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Cleaning mold

I just wanted know after spraying melaleuca oil (tea tree oil) on your fursuit head does it kill mold? Is it safe to wear your suit's head after it's been sprayed with melaleuca oil and dried off or do...

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Fur direction... stylized?

Hi guys! It's been a while.Anyway, sometime in the future I really want to make a fursuit/cosplay of Senkro from the Spectrobes video game series. Since I'm not planning anything really solid yet, I...

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Bone tail suggestions?

I am trying to make a gory partial based off a miss monster resin skull mask. It's fairly graphic in design (and will be a little graphic as far as gore level goes) and I am trying to come up with ways...

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Materials advice

So a customer has a suit with "sprinkles" in the long white fur around the neck, arms, and legs. How to tackle the sprinkles has been quite a difficult puzzle. It's supposed to look like an ice cream...

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MMM Fundraiser: Week one recap!

On the first day, I hit 10% of my total!By the second day, the first suit perk had been chosen!By the third day, I broke $5000USD of contributions!I am sitting at $5335 of my $7000 goal, or 76%. Until...

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DTD's and body suits

So I've been having trouble lately with body suit fitting my commissioners when they get them brand new. I've been giving each one an extra inch all the way around but they're still tight. How much...

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Antlers?

I was at Hobby Lobby today and I saw this display and they have all this antler stuff that's just begging to be incorporated into  a fursuit head.There are even antler 'letters' so if you ever thought...

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DF sent me dirty fur, will not honor exchange past 72 hours

SO I ordered this fur back in February as part of a few hundred dollar order from Distinctive Fabrics. http://www.distinctivefabric.com/I have purchased thousands of dollars worth of fur from them over...

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Gage finished!

I wanted to create a more consistent base for me to build off of and keep the ability to customize it at the same time so I sculpted and cast a really basic canine shape in expanding foam

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DVC Blank and DVC Jawset: Fit Issues

I just received a Fox blank and a Fox jawset in the mail from DreamVision Creations, and I can't get the upper jawset to fit straight in the blank.It slides in easily to a certain point, but it's...

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Digi padding

So I'm doing a full suit with digi padding and had an idea. I've got a form fitting pair of workout pants and I was wondering if I could glue the foam directly to them to wear underneath the suit? My...

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Materials for a Raven

So I was going to make a fursuit for a friend, it's a fat-padded raven suit. They thought it'd would be good idea to use a form fitting material that wicks away sweat but I'm questioning that for two...

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Plasti-Dip

This is the dumbest journal on this forum, I swear.What exactly is Plasti-Dip, and do any of you use it on your fursuits/for what? I'm curious about using it, but have little-to-no knowledge. 

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Problem with resin eye

So I got some resin eye blanks made and I'm using them in a mask ( it's an animal but not really a fursuit).I used acrylic paint for them and they both looked great. However, the paint on the back of...

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Trying to match a fur

I'm making some spare parts for a bodysuit and I need to match the fur. I'm pretty sure the light grey fur here used to be available on Fabric Empire as their silver delux fur. I was wondering if...

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Hello! I was wondering if anyone could give me advice on attaching dreamvision's skinny raptor claws to handpaws? The base is to thick (1 inch across) to put though the inside of the glove the way I...

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feet paw bottoms

I'm sure this has been answered before but can't seem to find it -- (plus everyone has their preferences) BUT what do you guys use for outdoor feet bottoms? I'm looking preferably for a thinner, most...

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Redlines please!

Long time no posting, last time I posted here was when I was making my knight Fluttershy fursuit last year. I've completed and also retired that suit now, but ANYWAY.I'm going to be making a new...

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fluffy cheeks?

well, here is my fursuit design- its going to be a parital suit though, just head and tail and handpaws, maybe feet paws.... I haven't decided on pattern yet, but I need some help-those cheeks. how do...

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Problems hiding seams in antipill fleece

Hello lovelies!It's taking forever, but I'm finally getting close to finishing my Typhlosion mask! I'm currently "skinning" him in anti-pill fleece, but I've come across an unexpected problem. (Please...

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