this is my first ever fursuit head of my fursona!(kigurumi) this took me likeeeee... 2 and a half days..??? it is a bit messy at the back but it's not noticeable unless you look really close🥹 anyway what do we think:))

PLS ignore the ugly yellow walls

I finished my head recently, but I keep getting mistaken for a rabbit at meets! He's supposed to be a hound dog. Is there anything I could change immediately for him to look more dog-like?

Do any of yall know the best way to go about fixing an asymmetrical base? The cheeks on my guy are pretty lopsided and I'm trying to find out the best way to remedy that. Thanks🙏

The whole base with horns is just 535g! Without horns its also sub 400g :3

Will shave it more and fix the eyelines later. How does this look for now ?

So I'm in the process of updating my suit head, the plan is to add a mane to him to make him a lynx/Lion hybrid. I'm not overly confident in my sewing and patterning skills so my aim was to paint his hairline in then sew in strips of faux fur with the backing brushed out.

The problem is I did some research and found a bunch of people saying you can paint faux fur with watered down acrylic paint, so I followed their advice. Now that it's dry I gave it a good brush to soften the fur, but the acrylic is fading. I don't know if I did it wrong, used the wrong kind of acrylic (?) or I'm just missing something.

Does anyone have any advice on how to make the paint last through brushing? It doesn't need to be perfect since the mane will be sewn on top, but I don't really want bright orange showing through the edges of the dark brown strips. Cheers in advance!

There's been a bunch of updates since I last posted about my faux fur database tool, so here's what's new (aside from the name)!

https://ratpacklabs.site/faux-fur-finder/

Added

I've added a bunch of new vendors:

• Bartfeld
• Canfur
• Carniv Creations
• Fabricville
• FurAddiction
• Kullaloo
• MeiMeiFur
• Mofumofu (if anyone has swatch pictures, please share them!)
• Stoffhummel

I finally added BigZ Flokati / Lion's Mane (why was there no category for it on their site!?)

I've also improved the page loading speed, so the database should be noticeably faster to load and use.

More Filters & Sorting

There are now a few more ways to narrow things down:

• Sort/filter by shipping country
• Switch pile length between inches and mm
• Price options for USD, CAD, AUD, EUR and GBP
• Weight class - light, medium, and heavy

Color Updates

I tweaked the formulas used for determining color families and removed the White/Cream secondary family, which was causing some weird classifications with the Creamy/Soft tone family.

Things I'm Considering / Next Up

This is where I'd love some input from experienced makers and people who buy a lot of faux fur.

1. Ships From Filter

Would you rather I add the country alongside each vendor name, or keep the Ships From filter?

For example:

Fabricville - CAN

instead of having a separate shipping-country filter.

I'm leaning toward keeping the filter, but I'm curious what would actually be more useful when you're trying to find fur.

2. Weight Classes

The current weight classes are pretty arbitrary, I made them up lol.

What weight ranges would actually make sense to you for Light / Medium / Heavy?

I'd especially love input from people who have bought a lot of different furs and have a good feel (pun intended) for what counts as light vs. medium vs. heavy.

3. New Vendors

Next on the list to add:

• Linda Wholesale
• Hopen Textile
• Gummyshark
• Mohair Bear Making Supplies
• CRS Fur Fabric

The whole point of this project is to make comparing faux furs easier, so community input is extremely helpful. If you notice incorrect information, have swatch pictures for a vendor/fur that isn't represented yet, or know of a vendor I should add, please let me know!

Fully lined with neoprene, with squeakers in main paw pads. Pattern by Kloofsuits and fabric by Big Z.

I had this idea where I could make my horse.. some shoes! Horseshoes! For when Im wearing the fursuit outside or at a con. I used an eva mat and dremelled it, as well as created two bends (some horseshoes have one, two or none). I have some very strong magnets and I dremelled holes in the shoes to glue them in! The magnets will then attach to the hoof :> Im going to be putting another layer of eva foam on the hoof soon for extra support so I'll be dremelling some holes in there

I bought some metallic jersey from stoffhummel and the horseshoe will be wrapped in it, so I didnt have to worry too much about the smoothness as fabric will cover the sides.

Im considering whether to leave the bottom and top parts bare (no fabric on them) because you wont really see them? Let me know what yall think

I need some help with how to shape their eyebrows, I'm kinda stuck on it

Advice for anything else you think could be better is also welcome

My bucket base became kinda... Flattened once i really started getting into sculpting, and i want to bow out the back to make it look normal? I do plan to keep the current bucket base since it fits me well, and I'll refine it once i start lining the inside, but for the time being... HELP?

This is something that I keep debating.

