How did the shopkeeper respond when he saw you?

Decon?

Well it was halloween, but he LOVED us. I went with a couple other friends who I halped make costumes too. A dwarf and Death Korps of Krieg guy. He was so excited and gave us all free stuff, took our pics and supposedly sent them to White Dwarf to try and get us in it.

Sounds neat. I know that that kind of stuff can take some time to get published, especially since they make magazines months in advance. Maybe they will put it in next year.

Great job.

awesome =D I am too big to cosplay as anything but an ogre.... or Coop from Megas XLR

I'm too -small- to cosplay much! I wanna make a Tauren costume or a Gnoll, but damn I'd be the tiniest ever.

Skaven works tho! I need a pic of me next to the ogre guy called Tiny in the larp who is like 7 feet tall and HUGE.

heh, I think the last time I got in costume I went as Pizza the Hut, only because they never have costumes in my size :P

I have the opposite problem, I want play smaller creatures and am too tall to really play them (6' 2").

Too bad you can't get a ton of people in costume and play a real game of Warhammer. :)

Now THERE'S an idea! XD

I wouldn't min being a Tauren or a Gnoll...also, you get +1000 Nerd points for this and therefore a bonus of +100000000000000 love points from me! X3 Seriously, you are beyond awesome! If only there were more guys like you near me, then I wouldn't be so damn lonely XP

you wouldn't be much smaller than my gnoll, at least D:

Weeelll.. yer a bit of a wee fella' yerself. A welcome attendee to Shortcon, I'd say.

Heheh I know the feeling I'd love to make a Troll or Tauren costume but I'm really to short for that, I'd have no idea where to even start.

Every nice fursuit there. If you don't mind me askin', which LARP is your local one? The closest one where I live is Amtgard. A few friends and I play it once in awhile still, just without any garb now. (We also have no garb because we have no money for materials too, our old ones got torn to shreds from being rough in'em. xD)

It's called 'The Realms'. It's so-so, everyone is a stickjock in a tabard and jeans that doesn't RP, but it's the only LARP I have come across that doesn't have set races.

Amtgard's full of both stickjocks and people who actually RP too. It also doesn't have set races, just set classes, which are rather easy to learn. The combat's rather basic and fast paced so to last long you gotta be really athletic and know a small bit of some form of martial-arts or be a naturally good fighter.

Do you commish fursuits at all? I've had a dream one that I can't afford, but wouldn't mind pie-in-the-sky estimates of cost so I know what I'd have to save/earn/win/whatever...it's kinda complicated, though.

Certainly do! My info and other examples are at: http://jax.critter.net

I'm catching up on commissions right now, so I'm closed for new ones, but I can give estimates and chat business no prob. Generally my full suits run $900-$1000, a little more if they are very involved.

Woah, Cool!
My one best fursuitter a skaven too, he's name Riptooth. (:

Love that suit, and the person who owns it is a good friend of mine. She knows I envy it. ;)

Great! (: ....he-he, not just you! ;)

havent seen or had been in a fursuit heh, that looks damn good to read in tho :3

-Z

Holy fucking shit, that's awesome

I usually hate fursuits, they're scary as fuck, but this one is just plain awesome
Maybe it's because this one doesn't have a permanent grin on it's face that makes me like it

You did the impossible, I now officially love a fursuit, holy crap

Yeah, one can only handle so many " 8D " suits. But a lot of people do really awesome realistic and non supercartoony stuff. It's just most people want the 8D stuff.

I wanna see more of this and less of the " 8D" bullcrap
If I keep seeing awesome stuff like this, I might get to like the whole fursuiting business

Hm, a few names I can think of that rock the realistic, non cutsey stuff would be: ArtDecade(MONSTERS!), Primal Visions, Lion of the sun(their suits give you night vision and enhanced hearing. No joke.) and Beetlecat Productions... I suggest lookin' em up if you want to see some sweet suits.

ArtSLAVE, not artdecade. D'oh!

Also, how come his mouth is open in one shot and closed in another? Is there some kind of mechanic or something?

The mouth moves with my own so I can talk and eat through the mask. As mechanical as a few strips of elastic.

