@@KazplayVideos I've been wanting to make a fursuit for years so I've just been gathering knowledge. You're definitely an inspiration and once I have somewhere to actually work (clearing out my basement for this) I hope to start!
As a drag queen who makes her own costumes for performance…this is exactly what I need because it’s so hard to make elaborate costumes when I don’t have a base… so thank you 😖
Let's be real, anyone who isn't afab, exactly 130 lbs and 5'5-5'8" really needs this, because there's no such thing as off-the-rack clothes that fit right unless your body type is just painfully average. I've gotten so tired of looking like crap because I'm a little heavier and without a mannequin, adjustments have been such a serious pain. I'm done sending clothes back over and over, I'm just gonna spend this whole holiday season getting a proper sewing setup in gifts.
I just made mine tonight using this guide. Wriggling out of the dummy after cutting legit feels like you're molting. 🤣🤣🤣 Came out great, tho. Thank you for the guide!
@@amandahurst6692 With only one person helping, it took us about an hour and some change. And that was with me tearing pieces of tape until we got to my arms. More people = less time (obviously 😅) but regardless, you DEFINITELY want something to support your arms! I used two mop handles. 🤣
I have to thank you for this tutorial. I've made one other duct tape dummy before and it didnt quite work how I wanted but after seeing how you stuffed yours it made more sense and the one I currently have is working much better. Although we went about it in a slightly different way with a paint suit rather than plastic wrap.
Very good video. I've done a Duct Tape Dummy (years ago) and seen many tutorials, but this one had quite a few tips I hadn't seen before, such as marking the feet location and using string to mark the waist.
.. I've never seen this kind of stuffing as been the stuffing myself inside the several layers of duct tape.. more or less 4-5 layers normally on me.. I guess next time that coverage needs to be saved for the future.. your work is really most interesting..
TO HELP THOSE WHO NEED IT WITH AMOUNT OF DUCTAPE Coming from a 5ft 5 female bean with a binded chest and a "medically healthy" weight and making an average digigrade leg and accounting for the 2nd wrap if ductape to cut off for patterning YOU WILL NEED 3 ROLLS OF 50MM BY 50METERS OF DUCTAPE! THAT IS ENOUGH FOR SIMILAR SIZE / STATURE AND IS A ROUNDED UP CALCULATION OF WHAT I HAVE USED FOLLOWING THIS TUTORIAL!
Could you make one and spray foam inside, using it merely as a mold? Home Depot sells Great stuff spray foam! I'd like to see a tutorial and see how it comes out.
Kind of! I made my husband's dummy that way, I HIGHLY recommend this tutorial because there are extra considerations to make make with a ridged dummy. Great stuff would be a pain in the butt, better off buying a better expanding foam www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/how-to-body-cast-create-custom-mannequin-on-a-budget
Great question! I would make sure that your markings are super clear (and add your name/character name too!) especially the registration marks across cut lines. Try to lay your tape as flat as possible to minimize curling and sticky residue. It's okay to fold it up fairly tightly in order to keep shipping costs low. Last of all make sure you get tips directly from your maker, they may have some different preferences!
I've done it with a dummy made from many many more layers of masking tape! It's more dimensionally stable (no stretching) than duct tape so it hold the right shape better.
There are collection bins here specifically for plastic grocery bags to be recycled so I'd hope they have some kind of process to recycle them. But maybe they get directed to the garbage like most recycling lately too
@@KazplayVideos Oh cool. If they are being recycled then that's awesome. Nice to know they aren't completely going to waste. Shame they don't have those where I am but at the same time I'm not surprised because UK leadership hasn't organised their priorities in years.
Hi Kaz, I'm wondering on stuffing the suit, Have you ever thought about using spray foam? You know the stuff in the can or you mix for filing cracks, it expands and produces quit a bit of pressure as it does. I'm wondering if you seal up the arms ends where hands are, cut small slits in arms stick foam straw in slit and spray if it would "puff up" the suit as it expands??
As a matter of fact, I have made a dummy with expanding foam! there's a great tutorial about how to do it on Stan Winston School. I think using cans of spray foam would be a nightmare, so I recommend getting a gallon kit from Smooth-on. You just mix two parts together and pour. I also reccomend using 6-10 layers of masking tape, it won't distort as much, but you'll still want to work in small batches with the expanding foam and try to hold the correct shape as best you can. You can see the dummy I built in my goatman videos. Keep in mind since the dummy will be rigid, you will need to cut off and create pins for the arms and legs to even be able to get costume pieces on. It took a ton of extra work to build, but it's worth having. I decided to just make a simple one for me this time because of time constraints.
Thanks for the vid, gonna be making my first dtd in a month or two. Have you tried out using any sort of a painter's protective outfit sort of a thing instead of plastic? A cheapo, usually single use white overalls thing, one you'd then just cut after applying the duct tape just like with the plastic. I mainly ask since I'm wondering how the methods compare in your opinion, iiif you have experience on both (or any other) ways to do a dtd that is.
Painters overalls can work great, especially if you are careful around the zipper. The disadvantage is that it can build up a lot of bulk around your body. So depending on how you plan to use your dummy, that could be an issue or not.
@@KazplayVideos Ooh yeah, I kept thinkin about the zipper, will need to be careful there and with the bit of bulk too. Planning on making a fursuit with some muscle padding on the upper body, got a preeetty good idea on how I'll do things buut yeah, the extra bulk I'll need to keep in mind if I go with the overalls for the dtd. Thanks for the response!
Let's see, a yard is three inches shy of a meter... The little colored rolls of tape were 20 yards each, I used 2 and it wasn't enough for my whole body. I'm 5'2" so on the short side. Hope that helps you calculate!
If I remember correctly it took 3-4 hours. It would help a lot to have an extra pair of hands. Invite a friend over with promises of pizza and it'll be done so much quicker XD
I would guess about 100 m total? I didn't keep track honestly. I used two small rolls (20m) of the teal color and it couldn't cover my body once. The rest I used was duct tape I had on hand
It depends on how tightly you pack it. It's a balance between holding it's shape and being flexible enough to bll put clothes onto it. But you should be able to get most all clothes onto it. Sometimes I have to bend the arms quite a bit to get a garment onto it.
@@blackandwhitewolf203 right, 2 layers is a minimum, but if you overlap each tape piece by at least half on each layer, which is in reality 4 layers of duct tape which should hold through the process of making a fursuit. More layers will help it last even longer!
