Bullwinkle at CC42!
Bill will be adding details of his Bullwinkle build as time and opportunity present
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Furring the Head
After making the pattern pieces, I carefully cut out the fur in mirror-imaged pieces. You cut the fur by tracing the pattern pieces on the back side, then carefully cut through just the backing with a sharp X-Acto knife from the back side.This both dramatically reduces the amount of loose pile (“hair”) you end up…
All the couching is caught up! And the ID disk is cleaned up, too!
Couching the lighting strips… While the adhesive on the rectangular silicone tubing for the LED strips is really handy, experience has taught me that it will peel off of fabric at the least opportune time, so I should only trust it as basting.I’ve now hand-couched all the LED casing for the cuffs and “lapels” to…
Improving the Tail Rigging
Reinforcing the rigging harness I needed to stiffen the tail support across the shoulder blades because even the heavy hide I used was too flexible. Fortunately I’ve acquired a healthy set of power tools in the course of working on my townhouse and building both Tiki Dalek and Thinbot, so it only took about 20…
Pixie Dandruff Everywhere
Pinky Pie needs *something* for her Grand Entrance at the gala. In the episode “The Best Night Ever” she had a big pink train with candy corn decorations. Since I’m not doing full drag (or full fursuit) for this production, I wanted something to evoke that train. Enter the spangled tulle. It’s encrusted with fuchsia…
Rocky’s Got Back!
After about four hours work, Rocky’s silhouette is greatly improved for his future appearances!
Thanks for sharing your costume build for those of us who will not be attending the convention.
Thanks! Bill and I should be posting regular updates to our respective build diaries here.