Current Costume

Current Costume: White Wolf Quadsuit

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Hello again!
It's good to see you all again. I must apologize for my long absence. The convention has come and gone and may I just say that it was a disaster! So now I'm picking back up from where I left off. Allow me to show you this disaster of a quadsuit.


What went wrong:
Obviously a lot of it.
1. Time: I was actually locked in my hotel room for two of the three convention days crying tears of frustration gluing foam and fur on. T^T it was unpleasant. So don't procrastinate!
2. The head: The head is around 90% of a quadsuit. This is what sells the realistic look. What did I do wrong with that? I let someone else do it. So I ended up with a minecraft head. *sigh* Needless to say I'm not letting that person help on the next one.
3. Fur: This goes along with the time factor. I waited too long and was at the point of my patience where I just wanted it stuck on. I didn't care about the grain of the fur I just wanted it put together.
4. Foam: Some of the foam isn't all that bad. Like the little bit near the bottom of the back feet. I'm actually surprised that I need to remove a lot of it and not necessarily put any more on. Except the front stilts.
5. The Tail: just a little too short. and it also kept falling to the side and getting stuck. A simple solution is to sew a little bit of the top onto the rest of the body, it will still get movement but will also stay on the back and not fall to the side.

So what now?
I'm redoing it!! My original thought was to make a whole new one but my budget has spoken (loudly) and I simply don't have the funds to make one from scratch. So I'm starting with this as a base and doing it all over again. Stay tuned for the next quadsuit!
I also plan to document the process over again. I have my duct tape dummy pictures ready I just need to upload them on the computer so also stay tuned for that!
Convention is in 3 and a half weeks! EEK! Wish me luck.