First, after cutting the foam (with appropriate bevels), I preshaped it slightly with the heat gun, then edge glued the sub assemblies (there are 5 in the pattern for each side of the head, then glued those into the two halves, and finally glued the center seam joining the two halves. After heat forming and…
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…
The very first step (after buying more 10mm EVA foam) is laying out the pieces for the fursuit head base. This is the downloadable Mantacraft “kiko” head base pattern which I purchased as a starting point. (the license for building with the pattern is acknowledging its use; I have no issue doing that as it…
A quick and mostly-easy hall costume inspired by Rainbow Dash from My Little Pony, Friendship is Magic, and the number of times my rainbow mohawk inspired frazzled moms to distract their fussy kids by pointing at it and saying, “look, he has hair just like Rainbow Dash!”
Awarded: Judges Choice for “Best Choreography” in the Master Division at the 58th World Science Fiction Convention in Chicago, Illinois Aug 31-September 4, 2000 Original evil concept: Kevin Roche Breakaway Spacesuit / Tie and Tails ensemble Designed, constructed, and assembled by Kevin Roche Jemima the Alien : Designed and constructed by Kate Morgenstern, Bridget Landry and Belle Davis with…
