blaylockjunk

I am trying to create a fuzzy skin on a model. I've created a slightly larger base skin to allow the fuzzy skin to be applied on. For some reason, the skin isn't starting at the bottom of the model, as seen in the attached pics. The first pic is the skin itself without the rest of the model inserted. The second pic is the entire model. Can someone please help me and let me know what I'm doing wrong?