Cosplay Fursuits!

cosplayfursuits @ 2008-09-10T06:33:00

2008-09-10T10:38:09Z

Due to excessive "Go to the fursuit" threads and comments,we decided to close cosplayfursuits. This community was meant for COSPLAYERS. Not furries (No offense meant! =) ).

So, my friend toke the liberty to create a cosplay fursuit/ mascot community for just cosplayers. You can view and join it at cosplay_mascots.

Thank you all for posting and keeping the community alive up until now. It was a real treat! If you are a cosplayer and like to fursuit/ mascot, then please join the above community.

Koisnake

OMG !He's Alive !!!!

2008-09-07T02:03:12Z

I got some Photos of Kane today He looks awsome ^^ Thanks Cosfurs for these photos ^^

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm272/tobias-radjin/Mightyena/Mightyenashead.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm272/tobias-radjin/Mightyena/mightyenashead2.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm272/tobias-radjin/Mightyena/Mightyenashead3.jpg

Your work on Kane is great thanks for making him real ^^

How to Preform as a Anthropromophic Mightyena?

2008-08-30T22:42:53Z

I need some help to preform as a Anthropromorphic Mightyena for upcoming Conventions. Like....

When to speek?
How to pose?
How to act during Preformance?
If speeking should I be in character duing a preformance?
do I need a spotter during preformance?
Greeting people?
When to take breaks?

Parade soles?

2008-08-10T05:42:09Z

Okay, I'm having a problem. Many and pretty much only fursuit commission websites talk about Parade soles.
What are they? And how can you make them yourself?
I've haven't really seen any tutorials for them or any shoe/sole site that mentions them.
I've worked with latex, so is rubber any different or the same? I just make a cast from clay with plaster and then pour the material in?

I'm asking this because the cosplay fursuit I'm building is for Halloween (Bowser). And as such, the feet have to be for outdoor use. And I also don't want the feet to break down in case I feel I can use it later for a convention. Thanks for any help posted.

cosplayfursuits @ 2008-07-17T19:35:00

2008-07-17T23:37:21Z

Would you like an entire fursuit for only $400 + the cost of materials? Are you a fan of Firefly? Then this offer may suit you! (Pun intended because I'm horrible.)

Also, if you're a fan of Firefly irregardless, you should join furrybrowncoats, because that'd be all kinds of shiny.

X-posted a few places; sorry if you see this message multiple times.

cosplayfursuits @ 2008-07-11T00:50:00

2008-07-11T05:07:01Z

Well just thought I'd poke my nose into the community. I'm not new to cosplaying, I got my start a number of years ago at Anime North of 2003 dressed as Miroku, from Inuyasha. I went as him for a number of years, and made a Kohaku costume for my younger brother when he ~~came of age~~ decided he first wanted to go to an Anime Convention. I am, however, quite new to fursuiting. I made myself my first partial fursuit, a Mightyena, (you can see it here) in time for Anime North 2008, but it was rushed and was clumsy, imperfect, and damn near impossible to see out of. Of course, having had a taste of it, I know I'll never be able to stop making fursuits. I aim to better myself. It wasn't bad for a first try, but it didn't live up to my expectations.

But now I'm setting that aside as a learning experience and I'm moving on. I've started work on a Leomon fursuit, which has the potential to be either mind-blowingly amazing or horribly awful. I plan to use a bodysuit as the base (I've been having trouble finding one; I've been thinking of looking for some sort of gymnastics retailer, but if anybody has suggestions I'd love to hear them) and building up foam muscles, and then gluing fur on, sewing the seams together. I've never made a full suit before, so this will be... a learning experience for me. My biggest fear is that I totally screw it up.

