This is my first time posting here, so I hope I'm doing it right.
I'm trying to plan out how to make my very first fursuit. Technically, I don't know if fursuit is even the right term for what I'm planning, but it's the closest thing I could think of. I guess I'd call it a partial quadsuit. The character is a sphinx. So I'll be making a lion rear, arm-stilts for the front legs, and possibly making some sort of padding to bulk up the front and help make the legs look shorter. Instead of making a head, I'm going to try and use makeup to make my own face more feline. I plan on modifying some prosthetic werewolf/cat make-up for the nose and sticking fur to some large elf ears.
I've never made anything like this before and I have a lot of questions. I've found a lot of helpful links here and I think my planning stage is going well. There are a few questions I haven't found answers for, and I'm hoping maybe someone here could help.
Question 1: I plan on wearing the finished sphinx costume to Renaissance Festivals. Those are outdoor events, usually with a lot of dust and dirt. What sort of materials would hold up best for those conditions? Especially, what sort of materials would be recommended for the feet?
Question 2: I've seen the tutorials for the jointed stilts, but I'm not very good with tools. Does anyone sell just the stilts?
Question 3: Does my idea sound to weird to work or too ambitious for a beginner?
That's all for now. I'm working on some redline drawings for my idea. Once they're done, I'll post them here and see if anyone has time to critique them.
Thanks in advance for any help you care to offer. :)
I'm trying to plan out how to make my very first fursuit. Technically, I don't know if fursuit is even the right term for what I'm planning, but it's the closest thing I could think of. I guess I'd call it a partial quadsuit. The character is a sphinx. So I'll be making a lion rear, arm-stilts for the front legs, and possibly making some sort of padding to bulk up the front and help make the legs look shorter. Instead of making a head, I'm going to try and use makeup to make my own face more feline. I plan on modifying some prosthetic werewolf/cat make-up for the nose and sticking fur to some large elf ears.
I've never made anything like this before and I have a lot of questions. I've found a lot of helpful links here and I think my planning stage is going well. There are a few questions I haven't found answers for, and I'm hoping maybe someone here could help.
Question 1: I plan on wearing the finished sphinx costume to Renaissance Festivals. Those are outdoor events, usually with a lot of dust and dirt. What sort of materials would hold up best for those conditions? Especially, what sort of materials would be recommended for the feet?
Question 2: I've seen the tutorials for the jointed stilts, but I'm not very good with tools. Does anyone sell just the stilts?
Question 3: Does my idea sound to weird to work or too ambitious for a beginner?
That's all for now. I'm working on some redline drawings for my idea. Once they're done, I'll post them here and see if anyone has time to critique them.
Thanks in advance for any help you care to offer. :)