Straight From the Lab

Stego has been shot! Nope.... just had a mishap while coating another jackal

A Bit of #MacroMonday photography as latex flows out of the catch pan. Bubble bubble....

More explosions from our busy fall season...

Wanted to make sure the white of the ears and the dark tip were seamless so Kat found herself switching back and forth.

Finishing off the design with the selection of a pink nose. Darker areas had been blocked in previously as the natural markings one can find around the nostrils.

Waiting for the last bit of paint to dry before sending off pics to our client.

When our sleeping quarters are outside, the jackals sleep with us. They are channeling their inner bat, as we tend to hang them upside down.

Clearing the line...

A little gooey in our efforts to clear the pan...

Working with horn placement

Dont stare at it too long or make eye contact. It wasnt very patient.

Kat just went on a whim and chose to work from the cheeks and work my way to the back of the hood

This became a great marker to keep my stripe work flowing in the right direction. This is just one of many stripes that essentially were a reproduction of the stripes from Quietfire Version 1.

Getting there, and Kat has reached the center of the head

Just waiting for my stripes to dry. With the area cut in for the EL wire, it did take a few revisits to the edges, and some fine work with a tool.

With the final coats on our painted design, it was time to add our secondary colors, mixed for the sake of making our UV reactive painjob pop even more. With respect to the character's goatee, a small brush was used to create the impression of hair the best way it might look on a rubber tiger.

With our colors solidified, we load the syringes for the final work in UV pigments... Kat was getting pumped...

Just a brush...

Applying and reapplying the white in the eyes. Double tool action!

Side by side comparison of one of our latex bucket lids drying. The art just makes itself...