I tried horse hair for my Kirin. I couldn't cut it right. The hairs were thick and itchy on my nether-regions, then multiply that times pantyhose. I ended up harvesting a couple wigs that matched my helm(s) for the (colour matched and already tapered) wefts. Did the same thing for the Barioth except with MORE HAIR!
What do the backs of the male sets look like? The girls got a nifty little butt-sack pouch thing.
the guys have this armored plate that comes down like three plates of samurai armor to cover his butt.. personally i want to be able to sit down, so i'm copying the female backside for that, i'll have some hair loincloth and i've already got the leather pouch made i just need to make a clasp for it.
originally i wanted to work in the monster hunter tribal art crest into the pouch, but i need more practice with leatherwork before i attempt that.
good thing for me, the males actually wear pants.. so i dont have to worry about the itch
started
and finished
some work on the backhand plates.
i actually intentionally overheat the sintra for all the bone parts, because it causes this rough texture over the plastic, which looks quite organic and open celled, which i think helps reinforce the bone like look of the plates.
and a quick shot of 200 bucks worth of horse hair and a couple of leather pouches.
i kind of appreciate that my leatherworking skills aren't perfect, while i want to improve them, i think the fact they have a very handmade look right now, helps reinforce the kind of tribal look of everything