Yoru (Yoru No Kuni aka Night World)

Estimated finish: CONvergence 2024 or Anime Fusion 2023 (Undecided)

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Build Book

Starting the process of figuring out dimensions. If each box is one foot, final build will be ~8 feet tall. Lesson learned from Huggy Wuggy: Don’t build costumes over 8 feet tall because of ceilings. Or three feet wide because of doors.
Internal support cage for Yoru puppet Internal support cage for Yoru puppet This was the first draft of the internal frame. However, it wasn’t strong enough, so it was abandoned and replaced with the following.

  • Supply List
    • Felt
    • 6mm craft foam
    • Cardboard
    • Bamboo skewers or dowels
    • Industrial zip ties, 36 inch
    • Crib size extra loft batting