Feathered Velociraptor Costume (Zoo Tycoon 2)

I'm a fourteen year old girl, and earlier this year I came back from MegaCon 2013 determined to make an awesome costume. After much research and persistence, I got my parent's approval to make a feathered velociraptor costume. Much like Monoyasha's raptor, it will be the same size as myself with the jaw extended above my own head (see her AWESOME costume here! Fursuit makers are just amazing:

Now, Monoyasha doesn't sell that head, the teeth or the tongue anymore...or even the eyes. Just the claws. So, I've been at this costume in research and planning and creation since earlier this year but with the deadline (March) looming quickly I've had to get quite a bit quicker on things. ^^ Currently I've been posting here with stuff:

Currently this is where the body is at--still need to add the third toe finishing on the center, the torso and fix the toes connecting to the shoes a bit more. There won't be any foam on the arms and the mesh will be cut shorter before it's finished but it's left as is for now.




Lol...kind of embarrassed at my horrible zipper but luckily the front is going to be covered in feathers so it won't be noticed. At least, not much. You can see how the bottom of the toes still need adjusting before gluing on any velcro. And how the third toe toward the middle still needs adjusting, I've made the clay claw for those myself since I wasn't fond of the one's Monoyasha sells. Let me tell you about these legs though--my major mistake? Making them too tight! I have to sit down and yank 'em on and it takes ages. I have little zippers in the ankles on the back which is a good idea imo but it's too tight.


Hands are going to be quite a bit different too--going to fix the fingers more but this is where I'm at with them.

I'm going to get some webbing to use as a "spine" for the tail, as recommended to me by Monoyasha but this is about what the tail looks like. I feel so ridiculous in this video, lol.

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The skin is going to be some matte milliskin from Spandexworld, which will be airbrushed (getting the fabric, airbrusher and feathers for Christmas). The feathers will be custom dyed from Feathers Frame like this raptor from Zoo Tycoon. I'm probably going to use E6000 to glue them down since I can't sew them. Most fursuit makers when they make bird costumes w/ feathers use hot glue, but I trust E6000 more to be honest.



The head will be made of fiberglass, using fleece instead of the fiberglass sheets though...or something, haha, I'm not 100% sure on the specifics. My dad works with boats though so he's quite experienced. My dad hasn't ever used clay and fleece and resin all together, so if anyone has experience or could even confirm that'll work I'd appreciate it. xD I'm running into some issues right now with a two part mold and clay, since my claw is made from clay and to make a two part mold you need to stick clay to the thing you're making...which is giving me some headache but either I need some acrylic spray or to do this super complicated process smooth-on suggested.

I've actually started on the head this week and I'm moving along with the clay--kind of tedious but it's going well. It's Owens Corning foam as a base and using Sculptex to sculpt above it.

Anyway...thanks for everything! This forum is a lot of help, esp. the other dinosaur costumes I've seen here.

Hey there! I'm still sort of new to the forum, so I hope this is in the right place and stuff although luckily I'm familiar with this software from another forum I frequent.I'm a fourteen year old girl, and earlier this year I came back from MegaCon 2013 determined to make an awesome costume. After much research and persistence, I got my parent's approval to make a feathered velociraptor costume. Much like Monoyasha's raptor, it will be the same size as myself with the jaw extended above my own head (see her AWESOME costume here! Fursuit makers are just amazing: Velociraptor Fullsuit - YouTube Now, Monoyasha doesn't sell that head, the teeth or the tongue anymore...or even the eyes. Just the claws. So, I've been at this costume in research and planning and creation since earlier this year but with the deadline (March) looming quickly I've had to get quite a bit quicker on things. ^^ Currently I've been posting here with stuff: My Velociraptor Costume Tutorials but I'm going to have some questions for construction pretty soon and this forum is fantastic so I figured I might go ahead and post a thread up with where I'm at right now! I've done sewing projects before and such but this is a huge undertaking--already got $500 in this thing so far with probably another $500 left (so thankful to have so much $$ saved up at this point, haha!). Quite the pricey investment, gotta hope I've stopped growing. I've made some bad mistakes already but luckily they aren't too noticeable, or won't be on the finished suit.Currently this is where the body is at--still need to add the third toe finishing on the center, the torso and fix the toes connecting to the shoes a bit more. There won't be any foam on the arms and the mesh will be cut shorter before it's finished but it's left as is for now.Lol...kind of embarrassed at my horrible zipper but luckily the front is going to be covered in feathers so it won't be noticed. At least, not much. You can see how the bottom of the toes still need adjusting before gluing on any velcro. And how the third toe toward the middle still needs adjusting, I've made the clay claw for those myself since I wasn't fond of the one's Monoyasha sells. Let me tell you about these legs though--my major mistake? Making them too tight! I have to sit down and yank 'em on and it takes ages. I have little zippers in the ankles on the back which is a good idea imo but it's too tight.Hands are going to be quite a bit different too--going to fix the fingers more but this is where I'm at with them.I'm going to get some webbing to use as a "spine" for the tail, as recommended to me by Monoyasha but this is about what the tail looks like. I feel so ridiculous in this video, lol.The skin is going to be some matte milliskin from Spandexworld, which will be airbrushed (getting the fabric, airbrusher and feathers for Christmas). The feathers will be custom dyed from Feathers Frame like this raptor from Zoo Tycoon. I'm probably going to use E6000 to glue them down since I can't sew them. Most fursuit makers when they make bird costumes w/ feathers use hot glue, but I trust E6000 more to be honest.The head will be made of fiberglass, using fleece instead of the fiberglass sheets though...or something, haha, I'm not 100% sure on the specifics. My dad works with boats though so he's quite experienced. My dad hasn't ever used clay and fleece and resin all together, so if anyone has experience or could even confirm that'll work I'd appreciate it. xD I'm running into some issues right now with a two part mold and clay, since my claw is made from clay and to make a two part mold you need to stick clay to the thing you're making...which is giving me some headache but either I need some acrylic spray or to do this super complicated process smooth-on suggested.I've actually started on the head this week and I'm moving along with the clay--kind of tedious but it's going well.It's Owens Corning foam as a base and using Sculptex to sculpt above it.Anyway...thanks for everything! This forum is a lot of help, esp. the other dinosaur costumes I've seen here.

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