u/JeffBytes

finally finished my movie accurate fursuit of my favourite Disney character of all time and biggest comfort⚡i'll make a bodysuit for him one day next year as well

i've always dreamed of owning or making a Bolt fursuit, but always hoped it would be faithful to the movie model, like a Disney parks mascot type fursuit - i can really happily say i've been able to achieve that now 🥹 takes being a big fan of a source to pay attention to little details, like the fur in his ears sculpted and pinned, the lines around his eyes, the blending of the pink in his ear,, i'm so happy he's real 🥺🩵 the 3D print does most of the legwork let's be real, but i'm so happy with how the rest came out!!

i'll make a whole making-of video soon, but this is how i made him in short:

i sent my Gentle Giants Bolt maquette to be 3D scanned by Surface Scan LTD. i then handed that 3D scan file over to slauvikart to transform into a head base! then that base was handed to furandash who printed it and assembled it in lightweight foaming TPU. the rest was mostly me! i furred him, added some acrylic drybrushing to define his shapes and add the pink in his ears. his handpaws are modified paws by susiefurry. his tail is a modified tail from a user on vinted, i apologise it was over a year ago 😭 i shortened it, removed some stuffing and added an invisible beltloop base. his eyes are edited from a hi res movie poster by myself, then printed onto sublimated mesh by carnivcreations (who also supplied my Big Z fur). his collar is the one i made for my lifesize raffle prize Bolt plush, featuring the tag that came on that plush, the fabric of such sealed and protected with mod podge.

to say he's a big collaborative effort is an understatement, but over a year later he's finally gone from 3D scan to fully fledged fursuit 🩵 i'm SUPER proud of him. thank you so much for your support and for following along, you've all been so kind while i've been building him!! 🫶

📸 frostedcatmint

his face is entirely done, oh my gosh i just keep looking at him not believing it's come out of my hands as a fairly low to mid tier skillset fursuit maker 😭 the issues with my skills show in the visible glue around his eyes and the bald spot repairs but i'm still so happy with him regardless, the intention to have a Bolt fursuit that looks ripped straight from the movie has been achieved fully already and he's not even finished 🥹

all he needs is his lining hood, back of head and neck, and the paws and tail need adjusting. all credits for every part i had help with will be in my final product post 🩵

first posted this base on my IG (jeffbytes) on Sept 7th but this has been in the works for OVER A YEAR 😭 from getting the model (3D scan of my Bolt maquette) then sending that model to be modified into a headbase, then finally getting it printed in foaming TPU, and the furring process started this week. i've wanted a Bolt fursuit my whole life but never attempted, as i wanted it to be as close to canon as possible and had no idea how to achieve that, i never thought any foam sculpt of mine would be perfect enough. modern fursuit making advances finally make it possible 🥹 full creds for every step of the process will come in my next post, hopefully a finished partial (will be a fullsuit next year, just dont have all the fur for that rn)

edit: hes been found! ty :)

hey! this is a long shot i understand. the fact that i STILL think about this fursuit 13 years later is so telling of how much i loved it.

he was designed by my friend at the time Frosty, and i was already so in love with the design, when they commissioned one of my favourite current makers to make him i fell in LOVE. i loved seeing this suit, i loved the partial pieces that went with him, he was an absolute dreamie. the big expressive eyes, all the colours, TFU did such a great job bringing my friend's character to life and i really was obsessed, i loved seeing him so much.

when my friend put him up for sale all those years ago i was DEVASTATED i couldn't be the buyer, i was also a minor at the time so i didn't have my big adult money. no idea who the buyer ended up being, and one of my most favourite fursuits literally of all time was lost to time. iirc i saw him for sale again on Facebook a number of years ago but it's hard to remember.

even just having a social media account to be able to keep up with this little guy again would mean so much to me - to find him for sale would absolutely blow my mind. i still think about this suit and this character over 13 years after its creation, i had a dream about it this morning and i've decided enough is enough, i'm going to hunt for this colourful critter finally rather than just wondering about him!! if you have any idea of its whereabouts please put me forward, i'd love to know the suit is still safe and happily used. i would absolutely die to own this dude if i ever finally had the chance, quite literal dreamie for reasons i cannot understand i just love him and his colourful design so much 😭

would love to know if my old friend is ok too, if you're seeing this by some stretch of reality :) i went by Onyx at the time, we did a lot of art trades and you were a really decent friend, i hope youre ok. cheers 🩵

i reckon i'm finally done with my collection, despite it being less than half of the collection i used to have. it fits perfectly in its designated space, i have every grail i could ask for and i'm very grateful for that. i think this is the final set up and i'm done with hunting :)

i've bought and sold so much, i've had tiny collections and i've had room sized collections that felt so out of control and borderline overconsumption, was just slamming payments down on whatever just to try and have everything MAN it was just too much for me in the end. i'm dead happy with where i've landed with my rebuilt collection after the mass downsize last year, and my collection is officially complete 🩵

YT video coming soon where i go into depth with it all! and speak about the movie's influence on me and what the character means to me as a comfort character and lifelong best friend 🤧🫶