Tools and basic beginner essentials.

[ryan_otter]

Hello everyone. This is muy first time here and also my first time on LiveJournal so please be patient with me as i figure this stuff out. This is also my first foray into fursuit design. I dont have any background whatsoever. But I am a good visual artist and I am very convinced I could design a great costume char

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[rebeccaannoying]

One thing that's really important to consider is how many fursuits you intend to make. If this is a one-time project, I would advise against investing in expensive equipment like airbrush compressors, dremils, and pro-quality clippers. If you absolutely LOVE the project when you're done and can't wait to make more, then by all means save up a big budget and go crazy. Good equipment is worth every penny if you know you'll be using it.

That being said, here are the basic supplies that I can think of off the top of my head:

Razor blades, preferably these guys (50 is excessive but that was the best buy). You will use these for cutting faux fur and possibly cutting foam. If you don't use them to carve foam, then you can probably just pick up a standard box cutter from Wal*Mart or something

[familliaraver]

Slicker brushes remove fur fibers, that is what they are designed to do. I don't want to remove fibers from the backing.

[rebeccaannoying]

Oops, did I accidentally reply to your comment? I'm sorry if I did D:

But yeah, that's why I like slicker brushes... not to pull fur out of the backing, but to remove all the loose stuff after I've cut or trimmed it. I don't usually do a "deep" comb, just skim over the top to get rid of all the extra fluff. My fine tooth comb seemed to pull at the fibers more. I will definitely keep that in mind though! Thanks for the tip <3

[ryan_otter]

What exactly do you guys mean by 'slicker brushes'

tools fur suit and all my other questions

[ext_4861809]

Hi, guys what's up? so I have a lot of questions ok to start off where do I buy the foam I know it might be obvious but is there like a special type of foam or something and is there anyone on this comment thing that is good at making fursuit and taking requests because I have a request this comment message thing is kinda and not really related to the tool thing so yeah sorry :( but yea literally how am I suppose to make my dream come true

thank you!!!!!!!!!!-loralai flores