So a month ago I recieved a box by special delivery. It contained a gryphon. A mythical creature brought to life in an anthropomorphic form by hours of magical work with fur, foam, carving, sewing and floofing.

Major thanks to  madebyMercury, a long held dream of fursuiting has come true, and I want to thank her for her work in making it happen. I have worn him three times in public now (Birmingham main meet 29/9/12, LFM 13/10/12 and Birmingham mini meet 27/10/12) and now I'm used to the physical restrictions of the suit I have begun to really enjoy suiting.

I had been intrigued by fursuiting for years, and after coming into the fandom properly I chose a birdy sort of creature... not fully appreciating how rare they might be in fursuit form. The lack of practice suitmakers gets with birdfaec and the relatively small amount of birdsuits out there meant I really didn't know what to expect. But damn, I wasn't disappointed. a real toony face and yellow beak, captures derp so nicely.

In a way I'm also grateful to Ernst and Young for the redundancy pay which enabled me to buy the suit despite having no income.

And thankyou to all you I've seen around and about... the ones i've bumped into and trodden on whilst getting used to suiting, and the photographers who capture all the gooning around wonderfully.

Lastly, I really appreciate all your really positive comments about the suit! (And special mention for those Londonfurs who confused the hell out of me by asking if I was Pete from Housepets)
Naturally all glory should go to Mercury the maker

And now to go wander around a bit more and hopefully find some wings...

Chad