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I'd like to show you all this lovely image I cobbled together a minute ago

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The image I produced is based off my initial misspelling of the word "idiot"

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I took a few pics of Commandie while on a nightwalk with some friends tonight :]

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I challenged myself to make a Beanie Baby inspired plushie of the Gobot's Command Center in one day... and this is the result :]

Very happy with how this silly little loaf turned out! Especially considering the fact that I did most of the sewing by machine (I'd usually opt to hand-sew a lot of the trickier seams since the machine feels very easy to make a mistake on)

There isn't much to say in terms of features, this fella's basically just a funky bean bag with legs. I did add a little tag as well, I wanted to experiment a little bit with features I don't typically add

Small bonus:

A few little sketches I did while playing around with the Gobot Beanie Baby idea (BeanieBots, if you will)

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Hello! Thank you for the tag ^v^ (and sorry this took me so long to get around to)

Firstly, the Picrew:

And now the quiz results:

Yeah, I suppose that checks out

Now, to fling this towards some more people to give them the option of participating! @lemonmatronics, @craftiestsloth, @motormusker, @a-nea-main, @wittymumbledon, @lustsright-handman, @galaxyforu

Ooh also, a small bonus:

Two other Picrew backgrounds because I couldn't decide

Picrew chain

Do this Picrew

Do this Quiz

@tiaragamin @blues-of-randomness @blythebewitched @shakey-loves @shaziztrazh @valentinbelleyh505 @doll-creation-adventures @localgremlinenthusiest @helpldkwhatmynameshouldbe @642spaghettiprincess

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Hello, thank you for tagging me! ^v^

Here are the results:

(Ps, I know you tagged me in another chain semi-recently, and I've been procrastinating the hell out of it but I will do it soon!)

A few tags, if you'd like to participate: @craftiestsloth, @wittymumbledon, @motormusker, @lustsright-handman, @a-nea-main

Tag game!!!

Do this quiz

And this picrew

And tag people(obviously)

@anartistwithamask @gummy-axolotl @shadowthegay @auseryoumayknow @copper-ichor @moonysfavoritetoast @alexthescaredenby @invaderxeya @fungal-boy-witch-yay @artists-void @hazbin-hotel-lucifer-simp @ka1-the-pr0ot @theautumnalcat

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Can I ask how you made Breakdown's helmet such an accurate shape? I've been wanting to make my own Breakdown plushies and I know it says foam on the post but how do you put it together? Sorry if this is worded weirdly I'm very tired

Oh yeah, of course! I know I didn't really get into it in much detail in the plush post, I'll be happy to give you the run-down here ^v^

So firstly, here are the two types of foam I used:

For the back of the head and the brim of the cap, I used these thin foam sheets (I'm pretty sure it's acrylic foam), they tend to be about a millimetre thick. They're pretty easy to find at your local craft/dollar store. For the sides of the helmet, I carved the pieces out of upholstery foam. Upholstery foam can be quite pricey, especially if you're buying large amounts of it, so it'll be worthwhile to scour a thrift store for anything with some decent foam in it if you're just using a smaller amount. (Small note: the two upholstery foam pieces in the picture were spares from the project. The foam I had was a too thick so I had to cut it in half, and the halves ended up being slightly different thicknesses. I just cut the helmet pieces out of both since I didn't know which thickness would work better until the sewing was done)

For the top of the head, I just filled the middle piece with polyfill. This distorted the shape a bit, so I ended up putting some thread tension between the sides of helmet at the base

As for general construction, I ended up putting the majority of the helmet together externally using a ladder stitch. This might not have been the best method seen as there were a lot of little crevices and corners which were very finicky and difficult to get around, but it's the method I'm personally used to so I stuck with it. (Plus I just couldn't think of a better method that would allow me to put the foam pieces in)

I did at least think to snap a picture of the helmet in a half-assembled state:

I had the cap brim fixed to the top of the face, and I also gave the face a bit of a backing to make it a bit easier to manage. I was planning on sewing the face to the helmet the entire way around, but in the end I just fixed the cap brim around the top with a ladder stitch and the back of the head to the base at the bottom with a whipstitch.

