Hey, folks!
Obviously, I have been inactive on the home front of this blog. But anywho life since my last post has been going ok. Making progress on the suit and what not but as of the last couple of days, I have been in the slow process of hand stitching the hand paws for my costume. Though that in itself can be a tedious process when you think about it.
On a separate note, this is from an old G+ post of mine outlining the details to create your own shoe base:
Tools & Materials
1) Electric Knife
2) Glue Gun and Glue sticks (high or low temp will work)
3) A colored sharpie or permanent marker
4) upholstery foam (can be bought at Joann's or a local craft store that carries it as I am using a 1 yard by a 5-inch high block of foam.)
5) A pair of old shoes or you can refer to one of the linked blogger posts for a way to create a shoe frame like I have done.
Method
For realistic feet especially for a US size 14 shoes, you need to measure out on the foam a 3inch distance from the base of the shoe and top of the shoe.
2) Do the same action for the sides (refer to the first below image for a general idea as the measurements are not accurate but close.)
3) Cut out the blocks you have made for the left and right foot along with the the traced sole
All of the project links as of this post:
https://thoughtsofaafricanlion.blogspot.com/2017/01/fursuit-making-guide-series.html
https://thoughtsofaafricanlion.blogspot.com/2017/02/fursuit-making-series-post-2.html
https://thoughtsofaafricanlion.blogspot.com/2017/02/life-updates.html
https://thoughtsofaafricanlion.blogspot.com/2017/02/request-for-help.html
Obviously, I have been inactive on the home front of this blog. But anywho life since my last post has been going ok. Making progress on the suit and what not but as of the last couple of days, I have been in the slow process of hand stitching the hand paws for my costume. Though that in itself can be a tedious process when you think about it.
On a separate note, this is from an old G+ post of mine outlining the details to create your own shoe base:
1) Electric Knife
2) Glue Gun and Glue sticks (high or low temp will work)
3) A colored sharpie or permanent marker
4) upholstery foam (can be bought at Joann's or a local craft store that carries it as I am using a 1 yard by a 5-inch high block of foam.)
5) A pair of old shoes or you can refer to one of the linked blogger posts for a way to create a shoe frame like I have done.
Method
For realistic feet especially for a US size 14 shoes, you need to measure out on the foam a 3inch distance from the base of the shoe and top of the shoe.
2) Do the same action for the sides (refer to the first below image for a general idea as the measurements are not accurate but close.)
3) Cut out the blocks you have made for the left and right foot along with the the traced sole
All of the project links as of this post:
https://thoughtsofaafricanlion.blogspot.com/2017/01/fursuit-making-guide-series.html
https://thoughtsofaafricanlion.blogspot.com/2017/02/fursuit-making-series-post-2.html
https://thoughtsofaafricanlion.blogspot.com/2017/02/life-updates.html
https://thoughtsofaafricanlion.blogspot.com/2017/02/request-for-help.html
