Hello everybody ! Today we meet again to learn how to
do these cute little paws.
On top of that, it's very easy to make !
I bought second-hand high heels with platform
to keep the minimum of comfort.
Because yes, you need to think about that,
we're going to spend all the time on the tip of our toes
while we wear the costume and clearly, these aren't
flip-flops sandals
you would wear during summer.
Mines were just opened at the toes,
so I just glued thin eva foam to close that gap.
 
I sculpted the paws with Patarev,
it's a kind of clay a bit like foam clay,
this is drying so you need to sculpt this in a single time.
For the shape of the paws, in my opinion, the characters
seem to be more predators like wolves or felines.
When you look at the skulls
and feathers all over their outfits,
these really look like hunting trophies, plus their face also
make me think of cats so it was more 
logical to make the paws like this kind of animals.
I'm telling you this but you do absolutely like YOU want,
let's make that clear.
Once it's sculpted and the clay dried, I'm going to reinforce it with worbla.
I took black worbla because that's what I had,
you can use whatever worbla or thermoplastic you want.
I'm going slowly to avoid ripping it or having wrinkles.
When everything is well covered, I cut off the excess worbla around the shoe,
don't forget at the top place near your foot,
because if it goes over your foot, that might really hurt you.
Now is time to say goodbye to the heel !
I cut it with my dremel, with a special metal cutting tool and also a metal handsaw.
Just ignore for now the claws you're seeing.
I used winter tights which look a bit like wool for the next part.
I first put one leg over the shoe.
Then I took neoprene or contact glue, I rolled up the tights until I could go
between the toes with a 
Q-tip and I put some glue at these place,
but not too much to avoid the glue going through the fabric.
I put the tights well into place again and I pressed when the glue was until it was set.
Once it's dry, time for the paint. I took black oil paint and I added shading between the toes.
Let's get to the claws.
The ones you saw were in worbla, and half of them peeled off
after one day in convention so I thought it would
be better to get something flexible.
And what's cheap and flexible ? LATEX.
I sculpted 3 claws in a clay that isn't drying ( like Monster Clay ) on a flat surface,
which means you can use it again after.
These are small elements to mold
so I decided to
make the mold box with foam board I glued with hot glue.
You need to make sure you didn't let any empty spaces around the 
mold box, cover them with hot glue.
When I was done, I filled the mold with molding plaster.
I waited the plaster to be dry, and I removed the mold box and the clay inside.
I cleaned the mold, now we are ready to use latex.
I'm simply going to put a small amount of latex in the holes, and I'm going to turn around the mold
to get the latex everywhere until it starts to dry.
Once this happened I can put my mold aside and let it dry alone.
For the first coat I highly suggest you to apply it thin,
with a brush to make sure there's latex everywhere in the mold,
and to do the holes
one by one.
I did 3/4 coats, when it was thick enough, I started to slowly take off the latex at the top.
When I struggled at a place, I just tried
somewhere else. I didn't insist too much
to avoid ripping the latex. Of course to make this step easier
you can put a demolding agent or 
vaseline before putting latex in your mold.
When the claws are free, powder quickly them with talc ( or you makeup powder)
to avoid the latex sticking ot itself.
You can cut all around the claw to make it more precise if you want to .
to make it more precise if you want to .
I added a bit of cotton inside the claws to make them a bit more rigid.
I was afraid that if I crushed them, they would stay smashed, and I 
learnt later that it was a good idea !
Once it's full, I put latex again over the cotton to "close" the claws.
Time to finally stick the claws on the paws. Once again put latex at the base of each claw,
place them in place and press them until
they are fixed.
For the paint, I used what I got at home : Pros-Aid.
It's a glue for FX prosthesis which is pretty strong. I mixed it with acrylic paint,
the glue is supposed to avoid the paint cracking.
Otherwise you'll need latex paint, the most known is PAX.
Maybe Flexipaint or stuff like that
works, I'd very interested to hear your experience if you used that !
And here's the result !
The tights are still fragile, you must protect them under the shoes.
I already changed them once after wearing the shoes one day.
I found a roll of thin bath mat, I draw and cut the shape of my sole
into it and I nailed it down to make sure it doesn't move.
To finish the look of Xayah paws, I sewed a shoe cover  that I put above all that.
I sewed velcro underneath to fix the beginning
of my fabric strip that I'll put all over my leg.
And I also sewed more velcro at the top to close the strip.
The end of the strip goes underneath
the last turn of the fabric.
Thank you for watching this tutorial, I hope you enjoyed it !
Tell me what you think about it and remember to follow
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Until next time !
