Hello again! I'm back with more difficult questions, haha. This is more directed at UK-based fursuit makers, but anyone who buys furs from Mohair Bear Making Supplies or Swincraft2 may be able to help:
I'm looking at buying fur for a personal suit. My options for the main body color are Mohair's beige mink (which I think is the same as Swincraft2's swiss beige) or Swincraft2's solid beige (which I think is the same as Mohair's warm beige). For a matching lighter-colored accent fur to go with the beige mink/swiss beige, I was thinking Swincraft2's swiss cream, or to go with the solid beige/warm beige, I was thinking Mohair's champagne. (I'm sorry for all of these "beige"s; I wish they had more easily distinguishable names, but alas.)
My timeframe for making this suit has suddenly shrunk from a few months to less than one, so I don't have time to order and receive more samples (I have the beige mink and the solid beige), so, my question is: does anyone know of any suits or suit parts that make use of any of these furs? Seeing them "in action" is really helpful for me in choosing what furs to use, especially given Swincraft2's generally poor photo quality and the weirdly dark photos on Mohair's champagne listing, but I'm not nearly as adept at picking these furs out of a crowd as I am luxury shags, teddy/cubby furs from CR's, etc. Also, anyone that has worked with the mink/swiss furs before-- is the backing okay to use? It seems a little sparse and tearable to me, but the same can be said for CR's cubby furs, so I just wanted to confirm whether they're considered usable for fursuits.
Thanks in advance!!
I'm looking at buying fur for a personal suit. My options for the main body color are Mohair's beige mink (which I think is the same as Swincraft2's swiss beige) or Swincraft2's solid beige (which I think is the same as Mohair's warm beige). For a matching lighter-colored accent fur to go with the beige mink/swiss beige, I was thinking Swincraft2's swiss cream, or to go with the solid beige/warm beige, I was thinking Mohair's champagne. (I'm sorry for all of these "beige"s; I wish they had more easily distinguishable names, but alas.)
My timeframe for making this suit has suddenly shrunk from a few months to less than one, so I don't have time to order and receive more samples (I have the beige mink and the solid beige), so, my question is: does anyone know of any suits or suit parts that make use of any of these furs? Seeing them "in action" is really helpful for me in choosing what furs to use, especially given Swincraft2's generally poor photo quality and the weirdly dark photos on Mohair's champagne listing, but I'm not nearly as adept at picking these furs out of a crowd as I am luxury shags, teddy/cubby furs from CR's, etc. Also, anyone that has worked with the mink/swiss furs before-- is the backing okay to use? It seems a little sparse and tearable to me, but the same can be said for CR's cubby furs, so I just wanted to confirm whether they're considered usable for fursuits.
Thanks in advance!!