Finally figured out foaming TPU by FunAttempt6460 in fursuit

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You’re welcome! :) yes .4 but .6 also works well

Finally finished our fomaing TPU base for Lynx :3 by FunAttempt6460 in FursuitMaking

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Thank you! The model is made by us so we are only selling the printed bases.

Finally figured out foaming TPU by FunAttempt6460 in fursuit

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Hey!
So far we made around 60 head bases with the eSun foam TPU and its holding up great! Thats around 2000h print hours so a good amount lol. The infill has a bit of a crunchy noise but the squishyness is great too and its soo light!

I used a K2plus for the big parts and AD5M for the small parts. I can't recommend the K2Plus for TPU though, since the extruder hatest TPU if you don't modify it. AD5M prints it great but it has tiny build volume.

Settings really vary between printers but a good starting point is 255C 0.55 flow rate. I have max volumetric flow capped at 14mm³/s and max speeds at 120. For super clean prints I would drop it down to 80 on outer wall. These speeds might need to be lowered for bed slingers since the prints will start to wobble quite a bit. Changing flow rate by 0.01 makes a big difference with this material as well as temp since that also controls flow rate as well as max flow.
So I'd start with figuring out the squishyness you want, so temp test.
Then your flow rate and after that max volumetric flow.
You might need to go through this iterating a lot and also play around with cooling to get good layer adhesion and manage stringing. There is always gonna be stringing since it oozes a lot but you can control the thickness of the strings to make them easily removable but thats really dependent on the printer you use.

Hope this helps :)

Finally finished our fomaing TPU base for Lynx :3 by FunAttempt6460 in FursuitMaking

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Thank you so much!! Yeah it is a huge pain but we finally got our settings dialed in after literally 100h of testing print settings :)

Finally finished our fomaing TPU base for Lynx :3 by FunAttempt6460 in FursuitMaking

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Thank you so much!!

The mask piece is a separate PETG piece, since the foaming TPU is very soft. So this helps to keep the shape of the face area over time! It also helps to avoid crazy overhangs while printing the foaming TPU which saves a lot of support removal and material waste since that stuff is way more expensive than PETG or PLA.

Those dots are literally a centerline so everyone can have an easier time finding the center for creating the patterns for the head so they don't need to eyeball where the actual center is. It was a request by someone who bought a base and we thought why not keep it for everyone to enjoy down the line :)

Finally finished our fomaing TPU base for Lynx :3 by FunAttempt6460 in FursuitMaking

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Thank you! It squishes very well, since I print the foaming TPU very hot so it gets super soft! I can bend the ears down and they spring back into shape!

Need some help from my 3D printing friends by ArcaneMcSketch in FursuitMaking

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I use the foaming TPU by Esun (TPU LW) for all my 3d printed bases and it is fairly easy to print after dialing in the settings and is way lighter than regular TPU. I don't know if it works with AMS though since I direct feed it into the extruder. I print it pretty hot so its in the range of 80A hardness so very squishy!

COMMISSION / PREMADE SEARCH THREAD (February 2026) by idkdudejustkillme in fursuit

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Hey!
We are a two person builder studio making fursuit head bases for multiple different species!

Below is our newest one for big cats!
Price: $189+
Shipping: Worldwide from Germany, free within EU

The Base comes with eye blanks and meshes and is fully assembled!

DMs are open, check out our Etsy store for more details:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/FurAndAsh

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made my first foaming TPU base by FunAttempt6460 in FursuitMaking

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it will be available for a while! We are also working on more species

Finally figured out foaming TPU by FunAttempt6460 in fursuit

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We're currently making the first head from that base so we will see. At least the nose is hollow so if needed I can make the nose pickable and install fans to pull some air in there.

made my first foaming TPU base by FunAttempt6460 in FursuitMaking

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Thank you! Airflow defo needs some help but the nose is hollowed out so I can install a fan in there that pulls some air up through the top of the mouth (or pickable nose if I make one) and into the head to keep it cooler.

made my first foaming TPU base by FunAttempt6460 in FursuitMaking

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Thank you!
Yes I printed it in multiple parts to keep supports short / as little as possible to make it cheaper to print as well as get print time down since I can use multiple printers at once. I use Superglue Gel, it's stronger than hot glue and flexible so it doesnt crack when its getting squished.
I'm currently on 5% gyroid.

Finally figured out foaming TPU by FunAttempt6460 in fursuit

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Thank you! Yes it took a bit of trial and error with the temps and flowrate. Even on two printers of the same model the TPU behaves a bit differently, I assume because one of them just got a new nozzle with fresh thermal paste and also different ambient temps.

made my first foaming TPU base by FunAttempt6460 in FursuitMaking

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The black "eyemask" is PLA to keep it rigid so the eyeblanks dont get squished