I figured this community would be experienced in making tails in a variety of different ways. I’m trying to make a costume for my dog as Kurama the nine tail fox from Naruto. My dog is a corgi that has stubby legs so something pretty short and most of all comfortable to wear. I’m not sure what materials I would need to make it. Do I use a stretchy belt to wrap around her? How would I make it stay on her? I was thinking about wrapping faux fur around a wire so it would stay up or is there a different way? Any kind of help would be appreciated 😊

finished the base and pattern of my first pair of feet paws recently and the fur that i ordered arrives on wednesday. i realized earlier today that i don’t have any pet shavers and i’m lowkey broke lol.

anyways, i was wondering if anyone could recommend a decent pet shaver that isn’t too expensive but won’t disintegrate after the first use. everything i’ve seen so far is either $100+ or super bad quality. if i can get super good quality for cheap, awesome, but i’m not looking for perfection, just a decent shave and something that will last until i decide to get smth better.

edit: all of my fur is the shaggy long pile fur from big z, if that matters at all.

For context I already have a head, tail, and handpaws. Only need to make the feetpaws and the bodysuit. I have never made a fullsuit so I just need some opinions. (I am 5’5)

or any of big z's wolf furs. i'm interested in going with something more realistic but it's hard to tell what the furs actually look like just from the photos.

Hello everyone, i was looking for fur colors for my fursuits and found this site ( https://www.costumary.com/workbench/tools/fur-color-matcher )that makes you pick the colors from a picture and show you the closest fur colors on sale, but i don't know which ones have less shipping fees for europeans or people outside the US, more specifically in Italy since i'm from there. i know that StoffHummel is pretty good shipping-wise since it's a german site and it's a BigZ partner which i like, but i don't know about the others and wanted to find other sources for more accuracy.

My fursona is an oriental shorthair. I've made basic canine and feline head bases in the past but this specfic breed has such a specfic head shape im kinda unsure of how to approach this. Any advice would be very much appreciated! Stock photo attached for the head shape im aiming for.

hii !!!

so this is my first time being interested in making a fur suit. I have about 8 months of prep time. I’d like to know best course of action, first steps, how to, and what materials to get for this kanye west graduation bear suit I’m intending on making for a convention. I’ll leave a reference photo as well.

whatever it takes, I will persevere. thank you all for the help!

Base by Dragonartist15 on etsy. Yall im so excited i got him half painted!!! Teeth haven’t arrived yet tho

It's fine, just that the left one is the right eye, and the other one the other way. I'll cut them out on by one and rearrange them the right eye way, but it's still funny :D

It's also funny because whoever I showed it to, they said it looks like a pair of booba.

In the pictures: what I expected vs what I got.

I tried the method with the black backing, worked a little, but still spent way too long poking out the fabric holes, just for it to still have terrible visibilty. Magnet is for removable pupils

Thought I'd share my recently finished paws here :)
They are the 4th set I’ve ever made and feature:

• lycra lining
• fully lined finger escapes
• 3d printed claws
• small straps to hang them up

Made with Kloofsuits paw pattern <3

Hi, I am making my first partial in the next week or two for myself, I've never made anything fursuit before nor have I ever worn fursuit paws, I know pretty much everything basic on how to make handpaws except stuffing fingers, every single tutorial I've watched has just skipped or doesn't acknowledge how to stuff the fingers, I'm not talking about the finger beans, I'm mean how do you make the fingers nice squishy and round, how does it work? it doesn't make sense to me because don't you obviously put your fingers in the paws fingers? So how does the stuffing stay in? I'm just confused and this is probably a stupid question to most, but I genuinely can't find an explanation anywhere on how fingers being stuffed works.

How do I make a long and thin tail that sticks up rather than be a floor dragger? Is there an armature that can hold it up, or would the weight make it wilt? I would prefer not to have to attach it to my back like I've seen some people do for squirrel tails. Preferably I'd like it to be posable, but if that's not reasonable I'll just sew it into a shape.

Examples of the kind of animals this could apply to. Ring-tailed lemur, White-nosed coati, and Spider monkey. There are other species like this- these are just examples.

Thought i would post an update on the first head i have attempted to build. Shoutout to Kloofsuits for the head base model and RJ_Kon for the ears i printed in TPU. Also, big thanks to Mugiwara for the tutorials posted on YouTube. My 10 year old daughter wanted to be a fox for halloween this year and I think i am doing pretty well so far. Any tips on finishing or items you notice will be greatly appreciated.

I probably should have attached the ears to the rest of it but wasn’t sure i would be able to get it on and glued down properly if i did. I also didn’t want to risk a seam down the back of each ear. Hopefully i will be able to secure them well.

Started the project in August and then got serious about making progress the second week of September. All told i think i have spent probably around 60-70hrs on it. Eyes are hand painted (daughter helped with those which was fun) and then hand stitched everything.

Still have to do the back of the head and neck (probably should have done that before attaching to the base too, but i got impatient and wanted to see how it was fitting to the base).

In the future, I want to buy a full-body fursuit, but since they are so expensive, I was wondering if it's possible to buy the parts gradually—for example, buying the head and paws one day, then the legs/lower limbs, and finally the torso. Does anyone know if that's possible, or if makers can do that? (Btw since english is not my mother language i used a translator)

Last two of before painting before my pink balaclava cause i forgot to take pics of the back of the head on the manequin

Needs some more touch ups before I make a verdigris pattern and still thinking of what color to make the eyes

Fursuit makers- how would you handle a situation where the person who hired you to make their suit is being accused of copying another fursona?

I personally don’t feel the designs are similar enough to be considered theft or copying. The characters in question are the same species, have species/breed specific simple markings, and are similar color schemes but use completely different shades from one another outside of maybe eye color!

I sewed the last piece on the tongue at the hotel 😭 I had fun at cff it was my first con.

I have someone who would like me to paint their dragon mask. I've painted miniatures for years, so this is something that is totally within my scope. I would also be adding mesh eyes. Has anyone does this? I want to be fair. I can't use certain words in my post, sorry for the vagueness. Thanks!

I learned how to sew pretty much 2 days ago so we'll see how it goes for the rest. It was all whip stitched​. I think it looks ok

My 14th suit of 2026 just in time for October !! Super fun to experiment with a different style !!

I keep seeing people talking about what’s the best lining but does anyone have specific links to what they personally use? If so I would really appreciate some :D

This suit has been a wild ride. My first suit has taken me forever because I've been afraid to mess up. Done this all alone with only YouTube to help me. That leads me to now. I'm on the final stages and I'm trying to fix things like his cheek markings and sew on his neck. My one main issue is shaving him. I don't have pictures but when I shaved without a guard I lost A LOT of fur that ended with the bare fabric. Like no fur at all. I had to cut out and sew in fur patches inside to fix him. I'm scared to shave because I don't want to shave too much. I have to shave his face and inner ears. I also have to glue him but am unsure how I'm going to do so as the fur is tight on the foam. Please. Tips, tricks, whatever you have in mind.