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WORKIN ON MY TAIL YAY! There isn't a harness or anything built yet; I just hooked the straps into my belt and pulled.
It's just solid foam. I was tryin' to do a skeleton, but it was giving me a lot of grief. I blame poor choices of foam; the joanns stuff is very rigid and springy. I don't have the time to trek to Bob's Foam Factory, so I'll shelve my skeleton to fiddle with in the future.
Solid foam isn't all bad, however! It is surprisingly lightweight, which will make it easier to mount onto my tummy. It'll be easier to avoid a muffin top with just some 3" knit elastic. I may support it from underneath with some more elastic so the whole unit doesn't pivot at my coccyx when I jump or run. I need to get cracking on sculpting some plate scales so I can get my molds poured. Before that, however, I have to practice airbrushing the green "blush" on. JoAnns had a really interesting netting fabric that I want to try airbrushing through to get a scale effect. (I wanted fishnet stockings, but those would be easier to get cheaply around halloween.) (Inspiration comes from this video.)
There are two socks over my green tail. One is ivory fleece, the other is spandex. Pale spandex is frustratingly sheer, so the fleece was necessary to cut the green, else I waste spandex making about 20 socks. Stuffing the tail into the socks is a little frustrating, so I ended up having to cut the uh... reservoir tips off of the socks, and hand finishing the last couple inches. The black straps are just some webbing stitched to an oval shaped panel, which is glued to the tail base. The excess sock fabrics are pulled over and glued and place. I may glue another oval on top of this panel to make it look pretty, but I may just be adding bulk. I dunno, we'll see.
Speaking of glue, 3M's super 77 is a godsend for foam. If anybody is building something like this, DON'T USE HOT GLUE TO PUT YOUR FOAM PIECES TOGETHER. You'll give your tail a squeeze, and feel every single seam, every single little pea sized bead of glue. The super 77 glues strong and doesn't affect texture at all. However, I used copious amounts of hot glue at the base, because it has unbeatable sticking power, and extra rigidity in that area won't hurt.
I am a ramblebeast. I don't feeeeeel like listing what products I used today, so ask if you wanna know.
It's just solid foam. I was tryin' to do a skeleton, but it was giving me a lot of grief. I blame poor choices of foam; the joanns stuff is very rigid and springy. I don't have the time to trek to Bob's Foam Factory, so I'll shelve my skeleton to fiddle with in the future.
Solid foam isn't all bad, however! It is surprisingly lightweight, which will make it easier to mount onto my tummy. It'll be easier to avoid a muffin top with just some 3" knit elastic. I may support it from underneath with some more elastic so the whole unit doesn't pivot at my coccyx when I jump or run. I need to get cracking on sculpting some plate scales so I can get my molds poured. Before that, however, I have to practice airbrushing the green "blush" on. JoAnns had a really interesting netting fabric that I want to try airbrushing through to get a scale effect. (I wanted fishnet stockings, but those would be easier to get cheaply around halloween.) (Inspiration comes from this video.)
There are two socks over my green tail. One is ivory fleece, the other is spandex. Pale spandex is frustratingly sheer, so the fleece was necessary to cut the green, else I waste spandex making about 20 socks. Stuffing the tail into the socks is a little frustrating, so I ended up having to cut the uh... reservoir tips off of the socks, and hand finishing the last couple inches. The black straps are just some webbing stitched to an oval shaped panel, which is glued to the tail base. The excess sock fabrics are pulled over and glued and place. I may glue another oval on top of this panel to make it look pretty, but I may just be adding bulk. I dunno, we'll see.
Speaking of glue, 3M's super 77 is a godsend for foam. If anybody is building something like this, DON'T USE HOT GLUE TO PUT YOUR FOAM PIECES TOGETHER. You'll give your tail a squeeze, and feel every single seam, every single little pea sized bead of glue. The super 77 glues strong and doesn't affect texture at all. However, I used copious amounts of hot glue at the base, because it has unbeatable sticking power, and extra rigidity in that area won't hurt.
I am a ramblebeast. I don't feeeeeel like listing what products I used today, so ask if you wanna know.
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With a sureform and a lot of patience! http://www.homedepot.com/p/Stanley-.....3#.UUuUABysiSo
Watch out though, it will make a HUGE MESS. I like to work on a table, then sweep the crumbs into the trash can. Foam crumbs will clog the hell out of your vacuum :I
Watch out though, it will make a HUGE MESS. I like to work on a table, then sweep the crumbs into the trash can. Foam crumbs will clog the hell out of your vacuum :I
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