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wolfwingsI was bad enough that my roommates took my phone and car keys away, to guarantee I wouldn't go into work, and one of them that worked at the same company went in instead after calling my boss for me. So... yeah, +1 Delerius for a'while there, still feeling blearg now though. Didn't feel bad at all until I got home from work yesterday, suddenly BLAM, I'm toast.
Upside - got my taxes done. Well, federal is punted off. I'm doing the state by hand since it's a pitance and I refuse to pay $30 just to get a $80-100 return faster, compared to my $1300+300 federal return + stimulus check.
All of which is going for a down-payment on a fursuit, hopefully a quadruped by BeastCub. If not, I'm not sure who I'll go with. Now... to get a duct tape dummy assembled. And once I have my tax-return in hand I should have another $1.5k in the bank, so I'll have the entire cost of the fursuit saved at that point in spades I think. Complicated part, need to find out if it's possible or if BeastCub would even be willing to attempt a cross-purpose bodysuit and build both a quadrupedal and bipedal set of arms/heads. Or even if she'd rather just build the forearm braces and let someone else build the actual suit for that matter, especially since I saw quite a few very awesome avian fursuits at FC this year so I'm not sure who I'd want to go work now.
So... who among my wide and varied friends list would be willing to tackle a fursuit/quadsuit combo based on BeastCub's braces, some time before next FC? I'm budgetting $3k for this, is that about right? If nobody, I'll poke BeastCub directly once I have cash in hand/bank.
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wolf_nymph to get back to me about doing the concept art, since the only thing I'm dead-set on is having her do that part because of how wonderfully she's able to blend avian & canine forms nicely, especially for the head, and she seemed jazzed about the idea when I spoke with her briefly at FC. So the earliest I could get this actually done is all the way in like... June/July anyways, if I recall the schedule she mentioned.
Upside - got my taxes done. Well, federal is punted off. I'm doing the state by hand since it's a pitance and I refuse to pay $30 just to get a $80-100 return faster, compared to my $1300+300 federal return + stimulus check.
All of which is going for a down-payment on a fursuit, hopefully a quadruped by BeastCub. If not, I'm not sure who I'll go with. Now... to get a duct tape dummy assembled. And once I have my tax-return in hand I should have another $1.5k in the bank, so I'll have the entire cost of the fursuit saved at that point in spades I think. Complicated part, need to find out if it's possible or if BeastCub would even be willing to attempt a cross-purpose bodysuit and build both a quadrupedal and bipedal set of arms/heads. Or even if she'd rather just build the forearm braces and let someone else build the actual suit for that matter, especially since I saw quite a few very awesome avian fursuits at FC this year so I'm not sure who I'd want to go work now.
So... who among my wide and varied friends list would be willing to tackle a fursuit/quadsuit combo based on BeastCub's braces, some time before next FC? I'm budgetting $3k for this, is that about right? If nobody, I'll poke BeastCub directly once I have cash in hand/bank.
Now to wait for
wolf_nymph to get back to me about doing the concept art, since the only thing I'm dead-set on is having her do that part because of how wonderfully she's able to blend avian & canine forms nicely, especially for the head, and she seemed jazzed about the idea when I spoke with her briefly at FC. So the earliest I could get this actually done is all the way in like... June/July anyways, if I recall the schedule she mentioned.
Re: Not sure what there is to 'get' exactly?
Date: 2009-02-01 06:20 am (UTC)Re: Not sure what there is to 'get' exactly?
Date: 2009-02-01 06:53 am (UTC)With ~60 degrees for green I'd have good leverage, but bad support and thus tiring to stand around in but good for movement. This would be some padding, but only two large wedges per leg. Primarilly stamina issues with this one. It doesn't cause back-aches like blue because you can 'fold up' your legs occasionally to change their position, so you're not stuck in a fixed position all the time.
90 degrees for blue tends to cause back-aches I've heard due to having to keep your legs straight so much, and means my hand-struts will have to be noticably longer so I'll look out of proportion from many viewing angles. This would have padding all around it, to sculpt the leg from scratch. So I'd have somewhat limited leg flexibility without things turning ugly as well. Primarilly cosmetic downsides to this one.
~120 degrees for red is good for being stationary for long periods, and puts my calf muscles to greater use than my thighs. This one would have the least padding, no more than the 'muscle suits' many other costumes will often have. Only downside is that it does use my calves quite heavilly, which isn't an often-focussed-on muscle when costuming.
Re: Not sure what there is to 'get' exactly?
Date: 2009-02-01 06:54 am (UTC)Re: Not sure what there is to 'get' exactly?
Date: 2009-02-01 01:32 pm (UTC)Much taller costume: http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/images/upload/Lion-King-Kissy-a-web.jpg
Some in background: http://www.onmilwaukee.com/images/articles/li/lionkingopens/lionkingopens_fullsize_story1.jpg
I'm having trouble finding source for more of the big opening scenes with a wide range of animal costumes, but there are some other options going on, I just can't recall all of them.
If you go with 60-degrees, you need a handler.
90-degrees, you need a back brace or back support.
120-degrees, if you don't plan to be doing alot of walking around.
That said, maybe 90 is the way to go.