Sweet

Simple, but effective =P didn't think you could do it THAT easily XD

Impressive. o_O

That looks so awesome.

FOR THE RAT ALLIANCE !

wow what an awesome rat

I'm not into that sorta stuff, but I have to admit that's one of the better fursuits I've ever seen. xD Maybe because it's not meant to look cute, or whatever. Real well made. The weapons and shield too. Though all I have to compare those to are the ones my brother and his friends made, heh heh.

Cool Skaven suit, although I admit Im more a Lizardman user myself

Really awesome outfit, it doesn't get too hot in that, does it?

Pretty hot, but the biggest strain is the weight of it. The Brigadine has metal plates in it and some of the chainmail is steel.

Based on that, I take it you don't run around in it much. If you do, that's pretty hard core. :P

This is one I actually sit/skulk around it a lot when I wear it. More straining to wear then any of my other suits, that's for sure. Running and fighting is tough.

That suit actually rocks... haha... Would scare the shit outta me though if im sleeping and the first thing I see is his face right infront of mine. :D

skaven are awsome
and this suit is awsome

WOOOT! Skaven rule! You play Warhammer or Mordheim?

Both, though I haven't been in a Mordheim game for a while.

My Mordheim group stopped playing with me. :( I got too good at it. lol. Using my undead warband I would basically wipe the field with just my Necromancer and my Vampire. lol

I'm just digging the day in the life pictures at the comic/game shop you've worked in there. If that's something you toss together, I'd have to see something you pour your time and especially your interest into.

That IS a great suit. Probably because it's very realistic, has decent proportions mostly and doesn't have that sloppy scary Burger King permagrin.

YAY! ANOTHER SKAVEN, he is gorgeous :)

-J

As to the above discussion....
But short costumers are fun and oh so adorable Jax. ;3

As for the image itself.....
The suit itself looks great Jax. My fav shot is deffinetly the one in the centre. Shows off the most, and it just looks so darn cuuuuuute. <3 Did I ever mention I've got a thing for 'bad guys'? XD

Wow! Glory to the Horned Rat indeed! Jax, you get many awesome nerdpoints for this, and if you get into White Dwarf, post the page! (I only have the Canuck edition up here)

Love the detailwork on the armour, and, hell everything.

Holy hell thats bad ass!!!!! great job!

That is so awesome!! I cait wait til you open up slots again!! :3 Any idea when that will be?

Couple months.. maybe? I dunno.

Just a random question... I'm probably wrong, but was that in a "Recess Games"?
Hooray for Skaven.

Recess Games? What's that?

Its a chain of gaming stores that specialize in Warhammer and Warhammer 40K, as well as Warmachine and other tabletop games. The shelving in the back and the set up looks near identical to one I go to quite often. Was just wondering.
So what 40K army are you into the most? For some reason I'm thinking of Slaanesh...

Oh no no. It was in an actual Games Workshop store in a mall.

I play Tyranids for 40K, a friend of mine rocks the Slaanesh (For both fantasy beastmen and Chaos Space Marines), though.

Grey Knights for 40K. I've never played fantasy, but I like painting Lizardmen. Chaos also interests me for some of its more detailed models. I'm more of an artist than an actual player, but I try. It is so very satisfying to see the look on a Tau player's face when you teleport four squads of Grey Knights directly behind his main fire line...

Way nifty.
Brentonian, myself.

Holy crap. That's fantastic. This was 'a few day throw together'?! Daaaaamn.

sweet

very well done.

Hmm, you should throw more candid pics of your suits up ^^ this one looks pretty damn cool

Weeeeeee, so many comments! LOVE your costume :) I'm a LARP palyer too, but I've been playing elf and a bard lately. I'd love to paly a werewolf or some other wolf-guy sometimes, but I'm not.. hmm.. wolfish enough on a LARP, I don'T know why.

A Warhammer LARP would be very cool.... but very difficult to handle. We have some LARPS with 2000 people in Germany though, so it would be possible to fight a nice battle :)

I wonder why they don'T allow Latex weapons... they're basically the only kind of weapons used in german LARPs. We'Re using the duct tape version manely for training or Jugger.

