Female Shistavanen Sith Rogue

[SheKing]

Brilliant! I love the creativity shown here, AND i got a big laugh out of your last vid... NOT a criticism, it was just watching the wolf head and jaw move with YOUR voice coming out... :lol Pure magic!

Can't wait to see more!

Rich

Why thank you! One of the reasons I really like these creature costumes is because of the mechanics behind them, specifically the moving jaws. I LOVE that kind of thing. Its so cool to see the jaw move with a voice coming out, lol. I'm glad you found humor in it, it makes me feel lots better about this project. If you look below this, you'll see I've progressed a bit more!

I think I might have bulked up the schnozz a bit too much, so I'm kinda indecisive on if I should cut it down a bit. A lot of cutting down and layering back up on this kind of thing, so its good to reuse scraps for layering thin or thick. I moved the ears to the front sides of the head. Much better and more like my character concept art. Ears aren't perfectly symmetrical, but in the natural scheme of things, nobody has perfectly aligned ears, let alone animals so I'm using that as my justification. In the fursuit building community, leaving said ears this way, would be frowned upon, but c'mon, I sat for 20 minutes once trying to "Fix" my ears and make them align and gave up. It was too stressful for me and if anything is stressing me out that much, its not worth fretting over. Every head I've made has had crooked ears. You know what? I think I'll make it my trademark. Yeah!

Anyway, on more exciting notes and less ranting, we're making progress. Some things to come are matching the incline of the mane "peaks" On the top of her browline and making another pair of opposite facing wedges to descend down from them so when I fur the head, the extra flare of fur looks natural and believable as a mass of fur. I'm hoping it will look right. If not, I'll have to re do the head base in that area. No big deal, I just wish stuff would work the FIRST time. Haha, that's funny ain't it? Really funny. :cry

 

[SheKing]

Added a declining slope to the back of her hair peaks. I've been staring at them for a while and I think this might give the back of her head a curved neck-look. Which I seem to like on fursuit heads. I've tried to recreate it, intentionally, but not without creating extra heat or some odd structures under the fur. Still working on that.

I've glued the eyes down, now so they're official in this picture. I wasn't convinced with the "Snarling" expression so I tried to look at some references and I needed more gum in the front of the mouth. That seems to have done the darn trick. Much much better. I'm still going to tweak it a bit, i want a tad bit more out of it, I don't really know what, but experimenting will ensue. Not too much, I don't want to screw it up .I've done that before because I messed with something to much.

 

[DaddyfromNaboo]

Fantastic! Thanks for the sharing the progress pics! Is that a Sulley in the background?

 

[SheKing]

Fantastic! Thanks for the sharing the progress pics! Is that a Sulley in the background?

No problem and yes that's a giant sulley in the background. I have two of them I just recently ordered from Ebay. The big one, in the background, and another one that's much smaller that I plan to alter into a backpack, like the others on the wall to your left in the video.

My mom scolded me for buying them, but I wanted them. We have a tiny house and I all ready have a ton of stuffed critters in the basement that can't be upstairs because of no room, lol.

 

[SheKing]

Removed the hair peaks. They weren't going to work out in furring. I want realistic and the most realistic I can get is without weird obstructions or hair do's with the head. At least, not out of fur. Maybe with fake hair like kanekalon or something. All of my heads, thus far have some strange "Bangs" "Mohawk" Or something going on, so its about time I had a suit that was plain jane. This is more screen accurate as well with nothing causing the head trouble.

I don't know if I"ll like it. I'm rebuilding my Ewok right now and I hated her to pieces since I had to re do her face. I realized her nose was too low on her face and once I moved it up, she looked JUST like her old self with just a bigger nose, but the placement was the same. I'm very happy and relieved and in love again with my baby. I can be highly picky when it comes to how my stuff looks. Always something that could be better that I think about each time I see my heads.

Anyway, enough babbling and onto this head, again! I trimmed down the muzzle it was WAAAAY to WIDE. Just no. Much more narrow, and I tried to expose more gum on the side of the head on each side.

A realistic, silicone canine nose is on its way from a mass producer in the fursuit building community. EVERYBODY uses their head bases and their noses and claws. I plan to order claws from them in the future. My money is going to be depleted after what I spent today.

Once I get a nose on this head, I"m sure it will look much better and more convincing. I can stop messing with it and making it wonky. The nose will help me gauge when I'm "Done". I'm sure the "Snarl" will look more real and expressive once she has this up turned nose like canine does when it snarls.

 

[clancampbell]

Love it!!!!!

Rich

 

[SheKing]

I'm going to just post a video this time because its much easier than retrieving a thousand pictures from one location. I'm also updating my progress on 4 forums, including this one and that gets really old really quick and is very time consuming, but I want to share with you guys!

