This customer order started in May but got delayed due to the customer not sending the dummy, hand tracing and shoes needed to complete the rest. The head, tail and wings have sat finished for months and in December I finally got to finish my first hippogriff costume which also features my first set of feathered backpack wings. I decided to dub him "Neighclaw" in honor of Harry Potter's Buckbeak
Elastic straps were later replaced with nice big padded ones from a backpack along with a nylon strap with center buckle across the chest, all hidden by a vest of fur that snaps up in the middle via magnets.