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Finding Fur
I was super pleased to discover that Mendel’s Art Supplies was still open in the Haight, so made a beeline there while we were up in San Francisco for Xmas. The base fur is “Punky Muppet” Granite color. This is a premier faux fur, 1.5″ pile, that is dense enough to shave down to shorter…

Notes on working with EVA foam
(Transcribed from a comment I made on Bill Howard’s FB page)

Fursuit (some assembly required)
Monday night (Mar 11) I finished marking out all the fursuit body pieces (4 front and back panels, 4 sleeve front and back pieces). I then set out to cut them all out (sans seam allowance, as marked). The best way to do this is from the back with a sharp blade, cutting just through…

Hokey Smokes! It worked
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…

Cutting the Foam with the Dremel MS20
(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…
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.