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Duct Tape Dummy Tutorialby ~fenrirschild

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This is the OFFICIAL Mordrude's Monsters DTD tutorial. This is how I would like all of the DTDs done by my commissioners.

YOU WILL NEED:

2 rolls of heavy duty duct tape, 55-60yds each.
3 heavy duty trash bags, preferably 3mil thickness. I used Husky Contractor Clean-up bags.
Strong scissors for cutting your bags and removing your person.

DO NOT SKIMP ON MATERIALS HERE, FOLKS.
The duct tape was about $11, and the whole box of bags was $16. We're talking about thousands of dollars worth of fursuit being built from this base, cutting $10 off the cost of materials isn't worth the potential for catastrophe!

Plan on taking up to three hours if you are doing this with one taper. These can be very hot and uncomfortable, stay hydrated and take frequent breaks if needed. More tapers means faster taping, but can also mean more chance for error.

PLEASE GO TO THE BATHROOM BEFORE STARTING!
Even if you don't think you need to go, try. Once you start, you're stuck in it until you're done!

*That-Red-Panda Apr 23, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

would this work for making a DTD for a quadsuit?

*HighlandBilby Mar 6, 2013 Professional Filmographer

I am going to be making a full suit soon but was wondering.... What if you want a loose fitting suit ? I hate wearing tight clothes and having something so snug would be uncomfortable.

Also how do you cut the fur out from it ?

Would it be easy enough to just buy a tshirt and trousers and use them as a fur pattern ? or would that just fail miserably ? lol

~fenrirschild Mar 10, 2013 Professional Artist

People who do the toony/loose style bodysuits generally get a jumpsuit pattern from McCalls, and work from that. I think those are ugly and totally inappropriate for realism, so I really can't help you there, but this isn't really a bodysuit pattern anyway, it's just the dummy to help you make the pattern from.

~Steele-IceHeart Jan 26, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

thanks!

*TheLionessesDen Jan 24, 2013 Student General Artist

Thank you for this!
I needed to know this for future commissions, as well as my own personal suits.

~ErrorFactor Jan 22, 2013

I'm getting ready to do this with my mom, but weren't too sure where to start. I'll be combining tutorials to, hopefully, get a nice one out! I know at this point I won't be making my FWA deadline, but you can't rush something you're new to! Thanks for this!

=G-R-1-M Jan 22, 2013

do you know if there's any other way to get a good base/measurements for a body suit?
i've tried several times to make a duct tape dummy of myself but i don't get very far until i start to get panicky. ):
so i'll either have to man up or find a different route.

~fenrirschild Jan 22, 2013 Professional Artist

I certainly cannot work off of measurements for something as complex as patterning a form-fitting bodysuit. If you don't mind a looser fitting body you could always work from a jumpsuit pattern.

*Sharpe19 Jan 22, 2013 Professional Artisan Crafter

Ah hah! Hahahaha I'm no longer the only one that does this yes! I found that plastic wrap works just as well as its easier to control where it goes in a sense, but still works all the same. Very nice!

~fenrirschild Jan 22, 2013 Professional Artist

I've always done them this way, painter's coveralls didn't fit my huge butt so they weren't an option. I've done this using plastic wrap, grocery bags, and the thicker garbage bags, and I like the result from the garbage bags much more than the other ones for body DTDs at least. They don't stretch out or screw up with time like the other ones seem to do for me.

I stole your packing peanuts stuffing idea btw!

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