Fursuit Memories

[Tiger In A Tie]

Alright, instead of making a new thread, I'll just post in this one.

I have some suit questions.
1. I have asthma and allergies (both of which I do have medication for). Should I be worried about those in my suit?
2. How does ventilation work? Are the holes in the ears, mouth, eyes, and any other places?
3. Is it a bad idea to wear a t-shirt on top of a full suit? I ask because although I've seen other fursuiters do it, I worry that it may make the heat even worse.

 

[Jesie]

1. As long as it's managed well, and as long as what you wear is not covered in dust. Nothing'll bring along a asthma attack like smearing dust in your face for an extended time. You'll have to wash the head regularly to make sure it don't collect dust.
All else fails and you start to feel an attack coming on, just take the head off and sit still till it passes. Take no shame in ruining the magic if you'r health is suffering.

2. It depends on the style of head you wear. If you commission one, make a note to tell the maker that you want extra vent holes and perhaps a fan installed if the head is large enough.
If you're doing it yourself, fallow tutorials.

3.It's not a great ideal to wear a tee on top of a suit. Be prepared for it to be hotter, which you're in a full body suit. It's gonna be hot already yo.
Most people you see wearing a tee with a suit are wearing a partial. That means only gloves, the head, and feet. Their's no body fur between to add to your sweltering heat. If you wish to wear a tee with your costume you may wanna just commission the head, hands, and feet.

 

[Rougfox]

Alright, instead of making a new thread, I'll just post in this one.

I have some suit questions.
1. I have asthma and allergies (both of which I do have medication for). Should I be worried about those in my suit?
2. How does ventilation work? Are the holes in the ears, mouth, eyes, and any other places?
3. Is it a bad idea to wear a t-shirt on top of a full suit? I ask because although I've seen other fursuiters do it, I worry that it may make the heat even worse.

Well, I can´t tell you much about wearing a t-shirt over a suit as I haven´t tried so far......but as my two cents to the other questions:

1. I think its next to impossible to give you some good advice. You are the one who knows yourself best. Just imagine getting a asthma attack while wearing a head and ask yourself: Will I have enough time to put the head off and get treatment in time ?? I think no one but you can answer that question and make the right decision whether wearing a fursuit head or not.

2. You can find pretty good tuorials. In Rougfox´s head I decided to blow air inside the head through the muzzle and soak it out through the ears, so there are 3 vents built in. A pic of two of the vents you can find here, the third one is hidden:

http://www.abload.de/img/p61901572uai.jpg

As much as I can say now its much much much more cooler when I switch on the muzzle vent. And it gets even more cooler when I add the two vents in the ears. I couldn´t imagine wearing a head without ventilation over a longer period of time.

Roug

 

[Zephyre]

2. You can find pretty good tuorials. In Rougfox´s head I decided to blow air inside the head through the muzzle and soak it out through the ears, so there are 3 vents built in. A pic of two of the vents you can find here, the third one is hidden:

http://www.abload.de/img/p61901572uai.jpg

As much as I can say now its much much much more cooler when I switch on the muzzle vent. And it gets even more cooler when I add the two vents in the ears. I couldn´t imagine wearing a head without ventilation over a longer period of time.

Roug

Do you reckon I could ask the person making my fursuit to actually put those in? Or would I have to do it myself?

 

[bioastre]

I'll throw in my two cents. =]]

1. Make sure they are well managed before you suit. But you are probably the best judge of that.

2. I always put vents in the mouth, around the ears, and underside of the neck (if possible) to help with air movement. While I don't like fans, because it limits how much I can hear, I've only heard good things about them as well. Personal preference. There are many guides to making vents and installing fans. Hit me up on FA if you want my two cents on how I put in vents.

3. I wore one once over my fullsuit - not a wonderful idea if you are outside in a ton of heat (because you can sweat through it - which grosses me out!) Most suiters that wear tees have nice arm sleeves that hook up around the shoulder area to appear like a fullsuit. Otherwise, if you want to wear a tee-shirt with a fullsuit, know how heat tolerant you are. Or test it out and see! =]

 

[jorinda]

One of my greatest memories is a little girl (about 4 years old) discussing with her mom. She was sure she definitely has enough free space in her room to take the big wolf home =D

The weirdest one so far: I was the only female fursuiter of the group. Sudddenly some women pointed at me an screamed "Looooooook that one has boobies."

Worst one so far: I approached a family, and they shouted at the other suiters to "take that away and send over a beautiful one for us". that was just....rude.

 

[Earth Rio]

Being a new fursuiter, I have no particular memories, but I know that I will be suiting in my partial on Halloween to chill around the place with my cape as well- both Earth and the cape are black. Countess Earthula?

However, even dressing up in suit is memorable enough.

 

[kaskae]

Yeah man, dancing in suit at every evening rave = yes.

You go from warm to sweat running down my face oh god I'm gonna pass out in minutes, but you just keep dancing and waving at the coloured lights while the fog machine is obscuring your already limited vision, man.

Then it's a ten minute break in front of a fan in the Headless Lounge and you're back out there dancing. :3

This was practically 90% of my RMFC experience, haha.

Some of my favorite moments were just entertaining kids. Between retail stores and actual children's events, there's nothing like putting a smile on a young kid's face.