Today I attached Zazu to his hat, using the same method as the lions. I also made some holes in Mufasa for him to be attached, which Claire did whilst I was fiddling with the elephant's head. Because of the shape of the Mufasa head, in order to sit him comfortably and in the correct position on the hat, there was some of the hat's band still showing. However, we fixed this after a little brainstorming by hot gluing paper rope on. This worked so well that we decided to use paper rope across the whole mane, supporting the shape of it with rhenoflex behind it.
This method worked much better than the difficulty we'd had toying with how to create scar's mane. By attaching the mane straight to the inside of the face, it removed the worry of having to create a 'frame' for the mane to sit on, because instead it was directly attached. The fabric drape could then be put inside of the mask, over the hat and upholstery foam. You can see what we had planned for Scar below, but it just hadn't been working as we'd planned.
After some scavenging I found a panel of clear vacuum formed plastic which had 12 'nubs' formed into it. I figured these would be perfect for zebra's eyes and, like the elephant's eyes, sanded the back of it and painted it with black acrylics. I used a zebra mask to make an eye template, then cut the pieces out ready to be stuck into the masks.
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| A pair of painted zebra eyes. They work really well because the curved, shiny surface reflects the light perfectly. |
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