If the belly circumfrence is larger than any of the forms by a couple of inches, on say a raccoon what is the best way to build up the girth to get it to close to the right size, just using clay or is there a better method for this that is less time consuming if any body could help on this subject it would be very much appreciated
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slice it in half the long way head to tail. Add a section of foam to give you the right girth and then sand to shape.You may have to section it, meaning cut off the front leg section, and the rear leg section and then split the belly up the middle. Add the foam spacer and then sand to shape and reglue front and rear sections and blend
Try and get an old Ray Line catalog, he shows the steps that wet and wild describes above.
I seldom make the form larger over two inch. Here is the reason why.
When the skin is loose it allows you taxi the skin, you know move the around.
Loose skin allows you to fluff the hair better, we call this stacking the skin.
Loose skin also makes the shrinking go away.
You will get little of no drumming.
The skin tucks will stay where you put them.
When you are working with a animal head that is a loose fit you will find you get less pulling, the eyes will stay where you put them, you can pull up the jaw ruffs. You can move the ears around.
Before you enlarge any form remember you need the slack, loose skin.
i would not bother changeing the form if it is that small of a differece either.