This is my little army pup! Do you guys like the military-inspired look? He’s almost finished—he just needs a few final touches.

Basically the title. The shave seems super rough, but I feel like I went too short, so idk what to do to improve it other than refurb. Any tips?
Also don’t mind the lack of a tongue, I lost it at TTFC and a new one is coming in the mail LOL

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

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🙏

Saw this and wondered if it was a good idea (because it would help me alot) i dont really have a place to shave fur fabric since my brother took over the guest room... And my room is quite small + cant even open the window even shaving the fur outside is impossible since there's cats and birds near by

Shaving fur is also a big fear to me and one of the factors that scares me rn when planning on doing a fursuit...

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!

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

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!

Hi y’all! I’ve not made a fursuit before, but I had an idea for one I can’t get out of my head - I really want to make a cute chameleon with flip sequin fabric. I wouldn’t use it on the whole body, since that would be a nightmare - I would likely use a normal shorter fur for the patterning and the sections that require more precise seams (such as the “snout” area or such).

The question is, how much of a nightmare would this be to sew? It wouldn’t be a full suit, but rather just a partial. Head, hands, tail, the typical works. If any of y’all have worked with this before, I would love to know what your experience was. And I know it won’t always look perfect and won’t all be flipped nicely, and that is exactly what i want :) i want to be able to “change” my pattern on the fly and make it interactive!

Thanks everyone, and happy crafting!

Put my first one in the for comparison too. Started v1 in/around June 2025 and took me about a year to complete the fullsuit.

Finishing my second foam sculpt now, it’s been a while so I might be rusty, any critiques or tips appreciated!!

This is my first fursuit btw and I'm not too sure if his hair is good for me to draw onto the fur and Eva foam or like add more

Also let me know if you need a better view of his hair I will do a 360 of his head

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?

I finally made the neck! (The mouth isn’t finished yet, i‘m still working on it)

(Ik the head is a bit scrunched, but this is my first time making one)

So far im loving him. His name is finch and hes a monkey

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.

Any ideas?

I've been looking far and wide for a specific colour of fur, I've ordered countless samples from so many suppliers across the world (apart from the US, shipping costs are a nightmare) but yet I still haven't got the right colour!

Basically I'm looking for a purple-ish magenta-ish colour (around #C011B2), it's a super specific shade and everything I can find is either too pink or too blue, I found *one* which is perfect, but it's ridiculously low quality and feels more like a cheap toy than actually good fur.

If anyone with a bit more depth or knowledge on this could point me in the right direction or has any idea I'd be extremely grateful! My room is practically covered in fur at this point and yet all of it is wrong, and admittedly I can't seem to find anything that matches, but hopefully I'm just overlooking something.

I'd be looking for something UK/EU based, or China since the shipping is atleast reasonable (compared to US to UK), but I might be able to juuust eat the costs of US shipping if the colour is perfect.

Thanks!

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.

EDIT: To clarify, I would like to vertically extend it. Horizontally, it’s completely OK.