The Official Halloween Chat Jamboree Thread

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

@Pokemon Trainer Sarah @Chakramaster @Scytherwolf

Okay, more pics and stuff of this crazy thing. XD

Spoiler:

Here's the whole harness and stuff for strapping all these crazy tails to your back and butt! XD

I know, it looks REALLY complicated but it's actually not that bad once you start working with it. To strap in, you kind of need to sit on this like it's a sofa chair. Ha ha, yep, it's even kind of shaped like a seat. The two upper straps go around the shoulders and they support the upper five tails while part on the bottom part holds up the lower four but has all nine tails strapped into it. I guess the closest thing I can compare it to is a life jacket.

There's a hidden PVC pipe that runs through the top five tails and that provides the additional support to hold all this up. I should have set that up immediately after stuffing the tails, because otherwise it becomes a tangle fiesta and I was getting worried about the strain I was putting on the seams. That pipe keeps everything locked into this formation where you have the first tail going up, next one down, next one up, and over and over again throughout all nine. So yeah, these tails won't go waving or dragging all over the place and won't get tied into knots this way. The bottom four kind of wave a bit since there's no pipe going through those, but not much. Probably better off without too much waving around to be honest.

I tested it and tried wearing this with the t-shirt under the harness and it's MUCH better. That friction is kind of a killer on bare skin, but wearing a shirt before putting on the harness parts cushions against that and it works out way better.



Here's the paws! These go on your hands and they're like nice, fuzzy mittens. Good stuff. :3

They're pretty easy to put on and they're usually what I save for last.



You know how Ninetales has that extra fuzzy fur around the neck? Well, that's what this is for! There's two buttons to make for easy strapping on and removal. This is like the second to last thing I put on.



These are the shoe covers! I have a pair of slippers that I wear under these, as there's no actual bottom to these. That way, I can wear them outside without them getting dirty bottoms. To put these on, you actually put these covers on first, then whatever shoe you want to wear underneath. Easy money.



Here's the actual suit itself! It's soooo soft. it's kind of like a onesie with all these extra fun bits. There's a hole right above the butt so you can run the straps through that hold up the lower part of the harness. Then there's two holes in the upper back that hold up the upper straps that help support the top five tails. Getting those straps through while wearing this onesie and then clicking them into place is probably the only tricky part and it's one of those things Draxaca said I might need to get help with. I can kind of pull it off myself as long as there's something the tails can rest on. Otherwise... yeah, I might need a helping hand with that.

Overall, the execution of this whole thing is genius and would have taken me a killer amount of trial and error and dismal failures to figure it out myself.

Next time, I'll try to show some pictures of what the whole thing looks like together. Might need my dad's help with that. Or I might use my phone to capture a video. Video might be easier come to think of it.

Definitely a very fun and cleverly-designed costume. Still though... tails everywhere! It should be quite a lot of fun at conventions, though. I've always wanted to join in on those group shots of cosplayers. :3

That's amazing Neo! I love the gloves, so cute! :) It does seem like it'd be pretty difficult to get in and out of by yourself, but that's cool that you can manage it! This thing is like a feat of engineering! :O