Goro Puppet: Eyes, Nose, Ears, Mouth

...shoulders knees and toes! Just a little update on some of the little things I've been doing.

I printed out a couple versions of the eyeballs just to see which one looks best. It took a few layers of white paint but we got there.

For these eyeballs, I printed out the iris and made a cabochon out of uv resin. The 3D printed eye is round with a flat part where the cabochon and iris sit. I then continued to blob on UV resin (Gel Nail polish) until the shape was smoothed out and it was shiny. I like the size of these irises but I wanted to try to experiment.

These eyes were from Tioh and already had an indented iris and pupil. I used acrylic paints to color the iris and pupil. (I messed up one pupil.) Once the paint was dry, I filled in the indent with UV resin. My paint job kind of ruins this but I want to see how they look in the face. I'm not sure if large or small irises are better.

I'm also painting the teeth and gums for the mouth pieces.

Painted and sealed with UV resin nail polish.

And I made a latex tongue! I will be used my face paint makeup to paint it but I will say it is absolutely the right texture and feel that I was hoping for. I had to wear my respirator for a long time but It did work as advertised.

Buck and latex "mold" before cutting.

Cut, painted, with a thin layer of varnish to make it look wet.

The mold for the nose is ready and I made some molds for the scales. I will do an experiment with them later. I may need to re-do them because I baked the molds in my toaster oven but I may have better results in my regular oven.

The claws I sculpted out of clay but I didn't successfully make a mold for them. :( Hot glue molds will not work for it. I just got some more clear rubber mold to try again!

Although, small victory I've successfully made some silicone molds. Hooray!

Another thing that needs addressing is how to make a pattern to cover the face in fur. I think I'll be going the route of a duct tape dummy.

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