What you all could help me with fantastically would be suggestions of things to do / not to do working with this sort of costume. And if anybody knows of any prexisting Leomon fursuits, I'd love to see them- I haven't found a single one on cosplay.com or DA, and Google Search keeps insisting that I'm actually looking for Lemon Cosplay. A picture of another Leomon suit would really help me wrap my head around what I do and do not want to do with this costume. Eventually I'd like to work my way up towards working on a Kihmari suit, which would be very similar in structure to a Leomon suit. I'll put some reference pictures under the cut. One day I dream of making a Lion King quad suit cosplay, but that's many years off. I won't attempt that until I have more experience under my belt.

Needless to say, I'm a person with a lot of dreams (and a thing for beefy lions?) who would love some advice from more experienced fursuit makers.

cosplayfursuits @ 2008-06-23T00:35:00

2008-06-23T04:35:08Z

Anybody got pictures of what I'm Stuffed's gray Seal fur looks like?
Doing white/silver-variant Lucario from Brawl, and koisnake suggested it as an option, but the site doesn't have a swatch photo.

Know of any Silent Hill fursuits? :O

2008-05-09T16:42:11Z

My friend, Mene, and I were playing Silent Hill 2 the other day and I've pretty much come to terms with the fact that I'm obsessed now. :D Due to that, and the fact that we're both the same size, we were talking about possibly making a Sniffer Dog quadsuit in the future (I have the PERFECT fur for it!). We already know pretty much how we'd build it, we just don't have the time for it right now. However, it's on my "to-do-eventually" list. :P

So, my question: know of any SH suits already made? :] I've only ever seen one, so far, since most SH cosplays seem to be of either Pyramid Head or one of the nurses.

Totoro and Catbus

2008-04-21T03:17:52Z

i don't have a pic of cat bus on my websitw (link in post below this) so here is one for you.
this was take today at the san francisco cheery blossom festival. we won first place (yay) this is our last year doing the parade. it was SO FUN this 4 year old girl would not stop hugging me and her giggle was so cute as she uttered "i wuv toetoetoe" (SQUEE!)

i was invited to come back for the childrens day festival on may 3rd, i'm gonna try to be there as its so magical to see kids reactions to this totoro costume <3

My fursuit cosplays

2008-04-11T03:31:34Z

HI, i have multipul cosplya fursuits i have made over the last few years :)

Ryo-oki and ken-oki
http://www.beastcub.com/apps/photos/photo.jsp?photoID=2346092

Kilala (kirara)
http://www.beastcub.com/apps/photos/photo.jsp?photoID=1794132

Totoro
http://www.beastcub.com/apps/photos/photo.jsp?photoID=2413219

and still more can be found here!
http://www.beastcub.com/apps/photos/album.jsp?albumID=124088

Hachiemon cosplay

2008-03-28T09:55:38Z

this is my first fursuit, as well as first cosplay fursuit, the suit was a commission.
It will be making its con apperance at Metrocon in july.

cosplayfursuits @ 2008-03-16T22:24:00

2008-03-17T02:24:27Z

Just thought of something that makes me curious to ask around...

When making a cosplay as we do, do you start making the body or the head first?

With my current and previous projects, Mewtwo and Moomba, proportion matters, so I've ended up doing the body first, and once that was done, the head, to make sure it's the right size in comparison...

PS: Added some photos of my Moomba post-improvements in my Cos.com gallery.
All photos of it are in my site's galleries.

New here

2008-03-16T09:44:42Z

Hi, all. I'm new here and I just got info cosplaysuiting. My first costume that was recently finished is Blaziken, I'll throw a pic on after the cut. Anyways, I have plans to make a quad Ivysaur suit and a King Dedede shortly after that. I just got into the whole suiting scene as well. More after the cut.

