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Title: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: fesworks on December 11, 2006, 08:27:18 PM
But I was curious to know if anyone here uses fursuits, and as to where you get them?
Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: Aridas on December 11, 2006, 08:46:38 PM
All I know about fursuits is that they're expensive. :<
Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: superluser on December 11, 2006, 09:01:51 PM
Quote from: Aridas Soulfire on December 11, 2006, 08:46:38 PMAll I know about fursuits is that they're expensive. :<

Well, I wouldn't know a fursuit from a hole in the ground, but I do remember my mother sewing a bunny costume (I think) for one of my siblings for Halloween lo these many years ago.  If you can get a copy of a pattern, you can get the fabric from your local crafts store, and probably resize it to fit you.  Shouldn't be more than $50, depending on the fabric and how elaborate you want to make it.
Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: Aridas on December 11, 2006, 09:03:39 PM
it depends on the quality of the work too... and who you're going to... and if you're looking for something specific...
Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: Zedd on December 12, 2006, 12:04:06 AM
I know a few good places to shop http://bladespark.topcities.com/costume/ and http://lacy.timduru.org/ GOod luck ^^
Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: Zorro on December 12, 2006, 01:32:07 AM
http://www.fursuit.org/

Two basic methods.

#1 build it yourself.

#2 pay a big pile of money for a good one.

Or the other option.

#3 pay a few hundred dollars for a suck one.
Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: fesworks on December 12, 2006, 12:35:35 PM
Wow, a better responce than I thought!

Yea, I think I'd suck too much to make a full suit on my own... well, with the amount of clothing I'd be wearing with it, I may be able to make the body.. but the head I would totally have to buy... though I doubt people do that seperatly?

anyway, thanks loads! I'll check out those sites!

-Fes
Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: fesworks on December 12, 2006, 04:33:47 PM
wow, nice sites!

yea, I was totally figuring around $1,000... but looks like a Partial suit is what I'm looking at since I'd wear clothes.

Definetly will have to save up a bit :P
Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: Alan Garou on December 12, 2006, 11:07:05 PM
Fursuits... They're cool, but they're infuriatingly cute. I mean, when's the last time you saw one that was actually scary? Somebody please show me one, because I'm drowning in the cute.  :tired
Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: xHaZxMaTx on December 12, 2006, 11:39:11 PM
That's actually a very good question.  I Googled 'scary fursuit' and got only 5 results, none of which were scary. :|
Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: fesworks on December 14, 2006, 06:14:51 PM
I'm sure if you googled "werewolf suit" or costume you'd find it... a werefolf would still technically be a furry... wouldn't it?


Also, I think this guy was pretty scared:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCrDgm_H678
Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: xHaZxMaTx on December 14, 2006, 07:48:48 PM
Well frick, you'd be scared, too.
Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: Blazehawk on December 14, 2006, 09:42:34 PM
There was a wicked looking manticore fursuit at MFF...I think the picture Jouster got of it is in the MFF thread he made.

I want one, but if I got one I would want it to be kinda realistic looking...and I would probably go with a partial just because I wanna show off my figure by wearing a tight dress or something.    :3
Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: Zedd on December 15, 2006, 02:47:14 AM
http://f.420chan.org/f/src/furries.swf DANCE!
Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: fesworks on December 15, 2006, 07:54:21 PM
Quote from: Seraline on December 14, 2006, 09:42:34 PM
There was a wicked looking manticore fursuit at MFF...I think the picture Jouster got of it is in the MFF thread he made.

I want one, but if I got one I would want it to be kinda realistic looking...and I would probably go with a partial just because I wanna show off my figure by wearing a tight dress or something.    :3

I was thinking about that with a partial.. I mean, you don't want the the clothes too snug and the fur too... furry... otherwise it would look like the clothes are suffocating you... or that its obvious that its a partial :P Either baggy clothes and/or adding extra layers or your own fur-body portion (could be crapily done since it would be hidden.)

But I have no idea.. I'm just guessing.
Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: Tiger_T on December 16, 2006, 04:44:16 PM
Quote from: fesworks on December 14, 2006, 06:14:51 PM
I'm sure if you googled "werewolf suit" or costume you'd find it... a werefolf would still technically be a furry... wouldn't it?