 

[SheKing]

Refined the muzzle a bit with more defined snarl ridges. I also added more cheekage. I think I may be about done with the head. I just need the nose. I'm going nuts waiting for it. It will make the head or break it. One of the two. Most likely it will help make it. I keep thinking I"m done but something else is suggested. I'm still a novice and its evident, lol



Here's another video for you guys!

 

[Blue Leader]

Looks like it's coming along. Nice job on it so far.

I noticed that in the video that you said that the jaw is heavy. Were you referring to the way that it hung open? I was wondering, maybe it would be possible to stick a couple thin rubber bands in there that would bring the jaw up when it's not moving? Or maybe weight down the back end of the jaw? Y'know, kind of a counterbalance? It might even increase the sensitivity again because the weight would be more evenly distributed.

 

[SheKing]

Looks like it's coming along. Nice job on it so far.

I noticed that in the video that you said that the jaw is heavy. Were you referring to the way that it hung open? I was wondering, maybe it would be possible to stick a couple thin rubber bands in there that would bring the jaw up when it's not moving? Or maybe weight down the back end of the jaw? Y'know, kind of a counterbalance? It might even increase the sensitivity again because the weight would be more evenly distributed.

Thank you muches! I did consider putting elastic in there, but I kinda like the jaw hanging open, since I sat and thought about it, because its well ventilated and I wanted this suit to be able to handle outdoor troops without grounding me or knocking me out due to the lack of cool and fresh air. its an internal thing and I can always add it in later if I decide to. But thanks for the suggestion!

 

[Blue Leader]

Thank you muches! I did consider putting elastic in there, but I kinda like the jaw hanging open, since I sat and thought about it, because its well ventilated and I wanted this suit to be able to handle outdoor troops without grounding me or knocking me out due to the lack of cool and fresh air. its an internal thing and I can always add it in later if I decide to. But thanks for the suggestion!

Yeah, that's true. Boy do I understand the heat issue. x.x

 

[SheKing]

Yeah, that's true. Boy do I understand the heat issue. x.x

My Ewok is very very hot. I'm hoping this suit, which is easily, more ventilated, will serve me better than the Ewok.

 

[SheKing]

Some small changes I've decided on. Darth Amaterasu will have luscious locks draping on either side of her head with beads or leather wraps. I don't know what colors, the picture is merely a concept.

Second, I'm going to change Amaterasu's affiliation to Dark Jedi, instead of sith to get more color options. I want to make some different colors and I can't with just reds and blacks. I believe that is all. I'm happy with these, I just hope I'm done making sudden decisions before I fur the head.

 

[Blue Leader]

My Ewok is very very hot. I'm hoping this suit, which is easily, more ventilated, will serve me better than the Ewok.

Ventilation is always good. Good luck.

I'm rather worried about my Jedi... It's hot as hell and I'm not sure if my little fan will be enough. I guess I'll just have to hope for the best.

Heh, maybe I should post a progress thread here sometime? XD

By the way, have you ever thought of making a Jedi version of the outfit? I know that the Rebel Legion would have to have some more alien Jedi.

 

[SheKing]

Ventilation is always good. Good luck.

I'm rather worried about my Jedi... It's hot as hell and I'm not sure if my little fan will be enough. I guess I'll just have to hope for the best.

Heh, maybe I should post a progress thread here sometime? XD

By the way, have you ever thought of making a Jedi version of the outfit? I know that the Rebel Legion would have to have some more alien Jedi.

Thank you! Drink lots of water while in costume.

I would like to see it!

You, know, it has crossed my mind, but I felt kinda weird about just switching it. I would like to do my informal costume for the Rebel legion. My character's backstory has her bouncing between good and bad, so I think a jedi version of her wouldn't hurt. Well...her expression is a bit off putting, though for a jedi, lol. I'm really going to scare some kids with this suit.

 

[Blue Leader]

Thank you! Drink lots of water while in costume.

I would like to see it!

You, know, it has crossed my mind, but I felt kinda weird about just switching it. I would like to do my informal costume for the Rebel legion. My character's backstory has her bouncing between good and bad, so I think a jedi version of her wouldn't hurt. Well...her expression is a bit off putting, though for a jedi, lol. I'm really going to scare some kids with this suit.

