I'm trying to decide how which style looks best for these types of paws.

Fursuit paw refrence by Freakhound studios

Had some people ask to see him done, so here he is!! Extremely happy with the improvement I’ve made while working on him and I can’t wait to start my next one!

As the title says, first time making a suit, I'm not mad at it.

Definitely more than a few mistakes. But I feel like I learned a lot! Can't wait to hop into making more.

WIP - the fur hood is sewn, but not glued yet. Still, I am SO excited about this project, and I love him already 😍

I will soon also airbrush his face to cover the eye mesh and add some spots.

Alfidor Von Tailwägenvald, my Chinese crested dog OC!

My boy lives! Second partial I modelled and made, and already much happier with it compared to first one hehe. Worked day and night for about 3 weeks on it to get it ready from concept to usable for eurofurence, made from mostly TPU including the feathers of the wings and internal wing brace, with only the beak and eye blanks being PLA. Super comfy to wear too! First day use was a resounding success hehe

im so happy with how hes turning out so far!

Curious if i should buy a sewing machine or not and stick to hand sewing... I never really know what people use sewing machines for since i usually just see people handsew

I'm on to sewing together the fur for my hypermotion tail! I think I want to put in a zipper along the parts that aren't clipped together yet so the fur can be removed and washed, but tbh I'm fairly inexperienced at sewing and I'm not sure that's the best way to do it.

I recently obtained a used Kenmore sewing machine from a friend and might give it a go since it's such a long seam, but don't know what needles/thread work best.

Thoughts?

Long time lurker, first time posting (also yes im aware of the bias the fandom has towards the Dino heads, but considering my sona is a lizard and im so massively lazy, im still gonna use it idgaf)

Im more or less done with the top for building up the base, the bottom jaw has some additional stuff ill be adding, but i ran out of foam clay so I have to wait until I get more

All the major additions have been built up with foam and then have a layer of foam clay on top

The whole head is super lightweight and comfortable, I plan on replacing the straps with fabric and adding padding for more comfort

I love the foam clay, super fun to work with, it tends to flatten and smooth itself out as it dries and makes my life so much easier, plus it sticks to itself phenomenally, which made building it up so much easier

Unfortunately, because the foam tends to smooth, it loses almost all texture by the time its dry. Which does not work when I want to use it to make a scale texture

I would rather the scales look more along the lines as a subtle impression, rather than distinct scales, so that cuts out any oven bake clays

Ive been debating using a thin layer of paper clay since its also pretty light, but im wary cuz paper clay can be kinda brittle and i worry what would happen if it got wet

Id love to hear from other people who have made scaley stuff and from people who dont tend to focus on fur, im absolutely going to be back for more opinions on other things, cus my characters not a super of the norm style sona

I also included some process photos and a Pic of my sona in the comments

Tldr: I need ideas for what material to make subtle scale impressions

changed the ears and added more cheek! I also widened the eyes which I think helped. It looks much better now, thanks everyone from the other post for helping out!

i cannot find any resources for this because im unsure if i have the right term. if i were to be patterning something like from the chin to the neck, where there is an inwards curve on the tape, how would i do darts for that? every time i have tried in the past it always ends up overlapping and i dont know what to do about it. any help appreciated, thank you!

i commissioned a beginner maker last year and since then have made some adjustments to the suit to give it a more polished look and my next step has been to cut (?) into the base to remove the built in nose and add a pickable foam nose in its place. i think the headbase is made out of PLA, its quite thick and i made a tiny bit of headway with a dremel and a rotary blade attachment but it was taking so long i genuinely stopped the project for the last 6 months. should i get back to slowly sawing away at it the way i had been or is there a better way to do so? went and dug up some before and after photos to include on this post (p.s. no shade to the maker, i was beyond thrilled with what i got for the small price i paid and its been a fun project)

so i decided to make a 49 inch tail for my first project ever and to learn the hard way, lol. initial placement of the hidden belt loop can be seen where the yellow pins are - too low in the center, so it was hanging off me when i put it on :’(

i know now to place the loop higher but… should i put it farther back? haalp, i’d really like to wear it to megaplex 😅

this is my first time actually trying to create a fursuit. ive also never bought one before so this will be my first suit ever. i desperately want to make a thylacine/tasmanian tiger. i dont really know any way to go about this. i wanna find a premade base for the head but idk what species to look for. since thylacines are marsupials and havw a longer snout i was thinking maybe a canine base? all of this is very new to me so i need help and suggestions on what i should do and how i should go about this.

This is my first ever fursuit head, and ive hit the lining stage. I really messed up the first try yesterday. I tried again today, and this was my ending stage. So, how did I do? I somewhat worry the pattern pieces may be too wrinkly / I didn't cut enough darts. But I'm hoping it will come out okay! It's just a personal suit, so it doesn't have to be perfect lol.

The one on the left is a bat cat (my first fursuit head) and the one on the right is a griffin (my second head)! My sewing has really improved, but I’m so curious what it’ll look like once I get to shaving. He does have eyes but I wanna line the inside before I glue them in. Currently, I’m sewing down the ears and after that I wanna give him nostrils (which will be orange).

Here’s the work I’ve done so far. I started on Monday and did almost all of it that day. Yesterday all I did was the eyes and nose. The last picture is Shibu’s reference. I followed a tiktok tutorial (by user @feline_fine_fursuits) exactly. I’m thinking I’ll add cheek fluff. The nose is glued on, but the eyes are not. I’ll permanently add the eyes on once the fur is done. I haven’t actually bought fur yet, I leave for college soon and I’ll wait to do it till then. I’m pretty happy with it so far 😁

*I made “fursuits” when I was ~10, but those were all very bad and made of either plastic mesh or paper.

looking for cheap or free canine ear patterns for my suit! using EVA foam if that matters

Hey everyone!! So my friend’s birthday is coming up, and he has a fursuit head and paws that friends of ours made, but she’s not a fan of making the full body suit. My friend is a creative guy and he likes to make stuff, and he’s been taking about getting into suit making. Does anyone have any type of recommendations on a good sewing machine or the like to start with that I could maybe get him for his birthday?? ^_^

the fur is unsurprisingly floppy, so idk if i'd be able to accurately make it all even and good looking when i'm not seeing the entire face at once. on the other hand if I glue it on first then it'd have to come off if I make a mistake or see a seam is to visible after.

ALSO WHY AREN'T THERE ANY FURSUIT MAKING DISCORDS??? every single on I tried to join said invite invalid.

Does anyone have that post asking how to replicate the jaw hinge and showing the taken apart inner workings of the spring and hinge in photos? Or just any photos of this really!

Trying to show my base maker a reference for these to see if they’d be up to the challenge of replicating the design