Feet & Handpaws Tutorial -Part 1

To let you know, this tutorial is pretty dang old/outdated (3 years now) and I shall be filming a new one before Halloween.

My very first of many fursuit/costuming instructional video tutorials: how to create feet and hand paws. *whew* That took forever to do. I hope I explained everything thoroughly enough to help you with your own costume. But as always, feel free to ask me any more questions! If there's anything you think I could improve for future tutorial videos, please let me know.

Enjoy and good luck with your own projects!

If you found this tutorial helpful, why not take a video of what you've done and add it as a video response so we all can enjoy it?

Part 1 of 2

Need more help drawing the top, side, and front views of your feet pattern? Here's an example that I sketched to show you one way how to do this:
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff225/caninehybrid/Costumes/DragoniteFeet.jpg

It helps to have a good concept of 3D space when making costumes ^^'


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[metaknightftw1]

is it bad that I'm ordering 5in instead of 3inch? :(

[CanineHybrid]

@metaknightftw1 5" is harder to cut and very expensive. It's much easier to buy 1" or 2" and layer it up to make it thicker where needed. It's not necessarily *bad* but it's not often the thickness of choice.

[Mosby67]

What is better ?

Thick pieces of foam

or thiner?

[CanineHybrid]

@Mosby67 Thinner, because you can layer thin pieces together to get thicker slabs... but it's extremely hard to evenly cut a thicker piece in half to make it smaller and you waste much more foam. If you're talking about density, I recommend higher density for more supportive structural pieces and lower density for filler or details that don't need much self support.

[nobbyandfriends]

could i get most of this stuff from hobby lobby we dont live near any other craft store

[CanineHybrid]

@nobbyandfriends Yes, Hobby Lobby carries foam and some of them do have a small fabric section... you might get lucky.

[TheFreakyBasset]

where did you get the claws from and are there any stores that sell claws on the internet that use paypal?

[3furskateers]

i love ur vids,suits,and concepts.

i am a furry too

you have a good movie voice!

[WebkiinzKitty]

nice tutorial thankyou very much for making this!!!!!

[DemonKitty1919]

7:10 are your shoes sticky after gluing? or is it just the floor?

[megacitationx]

How did you make the pattern???

[SovietPaws101]

This is a really great tutorial! I'm making my feet right now and this was the perfect video to study from!

Thanks!

~SP101

[Devourthebook15]

Everyone uses that blueish foam stuff! Where in the WORLD can I buy it? I tried Hobby Lobby and Michael's, and they have foam, but not the right kind. They're all too thin. Where and how much?

[BurritoGrowlithe]

You are literally like the best costume maker iv ever seen. Your work is AWESOME!

[purplepurplepurple13]

watch it then tell me how you think

[purplepurplepurple13]

I make costumes myself my first costume l made was charizard watch my video of the costume at purplepurplepurple13.