Quadsuit Jointed Stilt Test

These are my first quadsuit stilts. I wanted to learn to make jointed ones right off the bat so here they are! There are a few tweeks I'm going to make for future versions but for now (and since AnimeBoston is in a week) they are fine.
I'm making a Manectric pokemon quadsuit!

Also, the feet aren't technically attached just yet (like, to the pvc piping) hence why I'm walking kind of slowly and also why I'm not putting too much weight on them. I didn't want the feet to come flying off while trying to walk right now. =P

Anyway, enjoy! I'll be putting up a video explaining what I did to make them in the near future (aka later today/tomorrow). I'm burning daylight though so if I do it will probably be when it's like 2 am tonight and I have no motivation to do anything else. XD

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Howto & Style

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• quadsuit
• quad
• suit
• jointed
• arm
• stilts
• jointed arm stilts
• arm stilts
• anime boston
• pokemon
• manectric
• electric
• fursuit
• pokesuit

[Yukiba120]

Heya. I actually saw a little clip of your finished suit, but sadly it wasn't very long. Woul you be posting a clip of the finished suit?

[Arichelic]

@Yukiba120 Yup. I'll be posting one as soon as I can get someone to film me. =P School is almost done for the year so once the summer comes I'll have more time and will be better able to meet up with people who can film me. =)

[Yukiba120]

@Arichelic Awesome! I'm always looking for well done quads, and I must say yours looked great! My next suit is actually going to be a quad so your videos were invaluable! :3

[Arichelic]

@Yukiba120 I'm happy to be of help!

[ThoronWildCreations]

looks good, ill give you a tip for walking, animals alternate legs, say when your right arm goes forward your left leg goes forward and vice versa.

[Arichelic]

@ThoronWildCreations Thanks. =) I want to say I knew that, but I forget things easily. Also, working late nights trying to get this done in time makes me rather limp in the noodle. =P

[violentvampirekitty]

u helped me alot! thankz u!

[Alephron]

Manectric is my favorite. <3

I know this may be rather had to fix, but I know canine anatomy. lol

The legs look a bit too long and out of proportoin with the body.

Your back is a bit arched, isn't it? The joint is in the right place, so at least that's right. xD

Trimming it would be the best fix for now. Wolves have one joint be the paw, no extra one on the leg. They're digit grade, which means they walk on their digits(?) not the soles of their feet like humans.

A diagram would help. :)

[Arichelic]

@ClassyZombieYT Haha, no I appreciate the help. The comment below was auto-flagged or something. I didn't do it (it's from a friend of mine). Weird.

Anyway, thanks again for the tips. =) And yeah, I plan on improving this for future versions.

[ClassyZombieYT]

Doesn't look canine/wolf like when walking, sadly.. I understand that the character has huge paws but when moving, I think of an elephant rather than a dog. The joints need to be more hinged and the wrist more floppy. Otherwise.. meh. I hope you don't flag this, haha.. *points to comments below* I do understand that your con is quickly approaching and you don't have time to perfect it, but I just wanted to let you know so your future stilts look more convincing.