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Tutorial Tuesday installment: DTD Tutorial (rules) by fenrirschild, journal

Tutorial Tuesday installment: DTD Tutorial (rules)

Jan 22, 2013

Today's installment in my Tutorial Tuesdays is a fancy new DTD tutorial! Feel free to ask any questions, and even to save/distribute/link to my site for your customers too, just please leave my watermark and header on it if you do. I do things a little differently, as usual, but I've found I can get the maximum range of motion with the minimum amount of bulk/excess space as possible using this method.What do you guys want most for next week? Options are a cast foam tutorial, a redo of my acrylic eye tutorial, or something else I simply cannot remember right this second.

All new fursuit makers, are you ready? by Sharpe19, journal

All new fursuit makers, are you ready?

Oct 9, 2012

Something that has been going around in my head for the past week as I've watched a ton of new makers jumping out of the woodworks, eager to take on commissions. Making suits is great and can be a great hobby, but for those that are wanting to continue making them beyond the Hobby mark, ask yourself these questions...1. Do I have the time to dedicate to this?On average I will work 12-16 hour 'shift' days making suits, 6 days a week. I will take a day or two off to loosen up and relax, but perhaps ever 2 weeks or so. To keep up with the demand and the work load it takes a ton of my time, often sacrificing fun events such as the movies or a ...

Before you make a suit by CassiniCloset, literature

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Before you make a suit

Things to think about before making a suit costumeHere's a whole list of questions of possibilities that I'd highly recommend anyone take a look at and answer if they plan on making a suit. It might bring up some problems to think about before they happen during the process of making a costume. I'd copy/paste and print this off and answer to any questions that apply to your future project.Physical requirements 1. Do you relate to the creatures physical traits in any way? 2. Do you have any physical problems? ( allergies, loss of breath, heart problems, flexibility, claustrophobia, bowel/bladder problems, etc) 3. Where will be an air vent(s...

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Cloudsteps

Apr 18, 2018

_{hey! I just have a quick question about duct tape dummies~ If I were to make one of myself, would it be reusable for multiple fursuits? As long as I don’t grow anymore of course c; or would I have to make a new dummy each time?
Thanks~!}

HobbyFX

Jun 10, 2018

not sure if anyone has answered this for you yet but one good dummy should last you a while

use good quality tape, don't skimp on the cheapest brand, buy more than you think and make sure you overlap the edges a lot otherwise when stuffing it, it can come apart easily.
we've made a couple not for furry use, but when making an X-Men mystique costume, it was really useful!

Cloudsteps

Jun 10, 2018

_{ah okay! That’s good to hear, thank you!!}

FlicqBl0bKink

Nov 13, 2017

hey im trying to make some fursuit designs and i want them to be at least known so would you guys mind if i make then knowable here? thanks

CloverPigeonStudios

Aug 10, 2017

Hi there! I'm considering making a fur suit partial. How much material do I need to order for a:
•head
•paws
•short tail
•feet
Assuming they're all one color? Also where do you buy the foam from and how much of that do you need? Ty! ^^

TwistedTerrace

Aug 25, 2017

If it's your first time or even only a couple suits in, always buy more than you need in case of a messed up pattern. Hell I've made a lot of suits and I still buy (usually) and extra yard of everything just in case. That said, for a partial of one colour I'd say maybe 3 yards to be safe. It's overkill unless you've got a huge tail, as I'm about 5'5" and can make pretty much a whole suit out of 3 yards if I don't mess up, or something close to a full suit if I have digigrade legs. For foam it's hard to say because it can totally vary depending on how big you make anything and what your local foam places have in stock (unless you buy it online but honestly I never have). If you can, find a couch-cushion shop or something similar. Near my house there's a place called Creative Foam and Futon that basically is JUST a foam shop that you go to to buy new couch cushions and replacement inserts for seats and stuff. They cut foam for people, and have a ton of left over scraps of foam (big pieces too) for SUPER cheap. I get almost all of my foam from them. Joann's has been way too overly expensive for me lately unless you get them on a sale or coupon day. Again, I can't really say as to the amount you should buy. I can, however, say to buy thicker if you can and cut it down as opposed to layering thinner stuff because that can get messy and annoying, but it's honestly just a design preference. I SOMETIMES build up layers, like on heads sometimes, but in general I try and buy thick blocks and just carve out of that. That's how most other people work too, I believe. Then if you mess anything up you can just get a super thin layer of foam (I always keep some of the really thin stuff around for this) to shore up anything that's amiss.

Hope that helps!