| | The Few Rules:* Before you ask a question, please check the MEMORIES (The text says "Memories" next to the community userpic.) TONS of questions have been catagorized! Also look at the "Entry Tags" to the left of this post. * Please, keep it PG13. (aka "work safe", no showing "bits") * Please, ONLY ON TOPIC posts! Keep it on Fursuits you have built, Tutorials, or questions on how to build them, only. (Not "What critter should I make?", etc please figure that out maybe in LJ FursuitLounge before you come here to build it) * Feel free to show any "HOW TOs" / Tutorials on creating things. THIS is what the community was made for! * For Fursuit Auctions / Sales / Wanting a Quote for something, please post to  fursuitauctions! If you're looking to buy or sell fursuits, parts, or costume items, join that community! * For showing off your work, please limit the front of the post to ONE small picture (please, no larger than 250px by 250px), then for multiple pictures, please use the LJ-cut (see here: http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=75 )or just link the URL to the pic. Use this: <lj-cut text="TEXT">ENTRY </lj-cut> Do not put any spaces in the < > brackets. TEXT= what the link will say. ENTRY= what you put in the entry inside the cut. This can be pictures, text, etc * Please, Do not lock comments. Keep them open. * Constructive criticism IS ALLOWED. Be aware you may have some members comment on how to improve your work if you end up posting pictures unless you specifically say "Please, no crits on this" (or something along those lines. ) * NO FLAME WARS! * ENJOY!
| The Few Rules:* Before you ask a question, please check the MEMORIES (The text says "Memories" next to the community userpic.) TONS of questions have been categorized! * Please, keep it PG13. (aka "work safe", no showing "bits") * Please, ONLY ON TOPIC posts! Keep it on Fursuits you have built, Tutorials, or questions on how to build them, only. * Please, Do not lock comments. Keep them open. * For Fursuit Auctions / Sales / Wanting a Quote for something, please post to fursuitauctions! If you're looking to buy or sell fursuits, parts, or costume items, join that community! * Feel free to show any "HOW TOs" on creating things. THIS is what the community was made for! * For showing off your work, please limit the front of the post to ONE small picture (please, no larger than 250px by 250px), then for multiple pictures, please use the LJ-cut (see here: http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=75 )or just link the URL to the pic. Use this: <lj-cut text="TEXT"> ENTRY </lj-cut> Do not put any spaces in the < > brackets. TEXT= what the link will say. ENTRY= what you put in the entry inside the cut. This can be pictures, text, etc * Also if you are showing off your work, PLEASE, don't post day after day after day with your progress. Instead, show us your construction pics by week, or the finished product when you are done. * Constructive criticism IS ALLOWED. Be aware you may have some members comment on how to improve your work if you end up posting pictures unless you specifically say "Please, no crits on this" (or something along those lines. ) * NO FLAME WARS! * ENJOY! </b> -J | |
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| I really like the idea of a lightweight hollow head, so that a fan could be placed in the snout, and it can have finer, sharper details. I've seen videos and tutorials of people using resin heads, but I don't have access to the facilities required for casting. I was just wondering if anyone knew of a material that is solid and sturdy, that's thinner than the commonly used upholstery foam, that I could use instead of resin. I was thinking of something like a carve-able hard foam, or some kind of sculpting compound? I do have some Milliput, which is a 2 part sculpting putty, but it's very expensive. | |
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| Hello, everyone! I did check the Memories for fans and didn't find my answer (see? diligent!), so I'm posting a pic to see if/who can help. Here is the fan I'd like to use, because of size, price, and noise generated:  as you can see, there are red, yellow, black wires, instead of just red and black. My question is: how do I wire it to a toggle switch and battery connector? (Ala Matrices?) Questions that occurred to me: what size fan(s)? does one need? (e.g. 80, 90, 120, 140mm.) How does voltage affect/require what batteries you use? (9v vs AA, for example.) | |
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| This is the latest state of YubNub, the Ewok. THe ventilation with the thick fleece sealed around my neck, is GREAT and I don't get HOT and we have no air conditioner! Well, it was at night so it was much cooler in the house, buuut not by much. The fur is just pinned on for now, I'm going to find the right thread I need and start sewing the fur pieces together, make the true hood. I want to accent her as a "She" Ewok so, by a patterning mistake, I cut the shape out the wrong way and put it on. You know, I liked the non-traditional look and it was kinda like a personal touch that set me apart from the other Ewoks and it seems feminine a bit. I should be able to bypass any pickiness by the judges by concealing the hood around the face more ( Read more...Collapse ) | |
