dogs at PAW (with bonus squirrel)
just some pix from the convention
just some pix from the convention
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…
Edit: I’ve updated the gallery with the images it was lacking. Rocky’s hind feet are always drawn as long and plain grey, with only two toes suggested by a midline, and no paw pads on the underside) My costume version of Rocky’s feet are being built on a pair of simple grey deck shoes with…
After about four hours work, Rocky’s silhouette is greatly improved for his future appearances!
Identity Disk, roughed out After a fair amount of banging away at it, I have a reasonable facsimile of the “Identity Disk” for Castor. Fortunately the Tron cosplay/prop community measured and shared the dimensions of the prop, unfortunately that was for 3D printing, and modeling it in 10mm EVA foam offered a few challenges. But,…
Every equine character on My LIttle Pony has “cutie marks” on their flanks, and Pinky Pie is no exception. Her cutie mark is a trio of party balloons with contrasting strings, two blue and one yellow. When I did Rainbow Dash, I was able to purchase iron-on patches of his cloud-and-thunderbolt cutie mark, but I…