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Fursuit, minor set backs
12 years ago
So I've run into a couple of set backs on my fursuit.
First of all let me explain what all I'm trying to do with it:
I started off this project with a list of awesome things I wanted to do. I wanted to basically make my character Sevin, horns and all, and then light up. Then at work I ran into this awesome idea to integrate a Bluetooth speaker to make this suit also a walking party, and why stop there? Why not make the LEDs flash to the music? However if I do that it would be cooler if different LEDs flashed for different tunes. So before long this project was a glowing flashing musical wolfdragon fursuit head.
However, this is falling off systematicly. First to be scrapped was the flashing LEDs. The flashing to the base was easy enough but to do it for different LEDs for different tunes required doing not only more than what I know to do, but also getting to complex to build as a tiny afterthought in a already complicated project. Second was the speakers, they were just to bulky to try and hide in the head with out using them as a part of the LED theme, so with out that they just weren't worth doing.
Right now my problems on the table are:
-designing clear horns for Sevin.
-minimizing the number of independent power supplies necessary.
-integrating all the different components to one switch.
I'm open to any suggestions to solving these things.
Finally I'm I'm having the biggest problem finding fur I like, I've ordered samples from several places, and all the fur is to soft and 'yarny' (if that's a word) what I want is something that is coarser, and textured more like actual canine fur, instead of this feathery shit that clumps together into tinny locks of fur like something you'd want to use for fur lined clothing. So my biggest thing is the fur and if any of you have any suggestions. I'd love to hear them.
First of all let me explain what all I'm trying to do with it:
I started off this project with a list of awesome things I wanted to do. I wanted to basically make my character Sevin, horns and all, and then light up. Then at work I ran into this awesome idea to integrate a Bluetooth speaker to make this suit also a walking party, and why stop there? Why not make the LEDs flash to the music? However if I do that it would be cooler if different LEDs flashed for different tunes. So before long this project was a glowing flashing musical wolfdragon fursuit head.
However, this is falling off systematicly. First to be scrapped was the flashing LEDs. The flashing to the base was easy enough but to do it for different LEDs for different tunes required doing not only more than what I know to do, but also getting to complex to build as a tiny afterthought in a already complicated project. Second was the speakers, they were just to bulky to try and hide in the head with out using them as a part of the LED theme, so with out that they just weren't worth doing.
Right now my problems on the table are:
-designing clear horns for Sevin.
-minimizing the number of independent power supplies necessary.
-integrating all the different components to one switch.
I'm open to any suggestions to solving these things.
Finally I'm I'm having the biggest problem finding fur I like, I've ordered samples from several places, and all the fur is to soft and 'yarny' (if that's a word) what I want is something that is coarser, and textured more like actual canine fur, instead of this feathery shit that clumps together into tinny locks of fur like something you'd want to use for fur lined clothing. So my biggest thing is the fur and if any of you have any suggestions. I'd love to hear them.
Multi-pole switches would let you turn multiple things on and off. A dual-pole switch could control two things. If you had multiple items that ran off the same voltage (say, fans and a lights that both ran off of 12v) it's be easy to control them together...just put the switch between the battery and the devices, and it'll activate or kill them together.