(Key: Blue line shows the shape of the head base, Red line shows the stitches)

At this point I might be going a bit further than what you were asking, but I'll also run through attaching the head to the body: Once again I used a ladder stitch for this part, but I'll note that I didn't actually sew all the way around. Instead I pretty much just got the parts I could reach and left it at that.

Important note: I'd recommend sewing the chin to the body before the helmet, you'll need to lift the sides of the helmet in order to reach the chin.

And just another general sewing tip: If you use a lot of ladder stitches to attach external features, it's a good idea to go over the seam at least two or three times to both strengthen it and smooth it out. The stitches can look a bit jagged otherwise.

Well, I hope this helps! Good luck with your plush project endeavours, and have a good day :D

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I present, yet another plushie!

More specifically, he's a plushie of G1 Breakdown with his G2 colour scheme. I made this guy as a (once again, very belated) birthday gift for my partner, @motormusker :]

There's not much to mention in terms of features, aside from the usual "beans" in his hands and feet, alongside a bit of foam used to help his head keep it's shape

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Vamp, as well as Scorp :]

These guys are very fun to draw

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Bonnie and Clyde or something

(I don't know, I'm not very familiar with US history)

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Everyone, meet Jukebox! This lovely skull-faced carnivorous deer has existed in semi-partial suit form for at least a couple years now, but for the convention I attended a few days ago I decided she should have a proper set of legs!

I unfortunately didn't get many photos of her during the convention due to my lack of photography initiative when I'm the one who needs to be photographed, but I at least have these photos from afterwards where I'm posing with an axe one of my friends bought :]

I did however have the initiative to take a photo of all the suit components laid out earlier today (excluding the internal leg padding)

As well as some photos of just the legs being worn as the skirt I was wearing covers the majority of them (I gotta modify a pair of shorts at some point so that I can actually show the legs properly)

I didn't have enough fur left for a full half-suit "pants" situation, so I had to resort to thigh-high boots being held up by elastic suspenders

Say, if you've read this far, have a little bonus:

Bath time :]

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Hey, thanks for the tag :D

I know I've been a bit rubbish with continuing the Picrew chains lately, so I thought I should at least do this one

Pretty accurate I'd say, aside from the cryptid-esque features of course

And as always, @motormusker, @craftiestsloth, @michisadraw, along with anybody else who might want to participate!

Starting a picrew chain because I'm bored as hell

here is the picrew :)

And a not entirely accurate Luigi <3

A silly goofy fact for you all<3: All of my shirt collars give or take a few shirts are chewed up like that lmao

I'm tagging (but if you want to join go ahead<3): @fvcking-stupid-666 @dawntones & @acetheidiotinacloset

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I recently received some foam clay for Easter, and tonight I decided to put it to good use

So now I introduce to you a pickup truck named Bruce, and a thresher shark named Theodore!

I really only had two colours to work with (which I managed to stretch into three) and they're both a bit lumpy, but I'm very happy with how they turned out ^v^

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Bat on the bus, what mischief will ensue?

Forgot to share this until now, but I got Bomb-Burst yesterday. He's a neat li'l fella :]

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'Tis the lad, lounging

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I'm making a set of digitigrade legs :]

Since there's a convention coming up in my city shortly, I decided to make a set of legs to go along with a fursuit I made 2 or 3 years ago (especially since the plantigrade feet I made are a bit annoying to walk in)

I don't think I've introduced the suit here, but I'll show her off once I've finished the legs! :D

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It's been a little while since I've posted some spontaneous toy photography, hasn't it?

The lighting was very nice on this particular planter, so I set Starscream up to be his usual photogenic self

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Li'l messy sketch of Tombstone, one of the Rock Lords