Saturday I finally took the time to add the internal band that lets Rocky’s head rest securely on my own.
(copied from Facebook posts)It was amazing how *spiffy* the Dremel coping saw was at cutting the HD EVA foam. The pieces for the dog skull masks have pretty intricate shapes. My mini-review of the Dremel MS20 Moto-Saw The tool I bought for this job isthe Dremel Moto-Saw MS20. It can theoretically be used freehand but…
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…
So like most projects, you start with research. Which in the age of Goggle and the internet makes research very easy. There is no lack of images of the famous cartoon moose online. The original TV cartoon version is all one color brown, a very dark brown, one might even say a chocolate brown. Which…
Building the back and shaft of Rocky’s feet took a while. I did a basic pattern piece that would join up with the shape of the front of the paw. Then I shaved down a bunch of fur to 3/4″ pile and cut two of those out. I modified (and shortened) another pair of the…
The last detail for the goggles was to attach them to the cap. It turned out I had some pale blue plastic snaps which were an almost perfect snap. A little bit of finesse in placing them, and Rocky can now wear his goggles on top of his head (as he is always drawn in…
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…
