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Feather fan of the collab tail is completed and ready to be sewn into the main tail section. I chose to appliqué the feather lines to make them stand out more and give a bit more strength for the internal wire that’ll keep the fan nice & stiff.
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Progress on the collab tail. This is designed to sit a little bit proud instead of letting gravity pull it straight down. I’m wondering whether to do a simple appliqué back or just a plain back…?
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I’m doing a collab with @urboros for a premade that will appear at one of the major USA convenetions later this year. I’m doing a tail, stretch gloves, and armsleeves – these are all the parts for the tail. Urboros is doing the head, so go check out their progress over on their socials!
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I added in the dark navy textural fur similarly to how you’d add trim to garments. I really like how this defines the colour segments. I may have also accidentally made a fancy-ish end cap…
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I’m planning to do a sandwich of some black fur between the dark to light transitions on the top of the tail, just to add some extra texture, which meant I had to change the construction order to allow for those strips to easily be put in. I also like how this change to normal…
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Spent most of a morning cutting out all these many pieces for the bee inspired tail. This giant puff nub goes with the paws I was making earlier.
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Finally finished altering the bone tail! This was absolute HELL of an alteration as the belt kept getting in the way of machining the zipper, whilst the extra fabric from the zip tape made it extremely difficult to pass the needle through when closing. And lets not forget I had to resew the interior straps…
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The sleeping bag zip miwaks bodysuit maker found for me unfortunately proved unreliable when I stress tested it with the actual tail. I spent time last year hunting down YKK continuous zip tape & fittings to custom a length, which involved carefully removing teeth from the tape. Then I removed the tail sheath, whip stitched…
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Finished paw and (surprise) tail set, made as a christmas gift for a friend.
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Decided to whip up a new puff nub tail. Instead of creating a flat pattern, I sculpted a mini tail out of plasticine & pulled a pattern from that. I love patterning this way as it creates beautiful curves.