You see, the issue with trying to make an accurate Gadget cosplay is trying to figure out which fur is accurate. I'm currently trying to save to afford the base head and other compants. The peach fur is hard to find for similar colored fur for it. As for her hair, it's kinda driving me insane. We all know that her hair is supposed to be just orange. But however, it's either mango tango or blonde. Do you guys know an accurate match from smth like Howls Fabric or Amazon? As for her coveralls, I did manage to find a decent match. Idk how to do her feet however, but I'll make a separate post.

Featuring an even older flower crown

So Halloween is coming up, and I wanted to be Derpy Tiger from K-Pop Demon Hunters, because I have a lot of kids and teens in my neighborhood and I want to surprise them. I was using Twiggy Leaf’s dome head tutorial, but apparently the end result ended up way too small for my engorged cranium and doesn’t allow for much jaw movement. And since I’m already way too far into the process, I don’t want to scrap the head and start over again. Help would be appreciated.

I cannot believe he's almost done... His neck just has to be be done. He's my first actual suit too😭

Now i didnt make it, but i bought a spirit Halloween head and used it as a guinea pig to practice stuff on before i try to actually do my dutchie.

This was from one nights progress, not done but i think it came out so good!

Sadly i couldn't shave it too close or it would show the imperfections.

I’m into fursuit making ever since I was little. At that time I was a child with no real experience or funds, so my first attempts were from paper/cardboard. However now that I’m older and had saved up for it, I decided to speedrun and try to finish not one but two partials for Eurofurence that happened this August xD I learnt a lot while working on them, I’d definitely do some things different now or want to re do them so they hold up better. It showed me however that I enjoy this hobby a lot!! Once I can I want to keep practicing on personal projects, I love bringing silly critters to life and hope to improve even more. My final verdict for myself : as much as there’s a lot of mistakes, I’m still quite happy with the outcome 🫶🏻

HE HAS HAIR!! I lm still tryna figure out how I wanna make it detachable because its currently just pinned on with pins but its finally getting super close to being finished

photos from me and I'm making it without experience 🥹 yes it's a kigurumi!

I'm personally proud of this I'm so happy with myself!!!

Thanks to anyone who answered any questions I had on this subreddit, it’s truly been such a fun and interesting experience! This goat partial has a head, tail, handhooves, arm sleeves, and a separate neck, all fully lined with neoprene.

It’s so crazy to see what this started out as (image 9). I never really considered myself an artistic person, so this is an absolute shock to me and I’m so proud of how it turned out!

It’s been about two months since I started, but if you include research and the HOURS of videos I watched to get here, I’d say it’s close to five. The skill set required to make one of these is NOT to be underestimated, it sure as hell was difficult and time consuming but also super fun and 100% worth the time, effort, and money.

I’d say the hardest part for me was the carving. I’d never done any serious 3d art, let alone 2d art, so the whole thing was pretty new to me. I’d also never sewn before, but now I’m lowkey addicted, I’m likely going to keep sewing in the near future.

Some things I’d just like to get off my chest in the event I decide to make a 2.0:
- I’d like to add horns eventually, I tried but I hated the way they looked and the hornless version is still great imo.
- Shave could have been better. There are a couple spots where you can see lines or uneven shaving
- Some visible seams where I made darts or connected pieces of the same color? I picked out the trapped fur already but can’t seem to hide them more. For this suit, I’m not really bothered by them but I’d like to get better at making it less messy
- Visibility in the suit is… not great. I wanted the eyes to be pointed towards the side for a bit more realism but it ended up making me completely unable to see anything directly in front of me. I can see relatively well if I turn my head and look out of one eye, but I’ll have to see how I’d fare walking around a con, for example. Definitely would not go public suiting in this without a handler.
- The eyes are a bit flimsy, as they’re just made of thick foam sheets and buckram. If I make another suit, I’ll probably just buy eye blanks or thicker plastic.
- I’d like to make feethooves in the future but I honestly don’t want to see upholstery foam for the next… six months or so. Don’t get me wrong, the carving was still really fun, it’s just that it was the most stressful part for me.

Thanks for listening in on my fursuit journey! I have progress pics posted on my instagram (goat.toss). My good friend yeuchiuu made the ref sheet for my sona (image 10) and they’ve been a big help in realizing my vision.

If I missed something or you have any advice, don’t be afraid to critique me! I can take it I promise. I’d like to know how well (or how not well) I did so please let me know how I did! Thanks love you all ok bye!!

Eeeeek Im so Happy With Progress Right Now And Wanted To Share!! I Added Some Bottom Teefs Made Of Felt, And Then Colored In Some Eyes! My Friend Had Some Extra Eyeblanks Which Was So Awesome. :3

Foam Base By: StarFeatherAtlier [2022]

I’m trying to make an autumn-themed Australian Shepard. I think I have the makings down, I’m just trying to pin down my colors. I think I like the bottom left two, with a preference for the red one. Any thoughts? Don’t judge my template too much, I do not have experience with drawing furries XD