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Creative Arts and Media => Fursuiting and Cosplay => Topic started by: PossumDeMort on August 31, 2016, 06:09:10 PM
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Ok so looking at furring head stuff it seems people ether sew or glue.
What is your opinion on these and what do you think is better.
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In general I have understood (and have seen other fursuit makers -amateurs as well as professional- do this, and I have done this myself too :P) that the parts of the fur are hand-sown together. There are some key points you use hotglue to stick the whole fur pattern altogether on the foam of the head you would have made :)
(Such as around the eye holes, the nose, etc.)
Hope this helps?
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Ok was just looking at one tutorial saying you could do all glue and no sewing.
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You could, but sewing -I think- is more... safer? I want to use another word, but I cannot figure it out right now.
You should do whatever style you think suits you best, whatever work-style, so to say. So it's mostly from learning and experimenting that you know eventually how and what to do ^^
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From making two heads so far, hand sewing just plain looks nicer than just gluing the pieces down. And you don't have the chance of glue sticking out, edges of a fray poking out, and hard spots near the seams to keep the edges fraying :P
But yeah, hand sewing, and hot gluing around the edges, like nose, eyes and ears, around the neck and in any curves is the best thing to do.
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Ok kool, never sewn before so ill practice my blanket stitch on inner head lining.