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When she arrived at my house, Tabby had quite a bit of ear loss as you can see. The first step was to get her cleaned up and ready to add some ear tips. Then after she dried for a day from her thorough cleaning, she moved on to the next step - sculpting the basics of ears. I use Milliput Super Fine White to create what you see (the white) and created the shapes I needed for finished ears with a little more than I would need by the time she was finished being sanded. This was spread over the edges of her ears covering far enough down to hold onto her head. I did not insert any armature (tiny wires added by drilling small holes and gluing in a wire then building the new piece around that) because she had enough ear to work with and they're thick enough to hold. A leg or tail piece has to have a lot more support than ears that are large enough to hold the new sculpture. As you can see, Tabby now has new ears. This is Tabby from the front view taken after she had been sanded and shaped then painted dried and finished. Below is a picture of Tabby from the back. I don't have an airbrush system so I have to match painted areas with brush strokes (not easy I can tell you :). Much of the painting done on the brown parts of HR cats was done with air brushed spray and it's very difficult to match. But I think Tabby turned out very well and so does her owner :) I wish my pictures had turned out better. She looks really nice in person. The steps from start to finish take about a week to two weeks. Worth it don't you think? |