Oi gott, I'm busy... I JUST finished one thing, I'm on to the next.
I've actually been commissioned for a Cheshire cat fullsuit, and I'm confident that it will be a good project with plenty of new things to try out.
One thing I'm curious of though is whether or not to make the legs digitigrade and if so, what method to use.
I've seen three methods, and all of them are intriguing.
Of course, the foam method would be the easiest, simply gluing or making a system of foam blocks to simulate a digitigrade leg. However, it's cumbersome and unwieldy.
Wooden home-made stilts have made me curious too, considering they'd give a nicer look, but I'm still a bit lost no matter how much I look at the system. Every part of my common sense is telling me that it'd involve falling backwards. a lot.
Then there's the system I probably can't afford, using knee braces to form a brace-stilt. This looks the best in my opinion, but I haven't found any clear diagrams or schematics, and as said, I probably can't afford it.
Any ideas or suggestions? A note: I'm trying to make the suit as skin-tight and gangly as I can, as it's to be a very.. ahh, gothic cheshire.