Ok, So, I didn't really use fur for Blaziken, Rather fleece. I have discovered the wonders of downtown LA Fabric district with lots of fur available though so my next few suits will be made with fur. I'm just curious what everyone uses for the eyes. Buckram, to me, looks better than reticulated foam but it's really hard to see out of it. I'll throw a pic of blaziken on here, Also, Anyone got any suggestions/ideas/comments on anything? Especially Ivysaur and King Dedede? Thanks

Tauren Fursuit

2008-03-15T22:49:53Z

I just came across this, and I thought y'all might like to see it :D

http://www.cosplay.com/photo/1299143/

FOX FURSUIT FOR SALE

2008-03-09T18:13:45Z

Due to my move away from all things online and fursuity I now no longer have any use for the fox fursuit I commissioned last summer ! Now that it's finished I've put him onto eBay and thought my friends here might like to know about it.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130203616050

He has just about 24 hours left and has plenty of watchers, so check him out if you're interested.

cosplayfursuits @ 2008-02-18T00:23:00

2008-02-18T05:23:33Z

So I finished my Moomba. Brought it to Katsucon, and never got a chance to wear it, let alone get it judged. Dammit.

But, I threw it on last night in the hotel room so my gf could take pictures. Three in dedicated gallery, plus a couple progress in WIP gallery.
Click on through...

cosplayfursuits @ 2008-02-17T19:02:00

2008-02-18T01:25:54Z

Okay, so I'm kind of new here... XD; Whoops.

But... uh, yeah, I have two fursuit cosplays completed... Robbie the Rabbit from Silent Hill 3&4 (he isn't good at all), and a Yellow Wizzrobe from the Legend of Zelda: the Wind Waker.
The Wizzrobe is made from the foam over balaclava method. It's a lot hotter, heavier, and overall more uncomfortable than my other masks. I remade the eyes, they're fun foam and chiffon-like fabric. The robes are generic monk robes I dyed, trimmed, and added a hood to.

Robbie just brought problem after problem. The original head is much nicer, but it didn't fit as large over my head as it should've. (and second Robbie's head is still too small in my mind) It was also a different colour than the flannel fabric I used for his tail and upper body. I made Robbie #2 two weeks before Ikkicon... and I finished it the day before we left. u_u; His ears are poseable, which is one good thing about him. The fan's battery container broke, so the battery would hang and unclip, and then the fan container broke off. We used bungee cord to hold it in place, but it made the fan jam.

I really want to remake Robbie sometime, since I love Robbie, but I'm only 15 and I have a younger sister who is afraid of just about everything. u_u and she was screaming and crying while I made Robbie... it was just miserable.

I'm currently working on a simulated digitigrade suit of Wolf Link. I have his handpaws, tail, head, and feet done (contemplating remaking those, too), but I have no idea how to proceed on the padding for his legs. Wolf Link probably isn't the best choice for my first fully furry suit, but... I'm willing to work with it.

Does anyone know how to pull off the padding in the legs? I have no idea where to even start... I want to make a mock-up with denim before I cut any fur (I still need grey and much more white) and the legs are the biggest challenge. I'm hoping to have it finished in time for Realmscon in August/September.

cosplayfursuits @ 2007-12-21T23:40:00

2007-12-22T04:40:51Z

Well crap.

DF is now out of the Burnt Orange fur I needed like, half a yard for Moomba.

Any suggestions for an alternative, or where I can find some elsewhere?

I would say Sharpie'ing the orange isn't out of the question...

EDIT: Hahah, the swatch I got from them before is big enough for the tail tuft, I believe. So I'm probably going with sharpie for the 'hair', unless anybody can come through, heh.

cosplayfursuits @ 2007-12-19T09:05:00

2007-12-19T14:05:06Z

Damn DF long pile is expensive.

Do you guys think 3 yards (62" wide) of orange will be enough for my Moomba?
Also going with 1yd beige (hopefully enough) and 1yd burnt orange (more than enough)... Damn DF for not doing half-yards, because I would get 1.5yd beige.

Should be fine for a 5'6 36-34-36 guy who's frugal and precise in using fabric, right? >.>

(Oh hi, I'm Oshi, started doing 'creature cosplay' this year along with my normal stuff, check my profile for links to my works.)

Help!

