It was really wonderful to get out and feel the sense of community. It was wild and such a positive experience in every way, and to meet such awesome people.

More pics from the skiing/snowboarding furmeet.

With @hudsondagoat.bsky.social, @jaru.bsky.social, @serieswvsk.bsky.social, and @viridivestis.bsky.social

Finished the head and the 'shirt' and tail just in time for the Flap N Yap ski meetup! Designed to be used once. I learned a lot!

Heading up the hill for a run ⛷️

With @hudsondagoat.bsky.social, @jaru.bsky.social, and @viridivestis.bsky.social

Btw. Turning out nightmarishly asymmetrical.

There's lots of head tutorials out there, which I benefit from due to my rookie nature, but I am going to try something... Goggly

The footpaw I did was... Well, it was a learning experience. But there is an upcoming event and I am going to try and have something to wear. And hopefully not be nightmarishly asymmetrical!

What am I even doing? I can't sew! I never even learned Linear A!

What am I doing? Fu☕, Fu☕, Fu☕, I am in way over my head.

I am full of nothing if not hubris. And coffee. But mostly hubris. I want to make a footpaw.

The green paint turned out way better than expected! It dried a weird light mint, but was more robust in direct sunlight, but then with the clearcoat protecting it turned even darker and almost completely colormatches the painted steel armor! Reverse happened for the chrome highlights though.

The metallic finish really worked out great! The layering is only visible in a few places, either because of not enough (at the seams) or too little wood filler. Waiting on the green foil paint to arrive. It looks good enough to me that unless I was going with the green theme, I'd leave it as-is.

Got the mask done and it clocks in at 13oz compared to the first version which was 20oz. Attached to the face, that made a huge difference. Time to do what I can to hide the 3d printing layers before painting.

It -looks- good, but the mask weighs a bunch, and feels like even with proper padding on the inside, it would fall forwards. I may need a counterweight or to -really- lighten the mask portion. No banana on hand for scale.

Followed the tutorial for wood filler+acetone. Forgot to mix in the bonding agent and all was sadness and weeping. Did it correctly the second time and all I gotta say is WOW, I... still did NOT do it well, but I did do it better than last time!

Tried to do bondo to smooth out layer lines on a PETG full size helmet. It did not go well, and reconnected me with my old forgotten distaste for sanding.

So, been big into renfaires for a few years, and accreted a few pieces of armor. I've decided to make my own helmet, and so by shamelessly downloading free assets (for personal use!) I've kitbashed together what might be a workable helmet. Through rapid iterations I built a little prototype.

Time to be semi-public! As a fur who's been under the radar their whole life, I'm creating this account as my very first social media... thing? Profile? I'll probably be posting 3d printing stuff here as well.