The project's now a little more ambitious, enough so that I can't just throw on some wings and do a head swap and call it a day. I'm making a whole new upper body now, which means I can't reuse my current suit without irreversibly altering it. Fortunately I do things a little strangely and have two alternative body suits of the same character in my closet. Suit #2 appears most suitable, having good fit and the defective bits are located in areas that I'm going to rip out anyway. Just cleaned and brushed it out this morning and the fur seems to be in good condition except for a little patch about an inch long that got damaged somehow. I currently have the materials on hand to start on the upper body and upper arms and should have the materials to work on the belly and lower arms next week.