Warg Puppy Puppet Prop

I wanted to make a sidekick for my costume for Dragoncon 2011 costume-Steampunked Warg Rider ( from the  Lord of the Rings movie) so I decided to turn a innocent wolf puppet to the darkside.  I stumbled upon a Folkmanis Big Bad Wolf puppet and so it began...

Materials Needed:
Folkmanis Big Bad Wolf Wolf Puppet - this is apparently out of production so any wolf or wolf- like dog hand puppet)
Wolf jawset-I used Van Dykes (medium)
Paper Tape-painting type
Aves Apoxie sculpt ( or any sturdy self-hardening epoxie clay)
cardboard scrap
sandpaper/grinder
acrylic paint and sealer
craft glue 
 

Step 1: Step 1

 Carefully open the seams all around the mouth and remove tongue, any foam or padding, including the upper muzzle and nose area
( save the padding)
Measure your jaw area-top and bottom by width & length and determine how much material you have to work with,  then cut out thin cardboard strips ( posterboard,cereal and beer case boxes work great!) and fit them in the upper and lower jaws forming a palate. The bottom of the jawset can be a rough beginning guide.  I used paper tape to allow multiple positioning, then added more cardboard & tape layers until I had the form I wanted. I  found the jawsets were too deep so most of the bottom below the jawline were removed using a grinder and sanded smooth. The smaller jawset would have fit better but we wanted big fangs!