May Someone Help Me Estimate The Price?
I need a good estimate on the prices of each object to make a fullsuit. I will NOT go to an Anthrocon until 2017, *Sounds weird yes, but that seems legal enough to go by myself and some friends.* I am making one of DreadfulStar and need some help on prices, I'm not rich or anything.
(ADVICE?)
Well, I need
Black, white one inch fur.
plasctic mesh
foam
elastic
resin eyes
plus digitigrade padding
I want it to look so realistic that you'd swear a cat just got up on its hind legs and grew to 5"6'!
Your question is not answerable as asked. You need to provide a lot more data on what kind of fursuit you want. Not the species, but how elaborate you want it to be. My advice? Look at photos of suits, come back here, and post the photo as an example. You'll get a lot closer that way.
Secondly, are you assuming you'd make it yourself and are looking for cost of materials? Or are you looking at contracting it out to a (hopefully) gifted amateur? A professional?
You might try looking at http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Fursuit_(construction) for some good descriptions. That page also has links to fursuit makers so you could get prices, quotes, advice, etc.
I am assuming you are planning on making your own suit. Prices are going to vary depending on a number of variables including if you are making a full or partial suit, type of construction for the head, digitigrade legs are not, etc. Just for an idea my suit cost me around $300-$400 in materials.
One of your biggest expenses is going to be the faux fur. Depending on the type and quality of fur you get you can plan on spending anywhere from $10-$15 per yard for cheaper fur to more than $50 per yard for higher quality faux fur. For a full fursuit you will need approximately 5-6 yards of fur, for a partial 3-4 yards.
Next big cost will be the foam. The cost of this will depend on the type of construction you are planning for the head. If you are making a head completely out of foam it will cost more. Of course the thicker foams will cost more. I made my head using the plastic mesh/foam method. I used 1"thick foam making and probably spent $30-$60 on the foam I needed. Of course if you are planning on digitigrade legs you will need a lot more foam.
Then there are other smaller costs but not knowing how you want to build your suit or what type of supplies you are wanting to use it is difficult to answer. I could write several pages of info just going into the possibilities. Hope this helps a little.
Thanks for some help.
Anyone?
~*DreadfulStar*~
Cat-Freak, My fursona is a black and white cat named DreadfulStar.