feathers Okapi

Some work updates!

We’ve been busy with a complicated suit, but this one is coming along! Here’s a peek of the pattern for this guy. 

PLUSHIES on sale now!

Our feathers and Cinder plushies are now available for preorder! They are not officially released for orders until next week, but patrons and clients may follow this link to order now: 

https://littlesofts.com/collections/smalldolls

Dye sublimated taiyaki tail prop

One of my personal characters has a taiyaki tail, so I set out to use dye sublimation to make a quick and easy one! I decided to sublimate onto light brown minky, and drew my designs in procreate using a darker brown. all markings on this are dye sublimated! I used a template and photoshop to be sure that my sizing was correct. The main body of ...

Dye Sublimated eyes

It’s time to learn about dye sublimation! Dye sub is a popular method emerging in fursuit making, primarily for eyes though it can be used for many other things. Dye sub uses heat to transfer an image permanently onto an appropriate surface, using a special printer and paper. It can be a costly process to set up.

2022-05-26 08:20:37 +0000 UTC View Post

Rolf fox head

Just some progress on a modified head base! 

Plushies!

Prototypes are done and will be sent to us soon! Some small changes are left to make, but soon you will be able to take us home. We can watch you make fursuits all day 👁

Zip on feet

Soupy asked us for zip on feet for Chicken Noodle. We don’t normally do zipper feet and the lower leg shape is entirely formed by the foot, so it was a little abnormal for us. We decided to keep it simple and just measure and add a zipper in the middle of the foot, so that the shape could still be kept by the foot itself. It isn’t very notic...

Fluffy progress

Fluffy is almost finished, so here are some details about the head. This is our first time using dye sublimation for eyes. The process involves printing on special paper with special ink that can be transferred to any white surface using a heat press. We followed guidance from Mixedcandy for this method, and use a Sawgrass printer that is specif...

Nikita completed

We finished her recently! She has a big fluffy tail and mane. 

Simple ear studs

Nikita has some circle studs, so we made some simple sewable earrings for her. It is a piece of 4mm EVA foam cut into a circle with silver spandex stretched over it and glued at the back. The back is then covered with stiff felt or another similar material, and from there they can be sewn onto the head. I prefer doing it this way so that glue do...

Chicken Noodle

Chicken Noodle was returned to us to get a body! This handsome fellow is for Curlworks. We tried some new techniques this time, especially in the markings area. This tip was shared by fellow maker Syber, using iron on interfacing to seal markings and protect them. Ironing the backing of the fur does not melt the fur fibre on the other side, but ...

Dragon Chingado

This critter belongs to Jillcostumes! This will be our first time making a magnetic prop, the crown. Chingado is usually a cat, so it’s been fun to convert it into a cat/dragon like character. 

Resin printing!

We’ve been doing some cool things with our new Anycubic resin printers. We used to cast all teeth and claws individually, but printing speeds that process up x10. We are still tinkering with settings but so far everything looks pretty good! We have a prop crown here that we primed and painted directly after printing with no sanding etc to test...

Head base orders and work update

Casting is in progress! We hope to cast and mail all head bases ordered this week. In the meantime we will have details about resin printing soon! We are trying many new things lately, but more work will be posted shortly. 

Head bases for sale

Here are photos of the head bases! Large muzzle is canine, smaller muzzle is regular kemono/feline. Please see our last post for sales information!

Head bases for sale

Reminder we are still offering limited head bases to patrons! We have two regular and two canine kemono head bases left. They are $200 plus $30 shipping within Canada and the USA. Please email us at kemonokapi@gmail.com to claim one!

Blank kemono head base preorders

We have decided to take orders for three regular and three canine style kemono head base blanks. These are blank foam bases that we cast with expanding foam. You must carve it out yourself! There are outlines to help with eye placement.

to order one, you must email us at kemonokapi@gmail.com with your base preference (regular or canin...

Lush almost complete

Lush finally got hair! This critter is ready for photos, so we will have the finished studio image soon. I should note that metallic spandex does NOT hold up over time and it will wear down quickly unless taken care of properly. It must be washed gently! I ironed interfacing to the inside of the spandex to prevent stretch. 

Viper head base and pattern

Viper the dragon is coming soon! This is a modified version of our regular kemono base. It’s easy to turn them into any creature. 

Padding suspenders

We finally settled on a design for suspenders to help hold up the large padding in our suits. To make them, we use regular cotton fabric, backpack webbing, and buckles. I would not recommend using something like elastic for the straps, as they’ll stretch and wear down over time.

having bag webbing by itself resting on your shoulders...

Selling Head Bases

I am thinking of offering a limited number of head bases for sale to patrons only. I would have regular kemono and large muzzle/canine kemono blank bases available for $200 each plus $30 shipping. For now I can only ship to Canada and the USA. Is there interest for these bases? Most of our suits are made on regular kemono short muzzle bases. 2022-02-14 06:47:41 +0000 UTC View Post

Printing eyes

In case anyone missed seeing it on twitter, I wanted to show off two eye prints, one of which is much more vibrant than the other. With some eyes, the printer just can’t read the colours correctly and the print turns out dull. In this case I changed the contrast settings during the print setup to correct it, and print eyes more accurate to the...

Nikita body

We have been working very quickly lately to meet a deadline, but we did take some photos of Nikita’s body pattern! We haven’t done stripes in a very long time

3D printing resin

We recently bought an anycubic resin printer.  We are using it to print teeth and claws for now, and the results are amazing and smooth. Right now we are trying to adjust the settings to create a clear claw with a frosted look to hide LEDs inside. The look is correct, but printed clear resin can come out yellowed from the UV exposure, so we...

Make sure your address is updated!

We have plenty of patrons with no address, if you want to get goodies in the mail please make sure to update your address!

your address must also be romanized for shipping to be possible, if you live in Japan, Korea, etc. thank you!

Lush belly markings

Lush has some metallic belly markings, and I decided to appliqué them on top of the fur. Here you can see the design drawn on the back, similar to how paw pads are done. The gold material however, is very fragile. To protect it from the feed dogs and presser foot, I used paper, and sewed directly through the paper. It was easy to remove the pap...

April the spaniel

April is actually close to being completed already! She was adopted from our adoptable designs. I’ve had some questions about how we do necks, and here you can see that the pattern is done all at once with the head. I find this gives the most accurate shape, just don’t make the neck hole too small. 

Lush head

Lush is actually almost done already! Here they are bald, waiting to add hair. The horns are made from a gold spandex with interfacing ironed to the back to prevent it from stretching. It can still be difficult to work with, but you can make stretch fabric into normal fabric this way

Chingado

This is a trade for jillcostumes! Chingado looks like a normal cat, but they will turn into a dragon. Here is another example of painting the walls of the eyes, in this case they are yellow. Chingado also has a crown, and we will be testing this with our new resin printers. I’ve always wanted to make parts like these, so I’ll discuss the exp...

Oniigan

A very unique character! The eyes are very cool. In the black eye, we painted the EVA foam walls black. We sealed it first using mod podge in several layers, and then spray paint.