So I have these large plastic eyes that I am trying to fix for a client's costume.

They are red plastic globes, with black eye cutouts glued on top. They look really good except, their staff have scratched the heck out of the eyes. Ive managed to get rid of most of the bad discolored scratches using Goof Off which worked great. Except, there are large patches where the gloss of the eyes are completely gone.

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Anyone have any ideas what I can do to these things to make them glossy again? Is there a way to buff or shine them up?

My one idea I have is to tape off the area and lightly spray it with black gloss spray paint. Thats what we had to do with the old costume, but I was hoping to find some new way to repair this one, rather than multiple coats of paint... The red and the black plastic pieces are solid colors this time, not white and then spray painted the correct colors like they used to be.

Thanks!!

sooo i thought id post a WIP of the suit ive been working on. i didnt get to work on it that much during the weekend than i expected.
well i got a bit of fur sewn together n thought id post to give you all an idea of the coat design i had gone for. im actually going to do the muzzle again i think i cut it wrong, but i trimmed it down to get a good idea of what this will look like finnished. cos the fur isnt even pinned on, the fur on the muzzle droops alot lower than the foam, but i love the shape so much i might alter the foam to give it a thicker muzzle!
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im hoping that this will sell when im done. well thats about it. thanks for reading!

So I am hoping on starting my first fursuit sometime this month. I've followed the community for a bit and finally got the guts to make an account and join. ^^; I had a few questions however. I would really appreciate anyone who takes the time to answer. My apologies if these are something you all get a lot.


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Took a quick video :)

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I plan on posting as it grows to see what sort of new things I find out about the new tamagotchi ID. The cool part about these is that most everything is new which makes this all around really fun. So hopefully these won't bore most people, so I will try to post photos with the small reviews that I do.

I got the tamagotchi ID yesterday. These were just released in Japan last month on the 23rd of 2009. I liked the tamagotchi color that was released previous (in japan only) but the shape and some of what it offered lacked a bit compared to the black and white versions of tamagotchi. So I went on ebay few days before they were out in stores and got a green tamagotchi ID. Here is the egg stage right when you put the batteries in.





This lasts for about a minute then the critter hatches and calls out your name. I am never really feeling creative with Japanese names so I just pick my generic "A" as I do in all my JP tamas.





A few things changed in this tamagotchi. If you are not a follower of the japanese ones you can see they come in color well they have been in color since tamagotchi color. Here in the US we have not gotten any of these yet, and I very much doubt we ever will. I will say a lot of the writing inside the tamagotchi is in english which makes me wonder if they will release them in Europe later on (not sure at all on that one).

As for size this one is fatter than your usual black and white one that we get here. The shell is rounded so it makes it easier to grab unlike the tamagotchi color which felt terrible in your hand. The screen is bright and pushed in a bit. Makes it easier for me not to get it all scratched up like I did with my color version tama.

This tama comes with so much stuff. I know you can connect via cellphone to download more stuff but not sure how to do so just yet as it seems the website is down. The website may also be region locked but will have to talk to a few of my connections over there to see if this is true. Has new icons, new places, new stores, you can wear costumes (yes even kigurumis which rocks) and the list continues.

If you are a fan of virtual pets I would totally suggest one of these :D. More about this with video later on :D.

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I am currently working on 'supplies' and 'commonly used words and phrases', in the basics tutorial. But I need your thoughts on what I got on this part so far and help with a few of the words.

What I have so far,

Commonly Used Words and Phrases

Fur ‘pile’ – Refers to the general length of the faux furs individual hairs/fibers itself and sometimes thickness.

Fur ‘grain’ – Or the ‘lay’, refers to the natural direction the fur tends to want to lay. Like on an animal if you pet from there head to tail its nice and smooth, but vice versa it gets bumpy, ragged and the animal might get mad. So when furing a fursuit, costumers tend to like to replicate this for a more natural appearance.

‘Taping’ – Refers mostly to making detailed tape patterns for ‘furring’ and sometimes the making a duck tape dummy or a ‘DTD’.

DTD - A duct-tape dummy. When someone wraps themselves or a part of themselves in duct tape to create a perfect pattern of their body.

DF - A short phrase for a specific online seller of fur known as ‘Distinctive Fabric’.

CR(CR's) - A short phrase for a specific online seller of fur known as ‘CR's Crafts’.

‘Mask’ – What usually come first to mind is just a cloth or a plastic face piece that goes over your own akin to one you’d see at Halloween or a costume party. But a lot of fruiters tend to refer to there mascot/costume heads as there ‘masks’.

‘Moving Jaw’ – Aptly named, this refers to the jaw and mechanism (spring or elastic etc.) that moves with the wearers own jaw movements.

‘Static Jaw’ – Refers to when the jaw is set into a fixed position on the head and doesn’t move.

‘Digitigrade’ and ‘Plantigrade’ – Refers to the style of leg/feet of the costume. To put it simply, ‘Digitigrade’ walks on its toes like a dog, while ‘Plantigrade’ walks on its heel, like humans.

'Guard Hairs' – are the longer, coarser hairs of the coat, as opposed to the undercoat, which is the shorter, denser part of the fur.

‘Tiped’ - Refers to the coloration of faux fur were the tips of the hairs are a different color then the underlying fur.

Please feel free to enlighten me about them. And I want your personal thoughts as well. But please be gentle, I'm doing the best I can and I'm trying to make this intro/tutorial as fair and non-bias as can be.

It just arrived today. Played with it for a little bit before the critter went to sleep and all I can say is it is amazing :3





More photos soon ^.^

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MidwestCougar, my persona is a saber-cougar, was debuted at Midwest Furfest this year. Since many of you probably didn't get a chance to see it...

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Many thanks goes out to those who I commissioned parts from.

Hi, this is a repost since i now know what fur i need. I need a yard of hunter green,please post images of what you have since theres different styles of hunter green, I also need 20by12 of sherpa.

This is what happens when FA goes down: