Beetlecat Originals - Mini Tutorial #7

Mini Tutorial #7 - Jawset

Jan. 16th, 2007 at 3:01 PM

Here is the continuation of my Teeth Sculpting Tutorial where I show how I embed those teeth into a fursuit's jaw.

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	Here is the jaw we are working from. The method I am about to show will work best against a hard jaw surface. If you are working from an upholstery foam mask, make sure you reinforce the jaw with something stiff, such as wire or wood. I have already attached the lips (made from leather in this case) but otherwise the mouth is bare.
	Grab a small amount of clay (as seen in a previous tutorial) and press it into the mouth, along the inside of the lip line. Carefully line up your first two incisor teeth with the middle of the jaw, and poke them into place in the clay.
	Working from the middle out, put all of the teeth into place, checking often to make sure they are straight and centered. There should be no spaces between the teeth, escept for the upper canine teeth. There is a space between the outermost incisor and upper canine tooth, so that the bottom canine has a place to fit when the mouth is closed.
	The canine teeth must be placed so that the bottom two close in front of the the top set. Check out my tooth reference tutorial for more information on tooth placement. If necessary, sculpt the gums around the teeth to make them look a bit nicer and cleaner.
	Make sure everything lines up nicely when the mouth is closed and that the mouth closes fully and evenly. Then set it aside to dry.

Comments

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nevermint wrote:

Jan. 16th, 2007 10:42 pm (UTC)

Nice! I'm wondering what kind of teeth your gona do for Project X.

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beetlecat wrote:

Jan. 16th, 2007 11:25 pm (UTC)

Hmm.. that *is* an interesting question..

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swirling_chaos wrote:

Jan. 16th, 2007 11:46 pm (UTC)

Thanks for sharing! :) I'll be bookmarking this for future reference.

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synchra wrote:

Jan. 17th, 2007 12:48 am (UTC)

I think i used some sort of evil epoxy when I did this on my own fursuit head. >.< It came out horrible and I ended up ripping the entire jaw from the head and having to redo some of the foam.. and now he doesn't have any teeth. :/

where did you get your epoxy? and what brand is it?

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beetlecat wrote:

Jan. 17th, 2007 01:10 am (UTC)

Did it not set right? It has to be mixed well or it'll never harden properly.
Here's a previous thread that might help with your questions :)

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synchra wrote:

Jan. 17th, 2007 06:56 am (UTC)

no it just dried too fast. WAAYYY too fast. I know I mixed it right though. I used a better epoxy in my sculpting class, but I can't find the kind we used in it. I used some horribly annoying kind.

ahhh so it's this a and b stuff? I'll have to get some of that.

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beetlecat wrote:

Jan. 17th, 2007 07:53 am (UTC)

Ah, the best thing to do is simply look at the working time time for each clay. Some are formulated to set up quicker (within minutes even).

I'm not sure what it is for this one, but it's never been an issue for me - probably an hour or so of actual working time, and then it hardens gradually for several hours after that.

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diadexxus wrote:

Jan. 17th, 2007 05:53 am (UTC)

WOOT! THanks! I have added it to the tutorials of LJ Fursuit :)

You are the best. THANKS!
-J

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beetlecat wrote:

Jan. 17th, 2007 07:54 am (UTC)

I aim to please :)

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rimou wrote:

Jan. 17th, 2007 11:59 am (UTC)

Nice tutorial ^__^ maybe you can make a cool PDF of it in its complete version :) It's really cool ^^ thanks

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beetlecat wrote:

Jan. 17th, 2007 07:27 pm (UTC)

Ah.. Never thought about it before, but I may do just that..

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rimou wrote:

Jan. 17th, 2007 09:36 pm (UTC)

People like what can be easely downloaded etc... :D

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beetlecat wrote:

Jan. 17th, 2007 10:31 pm (UTC)

Interesting. I personally find an internet bookmark to be easier, but I can see how it could be handy to have something offline and printable.

I'll likely consolidate a few mini tutorials into one larger tutorial and then I'm sure I could covert that into a PDF for downloading.

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rimou wrote:

Jan. 18th, 2007 06:40 am (UTC)

May be you could try to sell it if it's big enough ? :)

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cheoh_panthress wrote:

Jun. 14th, 2008 07:15 pm (UTC)

Umm hey, err when you're makin the jaw,do you just sorta hook wire over the ears? Only I wanna make it move with speach. Thanks. Great tutorial btw, really helpful ^_^

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beetlecat wrote:

Jun. 15th, 2008 01:19 am (UTC)

I don;t use wire in my jaws - only elastic :)

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(Anonymous) wrote:

Jun. 15th, 2008 01:20 am (UTC)

Ah ^_^ thanks :D

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