes of the bust as references to where you were going to put the tear duct vision before molding the clay over it?

[@DeadLikeMe1234]

It looks amazing. I wished my base head for eeveelution heads would look as good as this one. It didin't even come close to a cat face XD So I guess I gotta keep using foam.

[@samiyarossini]

Oh hey, a use for those cheap "de-tangling" combs with the rolling teeth! Awesome video, Beetle. Thank you. :3

[@Beetle91]

@PieageInATinPro The face is resin and no because there are many tutorials already out there on casting resin masks.

[@sugarpoultry]

Heh you beat me to it, I was going to make a video like this at one point, but hey, this works out better than I would have done. :D

[@whtwolf100]

so...does the clay need to be fired in order to cast? if so how do you fire such a large chunk so that it does not have exploding air bubbles?

[@TheReplicaAngel]

Thank you!

[@Goldenbird94]

@Myknaki Oh I know that's hard. It took me a while to get my foam carved out right for the Kyuubi and Ammy fursuits I'm making at the moment. I nearly started tearing my hair out I was that frustrated!!

[@phoenixwolf333]

your amazing beetle!

[@Diallo268]

Very nice tutorial :) Thanks for posting!

[@eternalsinnyoko]

No, this gets casted into a hallow resin mask.

[@Swtassuger2]

Seems hard but I would love to try

[@user-lx1em2mi3p]

Thanks it really helps

[@cassidyedwards01]

So im thinking this is for making a mold for casting resin masks. But one question- how do you know if the finished resin mask will fit? The mannequin head is only one shape, and almost everybody's head shape is different from the shape of the mannequin.

[@DDofCourage]

@TheRazorKitten I thought he meant like, solid resin though, without a foam base, wouldn't that be heavy?

[@Goldenbird94]

@Myknaki Why would you have to leave room for foam? Couldn't you just make the head out of resin?

[@LeSaVy]

Hiyya Beetle, im just wondering about the mannequin head blanks, where you get them? and what sizes are normal?

[@Moon12157]

I have a question, When you make a mask like this, how would you go about the size when you're making clay base. Cause I'm a little confused. Lets say someone has a bigger head than the manikin would it still work?

[@MegalodonMegs]

how many pound of clay was used?

[@ScourgeClawz]

when you was 'smoothing' out the clay did you have wet fingers? as when ever i do it it just either is all lumpy because I have dry fingers or all squidy because they are too wet -.-

[@saphie9842]

How do u take it off of the base

[@bellathesuperpoms]

Pov: u found out this video was 11 years old

[@PaprikaDib]

I bought some of that kind of clay you are using and I think it looks small....how many packs are you using for this?

[@furrypridedonthide]

@sixoclocksinner go onto ebay and just type in male or female mannequin head

[@Goldenbird94]

any tips for a first time fursuit maker? I'm gonna get resin this weekend and do my sculpt this summer. Will this work with any character?

[@BrynnsHome]

How much clay do you need?

[@PragmaticBLT]

If you don't mind me asking.. How light weight are these? Do you simply glue the fur other it? and how strong is this material?

[@angelicwolf0001]

May I ask how you make a mold after you craft the face with clay? what stuff you use o.O I just wanna make resin heads but I dont wanna pay alot to buy it from some1

[@RadarTiger]

12:30 Wow~ :-o ohoh, this is very nice fursuit~! X3

[@TheRazorKitten]

okay I take back the foam comment, I hadn't seen the whole vid. I'm pretty sure that's just clay, and it's a base for slush casting resin.... I could be off though... I can't tell from the images. Because yeah if that wasn't a resin shell it could be pretty heavy.

[@rad1orav3n26]

wouldn't that be heavy?

[@AmberTacco]

+ciarablue _gaming its a base to make a resin mold off of ^^ the clay itself wont be used as the mask

[@TheReplicaAngel]

Could you use a styrofoam mannequin head for making clay sculpts? Dumb question but still..

[@pikapika6326]

Wait so, is that the mold for expandable foam or just a regular clay base

[@danniedaniell260]

Expandable foam

[@zee30000]

Does it matter what wig head you use and wear did you get it from?

[@alexrobinson161]

What type of clay is it?

[@ChiliDC]

Thx it will help me alot :D!!!

[@Goldenbird94]

How do you do the rest??? This bit looks like the easiest part.

