Bonus post: The Eyes Have It!
The paint dried on Rocky’s pupils so I cut them out and did a quick test with masking tape holding them inside.
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Today I cut and made a simple fur cowl to attach to the head and give Rocky a neck without having to attach the head to the fursuit itself. The cowl itself is pretty simple: two identical gores that joined match the inside diameter of the bottom of the head, stitched together for about 2″…
Main assembly, shaping/sanding, and dentition done.
Over the weekend I got almost all the main assembly done for both skulls (there’s one final piece that extends off the back of the mask) and did an initial pass at shaping all those square foam edges with a tapered grinding stone on my Dremel mototool. (the regular kind of Dremel, not the coping…
Furring the Head
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…
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….
Chasing My Tail
This weekend I set out to build Rocky’s tail. It’s quite long/tall (extends above his head in many animation frames), and I want the costume to be generally huggable, so I needed it to be soft. I detailed previously my decision to laminate NuFoam stabilized fiberfill with an inner piece of EVA to give it…
The better to hear you with, my dear
The fur hoods look great, but I kept thinking mine needed werewolf ears. So I made some! I used the ear pattern I developed for my neoprene pup mask to make these. The neoprene has two fabric on both faces, unlike the fur, so I started by cutting two of the main ear out of…