It’s a fit!
Saturday I finally took the time to add the internal band that lets Rocky’s head rest securely on my own.
Saturday I finally took the time to add the internal band that lets Rocky’s head rest securely on my own.
One of Rocky’s signature features is his giant fluffy tail (it often rises taller than his head in the cartoons). After finishing his head and flying cap, that tail is my next major construction challenge (and I only have 4 weeks left! eep!). I investigated several ways to make the tail free-standing and self-supporting, but…
Today’s work was a number of fiddly bits. Magnetic Connectors I bought a half dozen polarized magnetic connectors (only connect one way) that have mating USB-A cables for them, so I can keep battery connections moderately secure but they can break away if the cable snags hard on something. The device-end component, however, has pads…
After the first painting with unbleached titanium, next came a wash with a mixture of watered-down burnt sienna, raw sienna, and Mars black. This involves applying a fair amount of the watered paint and then blotting with a damp paper towel. In the SKS video, this looked sort of snotty green, but for us it…
This took three mockups to get right. That was after I’d tried scaling up a commercial pattern (TOO BIG) and starting from a fabric beachball pattern (dimensions did not match description, and it was the wrong shape anyway).The problem basically is that Rocky’s head is basically a squashed basketball shape (not the vertical ovoid of…
We’re working directly from the SKS Props tutorial here. I took the masks to work, where I have access to a genuine paint spray hood in the machine shop. First was two coats of black PlastiDip spray. I was concerned that the plastic might obscure all the texturing work we’d done on the foam, but…
Today I added the tail mounting port to the “hero” fursuit body and did a quick try-on with the body, tail, head and paws.I’m super happy with how it looks! I’m putting this gallery under an additional spoiler password. If you really want to see the photos, the PW is Spoil Me Sweetie!(don’t forget the…