You might wanna put rubber soles on the bottom of the stilts so it doesn't mess up floors and so you have more traction on the laminate or tiled floors of convention centres
Another tip if you plan on making these yourself? Do what I did and screw some plywood to the bottom of the stilt so that if you look at it from the front, the stilt looks like an upside down T. This helps distribute weight better, and balances you out.
Materials: A 4 inch PVC connector T plate connectors 1 inch machine bolts and washers to fit bolts Some Wood screws Some Velcro straps Some Pipe insulation Four 2-foot sections of metal shelving braces Pair of Shoes Two 4-foot 1 by 4 inch boards A piece of 2 by 6
thank you so much as I'm planning my fursuit for my dragon rather a scaly suit but same difference and this is such a perfect method for obtaining the digitigrade stilts when your on a budget thank you thank you thank you
Thank you so much! I'm going to try to make a version that looks like landing gear for a warplane mimic costume. Some reasonably priced wheelbarrow tires would work nicely in place of actual plane tires because of scale. The fact that these already have a flat base is PERFECT for achieving that 4-wheel landing gear shape.
Thank you! This video was so helpful I'm making digitigrade stilts for a werewolf costume and this is the reference,I am slightly tweaking some parts of the design
Thanks this helps out so much since for my fursona is 9ft tall and i'm 5'6 so yeah I will have to a gust the measurements for the plank base but this was a huge help.
Thanks this was helpful. I am planning to make this robotic wolf thing costume and the digi stilts are so expensive!! so this was very good and helpful
I've made a pair of these, but they feel off. The shelving connector keeps feeling likes its pushing into my leg, and my Dad says it looks like you used a 1 by 6 in the video instead of a 1 by 4, which could be why it feels like it's doing so. I also had the screw that acts as the anchor for the bungie cord snap off. I would appreciate some further elaboration on how to securely keep the bungie on as well I really want to make one of these for a ren fair character
Me> makes a Halo Elite cosplay (if I had the time and space for that) but then again, I'd try to make something more complicated, because that's what I do.
I remember at a Halloween party about twenty years ago someone had a demon costume with similar stilts, not sure if his were home made or bought. He had his niece with him and she was leading him round by a chain round his neck. He said he was a theatre prop designer.
this is a great tutorial. my problem is im trying to make a nightstalker dota 2 cosplay so proportions are everything so i dont know how to conseal the stilts in the costume
Anybody know the load weight for these things? I'm 275 pounds and most drywall stilts or the like aren't rated for more than 230..that's usually per leg so it's not too bad if you stand still cause that's about 460 total for them..but when you move that's another story. I'd like to try some stilts but I pretty much ave to make them myself or spend high bucks to get some that'll hold my fat butt without failing on the first step.
So, I know this is an older video....but I'm curious to know how tall you were with these stilts on? I'm trying to make some but I may need to go shorter.
Xanthus Stephanos I was thinking the same thing, just taller. I may need them taller for myself personally, since the character I'm thinking of using these for is extremely tall.
quite a few years ago i made theses with my husband for a satyr costume. I could only stand in them for about 20-30 mins at a time. My toes were taking all the weight of my body. The angle was a bit lower than recommended so idk where we went wrong. Any ideas if i ever remake them?
Where he shows adding the block 'so your toes don't take all the weight', that's supposed to line up approximately with the ball of your foot so your toes go over the top of the little block. It'll bend the sole of the shoes a little, but it'll give more of a high heel effect rather than a ballet shoe effect
just making a Bird Pleague spirit (its a skinny wingless pure black dragons with no scales and a white bird mask for a head, a creature i made myself :D) and looking for good cosplay digitigrade stilts for it dont mind me Edit: do you have a less blocky version that you could possably run in? if so please make a tutorial qwq )
I don't like how there is a board going straight down from your heal to the ground. It takes away the illusion this type of stilt is supposed to be all about.
Dude, you clearly said 1x4 planks, but what you are using are clearly 1x6, as is evidenced by the two 2" wide structures underneith having a 2" gap in between. Plz make a pop up to correct that. Lumber is not cheap.
***** how so? Explain? I thought it be interesting to see a creature suit made like that, it won't be a true dragon but rather a type of shark adapted to land, think of it like the pokemon Garchomp but more based on the great white or tiger shark than a hammer head. The whole thing is laid out too, a creature that is like a sauropod, has long fins that double as "wings" of sort and a semi long neck and large back fin.
***** well in a sort of pseudo science since it doesn't exist allow me to give you a sort of biological stand point. You see if in theory if one were to exist it would have had to evolve to walk on land for two reasons, food and versitility. In the wild sharks are constantly moving and thus NEVER rest because if they do they drown, simple as that. This species of shark came onto land to escape that in order to be a more adept predator. Then you got the fact that the ocean while covering 75% of the surface of the earth is a bit barren at times, on land the dragon shark would have a much more easier time getting prey than it would in the ocean, not to say it doesn't got into the water from time to time but it mostly hunts on land. then you got the question of "Why is it called a dragon then" Well mostly appearance to be honest, like I said theropod like structure (accidentally typed sauropod) but not only that but it's fins look like wings, now it can pseudo glide, but not far it mostly flaps them in order to accelerate it's momentum when chasing down prey. But then you got the biggest thing about it...it doesn't exist, it's just a costume idea silly
Ok. so the 45 degrees was a bit hard to walk on and wore his legs out. why not shallow up the grade a bit and make the somewhat easier to stand on? Just a question.
I'm assuming this was his first draft. Not to mention, I feel if you lowered the angle too much, you would lose much of the effect. I would try beveling the rear edges and thinning the entire structure out, width-wise, to make it walk easier and look better.
Kyle here (the guy in the video). My legs were actually not too tired at all, especially with the bungee cord on there. And 2hotturkey is right. If you lower the angle too much, you lose the effect. Plus you put more stress on the wood that way.
Someone help me Make this For My Faun Costume for Halloween! But One Question.... How Do You Attach Fur and stuff to them So that People Can't see your legs Or the Contraption?
How slim can you safely make the profile of the feet? This look would work for something with large paws or feet, but what if your cosplay has smaller feet and you don't want something big and square like that? Thanks for reading
@@capriottimultimediaThis was basic tutorial. You can work it from here on, the way YOU want it. Wood can be replaced with either springs or shocks (hood or trunk from a car.) The soles could be rubberized for comfort and traction. The foot part can be reshaped/rounded. Another words, his design can be perfected further; to one’s needs. You’re just gonna have to get a bit creative 😁
