Bullwinkle at CC42!
Bill will be adding details of his Bullwinkle build as time and opportunity present
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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…
The Paws That Refreshes
While waiting for the zippers to arrive for the body, I started working on Rocky’s paws. I used as a reference Matrices’ excellent tutorial and pattern for basic paws. Of course, Rocky has only 3 fingers, so I had to modify the pattern for my purposes. After some dexterity tests I decided to group my…
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…
Now Two Paws, Plus Packing!
Two Paws are Better Than One After the successful (but requiring lots of handwork to fix gaps in the seams) on the left paw, I set out to build the right paw a little more methodically. First I trimmed the batting layer just about 1/8″ in from the edges. Then I hand basted the batting…
It’s a head!
Here’s how Rocky’s head looks after assembling and doing a first shave on the furring.The fur is not yet glued to the head, and the nose and teeth are just pinned on. Fur also needs to be trimmed back from the eyeholes slightly.
Monday Madness — BOOTS!
Monday, still no power, so I took a large bag of parts to work so I could use my soldering bench there. I got leads attached to all but one of the remaining pieces of LED strip for the costume, and finished the wiring harnesses to connect to the power distribution from the upper back….
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.