2007-12-06T01:12:25Z

Hello all. This is my first time here and I found this group after checking out Beetlecat's website. (I loved your Red XIII costume at animethon!) Anyways...besides that...I am planning on a Renamon costume for the summer of 2008. This will be my first fur-suit costume ever and I wanted to start as soon as possible since I'm a slow worker. I wanted to know if you could all give me some opinions. Like what to use to make the head and such and how to shape certain parts of the body. Also, what would be best to use for the fur, but the cheapest to get. I would like all of the help I can get!

Advice on a Digimon suit

2007-11-29T06:43:33Z

I was convinced that i wanted to make a Exveemon costume but after long thought I've decided to attempt to start on a Cherubimon(virus) costume instead.
Reference pic:
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r162/BurningHeatIIDX/Cherubimon_virus.jpg

i was wondering how i should do the the fur (short pile, velour, velvet?)
i wanted to try to do arm extensions, how would i go about that?

I love him because he's a crazy mad jester-like evil bunny :3
any help would be greatly welcome
-thanks-

Selling Renamon

2007-08-07T15:52:34Z

http://www.furbid.ws/cgi-bin/auction/item.pl?item=232334253

I'm selling my Renamon suit, in case anyone is interested. The details are in the auction, but I'll answer any quesitons anyone has. Someone please give her a good home!

Renamon has won quite a few awards in her day and has always been well-recieved. She's in good condition, having been gently used and stored on a dry, cool closet for a few years. I no longer have a use for the suit, so I'm sending her out into the world!

Help in the planning of a suit.

2007-07-30T16:34:38Z

I am currently planning my first ever fursuit and was wondering if I could ask for some help. The reason I am posting here is that the character I am hoping to achieve will be a digimon, in fact a human/digimon hybrid of Joe and Gomamon called Jyoumon. But the biggest problem is that I am hoping for the character to be quadrapedial, the main reason that suitmakers so far have steered clear of it. So I would like to ask te community if they have any ideas of how it can be done or know anyone who would be interested in making it?

P.S no limit on when to be done for.

Otakon 2007: Fursuiting

2007-07-23T17:17:46Z

Otakon 2007 Pics:

I just got back from Otakon yesterday evening. Otakon is the 2nd
largest Anime Con in north america, held in Baltimore, MD. It was
a blast, despite some rather negative/unfortunate goings on late
saturday night.

I've been attending Otakon regularly for about 4 years now, and
every year it just gets bigger and bigger. This year was my first
year staffing as well, some interesting perspective. We had a total
attendence somewhere around 25'000+ people as of sunday morning.

My Umbreon Suit was nowhere near completion, so I rolled in with my
Kemono style bobcat. Some friends put together an impromptu Pokemon
Diamond & Pearl cosplay group. We even ran into a bunch of other
fursuiters, doing everything from Okami, Totoro, to Neopets. Some
from the other side fo the country! I love running into Cosplay
suiters. It always makes me happy :D

My Kemono bobcat was well received by pretty much almost everyone.
I could barely move like 5 feet without having someone ask for a
picture :o

Anyhow, I thought you guys might enjoy these pics for any that
either went or were curious about going. Enjoy :3

I CAN HAS BANANA!

Boxplay is all the rage these days...

A combination of 2 of my favorite games rolled into one!

Two of my friends as Lucas & Dawn from "Pokemon Diamond & Pearl"

OMG, it's KON from Bleach!! I was all like "eeeeee!"

The infamous Kilala (from Inuyasha)Quad Suit made an appearance

Squeee!! It's the Catbus from 'My neighbor Totoro'. Rock on!

I found a really cute Amaterasu from 'Okami'

HELLSING!!! Raaah!

You... you bastards!

Favored by trainers worldwide :D

Ran into an AC attendee! Yay!

My friend Duc from con ops :3

LOL!!

Sonic suiters

We found an Ash!

Red XIII Fursuit Head

2007-05-27T02:12:06Z

crossposted fursuit, beetlecat, canadiancosplay, and cosplayfursuits