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Hello! I'm Riley of CanineHybrid Creations, and I'm going to be demonstrating a new product
that can be now found in my webstore.
This is a resin blank.
It is a shell, or a base, for a mask that you can use to incorporate into your own
creature costume projects.
This is the canine model so it would be ideal for a wolf
or a dog-like creature
and more species will be available in the future. I'm going to go over the basic of the
design and talk about the unique features that can be found in the mask.
This is completely hand sclupted by myself,
made a mold from, and cast in resin.
Resin is a kind of plastic, so that makes it very hard and durable
but also very lightweight which is ideal for creating a mask from. It's also great
if you want a moving jaw into your character
you can do this because there'll be a mechanical hinge.
It also ensure that it's going to be responsive and also very precise
in how the jaws meet.
On the front here
you see that the nose
is fully textured and complete.
This allows you to actually leave it in as the final nose in the mask itself,
You'll just need to paint it
and seal it with a bit of gloss.
But you're also welcome to remove the nose and replace it with something else.
You'll notice that it was sculpted sort of raised from the rest of mask
and that is because that when you put fur on top of the mask, you're actually going
to be bulking it up a little bit so when the fur lies against the nose,
it'll actually be nice flat and streamline.
This feature is also included around the eyelids themselves-
it kinda has a little notch you can hide the fur in there
to complete the look.
And the eyelids themselves are meant to give a very nuetral expression
and you can leave them in there and put resin eyes of your own
but you're welcome to also remove the eyelids and sculpt your own expression if
you want instead. This is a four centimeter resin eye
you want instead. This is a four centimeter resin eye
and you'll be seeing out of the portion under the eye known as the tear duct.
But you can also remove the whole thing altogether and put a toony eye
in there if so desired.
The overall look of the mask was made to be a very generic canine.
The overall look of the mask was made to be a very generic canine.
When sculpting it I took in mind the fact that i want to accurately match
a lot of the canine proportions
but many of them had to be changed when you increase the scale the mask and also need to
incorporate vision holes
for your human eyes to see out of very easily.
So considering that,
the look was
put a lot of effort into in order to make sure that it still looked very well balanced.
It was also made to be a lot more on the streamline side of things
so there isn't a lot emphasis on some of the features. That is something that
you actually have the option to customise it yourself.
For example you can put fur fabric over the structure as it is right now
and it'll look great.
and it'll look great.
But you also have the ability to create your own foam sculpture to bulk out
the eyebrows, maybe change the shape of muzzle, build out the cheeks
something that'll individualized and personalized each character in each mask to
look a little bit different if you want.
The inside of the mask here
there's quite a lot of room. This is built on a twenty-three inch circumference head
there's quite a lot of room. This is built on a twenty-three inch circumference head
but it will incorporate something much larger or smaller.
You'll just need to pad the inside appropriately to make it more comfortable
and fit your head more precisely.
One additional feature that I included on my masks...
...this is something that is very unique to my masks alone
is that I've actually sclupted it to incorporate the use of glasses.
If you're a glasses wearer you do not need to wear contacts in order to
properly wear the mask.
I have included some extra room in both the front
and the width on the sides
so you can wear a pair of glasses in mask.
One thing though that is a little bit of a down-side to this is that your
glasses do tend to fog up because there is a lot of heat build-up inside the mask.
glasses do tend to fog up because there is a lot of heat build-up inside the mask.
Therefore I recommend
drilling out the nose holes
and placing a small computer fan in the muzzle.
This will help pull in some fresh air
and circulate it out through the mouth
and also out through the tearducts.
But if you still have a problem with fogging up then you'll just need to take a break every fifteen
or twenty minutes.
Which is, in general, a good idea to do when wearing a costume anyhow.
It doesn't really matter what size of head you have or how big your glasses are
I have a big honkin' pair of glasses here, you can see how much
more room that this occupies in the space around my eyes.
more room that this occupies in the space around my eyes.
Not a problem however with this mask.
I will now demonstrate...
and let's put my ears on for good measure
to complete the look here.
Fantastic!
As you can see, the jaw is very responsive
However I do not have foam padding which will need to be included here
that will ensure that my bottom jaw connects with the bottom jaw of the mask.
And you can get much more controlled feedback that way
So I have had a lot of people asking me
"Well how specifically does that moving jaw work?"
It's very simple mechanism, in fact you're going to be mimicking the mechanism
that your real jaw already has;
which is that there is a hinge, or swivel point, and everything will rotate based on
that point. That's exactly what you're doing here.
So your chin will just simply rest on the edge of this bottom jaw
and when you open your mouth, your jaw
pushes the mask's jaw open.
pushes the mask's jaw open.
In order to get that really snappy effect
you're going to have to incorporate a mechinism that helps bring that bottom jaw back up.
And that's why I have included a piece of elastic in there
but you can also use a spring or something like that
and depending on the tension that you put in there will determine how snappy that jaw is.
and depending on the tension that you put in there will determine how snappy that jaw is.
The jaw could actually be so snappy that it will be able to hold onto, and grip onto,
objects pretty easily.
What's also nice about this setup is that
you're doing minimal work in that your jaw only pushes it open, and it takes no effort
to have the jaw close. Depending on tension that you put
in the elastic or spring will determine how much harder it is for you push open that jaw,
in the elastic or spring will determine how much harder it is for you push open that jaw,
but it will also affect that snappyness kind of quality to it.
So in a sense you can actually make the jaw very customizable and personal
to your specific needs.
The masks come in three different variations:
This one is known as an "Uncut Blank"
because this is exactly how it looks when it is pulled out of the mold.
It may have some raw edges here
but you'll need to take a dremel tool and cut out all of the pieces individually yourself.
but you'll need to take a dremel tool and cut out all of the pieces individually yourself.
The uncut blank through is going to save you a little bit of money because you'll have
to do all the work, and not me.
The uncut blank goes for eighty dollars currently.
The one I've been demonstrating here
is an example of a cut and hinged blank.
is an example of a cut and hinged blank.
"Cut" is basically what it says:
the nostrils, eyeholes, and moving jaw
the nostrils, eyeholes, and moving jaw
will all be cut out for you.
That option will be ninety five dollars
That option will be ninety five dollars
and if you want me to install this hinge for you
then that is going to be one hundred and five dollars.
And if you choose to get an uncut blank or a cut blank,
And if you choose to get an uncut blank or a cut blank,
you can choose to purchase the hinge piece separately.
And that is going to run you for this style six dollars and it does include that hardware.
And that is going to run you for this style six dollars and it does include that hardware.
So you can kind of put it together yourself if you'd like.
If you have any specific questions about my blanks,
feel free to leave it in a comment below
feel free to leave it in a comment below
or you're welcome to email me: riley at caninehybrid dot com. a great dot com
But now... if you'll excuse me...
I've got some more work to do.
Catch you later!