Ibexa Press Critter Costuming: Making Mascots and Fabricating Fursuits

May be outdated in terms of today’s fursuit making, but it still provides tips that are helpful to this day. I love old fursuits and fandom things and this fits the bill.

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The book seems like a conclusion of the methods from ten years ago.Noone uses wire head bases anymore, since everyone basically agreed that the risk of breaking a wire in your face is too high.Instead, they could have added some more recent stuff, like more information on resin bases and electronics (LEDs and fansa are quite common today).

I heard about this book several years ago, when I was interested in making costume. The writers had their own website with a few samples of what was inside. At the time the only way I could find it was if I imported it from the USA, which was a real pain because it would have meant paying out a fortune to get it over here.As soon as I found out I could get here, I immediately ordered it. The book does not disappoint!There's no other book like this one. It doesn't give you the step by step on exactly how to make the exact same costumes on the front of the cover. Instead it breaks the creation process down into the different sections, such as the design process, making the head, making the bodysuit and even how to perform in these sort of costumes. It will give advice on what sort of things they did to get the finished look, for example, they showed how to make the werewolf gloves or how to make a mascot head out of polyfoam.The book even gives some excellent guidelines on what sort of materials you can use and how effective they are. I found the chart on the different types of glue to be valuable, as I often have problems getting certain materials to stick with the glues I use.I would advise anyone who is thinking about getting this book, it is ideally for someone who may have the basics of costume making down already. I use this book as a guide when I'm stuck on how to do something or need ideas for my next project. The internet is your best friend when it comes to achieving the exact costume you want, following the advice of other creators. But this is one you should definately get for your library!

As there are no other books out there that cover just this type of subject it's ok.I was disappointed by the lack of actual creation techniques, based on reviews from Amazon.com and other's, I purchased thinking this would help me with creating mascots. I was hoping to get much more information on head construction but it's very limited to Foam Carving or Wire Construction both of which I was already familiar with. The pictures and instructions are not quite clear so you have to magnify some of the images to see what you are supposed to do.It's got a lot of information about "Characters" which is fine, but I would have liked to see better images and step-by-step constructing. It does cover some important issues such as Materials, Handlers, Situations and Children, however I wasn't buying it for that information.If it's on sale then pick it up, but otherwise, save your money and spend it on materials.Sorry, only 3 of 5 on this one.