Demon Dog WIP Chronicles

[Chaos_Costumes]

Almost done! Just need to hook up the battery pack to the LED's (The eyes are painted with Metallic Red Paint, and are not illuminated, just reflective.)

I decided to change up the direction of the velvet, since it was reflecting the light weirdly compared to the body suit... now it is going the anatomically right way. All I had to do was strip the velvet off of the fleece, and paint spray adhesive (that I sprayed into a cup) with a small brush onto the fleece to re-attach a new velvet piece.

 

[Chaos_Costumes]

Pics of the body suit coming soon!

 

[Alexxx-Returns]

Bloody hell!! That head is just amazing! Can't wait to see this finished.

 

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Collar is 8-9 oz leather, wet formed around a modified embroidery hoop, and a jar of Ragu, xD.

 

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Unfortunately no time to learn how to airbrush AND paint this thing. I think it looks good all the same. ERMERGERD I really love the Under Armor, it makes this costume A LOT more comfortable.


Anyone have some hints or tips on how to put on the shoes, so they are removable? Right now I have it so the costume slips over them like a boot cover, I am just wondering if there is a better way? Preferably using the water shoes I just bought.

 

[kap]

This suit is absolutely incredible. Nice work, and beautiful craftsmanship.

Also, though I haven't made a fursuit yet, I've worked with stretch velvet and other knits before. I saw in your earlier post that you used masking tape as a substitute stabilizer, and that it was hard to remove. Usually, I like to use freezer paper as a stabilizer. It has one waxy side and one non-waxy side, so you can iron it on with the waxy side to the fabric. It sticks well enough as a stabilizer and is pretty easy to tear off afterwards once you've perforated it while sewing. And if, after tearing it off, you still have a wide enough section of freezer paper, it's usually waxy enough to continue reusing it several times before it gets too fuzzy. Plus, freezer paper is a lot cheaper than stabilizer, per units of usable surface area. You can usually find it by the foil and plastic wrap in a grocery store.

And yeah, I realize that's really not helpful at all at this point, but hopefully it will be useful if you ever do anything else with stretch velvet.

 

[Chaos_Costumes]

More photos to come!

 

[Chaos_Costumes]

This suit is absolutely incredible. Nice work, and beautiful craftsmanship.

Also, though I haven't made a fursuit yet, I've worked with stretch velvet and other knits before. I saw in your earlier post that you used masking tape as a substitute stabilizer, and that it was hard to remove. Usually, I like to use freezer paper as a stabilizer. It has one waxy side and one non-waxy side, so you can iron it on with the waxy side to the fabric. It sticks well enough as a stabilizer and is pretty easy to tear off afterwards once you've perforated it while sewing. And if, after tearing it off, you still have a wide enough section of freezer paper, it's usually waxy enough to continue reusing it several times before it gets too fuzzy. Plus, freezer paper is a lot cheaper than stabilizer, per units of usable surface area. You can usually find it by the foil and plastic wrap in a grocery store.

And yeah, I realize that's really not helpful at all at this point, but hopefully it will be useful if you ever do anything else with stretch velvet.

Thank you! It might be too late for this project, but your information will definitely help in the future!

 

[Glitch]

First off, gorgeous! Great to see this and I hope to use what you shared as a sort of guide for my next project, whenever that may be!

Second and unrelated, I grew up in Waukesha. :v Never expected to see anyone from around there really as I haven't lived there since I was 7. Talk about a blast from the past.

 

[Chaos_Costumes]

Here is a gallery of photos of the finished costume, along with my Alucard!

 

[mirepoix]

You've made more progress in a few months than I've made in a year. This is really inspiring, and I'm happy that the Worbla worked out for you! The whole suit turned out just awesome.

 

[Chaos_Costumes]

You've made more progress in a few months than I've made in a year. This is really inspiring, and I'm happy that the Worbla worked out for you! The whole suit turned out just awesome.

Without your very helpful suggestions, I don't know what I would have done. Linking me that Kos video really helped me A LOT.

Also, I only took like 3 weeks on this whole costume. I wish I would have thought of it months in advance. x__x

 

[Schnuchi]

That is one of the coolest suits I have ever seen! ^^ Amazin.

 

[Atrayu]

The suit turned out amazing! Have you thought about airbrushing muscles on the body?

 

[Chaos_Costumes]

The suit turned out amazing! Have you thought about airbrushing muscles on the body?

I had mentioned that throughout the WIP, but I just didn't have time to learn how to airbrush AND airbrush the suit AND let it dry. Eventually I will do that, but I have to do extensive testing before I touch it again.

 

[kap]

Thank you! It might be too late for this project, but your information will definitely help in the future!

No problem. And again, your suit is amazing; looks even better in action! Also, I hadn't realize you did this all in three weeks...I sure feel like a lazy bum now. I'll definitely be taking inspiration from your diligence on this gorgeous costume.