Making Digitigrade Stilts: An Entire How-To Book!

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[Sarcasmhime]

These tutorials are awesome, thanks for them!

Do you have any suggestions for making SUPER sleek digilegs? The costume I want to do would essentially be spandex (and the character has thin legs) so any hardware on the legs and feet would have to be really flat/minimal. Is this even possible? (I'm an experienced costumer but more on the sewing end of things so am kind of daunted about this)

[gryphern]

@Sarcasmhime That's where I started, I could make a 48 piece lined, boned velvet corset in 3 days, but nails and screws scared the bejeezus out of me.

You need a material that can handle your weight while being thin. I.e., a metal "C" beam wouldn't bend and could be welded a metal sheet that could be bolted onto wood.

People who can weld are everywhere. I access a welding setup through the local university. Before I lived here I'd dress sexy and repair garage employees did my bidding for free.

[mrthejackpot]

"Mom, Tom Cruise won't come out of my closet!"

[gryphern]

@mrthejackpot "Mooooooooooom, Ben Affleck is naked in my bed!"

[tiagolepeco]

Thank you, very, very much!

[gryphern]

@tiagolepeco Wealso made a video about sizing the stilts, which is the method we've been using since we made our fourth pair--check that out, too.

[OrderoftheHammer]

I've had tremendous success with mine and won many contests, but have you guys had any trouble with the toes and such ( being cramped up and causing pain) ? Do you have any suggestions on how to aleviate the pressure there ? I thought of wearing another shoe inside the boots ( I used boots for mine btw because I figured they were strong enough to support the bolts) I worry about taking up too much space, making it worse.

[DemonHound13]

Not everyone is willing to offer youtubers help with the construction let alone blueprints .....THNX ^_^ I m gonna try to make the stilts and wings and make them into a costume ,, see how that will work

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[TheWaldorock]

wish i had found this before i almost broke my leg

[UndeadDragonEmpress]

@wowlover16 I'm thinking about making a cyclops from Age of Mythology as a costume, but I'm not sure how it's gonna work out.