Digitigrade Werewolf Legs / Stilts

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**Entire BOOK describing how to make them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5RfkVrVvxM

**Finished stilts with fur: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNRBjM_YaTs
**How to make the mask that goes with these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF9xdeypIZ4
**Added blueprints! As per requests: http://gryphus.googlepages.com/werewolfstiltblueprint.jpg
**Stilts for a much smaller and lighter person
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhpSnJlXSzY

These are for Halloween and the design is pretty simple, so I thought I'd share. This is the skeleton of the stilts without fur so you can see how they're made. Cheap to do using normal hardware -- this is a design that does NOT rely primarily on duct tape! See a close-up view on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgyx8mG17f8&mode=user&search=

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Howto & Style

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• digitigrade
• digigrade
• stilts
• stilt
• fur
• costume
• werewolf
• Halloween
• animal
• leg
• makeup
• costuming
• foot
• feet

[officialLILYwolf01]

Sry 4 disliking your other vids but I want to make an entire werewolf costume I didn't press dislike my brother did so I actually really liked ur vids

[gryphern]

@officialLILYwolf01 Ha! thanks!! Brothers can be good things or awful things depending on the circumstances.

[DarkReshiram1]

Hey um how do you make the top part shorter? I wanna make them shorter-any ideas for digit grade stilts that raise you 6" without having ANYTHING past your ankles (but the shoes)

[gryphern]

@DarkReshiram1 You can do it, but you have to be super aggressive with the bungees.

Without bungee cords to pull you upright the stilts are VERY difficult to wear. So if you can have only a little at the end of your ankle you'll need lots of hard core bungee action. Plan to make a test pair that you'll not keep, you'll need at least one test pair to get the design right.

[stayonthesidewalk]

is it possible to shorten the back of the piece that the shoe is attached to (to create a slimmer leg when finished), or are the proportions necessary for balance?

[gryphern]

@stayonthesidewalk If you make them at a steeper angle you can really decrease the extension size. However, the more of an angle the harder they are to wear for extended periods. At 70 degrees Ben could only wear them for 15 minutes at a time before his legs felt on fire from the effort. Check the how to make book and how to size stilts video

[TheLilZel]

I LOVE your videos. My biggest question is how to make them taller? I am workong on a large project which requires me to be about a foot taller than i am now. Any advice?

[ycdocs120]

Nice

[IrishZombie77]

What angle are the stilts at in the video? You said at 70 degrees he couldnt wear them for very long. Because i would like then to be taller because im making faun/deer legs so i dont want them as clunky as say a werewolf needs and i also have big legs so im trying to keep them as thin as possible but if there is no other way i can trim down the length behind the heel.

[jbwhite1990]

WANT

[DarkReshiram1]

Ah, I guess I'll have to try a different degisn. Thanks anyways

[jedbeddo1]

are you ellen page?