The Menagerie Fursuits (Pic Heavy)

[Toska]

Heres the most recent finished suit from The Menagerie

This guy is currently up for sale on FurBuy:
http://www.furbuy.com/auctions/1020843.html
Starting price $200 plus shipping

[WingedZephyr]

That looks pretty good. ^^

I'm still fascinated that you can do those face stripes and stuff without an airbrush.

[Toska]

That looks pretty good. ^^

I'm still fascinated that you can do those face stripes and stuff without an airbrush.

Thanks.
I just mask the whole head with tape, mark out the stripes and cut them out then spary the whole lot, then theres alot of brushing to get it nice and soft

[✡]

Do you sell individual tails toska?

[Toska]

Do you sell individual tails toska?

I sure do

[✡]

What prices? (US dollar)

[Jimmy Jinx]

wow , you are really good .
I'm making one right now , my first one . hope its gonna look oke 
i am now making the structure of my fur head

[Aoren Deringer]

What prices? (US dollar)

I feel like I made you ask her

And I may have to commision you for some gloves and a tail, soon, Toska... I like your work, and I fail at making them xD Just have to get some money up... ?

[Toska]

What prices? (US dollar)

They start at $60, the more colours and the bigger it is the higher the price

Wish I had the money to make another better fursuit. lol
Looks like mine's not good enough to get commissions. Any tips? xD

Your's looks really good for a first suit, I’d be proud of it.
As for tips.
Look at a lot of reference pics, see if you can find some foam work WIP pics to see how the underlying structure is put together because furred heads can look quite a bit different from the base. Remember that fur is good at killing details so you have to make certain things more pronounced. But when looking at refs don’t get too caught up in them, make it your style rather than trying to copy someone else’s too exactly.
And don’t be afraid to rip it apart if it doesn’t look or feel right to you. The tiger head up there is actually my 5th or 6th head base attempt. The others looked ok but it wasn’t ‘right’.
And above all practice. Try and get your hands on some cheap materials, I get my foam as off cuts from a local mattress maker (one of the reasons my suits are cheaper than most) and build more stuff, even if you can’t afford fur to finish it build the bases for practice (you can always sell them on furbuy or whatever once you are done or put them away until you can finish them)

Also check out http://community.livejournal.com/fursuit/
There is a bunch of useful stuff on there, check out the memories section and it’s all listed by topic
If you have any other questions I might be able to help you with just ask =]
 

[armagre]

*still wants one*
*needs a job so fox and order a fox*

[Aoren Deringer]

How much would a set of gloves cost? (I actually want gloves that form to the hand, with a pronounced claw :]) so... Any ideas?

[Toska]

How much would a set of gloves cost? (I actually want gloves that form to the hand, with a pronounced claw :]) so... Any ideas?

Sounds nice. The claws would be best off baing cast in plastic with finger cups (so the basr of the claw sits over the end of your finger so it doesn't wiggle around giving it a more realistic look. As for the cloves themsleves I'd need some more measurments that usual to make sure they fit properly, I might have to put gussets along the edges of the fingers deoending on how large your fingers are which could be a bit fiddely.
All together you are looking at around $80+ for 2 colour shoulder length gloves. If you giive me some more details like colour paw pads and stuff like that I could give you a more accurate estimate

Post Merge: December 17, 2010, 05:31:17 PM
These two huskies are the most recent projects I have done
Diesel is the black one with me wearing it and the red one it Turbo being worn by Ashtin although neither of us are wearing proper shirts for these suits (low cut necks and short sleeves leaving skin exposed)

Both are plastic canvas based with moving jaws, although Turbo's needs to be adjusted after furring to get it moving more smoothely as well as having his red fur trimmed, and they are both going to get new eyes and eyelids, teeth, tongues and a thorough cleaning before being offered for sale
Turbo was finished in 2 days, thanks Ashtin for the help sewing ears for me