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| I'm going to the Dongdaemun crafts market in Seoul. To give you an idea of what it's like, think of a craft store (like JoAnn, Michaels, or a local craft store). Remove all the crafts that don't relate to textiles/clothing projects. Merge that with Costco's wholesale and warehouse aspects. Then merge that with a street fair's multitudes of different vendors. Put that in a 7 story (plus one basement) building the size of a city block. The aisles should be about 1m or less in width for most of the building. Organize the floors by what is being sold (yarns and threads, fabrics, buttons, etc) and then group vendors with similar wares together on the appropriate floors. There is some faux fur in this market and I'll be going back to check the prices against what I could buy in the US. I'm told that bargaining is expected there, so I might be able to get some really good deals. But I want to make sure that it's a decent quality before I buy it. So is there any way to tell the quality of faux fur by looking it over and/or feeling it? And I do know the Korean word for faux fur (it's 인조모피 'injomopi'), so I'll be able to verify that what I buy isn't real fur. ^^ | |
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| Hi there! So in an unfortunate accident involving a Nazgul and a ritual my LARP character lost her left arm at my last major event, so I've made my next hobby project crafting her a new, monstrous arm with which to cast elemental magics, and settled on 'draconic' as a theme. http://imgur.com/n0Nv2vthttp://imgur.com/0HrQZrBI'm currently sculpting out the foam padding on the hand around a glove, and the sleeve of an old top. Some of the claws have been installed and I am working on refining the whole thing. It looks somewhat...off to me though so some advice on what I might cut/add would be enormously appreciated. I was going for a sort of vaguely 'avian' effect with the shape. Along with that I'm currently puzzling over materials for the outer part. I don't want a furry effect, but rather skin/extremely short fur and large scales. I was considering stretch velvet with some scales made from worbla but I've not worked with either so I may be barking up the wrong tree there. What I am looking for effect-wise is something that will leave the foam muscles and knuckles and such with their intergrity still, rather than lost under something thick, and then a way to add chunky, non-uniform scales that lie flat against the arm. As it is a LARP item and the event is combat-orientated I can't have anything sharp or extremely solid sticking up. Foam, latex, and such is entirely fire to stick out away from the limb however. Any ideas would be brilliant. | |
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| And hopefully it will be the last time. orz Anyway, here I am again. I won't be getting fur for a while, but I still wanted to make sure I had these heads closer to done since they've been sitting here since January doing pretty much nothing but taking up space on the table ehehe. I've done some more shaping and adjusting since last time I posted, and I wanted to get tips again just to make sure they're at least close to fur-worthy. ( Everything else under the cut.Collapse ) | |
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| Hello wonderful fursuit community! I am in need of a blank lineart/fursuit reference sheet. Specifically for a female bunny/rabbit with plantigrade legs. can you please help? | |
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| Hey guys!
I recently attempted to cast a nose out of silicone and it didn't work at all! Silicone did not cure (it has been six days now), forcing me to throw out both the mold and the gooey silicone. Help? It might be because its a brush on silicone, but I truly do not know.
Secondly, I need some advice. (This may not belong in this group, but I know people here are active and ready to help) I commissioned a fursuit a while back from a studio that responded to my sales post. They are legit and all. Communication was great until suddenly, they seemed to fall off the edge of the Earth. I have not heard back in some time now and I am starting to think they duped me. I have put in a deposit of quite a steep number and made one installment with the payment plan we worked out. What should I do? Should I email them again? They have an FA, but I do not (They are VERY active on there.) When do you know it's time to file a PayPal dispute?
Thanks!
