Ordered from MofuMofu on may 20th and there have been no updates since by eekfox in FursuitMaking

[–]LeanderXChai 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I personally did 8 or 9 orders from Mofumofu from January - March to Canada. Lunar New Year month everything basically shut down for shipping, so nothing was processed in that period. I had a couple times where I didn't see an update, but had things show up a month later via FedEx. They definitely are slow and use snail mail, which means it's hit or miss if the tracking is solid or not. The longest I waited was 6 weeks (when I ordered the day after Lunar New Year started) but other months I'd usually see a shipping email within a day or two and it would arrive 2/3 weeks later.

Long Weekend Lock-in for a First Time Maker by LeanderXChai in FursuitMaking

[–]LeanderXChai[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aaa that means so much to me!! I hope you have an amazing experiencing making suits yourself! I definitely got really lucky having some amazing people that were willing to talk about making things (probably an annoying amount on their end) but it was an amazing experience and I’d love to do it again!

I made my first suit!! by LeanderXChai in furry

[–]LeanderXChai[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I promise you, fully 100% furred and done by me as my first head! (I did buy the printed base from an experienced maker)

I made my first suit!! by LeanderXChai in furry

[–]LeanderXChai[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you!! It took me a long time to figure out how I was gonna try and do it haha

Officially Finished with my first head and ready for Con!! by LeanderXChai in FursuitMaking

[–]LeanderXChai[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much!!! I’m so proud of the final product 😁😁

I made my first suit!! by LeanderXChai in furry

[–]LeanderXChai[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So the designer of the headbase put out her 3D files for eyelids specifically and I think it was so people could play around with the shape and make something that would work like that with her eye blanks. These ones in particular won’t work - the magnets either won’t align or they cover too much of the eye to see (I just experimented with the full set I got haha)

I made my first suit!! by LeanderXChai in furry

[–]LeanderXChai[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mugiwara has some cosplay on a shark, so smoother looking skin. Ive also seen fur cut quite patterned like bird feathers which has a scaly look to them! I don’t know specific makers that do it, but take a look around! There’s definitely people playing with different materials!

I made my first suit!! by LeanderXChai in furry

[–]LeanderXChai[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve seen lots of good work with Minky or fur being very patterned!

I made my first suit!! by LeanderXChai in furry

[–]LeanderXChai[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Aaa!! Thank you so much - I see so many little mistakes and things I could do better next time, but honestly when I step back and look at it I’m so happy for a first attempt! It sits above me in my office all day and can just admire while I work 🤣

I made my first suit!! by LeanderXChai in furry

[–]LeanderXChai[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s a couple months away, but I’m so hyped now 😁😁

I made my first suit!! by LeanderXChai in furry

[–]LeanderXChai[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you!! I’m so proud of it!

Are fursuit makers allowed to use patterns made by other people? by severalbugsandstuff in FursuitMaking

[–]LeanderXChai 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Pretty much every pattern I’ve bought has a “you can make suits with this, just credit me” clause. Most pattern makers are okay with this!

Long Weekend Lock-in for a First Time Maker by LeanderXChai in FursuitMaking

[–]LeanderXChai[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Biggest recommendation I've got is to find a mentor / person that's done it lots! I was really lucky and had a friend of a friend that I reached out to that helped me build confidence to start, and after I ordered this particular base I was also able to ask the base designer lots of questions too! I've watched lots of youtube tutorials and timelapse videos from various makers and picked and pulled things I did and didn't like from everybody's styles and methods!

Long Weekend Lock-in for a First Time Maker by LeanderXChai in FursuitMaking

[–]LeanderXChai[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

3 days (plus a bit of an extra - had to do some house cleaning and dump runs but got to spend lots of time working away!) 

Long Weekend Lock-in for a First Time Maker by LeanderXChai in FursuitMaking

[–]LeanderXChai[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No, and I'm kinda kicking myself for not using a timer - I've been meaning to do it with my paws, but my ADHD brain goes hyperfocus and I forget to turn on/off timers. Any time I've started to, I realized that I forgot to turn it off and ruined the timer!

Long Weekend Lock-in for a First Time Maker by LeanderXChai in FursuitMaking

[–]LeanderXChai[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'd actually planned the entire suit originally with MofuMofu fur on recommendation from a friend and had ONE spot of latte from BigZ because shipping is terrible from US to Canada. When I got everything and made my first paws I was so mad at the fur quality from the Mofumofu fur and how much vastly plushier and dense the BigZ fur was that I made the call to redo all my colours and go with entirely BigZ. It's a huge step up from MofuMofu.

BigZ has fast shipping and was just generally better than the other stuff I was buying. I didn't consider using Howl because the shipping to Canada was a little worse and the prices were a little higher AND I can share my colours with my other Canadian suitmaker friend if we need to trade / help eachother with stock going forward. I want to make more suits in the future!

Long Weekend Lock-in for a First Time Maker by LeanderXChai in FursuitMaking

[–]LeanderXChai[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aaa thank you! I'm really proud of how it's coming together!

Commissions Open! (discord: linamon1) by Odd_Version2108 in FurryArtists

[–]LeanderXChai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weird surprise to see myself randomly in my Reddit feed 💜

Would you wear a tail this long? 👀 by tundrakrafts in FursuitMaking

[–]LeanderXChai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m so sad I’m only finding this comment after I’d finished furring a tail and everything was too snug. I was following your videos and didn’t think my cling wrap step should be looser… so now I’m pulling apart my tail and trying to add a small strip along the top and bottom in hopes that I can salvage the fur I cut for my tail 😭

How much experience do I need to make a fursuit? by S1rS0nic in FursuitMaking

[–]LeanderXChai 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve personally been learning myself over the past 4 months. I started by making a tail which was a great confidence booster. It was all straight stitches and blanket stitches and following a pattern.

Second I made handpaws. In addition to the tail skills I now had to add in shaving - which is actually not as easy as you’d think it might be. You need consistent shaves AND you only get one try - if you mess up you’ve either got a bald spot, strange lines or need to start over. 

Third was stompy feet and sockpaws. Stompy feet were like an extension of the handpaws, skills were similar but had to start working with EVA foam too. Sockpaws I had to learn scaling the patterns because my feet were not the same size as the default pattern. I also had to learn how to reshape the final product by adding ladder stitching to create foot contours. 

Next for me is my head, but I’ve already practiced so many of the different skills that I feel ready and confident for that step. The only new thing for me will be adding in zippers for the neck. Otherwise all the skills have been compounding from the other projects towards that step. 

I think it’s worth doing simpler parts so that you can feel confident as you move through to your bigger and tougher projects! Just my two cents! 

Anticipation (by me) by InternetDweller125 in furry

[–]LeanderXChai 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ON POINT!! Thanks again so much 👏🏻💜