The changes to the mouth will allow for me to use a commercially available dental model for the teeth and gums rather than spend a ton of time on a worse product that I can't reuse if something goes awry. Hence no teeth in this shot.

www.thingiverse.com/thing:319978

I am not a crafting channel with a sweetheart deal with a boat detailing company I am a thirsty mole who started this for financial reasons and is now just in too deep to admit defeat.

"Mole why not just use silicone straight up then"

DO YOU KNOW HOW EXPENSIVE SILICONE IS.

Yes I already have the foam one in progress. Yes I will finish it up to at least see if it works to my liking since it's like 90% done. I just had a thought last night.

They look much better and I'm fighting not to play with them too much before the glue dries. I will stay strong for the final product.

(Me. The answer is me. I'm an idiot.)

It also, admittedly, single-handedly kicks this project out of "yeah you can probably do this yourself" territory. Not because silicone is particularly inaccessible (my dumb ass managed to get it to work once), but like....... who buys two part silicone for a project that is otherwise cloth?

Should this have been my first choice? Yes. Probably. But I didn't want to spend the money on specialty adhesives you see.

I also received the components to redo the head, which I'm less excited about but still looking forward to seeing develop.

(Also he doesn't even wear them outside of promotional artwork so like.... if I go too crazy with them it'll just be silly.)

Will I probably be adding more to the collection? I mean... within reason. These were both lucky snags that I got either right under the tariffs or during a sale that almost entirely offset said tariffs. I don't think I'll be getting so lucky in the future.

The last one is just... whatever I can glean as a lay person. There is more out there than you'd expect, but I think you can only go so far before you get put on a list lmao.