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Some work updates!

We’ve been busy with a complicated suit, but this one is coming along! Here’s a peek of the pattern for this guy. 

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PLUSHIES on sale now!

Our feathers and Cinder plushies are now available for preorder! They are not officially released for orders until next week, but patrons and clients may follow this link to order now: 

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Dye sublimated taiyaki tail prop

One of my personal characters has a taiyaki tail, so I set out to use dye sublimation to make a quick and easy one! I decided to sublimate onto light brown minky, and drew my designs in procreate u...

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Dye Sublimated eyes

It’s time to learn about dye sublimation! Dye sub is a popular method emerging in fursuit making, primarily for eyes though it can be used for many other things. Dye sub uses heat to transfer an ...

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Rolf fox head

Just some progress on a modified head base! 

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Plushies!

Prototypes are done and will be sent to us soon! Some small changes are left to make, but soon you will be able to take us home. We can watch you make fursuits all day 👁

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Zip on feet

Soupy asked us for zip on feet for Chicken Noodle. We don’t normally do zipper feet and the lower leg shape is entirely formed by the foot, so it was a little abnormal for us. We decided to keep ...

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Fluffy progress

Fluffy is almost finished, so here are some details about the head. This is our first time using dye sublimation for eyes. The process involves printing on special paper with special ink that can b...

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Nikita completed

We finished her recently! She has a big fluffy tail and mane. 

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Simple ear studs

Nikita has some circle studs, so we made some simple sewable earrings for her. It is a piece of 4mm EVA foam cut into a circle with silver spandex stretched over it and glued at the back. The back ...

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Chicken Noodle

Chicken Noodle was returned to us to get a body! This handsome fellow is for Curlworks. We tried some new techniques this time, especially in the markings area. This tip was shared by fellow maker ...

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Dragon Chingado

This critter belongs to Jillcostumes! This will be our first time making a magnetic prop, the crown. Chingado is usually a cat, so it’s been fun to convert it into a cat/dragon like character.&nb...

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Resin printing!

We’ve been doing some cool things with our new Anycubic resin printers. We used to cast all teeth and claws individually, but printing speeds that process up x10. We are still tinkering with sett...

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Head base orders and work update

Casting is in progress! We hope to cast and mail all head bases ordered this week. In the meantime we will have details about resin printing soon! We are trying many new things lately, but more wor...

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Head bases for sale

Here are photos of the head bases! Large muzzle is canine, smaller muzzle is regular kemono/feline. Please see our last post for sales information!

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Head bases for sale

Reminder we are still offering limited head bases to patrons! We have two regular and two canine kemono head bases left. They are $200 plus $30 shipping within Canada and the USA. Please email us a...

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Blank kemono head base preorders

We have decided to take orders for three regular and three canine style kemono head base blanks. These are blank foam bases that we cast with expanding foam. You must carve it out yourself! There a...

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Lush almost complete

Lush finally got hair! This critter is ready for photos, so we will have the finished studio image soon. I should note that metallic spandex does NOT hold up over time and it will wear down quickly...

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Viper head base and pattern

Viper the dragon is coming soon! This is a modified version of our regular kemono base. It’s easy to turn them into any creature. 

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Padding suspenders

We finally settled on a design for suspenders to help hold up the large padding in our suits. To make them, we use regular cotton fabric, backpack webbing, and buckles. I would not recommend using ...

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Selling Head Bases

I am thinking of offering a limited number of head bases for sale to patrons only. I would have regular kemono and large muzzle/canine kemono blank bases available for $200 each plus $30 shipping. ...

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Printing eyes

In case anyone missed seeing it on twitter, I wanted to show off two eye prints, one of which is much more vibrant than the other. With some eyes, the printer just can’t read the colours correctl...

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Nikita body

We have been working very quickly lately to meet a deadline, but we did take some photos of Nikita’s body pattern! We haven’t done stripes in a very long time

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3D printing resin

We recently bought an anycubic resin printer.  We are using it to print teeth and claws for now, and the results are amazing and smooth. Right now we are trying to adjust the settings to creat...

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Make sure your address is updated!

We have plenty of patrons with no address, if you want to get goodies in the mail please make sure to update your address!

your address must also be romanized for shipping to be possible,...

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Lush belly markings

Lush has some metallic belly markings, and I decided to appliqué them on top of the fur. Here you can see the design drawn on the back, similar to how paw pads are done. The gold material however,...

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April the spaniel

April is actually close to being completed already! She was adopted from our adoptable designs. I’ve had some questions about how we do necks, and here you can see that the pattern is done all at...

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Lush head

Lush is actually almost done already! Here they are bald, waiting to add hair. The horns are made from a gold spandex with interfacing ironed to the back to prevent it from stretching. It can still...

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Chingado

This is a trade for jillcostumes! Chingado looks like a normal cat, but they will turn into a dragon. Here is another example of painting the walls of the eyes, in this case they are yellow. Chinga...

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Oniigan

A very unique character! The eyes are very cool. In the black eye, we painted the EVA foam walls black. We sealed it first using mod podge in several layers, and then spray paint. 

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