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Fur or hair supplier alternatives to NFT

Hey all! I am making a werewolf costume for a short movie. I love the look of the fur from National Fiber Technology (https://www.nftech.com/) but it is so expensive even from their outlet, (https://hairymannscloset.com/). I am also planning to do some hair punching on this costume to blend out fur and the prosthetics. Where do you all source your fur/hair?

Sophia Peaslee

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Re: Gizmo (Gremlins) Fur

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Tim Osullivan

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Re: Denethor's Hair

Thank you. I think I will be excited for any and all hair work classes, as it seems to be one of my greatest weaknesses for costume builds.

Darrell Green

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Re: Why is my foam latex shriveling up when demolding?

Hi @g00slyme - here's some advice from our instructor Mark Viniello:

"You're not baking it long enough. A common issue is the overflow is cured, so you would assume the piece is cured…but the heat has not penetrated through the thickness of the stone. You should try 4.5 hrs at 180 degrees."

Hope this helps!
Matt

Matt Winston

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Re: Denethor's Hair

Hi @Darrell Green, a couple of the courses we have in active development do incorporate techniques for working with hair/fur, but both focus on non-human characters. So I'm not sure if they will answer the questions you have.

Matt Winston

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Halloween costume

I did this for the first time i seen a video and thought i would try it it stayed on all night came off easily i used tissue latex glue foundation and vaseline for base cut a hole in the mouth used fave paint and red blood gel and a can of strongbow cut it in half