Question for the #fursuit builders out there βΒ how would you articulate the pedipalps of a peacock spider? I explain the problem a little more in this post: https://glowingskull.tumblr.com/post/175664173748/regarding-jaws
I stopped by the local Ace Hardware to say hi and show them the #maratus head, because it has been a project they've seen me work on for years. My buddy there was just ecstatic to see this year's final product, which he had contributed some ideas to.
Hot glue guns often come with a small pack of glue sticks. This is enough for one (1) project.
When you buy your hot glue gun, buy a couple hundred sticks. You'll save time and shopping trips in the long run.
Source: the 40 hot glue sticks I burned through today.
Running an off-cycle laundry load just for facemasks so that I have a black one available to attach chelicacerae to, because #TrickOrTreat comes sooner than you expect and I want to have this #maratus done by then.
Six segments per pedipalp also explains the segmentation of the hairs better.
Plfaugh this explains so much.
Oh good lord, pedipalps have _six_ segments? No wonder the movements and structure of last year's #maratus #fursuit head looked off last year.
> Pedipalps are composed of six segments or articles: the coxa, the trochanter, the femur, the short patella, the tibia, and the tarsus. In spiders, the coxae frequently have extensions called maxillae or gnathobases, which function as mouth parts with or without some contribution from the coxae of the anterior legs.
The Glowing Skull Kitchen Test Lab is pleased to report that an intermediary layer of superglue between the vinyl and the plexiglass performs admirably under heat and deformation, while retaining usable optical characteristics.
Laying the vinyl over the plexiglass before heating and deforming the plexiglass does successfully improve the conformation of the film to the curved lens, but it doesn't actually bond the vinyl to the plexiglass.
So tomorrow I'll do deformation tests after applying cyanoacrylate glue between the vinyl and plexiglass, to join the layers and make them a single optical unit.
Here's hoping that superglue doesn't spontaneously combust at 370F.
This year's head will be an improvement to the #maratus head of last year. I'm focusing on pedipalps, chelicerae, and improved eye lenses.
I'm going to have to apply the shiny transparent vinyl to the plexiglass before heat-softening and curving it, apparently.
While cleaning today (silverfish π¦), I found a box labeled "undershirts and long underwear". It had been sealed since I moved out of my last apartment, in ~2017.
It contained several white undershirts, all waxy-smelling, which went to the trash, and some long underwear, which went to the wash.
And my ex's zentai. :goggling:
I make skulls and similar things, primarily using papercraft techniques. Expect gender and fashion introspection here.