They have been trying to push them in the game, but there's a few issues. They seem to think they are more dangerous then the current weapons, which have a really high restriction on how they have to be made. I personally think latex ones are safer, and look a heck of a lot better myself. I own a latex sword and love it.

Also: Latex weapons are very pricey and hard to aquire here in the States. There are a few merchants online, but you're looking at about $50-80 for a basic sword compared to the few bucks it costs to make a duct tape, insulation foam and PVC pipe one. And a lot of the players in the group seem too cheap to even get decent garb.

You can make Latex Swords yourself as well... the only real difference is you use Latex liquid instead of duct tape. The latex is usually available with LARP suppliers as well.

Tips on doing the Latex cover:
- Paint it very thin, but do several coatings. I use about 5 coatings without color, and then 3 coatings mixed color and latex. Let the Latex dry completely before applying the next layer.
- Prepare for loosing several brushes. Clean brushes immediately after painting under running cold water.
- Use water-based, acrylic color for mixing (can be bought in evry home improvement shop)
- Be careful with metallic colors: Some of them can cause so called "latex cancer" wich can dissolve the latex over time and spread over to other latex weapons. There are special colors you can use, or you will have to experiment. ("Latex Cancer" does not harm humans, only Latex ;) )
- Don't do it in your living room because it's stinky like hell. The solution is based on ammoniac :)
- You can't get latex out of clothes, but it's easy to get it off your skin - if it's hairless ;)
- Latex leaves ornaments on the weapon visible. That also means it leaves bumps and dents and so on visible :)

Hope that helps. Though I'm sure all the kinky furs out there know how to treat latex solutions *snickers*

Oh and.. HAPPY NEW YEAR! :)

Oh, I know how to work with latex, but I think you need a certain type of closed cell foam which is hard to find here, as well as fiberglass rods which are much pricier then PVC.

That, and there's rediculious design rules involved in this group. Can't make nice, flat blades or crosshilts with edges anything.

*snickers* In Czech republic, they'Re playing LARP with wooden swords. Without padding. Go figure :))

We're all sissies against that :)

hah! i remember seeing that at furfright :3

looked really cool , i remember you said that the armour was the biggest thing against ya D:

raaaar nice

My room mate otter has a skaven army, I went with lizard men ^.^

You did a great job on that suit

Ge'faphles! *Flails at that* Dude, thats amazing! :D
If I ever saw that at a Larp, I dun think I could resist glomping it x3

Also rawk on the skaven~ Heh.. Been thinking of getting them myself- but I need'a least get more for my Nids first and finish that up.

-Again, truly amazing work on the suit. 'Specially how the eyes glow, thats just the cake topper to its awsomesause.

Looks so freaken awesome, Jax!

I'm extremely impressed. I'm starting to play and I love the concept of the Skaven. I play in that manner of throw expendibles at the enemy and then blow everything up. However, this....this is spectacular. I have to ask a question: how did you do those eyes? Those are awesome! I want those that almost murderous blood red slight glow. I love it. Very cool.

GLORY TO THE HORNED RAT!!!

You get super geeky nerd points! That head is preatty neat, A-class stuff. Shame about the whole latex weapon thing with your group, though good ol' duct tape and foam always seemed sturdier to me in our local LARPs.

Whoa awesome costume. Not a fan of warhammer but I've recently started reading the Drizzt novels and that would be an amazing wererat costume.

Wow... easily one of the best (and most interesting) suits I've seen!

Makes me wonder what group your with.

I'd like to see this fursuit without all the clothes on. Or are they part of the fursuit and can't be removed?

YAY for LARPing :D

Makes me reconsider turning down my friends invite to Larp. :D Superb craftsmanship,

Hurrah for Skaven! I love you did the teeth and tongue. 3:>

Must say, especially as a Skaven player myself, friggin' awesome! :D I could only imagine what a plague monk or grey seer might look like, heh. Just be sure not to roll a 1 with that warpstsone, though.

Now go forth, make them die die, and cruummmmmble their walls to dust dust! Yes yes!

Yes-yes kill-kill many man-things GLORY to the Horned rat .

For The Cheese *Squeaks*

looks really cool - love the Skaven <3