I actually had the incomplete suit out at FurFright and did the actual debut of the completed suit at MWFF. This as I mentioned in the last post is a shiba inu in the style of a lot of the Japanese fursuits seen.

I did some experimenting with this suit, especially the eyes, which is a method of making eyes that is new to me. I've also attempted to see if Oogoo silicon casting was possible. It is but the result are not going to be anywhere as good as the more main stream was of silicon casting. I basically made the nose and paw pads out of it.

I've been debating a Japanese name for this character that doesn't sound like it was name from someone living in North America. The Japanese names I see here seem to typically be species + elemental, color, etc. in Japanese. Where as the names I've heard Japanese furries give to their fursuit characters actual sound like names, so not putting species, elemental, color, etc. in their names.

Unfortunately I couldn't really think of anything so if I couldn't come up with anything I was going to call him Azuki (小豆) or red bean. Then I thought, a lot of my old ex-Japanese co-workers had Hiro as part of their name so I think I'll settle with Azuhiro, pronounced A-zu-hi-ro.

I don't think I was out long enough or often enough and the character doesn't stand out enough to be taken pictures of, so I'll try to get some pictures of it at a later time. Sorry about that.