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| Hey lovely crafty people! We made another tutorial for you all in hopes it will be of great help to first time suit makers. It is a start to finish tutorial on a basic foam head! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O73FgEWG2JkWe really hope this helps anyone out there struggling with making your own head. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/mischiefmakers/http://fluffymischief.com/- Tags:balaclavas, changing body shape, first suit, foam, heads, inspirational stuff, materials, references, sculpting, thoughts, tutorials, videos
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| I spotted this really awesome red fur trim in fabricland the other day and wondering if anyone has seen it's like in bigger sizes, this was just a trim. This exact stuff would be fantastic, but something close would be good too if anyone has a suggestion. ( Picture here...Collapse ) | |
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| Anyone have any suit pics of them using small / large cloven hooves by Monoyasha? I need to see a comparison in size. Originally I was going to buy the large ones..but I also need a pair of eyes from her..and I'll be spending 200 dollars regardless. So does anyone have pics of suits with her cloven hooves?
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| Hey there fursuit community! We made another tutorial, this time, more of an advice guide for which clippers to get for shaving fur! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_0z7LA9IEg We hope this helps a few of you out there! -The Mischief Makers | |
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| I know it is a long shot, but might anyone have a yard of a dark. dark, charcoal grey or any methods to creating a dark charcoal grey besides the soaking in paint/airbrushing? Needs to be very dark, preferably around a DF length and texture. Thank you! | |
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| I was able to scrounge enough cash together for the fur for this thing. I'm so limited with so many things, it seems. A family member gifted me with some money to buy the fur and hands for the Ewok. I crave practice. I want to get better at this so badly. I'm sure plenty of you recall Callix the Akita's head I tried to sell. Weeeelll, that failed. As much trouble as he gave me, I decided to re-use something I had made and since he sat on the shelf and was never used, I gave him a purpose. He will be missed, yes and one day, recreated as a fullsuit. ( EWOKSPAMMAJIGS...Collapse ) | |
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| Three questions here!
1. The design i'm using for the suit i'm working on has only 3 very small patches of brown on it. I can't find scraps available right now, and i need way under half a yard. I only need 3 small pieces, each around maybe 5x5 inches. I don't really want to drybrush them on, either... What should I do? omo;;
2. Also, how much fur would i need for a head and tail? The suits a partial, and the character wears fingerless gloves, so the hands are just going to be fingers, so that can be made from scraps likely. The tail will be fairly small (around maybe 15 inches in length im thinking?) and feet paws aren't going to be made.
3. Finally, what should i do about shaving my fur? I don't plan on taking commissions or making very many suits anytime soon, so buying a nice pair of trimmers and whatnot would be pointless. I don't really want to use scissors in case i screw up or something. I want the fur to be fairly smooth, and i dont want to leave it un-shaved....
tl;dr i need scraps of brown df, i also need to know how much fur i need to make just a head and a 15 inch tail, and how can i shave fur without super fancy trimmers. | |
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| I believe I've finally settled on hand paws like this: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7193876/However, I have several pleas for help questions as every attempt to make these has gone terribly awry :( - how should I go about measuring to make sure these fit? - do I need to space the fingers apart a certain way (for example, in her pattern it seems like the four fingers are slanted at an angle; more towards the left) - I have black paws ( http://www.dreamvisioncreations.com/apps/webstore/products/show/2067826); as the toes are not perfectly round as shown in the above pattern, is there a way I can go about 'lengthening' the fingers so they don't look strange? I have tried using Matrice's pattern, but I prefer four-fingered hand paws (also since I bought enough claws for four-fingered hands/feet) | |
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| So I've started work on my much overdue remake of my snow leopard fursuit. I'm close to finishing with the foamwork, but I figured I'd post it up for a second opinion before I move on to refining the form, adding ears, and furring it. Ultimately I'm going for a very toony, cheerful look. Here's an Imgur album of the front, side and top views. http://imgur.com/a/9OvswSpecifically I'm having trouble with the corners of the mouth. I need to carve them in so they show through the foam, but I'm not sure how to do it without compromising the jaw movement. Any help would be much appreciated! | |
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