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A few people had expressed interest in cutting the jaw of the panther mask off to make it into a moving, attached piece. To make this a little easier, the masks are made so that the areas near the tooth line are a little more thin. This will not affect the structural integrity of your mask- the thin spots can be easily thickened with light weight putty like Free Form Air or a wood epoxy putty. Please keep in mind that a little patching and sanding is part of buying a DIY mask!

All but THREE of the pre-ordered DIY blank panther masks have been fulfilled! Hooray! It was a large edition and adding in the holiday delay, it took slightly longer than usual to get all these out. I hope everyone is happy with their mask...THANK YOU all. I will have about half of the finished silver masks out by early to late next week with the other half to follow soon after. I'm also prepping for a convention in late March so its crazy around here.... A NEW mask design is being sculpted on my weekend time and will be open...

Good news! It looks like the weather will be "warm" enough here to use spray primer in the garage this weekend! This means i can finally wrap up the silver panther mask production. Been spending time prepping, sanding, filling and refining a big pile of casts in anticipation of the weather letting up a bit. Once i prime each mask , they will still need to be painted, sealed and have straps and foam added before they are mailed. But at least there is a small window of time to jump on soon! DIY blank masks are very very close...

So i have a pile of packages that need to be filled with orders and it's something i want to deal with tonight- but i also woke up with a wicked painful hitch in my back so I'm moving a little slower than usual. Not sure what happened but every time i move ( or breathe too deep ) it hurts pretty bad! Please bear with me- this is not fun haha ;P

On the last leg of the DIY production, down to the last few dozen- getting close but its still going to take some time! Had another mold give up the ghost, will have to make a new one this weekend. With super ornate designs like this, the silicone is under more stress and stretch thanks to severe undercuts. You can condition the molds to last a little longer but sometimes there is nothing you can do, especially when you are doing a large number of casts. Hoping to get all the DIYs out by the end of the month with...