Folf!

[bladespark]

I'm not sure I get the appeal of fox-wolves, personally, but here's a spiffy one I finished last night.




It's a plush, not a quad suit. XD It's nearly six feet long if you count the tail. Hand-painted eyes, hand-sculpted plastic eyelids, hand-sculpted little claws, hand-painted detailing, taxidermy jaw set, not to mention making the plush itself... he was a lot of work.

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[lilsongbird.livejournal.com]

How many pieces is this guy? o-o Also how the heck do you learn plush patterning. I can make simple ones, but none as nice as this. I am itching to make a matched pair in a pose similar to this for me and my gf of our fursonas... but probably not gonna happen if this is a super complex 500 piece plush XD Most I dealt with was a 35 piece lion and that was a lot of swearing. >.>

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

He is a lot of pieces. :P But mostly just because of the feet, otherwise he's not any more pieces than any quadruped plush. :) I haven't counted though!

And making patterns is WAY easy for things like this because I cheat. :D I made him by first making a dummy shaped like what I wanted from wadded up newspaper taped together. Then I covered it in a "skin" of saran wrap and duct tape. When you cut the skin off, ta-da, pattern! And you only have to skin half of it if it's going to be symmetrical.

[lilsongbird.livejournal.com]

Ahhh!! Is it ironic I do taxidermy and never even considered one could do this? XD