Also, I think this guy was pretty scared:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCrDgm_H678
Trigger Happy TV is plain evil. >:3 :rolleyes
Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: GabrielsThoughts on December 17, 2006, 12:59:12 AM
well, since I live in Las Vegas, where the close to 130 degree summer heat will  " kill" anyone who wears a fursuit if the redneck living in the desert doesn't  first.   I've only heard second hand rumors of your body heat increasing the temperature of a bodysuit 130% so you'd be better off not wearing one at all. I suggest you go to your local "Micheal's" retailer and pick up a canine or feline mask. You could also hire a professional body painter to let you roam the street naked, I've seen at least one woman do this, and they showed something simmilar on Ripley's. I don't think guys could get away with it  without a loin cloth or something.
Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: llearch n'n'daCorna on December 17, 2006, 10:57:03 AM
The question is...

.. is the naked body one that people turn to look at, or one they turn away from to throw up?

I've found the people who want to go naked tend to be from the latter, whereas the people you'd like to see go naked tend to prefer to remain clothed...

.... oddly disappointing, that...
Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: Gabi on December 17, 2006, 04:04:15 PM
Well, I played a tortoise for a little play we did in primary school and I made myself a shell out of fine cardboard. I don't know if that counts as a fur suit. And before that, I went to a costume party wearing butterfly wings when I was 6, and I played a pigeon at 2 kindergarden acts when I was 3 and 5. In all those cases I wore wings my mother made for me. I've never worn anything remotely close to the fur suits I saw at AC, though.

I also played water and a table when I was in school. Those were funny costumes too. The table was easy, all I had to do was put a table cloth on my back.
Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: Zedd on December 17, 2006, 07:22:53 PM
The only thing next to dress as an animal in life of me..Was the cow in jack in the beanstalk....One Line...Enter cow...And say..Moo...
Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: fesworks on December 18, 2006, 01:51:29 AM
Quote from: Zedd on December 17, 2006, 07:22:53 PM
The only thing next to dress as an animal in life of me..Was the cow in jack in the beanstalk....One Line...Enter cow...And say..Moo...

As long as you delivered the line with heart ;)


speaking of school plays, I was "Old Blue" in "Where the Red Fern Grows"... it was a terrible costume, expecially compared to the main kid's dogs' costumes... oh well.. I was also Bully #2 and sound effects (with my mouth). :P
Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: Zedd on December 18, 2006, 04:10:50 AM
Did mention they used the yellow sticky tape on my fuzzy head and paper cups and color paper...Oh yeah...Real cow action
Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: fesworks on December 23, 2006, 12:02:33 PM
Quote from: Zedd on December 18, 2006, 04:10:50 AM
Did mention they used the yellow sticky tape on my fuzzy head and paper cups and color paper...Oh yeah...Real cow action

Like I said, as long as you deliver... with heart ;)



EDIT: By the way, does anyone have any other suggestions of people that can make suits? I got the two links above, plus the resource site, but I was wondering if anyone else can recommend creators, specifically.
Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: Zedd on December 23, 2006, 02:41:18 PM
Jax the bat might help abit...
Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: GabrielsThoughts on December 26, 2006, 12:00:43 AM
you might want to avoid costumes provided for mall employees, I remember one year this guy's bunny suit smelled like rotten eggs and popcorn...bleagh.
Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: Brunhidden on December 26, 2006, 12:42:11 AM
ideological debate- fur suits made out of actual fur. loving the animal enough to dress like it yet wanting to skin them.



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Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: superluser on December 26, 2006, 01:25:06 AM
Quote from: Brunhidden da Muse on December 26, 2006, 12:42:11 AMideological debate- fur suits made out of actual fur. loving the animal enough to dress like it yet wanting to skin them.

Uh, why don't we debate something less prone to extreme opinions, like the Iraq War?
Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: Tapewolf on December 26, 2006, 04:41:22 PM
Quote from: Brunhidden da Muse on December 26, 2006, 12:42:11 AMideological debate- fur suits made out of actual fur. loving the animal enough to dress like it yet wanting to skin them.
As long as the animal didn't die for its fur I don't see a problem.  There's a shop in Ambleside on the shores of Lake Windermere which sells stuffed animals, and (they claim) the animals all died of natural causes.

(Remembers the Gronks from 'Strontium Dog' in 2000AD, who believed that if they were skinned and turned into clothes when they died, that part of them would live on).
Title: Re: Not sure how this will be taken... (Topic is on Fursuits)
Post by: xHaZxMaTx on December 26, 2006, 05:14:59 PM
Just think of it as recycling. xD