[@DDofCourage]

Can I ask what type of clay you're using?

[@TIGERSCLAWS]

the clay is in the mask? is it the clay that drys? and epic 030

[@kinqslayerr2265]

What kind of clay did you use for this?

[@rat-tu1ed]

My mom is gonna get me the stuff to make a head!

[@Tiomara]

You are going to pay a lot no matter what you do because of the fact that it's an experiment. You will screw up once or twice, and to get to the level she's at, you're going to have to have a lot of practice

[@meliner.8504]

How much clay have you use ? One pack of 10 kg ? Thank you !

[@AwesomeYena]

How do you use the mold for making the mask?

[@fallenangel12111]

wouldnt this make the mask really heavy?

[@TheRazorKitten]

@Myknaki foam? Where would they use foam? I've never seen a resin mask padded with foam, they're just straight furred.

[@Bubblessongs]

Some people use expandable foam into the mold instead

[@bellabat3616]

i need to do this :0

[@tanishaharper2000]

Is it more heavy than a resin base? just curious ^.^

[@livy8320]

I'm curious too, I'm wondering if it would break easier and if it would be heavier.

[@daybreaker7820]

This sculpture is *for* the resign. It's being made so they can make a silicone mold around the clay base and then they use the mold to create a hollow resign mask for the fursuit head.

[@tanishaharper2000]

+Jeramiah Rushton oh cool

[@daybreaker7820]

+Taijitu KGriffon (NitrousAircraft) It's a cool process! I myself, am planning to do a life cast of my head (using smooth-on silicone) then using that mold to make the clay base for the fursuit (what she's doing here) then I'm going to cast the mold with silicone, like I did with my head. By doing the mold of your head with a life cast , you don't have to use a store bought one and the resign mask in the end will fit to your face much nicer. When its hinged and done, the jaw will open and close perfectly since it's an exact fit. It's more money and a lot more work, but the product you get will have much higher quality and you can use the life cast to make more molds of your head for any project.

[@livy8320]

Jeramiah Rushton That's a great idea

[@EvilKamiNeko]

Nice :D

[@BlueFrost01]

omg,it's cute

[@BowieTheWolf]

so what kind of clay are you using and how much do you need for something like this? just curious because i'm going to be making one here pretty soon.

[@stupidcrap330]

This looks like a big tub of air dry clay (from michaels) and you'd probably need the whole tub. just look for a tub of clay that looks like the stuff she's using, it's pretty hard to get the wrong stuff

[@xferretz9406]

I have to like my own comments (true)

[@assassinscreedreallifepran1080]

LoL

[@metalsandwich699]

few questions, how do u make a moving jaw? what kind of clay and where did u get it? is it heavy?

[@hang_the_empire4261]

Arwen KW after you mold it and make the resin peice you cut off the jaw and add hinges, from the video it looks like airdrying clay you can get it at almost all craft stores and resin is very light

[@Tiomara]

I feel like I'm watching magic

[@talonthepyro1284]

i really want one but a cant afford it D:

[@AwesomeYena]

Make your own! It will take some time but worth it!

[@BenGoodwinDM]

Where did you get the head bust?

[@cryptidboyo]

What brand of clay is this?

[@stattic6195]

Cool :3

[@kellyribeiro1748]

Oi que massa você usa a minha filha tá louça para tentar fazer uma mascara dessa:)

[@valruunvolkswyrm1806]

What kind of clay is that?

[@CYP888_]

What kind on clay is that

[@JillnRe]

But how do you wear it?

[@spirit2981]

what's the type of clay you used?

[@kibafishingcat7868]

what kind of clay is it

[@starshineskeleton12jamma51]

where do u get the clay?

[@BerryPrincxss]

Question how do you make a mold?

[@TasjaDH]

what do you after you have make that? :)))))

[@eternalsinnyoko]

No, Styrofoam heads are too small and your final piece wouldn't fit anyone.

[@bethvyse5805]

So can that jaw move

[@bethvyse5805]

***** oh ok

[@pidgeonstew]

what song is this?

[@KiotianWolf]

hi, how can you make the jaw moveable? (when you use resin)

[@NOTmakochanva]

Casting 2 different pieces, possibly by slicing the clay before it goes into a clay oven to become fully hardened

[@rmbjespersen]

Chi Chi? Is that you?