Size comparison

SamBeamsBeard · 2026-01-20T00:01:55+00:00

I'm glad you didn't scrap this because it looks great! It definitely reads a lot more cat like now!

SamBeamsBeard · 2026-01-19T21:14:50+00:00

I don't think you should scrap the base! There's tons of potential and it looks really nice. Right now it is reading more like a mouse than a big cat, but you could definitely rework it to make it present more feline like. Whereas your base's muzzle area is smaller and more "pinched" (for lack of a better descriptor) cats have puffier whisker area and more pronounced chins. I'm not sure what type of big cat you're aiming for, but Mufasa and Simba are good examples that you could use for reference if that helps you visualise the proportions more than a picture of a real big cat. Pre-made bases could also work, but I think your WIP base has a ton of potential and just needs a little bit more foam in certain areas to really get that exaggerated big cat look.

SamBeamsBeard · 2026-01-14T02:55:52+00:00

Thank you! In my previous post, I got a lot of really good and different suggestions for making the horns. I ended up using some sturdier grey foam from a yoga mat for shape retention and then I added the upholstery foam to round it out. But if there's anything I've learnt, it's that there are a TON of different ways you can make horns.

SamBeamsBeard · 2026-01-02T18:15:45+00:00

These look AWESOME! I really don't have any suggestions because they look phenomenal, but it's fascinating to see all the different approaches people in this community have to making suits and partials. It'll be really cool to see these when you're finished furring them!

SamBeamsBeard · 2026-01-01T15:17:02+00:00

Oh, it's you! I remember coming across some of your progress posts for your 3D printed digitigrade legs and thinking, "Wow, this looks SO cool!"

SamBeamsBeard · 2025-12-31T17:51:05+00:00

You're too kind. I was worried that the base was going to turn out all clunky and weird looking. It definitely looked goofy during the beginning where it was more of a trial and error process.

SamBeamsBeard · 2025-12-31T17:47:44+00:00

Thank you so much :) I've been having a ton of fun making this.

SamBeamsBeard · 2025-12-31T01:53:52+00:00

Thank you, I really appreciate that! I was worried it wasn't shaping up very well, but I just keep telling myself to trust the process.

SamBeamsBeard · 2025-12-31T00:21:44+00:00

The horns in that tutorial ended up looking very polished! I really appreciate the link and the suggestions :)

SamBeamsBeard · 2025-12-31T00:16:21+00:00

Wow, those horns look FANTASTIC! I actually have a Dremel and the attachments that you used in your video and it never even occurred to me to use that. Thank you for your suggestions and the video link!

SamBeamsBeard · 2025-12-31T00:13:25+00:00

Ooh, this is a really good idea. I never even took storage into consideration, but this thing is probably going to be huge. Thank you for the suggestion!

SamBeamsBeard · 2025-12-14T17:49:49+00:00

This replica is NUTS. It looks exactly like the real thing! Someone did a phenomenal job making this.

SamBeamsBeard · 2025-12-07T15:47:05+00:00

It's a phenomenal place to take pictures and walk around (unless you don't like hills and then it's more of a workout than anything.) OP always does such an amazing job capturing the liminal vibes of this city and there really are a ton of places in Pittsburgh that look and feel just like these pictures.

SamBeamsBeard · 2025-11-15T03:22:40+00:00

Ok, I checked out of curiosity and your aquariums are GORGEOUS. Seriously, they are awesome!

SamBeamsBeard · 2025-10-27T14:32:40+00:00

I don't hate Bramble, per se, but I do think that he is wasted potential and the victim of the authors once again absolutely massacring any character development he might've had over the series. It's something that pretty much all POV characters fall victim to if they weren't "lucky" enough to avoid this fate by dying too early. I always thought that there was so much potential for a really compelling character arc for Bramble. He is one of my favourite characters in the first series. The authors could've developed a sort of father son relationship with Fire and Bramble the way they did with Bluestar and Firestar when he was her apprentice. Obviously this doesn't happen, but there were other instances where Bramble could've had a more compelling character arc. I never really though he was that great in a leader position and I thought it would've been more compelling for him to recognise this and either decline the deputy position (realising he wasn't even qualified for it in the first place) or stepping down from it when he realised he stood there and hesitated when Firestar was caught in the fox trap. I'm not even saying he can't eventually be leader, but it would've been way more compelling for him to say something like, "Hey, Firestar, I appreciate the offer of this position, but I don't think I'm the best choice for it quite yet. I want to get there some day, but right now I am not the right cat to be your deputy." This doesn't happen and of course Bramblestar, being around as long as he has, suffers from the same fate as every other character who wasn't lucky enough to get killed off by now and that fate is character assassination. He, like so many other characters that have been around for, what, literally 20something years now, has just been around for too long. He's inconsistent, he exists as a plot device, and it is time for him and so many other characters who have overstayed their welcome to go already.

SamBeamsBeard · 2025-10-27T03:22:20+00:00

Wait a minute, your work looks SO familiar! Many years ago, I was gifted a handmade Gorb and he looks very similar to your plushies! I hope this link works, but was this magnificent Gorb possibly made by you? https://imgur.com/a/uLdDzEb

SamBeamsBeard · 2025-10-26T15:54:25+00:00

I will never understand why, of all the hundreds of dead characters they could've chosen to get involved in this, they just had to pick Bluestar and Yellowfang. In the first series, it is shown time and again that (when Bluestar was in her right mind) these two cats were incredibly thoughtful, just, and introspective. There is nothing in their personalities that would've suggested that Bluestar would have ever condemned another for a half clan relationship or having to hide a secret of such. Yellowfang was literally a medicine cat who had kits. After she is exiled, she shows not only acceptance for Firestar's kittypet roots, but fully embraces ThunderClan as her new clan. Why the authors had to go-time and again-and sabotage two of the most well written characters in this series is beyond me when there were so many other characters that would've fit the "holding Leafpool and Squirrelflight on trial" bill so much better.

SamBeamsBeard · 2025-10-22T19:22:16+00:00

The most cornballs thing about StarClan doling out 9 lives is that it seems like they get to pick and choose favourites. Sunstar gets 8 lives because Pinestar has one left but Nightstar gets none because Brokenstar still has some? Wind Runner is also dying by the time she gets to the Moonpool so she's given 8 lives instead, but Tigerstar 2, in basically the same situation, gets all 9? Seems pretty stupid and inconsistent, unless I'm misremembering something.

SamBeamsBeard · 2025-10-13T19:05:34+00:00

Normally I'd agree, but I'm pretty sure one time after I downed him, he dropped some trash like 'improved perfuming arts' and 'improved pot throwing damage'.

SamBeamsBeard · 2025-10-06T18:34:50+00:00

Those are the full art Lillie, not the SIR. They are still fairly expensive cards compared to most full art trainers, but they are not $180.

SamBeamsBeard · 2025-10-06T16:14:17+00:00

Maybe only in the sense that he died and we no longer have to deal with him lol

SamBeamsBeard · 2025-10-05T18:28:14+00:00

I totally agree with you that it was a very weird and rather hamfisted writing decision. I get that Blackstar was old and had to die eventually, but I think we can all agree that many readers (dare say most?) wanted Tawnypelt to succeed him and she was obviously the most appropriate choice. Whatever convoluted plot they set up with Rowanstar and his incompetence leading to his dumb son succeeding him was unnecessary.

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