Life and its madness? Fursuit How to

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

Fursuit making series post 2

I was originally going to do a post on the history of fursuits. But with the lack of data on the subject, that idea can no longer happen. Though if anything from what I have discovered Fursuits were originally used in Europe as part of an acting style called pantomime. Though from the documents that will be linked to this post you can read the story for yourself and devise your own thoughts on the ideas. Fursuit documents I realize this is not the most organized post ever but overall here it is.

Now since the original idea was more or less lacking in Information I have been working on the feet for this little fursuit making project series first. So, our materials list so far is:

Michaels:
4 sheets of plastic canvas $0.69 (Though for my design you will only need about 2 sheets or more depending on your shoe size.)

Sculpey $10 for an 8oz package (I bought two of them for the hand paws claws and the feet paw claws.)

Walmart:

White faux Fur at $11.44 a yard (for the feet and hand paws)

So in total $42.08 spent so far for this project.

Though another item I have yet to buy is upholstery foam for the feet paws.


As for the method, I am using a design created by Adam Riggs, and his method for foam feet in his book: "Critter Costuming: Making Mascots and Fabricating Fursuits." Though from my case I am using a frame then doing the foam on top of it. Then forming and sculpting the foam. But so far this is what I have accomplished.

As you can more or less tell I am not using common methods as being for a first-time suit. I do not want it to be a budget intensive project especially since I have US size 14 shoes. Though if anything the common method would have been to use a pair of old shoes then make the foot paws off of that using foam. But luckily I do have such a pair of shoes, so I will probably do them in that method for the next set of them.   At this point, all the feet need is foam then making the fur pattern and lastly putting it together. After it gets completed I'll move on to the hand paws as I do have a budget friendly idea that might work but I'll need faux leather from hobby lobby. Though if anything we are making progress. Plus I would recommend that when you get frustrated to take breaks every now and then to calm down if you get frustrated.

Incomplete story.

Below is a story I was working on but have since then not completed. But if those of you who do read my blog want to help continue developing this written work you are welcome to help it along.


Once upon a time in a world full of mystery, adventure, magic. In a time in which knight was revered as heroes and Kings and queens as good and respected rulers in the eyes of their Kingdoms. In a world in which humans do not exist but are seen as being a myth and Anthropomorphic animals rule the lands. A young lion by the name of Leo can be found playing about with his friends in the village square dreaming what it would be like as a knight defending what is considered as good. On a bright young morning he and a few of his friends are playing one of their usual games of hiding and seek, "haha found you Max" Leo said. "Aww, how come you always find me first?" stated max a small avian that is a bit shorter than Leonidas, another lion like Leo but with wings of an eagle. He was born with them from the beginning but noticed them when he was about 10 years of age. Also, Max does tend to have an enjoyment for the tasty things in life like fruits and nuts or anything sweet that he can get his hands on. "Well, you do tend to leave something of a trail with you eating all the time,a" sai,d Leo. True stated Max, "I do enjoy eating but even then I know I should probably stop since I have gotten in trouble for it." Oh said Leo, why is that? Max replies with "like that is important" in something of an annoyed tone of voice, "anyway shouldn't we be finding your brother Leonidas and what his name, Snow or Levi or whatever his name is." Leo replies, " it's Ronni actually and he's a wolf remember?" Yeah I remember know, said Max. Just as the two finish talking Leonidas comes flying in saying hey little bro in a fun energetic voice, then eventually lands on the ground, standing right next to me (Leo).

Welcome to the blog

Well hey, folks I now have myself a blog for my thoughts and ideas and whatnot. With it being new it will take some time to get everything worked out and adjusted to my liking. But I will be sharing an assortment of things but mainly be a place I can just be my "lion-self"  without the world being total Jerks that they have become. For you Newbies, you can call me "Leo Rajdhani Lion" or simply just plain "Leo"