But if you drink a lot of water then you have to pee, then you have to squeeze into a stall with your costume, somehow manage to get out of it, do your business, get it back on, squeeze out, wash up... Bah! XD

You need a formal costume in the RL before you could do an informal. But a Shistavanen can be a formal costume so long as it, y'know, looks like a Shistavanen. As for the expression, I think Shistavanen generally look a little off-putting whether they're Jedi, Sith or anything else... They seem to only have three expressions: pissed, more pissed, and holy crap I'm gonna &$@*ing kill you. XP

 

[SheKing]

But if you drink a lot of water then you have to pee, then you have to squeeze into a stall with your costume, somehow manage to get out of it, do your business, get it back on, squeeze out, wash up... Bah! XD

You need a formal costume in the RL before you could do an informal. But a Shistavanen can be a formal costume so long as it, y'know, looks like a Shistavanen. As for the expression, I think Shistavanen generally look a little off-putting whether they're Jedi, Sith or anything else... They seem to only have three expressions: pissed, more pissed, and holy crap I'm gonna &$@*ing kill you. XP

This costume shouldn't be a hassle to mess with. I have my tauntaun and that thing is a pain in the toosh when it comes to maneuvering in a stall because of the long dang tail. Not letting it touch the floor, nor get filthy from the toilet is always a fun game, lol! Sometimes I detatch the tail and drape it over the door or something, if I can.

I do have a formal costume. I have my Ewok It was approved in no time flat. So I can easily switch this sith over to a jedi affiliation. Just need to get a sleeveless or short sleeved jedi tunic of sorts so I won't have to worry about long sleeves.

Lol, that made me giggle. Yeah, they do kinda have a grumpy expression all the time.

 

[Blue Leader]

This costume shouldn't be a hassle to mess with. I have my tauntaun and that thing is a pain in the toosh when it comes to maneuvering in a stall because of the long dang tail. Not letting it touch the floor, nor get filthy from the toilet is always a fun game, lol! Sometimes I detatch the tail and drape it over the door or something, if I can.

I do have a formal costume. I have my Ewok It was approved in no time flat. So I can easily switch this sith over to a jedi affiliation. Just need to get a sleeveless or short sleeved jedi tunic of sorts so I won't have to worry about long sleeves.

Lol, that made me giggle. Yeah, they do kinda have a grumpy expression all the time.

Yeah, I'll just avoid bathrooms altogether when it costume. Besides, coveralls plus flak vest and chestbox are not fun to get out of.

Ah, well, if you already have a formal costume then an informal one shouldn't be a problem. Assuming informal sticks around. Right now it's up for voting whether there should still be an informal section for costumes or not... I kind of like informal so I hope it stays...

And maybe those wolves just need a hug?

 

[SheKing]

Yeah, I'll just avoid bathrooms altogether when it costume. Besides, coveralls plus flak vest and chestbox are not fun to get out of.

Ah, well, if you already have a formal costume then an informal one shouldn't be a problem. Assuming informal sticks around. Right now it's up for voting whether there should still be an informal section for costumes or not... I kind of like informal so I hope it stays...

And maybe those wolves just need a hug?

Oh, I wouldn't think so. Our guys are really devious with catching pictures of each other helping with other's costumes and sometimes its awkward and we'll tease each other about it later through pictures. Like, I said, they can be pretty onery. Especially, if it can be made into something gutter-minded.

What, they're trying to vote it out? I hope it stays, or I won't be making too many Rebel Legion costumes in the future. I'll head over to Dark Empire, lol. I like having the ability to customize. I like that quite a bit

Hmm, that's debatable. Those doing the hugging need handlers on stand by because they probably won't survive or leave the embrace without shedding some blood from someplace on their body, LOL.

 

[Blue Leader]

Oh, I wouldn't think so. Our guys are really devious with catching pictures of each other helping with other's costumes and sometimes its awkward and we'll tease each other about it later through pictures. Like, I said, they can be pretty onery. Especially, if it can be made into something gutter-minded.

What, they're trying to vote it out? I hope it stays, or I won't be making too many Rebel Legion costumes in the future. I'll head over to Dark Empire, lol. I like having the ability to customize. I like that quite a bit

Hmm, that's debatable. Those doing the hugging need handlers on stand by because they probably won't survive or leave the embrace without shedding some blood from someplace on their body, LOL.

Heh heh, well that sounds fun.

As far as I know the informal judging was brought up because some claim it's no longer needed and that it was an excuse for people to submit informal costumes that were unfinished "lazy" costumes. While I do agree with the last point, some costumers did seem like they were just submitting a costume as informal because they didn't want to take the time to make their costume look relatively accurate, but I don't think that informal should go. I suggested that the rules be changed so that informal costumes must still meet the formal requirements and look accurate, but would be marked as informal because they would have some sort of non-canon customization like an armored Jedi or an X-wing pilot with a blue flightsuit, and restrict informal costumes from attending formal events (which are few and far between).

I'm not sure how the vote will go... Some are for the change, some are against it... It's going to be interesting to see how it goes. I'll just have to hope that informal stays... I was planning to make a lightly armored version of my Jedi once the formal version is finished... All I can do now is hope for the best.

And maybe people should just give the wolfies long-distance, no-touch hugs, then?