CreatureCave
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👋🏻 Verity Filipow (she/her) 🐉 Custom handmade character artdolls, puppets, masks, costumes, & sculptures 🐲 Dragons & creatures galore! ☀️ NEXT EVENT ➡️ Fantasy Forest Libertalia 📋 Queue: trello.com/b/Bsq1OHvx 🌐 www.creaturecave.co.uk
I'm really pleased with this mask and how it came out, I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! Beep is a custom commission. Everything was made by me; the pink mane was made by the client. Removable padding, adjustable straps, & magnetic antlers. Interested in a fursuit head yourself? Get in touch!
I'd like you to meet BEEP! A gloriously ferocious creature, I am absolutely honoured to have breathed new life into version 2.0! Thank you to Beeps Creatures for allowing me the opportunity and trust. Sculpted & painted by me, the pink mane was made by the client. More skull creatures please!!
This took me 3 hours just to put them all on toothpicks.... And then another hour for priming 🙃🙃🙃 Hundreds of little crystal dragons and gryphons, all getting prepped for painting. Prep for #FantasyForest Libertalia!
Any Dungeon Crawler Carl fans out there?? I'm currently working on a Princess Donut shoulder-mounted puppet for my brother-in-law's costume for Fantasy Forest. He's helping me out by selling my wares, so he gets a fancy cat puppet 😎 excited to put her fur on next!
A brand new Smidgeon face appears! I've just finished assembling a new batch of tiny and big smidgeons for #FantasyForest Libertalia in Sept. I wanted to make a new face design, and had alligator gars in my head. I got a whole bunch of new furs as well, and I'm loving them all!
My oh my, Fantasy Forest was, as always, incredible! We saw many amazing characters and creatures - it was glorious! I am in awe of all the amazing effort people put into their costumes, it's so so so inspiring! I've already been thinking of ideas for next year :) #fantasyforest
It was a sunny, sunny, and very hot day today, so a perfect time to prime ALL of the new draklings for Fantasy Forest Libertalia. This took FOREVER. #sculpture #puppet #artdoll #handmade #puppetmaking
Bat! This mask was a collaboration between my husband and I, for his Fantasy Forest costume this year! Frank digitally sculpted the character, and I helped him turn it into a wearable mask. The sewing, furwork, and painting was all done by him, with some additional sewing help from me. Enjoy!
Felt like doing mass attack! A pile of lovely noodles, all found through the discover function :) I love a noodley dragon very much. #artfight
I don't think I can truly show you HOW long it takes for me to make things. Massive, month-long print batches, but then I have to remove supports, clean, post cure, sand, fill and fix, sand, clean, prime, sand, sand, sand, sand.... I am just a one-woman production here!
First revenge of the year! I'm digging this pseudo heraldic theme I've got going on. A lot more of an experiment w style &colour: there are a few things I would do differently next time. I have forgotten how layers and masks work, so trying to learn again! For Dragonscinders on AF. #ARTFIGHT
A new AF attack, I am very pleased with this one. Quite liking the "in a box" theme I've started on. For anactualfrog on AF. #artfight
Nearly ready for Fantasy Forest! Just need a few more jewellery bits, and then I need to make some trinkets for trade! If you see this gilded dragon wandering around, come say hi!
JUST KIDDING I LIED 🫠 Hit me up! I'll try and do my best with revenges this year, no promises!
Nearing the end of my month-long 24/7 print run of everything for Fantasy Forest and beyond. And a sneaky new smidgeon head is hidden away on this plate! 👀
We tried out our new creature feet from Digilegs! These are super super fun to walk in, we are excited to make some cool costumes with these! I know a lot of you really liked the last post about these stilts, and you can visit digilegs.com directly to see what other stilts they have!
I've been busy working on a bunch of commissions, and this one I'm really excited about! This is a remake of a 10-year-old commission that I originally sculpted in clay, and then moulded and cast in latex. The client wanted them remade in something that will last forever, so we're going digital!
The final photos of Demeter! He was basically too big for my photo set up, so I had to improvise a bit. Demeter is a MASSIVE custom artdoll, and he measures over 100cm from floor to the top of his wingtip. He has a wire and plastic armature which makes him fully poseable, with a moving jaw as well!
I'd like to introduce you all to this giant custom doll, Demeter! Demeter is roughly 100cm wing tip to floor, and has a fully custom wire and plastic armature. His hard pieces are digitally sculpted and resin printed, all hand painted, sewn, and finished. He's fully posable with a moving jaw too!
Getting things ready for Fantasy Forest Suedley next month (attending not selling). Just finished making this golden tabbard, now a tail and claws are next! The rest is Vinted finds. Tempted to make my horns on my headdress even more epic. Nice to have a personal project to decompress with!
I've been working on all sorts of digital work for commissions this week. Very productive! This is a sculpture commission.
New character up on the slab! Meet Desmond, a gloriously mischievous looking bat. Can't wait to see more of him come to life! Desmond is a custom commission, and belongs to @desmondbattybat.bsky.social
Busy day today! This is a costume for my husband that we're working on together for Fantasy Forest. The character was designed and sculpted by him, and I helped prep it all for 3D printing. Who's coming to Fantasy Forest at Suedley Castle next month??
I've not shared a lot of Demeter online as I've just been so busy and I keep forgetting. Nearly done! You can't get a sense of scale from this photo, but he measures just about 100cm from the table to his wing tip! Demeter is a custom commission, and a fully poseable character artdoll.