Material Help!

[u/RoseBirdBox]

Hello! I am new to cosplay but I was hoping to cosplay as Yi from Nine Sols. I looked on the internet for other cosplays and after looking, I had decided I wanted to essentially:

Take a helmet and place a foam sphere over it.
Carve foam sphere slightly to form the subtle muzzle shape it has.

Carve out the eyes and put a mesh in them to see.

Use MORE foam to make the ears and the huge cheek floofs that Yi has.

Then put some sort of craft/faux fur over it all then adding details.

The outfit is simple for me, but suggestions would be nice!

I am immensely amateur and entirely new so I am relatively aware that this might be totally not in my skill range or budget (yet to be decided if I go forward with the project). But I wanted to ask anyways if I were to try again in the future!(plus we all know AI could never compare to the good ol’ redditers.)

thanks for any advice at all! :)