Ambergris

1.1.0

Two images of a blue kangaroo partial fursuit.

Ambergris is my self-made partial kangaroo fursuit. See all photos in their original quality on Furtrack here.

Scroll through to get a closer look at his parts and to learn his history. I count different versions based on amount of work done between public appearances. And because I try my best to attend local furmeets once a month, that means public appearances are relatively frequent.

Details

Head

Well it's a fursuit head. Most notable features are 2D eyes and the ability to fit my glasses. His face is made out of foam but he is not a buckethead as he has no foam in the back. His whiskers are made from fishing wire.

Collage of this fursuit head. It's blue with red rims around the eyes that point down to the mouth. It has dark purple diamonds along the muzzle. It has three whiskers poking out from whisker dots. It has false eyes on the backs of its ears.

Eyes

The white rings around his eyes are painted with glow in the dark paint while the black rings are glittery.

My fursuit head in dim lighting with the white parts glowing vividly due to the long exposure nature of the photograph.

Close-up of my fursuit's eyes showing the glitter shining in its eyes.

See Old Versions

Work in Progress
Another example of the eye glow before being installed into the head.
2D Fursuit eyes detached from the head and laying on a surface. It is dark and they are glowing green.

Mouth

His mouth is all fleece with upper incisors, lower molars, and a tongue. This is on my list of things to re-do eventually.

Two close-ups of the fursuits mouth showing its light blue mouth flesh and navy blue teeth.

Hand Paws

Made with an original pattern that involved tracing my hands, Ambergris' current paws are slim-fit and fit my hands very closely. His resin claws are from Dream Vision Creations.

A collage of hand paws. They're dark purple with red palms. They're 5-fingered slim fitted like a glove. They have clear resin claws with star shaped confetti pieces in it.

They have a wiimote-like strap attached to their insides so that they stay fastened to my wrist. This way, when I need to take a paw off to access my phone or something, I can just leave it tangle on me rather than leave it laying somewhere or just hold it pinned under my arm or something. Genuinely just a nice quality of life upgrade.

See Old Versions

1.1.0
They changed so much from 1.0 to 1.1 that they might as well count as a new pattern. Firstly, I shaved them and removed the claws. Then I re-adjusted the proportions of every finger and straightened out the fingers that were bent the wrong way. I also added hidden cuffs that are detailed in the arm sleeve section.
Two photos of the fursuit paws, which are short furred deep dark purple with red fur palms.

1.0.0
The first paws were fluffy and had large fleece claws. Was not happy with these at all.
Two photos of the fursuit paws, which are fluffy dark purple with light blue fleece claw sheaths, navy fleece claws, and red fur palms.

Arm Sleeves

Introduced with version 1.1.0.

Compilation of the suit's sleeves. They're bright blue but turn dark purple and red at the wrists. They have a red fern shaped marking in one sleeve.

An elastic strap connects both sleeves and runs across my shoulders, preventing them from slipping down my arms.

The wrist and shoulder ends both have hidden cuffs to prevent stretching, rips, and fraying.

Two photos showing the hidden cuffs on the wrist end of the arm sleeves. The left shows how it looks peering into the inside, and the second shows the sleeve being worn.

See Old Versions

Work in Progress
The cuffs were first sewn to the rim of the fur side, then flipped and sewn into the inside. Sewing down the cuffs of the arm sleeves.
Here's a shot of the sleeves after one pass with the shaver because I loved how the markings just appeared out of the fluff lines.
Photo of the fluffy red and black wrists of the arm, one part has been shaved revealing round red markings.
The arm sleeves pre-shave and trim, featuring 1.1.0's paws.
The arm sleeves, fluffy all around and looking like a tube, being worn alongside the hand paws.


Tail

His tail is medium-length and shaped to curl around to appear long but still avoid touching the floor.

Photograph of a fursuit tail with a blue base and red stripes on the top and tail tip.

It has two elastic straps so that it can be secured to pants with belt loops more securely.

Two photos of the tail base, showing two elastic straps that go between jean belt loops.

Credits

Hidden cuffs made following Matrice's tutorial.

Clear resin Glimmerz claws from Dream Vision Creations.

Version History

1.1.1 - May 2024 - Completely remade handpaws. Just put the old ones aside and made a completely new self-made pattern and installed the DVC claws too.

1.1.0 - February 2024 - Added arm sleeves, whiskers, and cuffs to paw wrists. Removed claws. Adjusted tail base to have two straps instead of one. Shaved paws and heavily adjusted their proportions. General face touch ups.

1.0.0 - January 2024 - Original. Head, paws, tail.