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Published: 2010-03-19 00:48:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 2154; Favourites: 67; Downloads: 0
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Needle felted Red XIII from Final Fantasy 7.He's about 2 feet-ish long from nose to tail.
Aluminum wire and foam pipe insulation frame under all that wool. Except for the armature, he's 100% wool.
Free standing.
This guy is also available for sale at ACEN 2010.
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Thanks so much! ^_^
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Thanks so much!
I haven't done any tutorials yet, but it's something I've been considering.
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Thanks! He's one of my favorites, too.
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Thanks so much! He took about 2 months to make.
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You're welcome. He is brilliant you are very talented
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Well, thank you very much! ^_^
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Wow! Forgive me but I'm trying to understand, I dabble a little in sewing - is this felt/wool sort of molded (sculpted if you will) together and then you sew in details in areas?
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There is no sewing at all! It's a special needle with notches in it, which you use to stab raw wool over and over and over and over again. It finally forms felt and you can sculpt with it. It's a lot of work, but I love that it has no seams. ^_^
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Very interesting! I look forward to seeing more
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oh man why did i not see this one at Acen 2012, anyways i got your card and wanted to say cool work, keep at it!
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Red XIII was at ACEN 2010 and I haven't made another one. I try to do different stuff every year.
Thanks for taking a card! I'll keep working hard! ^_^ Thanks!
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I don't even know how to begin to describe just how amazing this is. Just.. holy crap!
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Well I'll take that as a compliment ^_^ Thank you!
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This is totally amazing! You should submit this to some FF7 groups or something because it totally deserves more faves!
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Thanks! Know any good groups?
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Looks like and are the largest groups, so you should try those out
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YOU ARE AMAZING!!!! You don't see felting very often but your work is NOTHING short of spectacular! The detail is accurate and believable. Is there any wire involved in the skeleton or is this really nothing but felt?
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Thank you very much! The bigger critters I've been doing have an armature. Red XIII has a pipe insulation core, craft wire inside his legs, and a pipe cleaner inside the tail. I don't think I could've gotten him to be free standing without the wire. Appa on the other hand could have been all wool, but I was running low, so he has some pipe insulation in his legs and core.
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Hi! What is needle-felted? What is the process? I'm just curious to how you got him looking like that. He's AWESOME!
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Needle felting is the process of poking wool with a special needle in order to form shapes. The needles are long and really sharp, and they have notches down the sides. If you want to try it, make sure you are up on your tetanus shot because those needles are kind of dangerous. The notches in the needle snag the wool and mat it down. The more you poke, the more solid the wool gets. To start, you kind of make a rough blobby base with the core wool and get things were they are suppose to be, like legs and head. Then you go back and work the pieces until they look right. The color wool is just a thin layer on top, enough to cover the white of the core wool. I think it's a little like working with clay or sculpy, just using a needle to push around the wool instead of your fingers. Red XIII took me about 3 weeks to get him to that level. Thanks! I'm glad you like the end result!
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Wow! Sounds extremely time consuming! I have a lot of projects that I'm working on right now.. hopefully I'll get to finishing a few of them and post them to my account soon. I admire your hard work!
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Well needle felting projects do take a lot of time, but I find it really fun, so it doesn't seem so much like work. ^_^
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After reviewing how much time and wool he took to make, I had to raise his price. But He did find a good home and I am happy about that!
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this is something i would love to buy but i don't think i will end up at ACEN2010
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I hope you can make it up to ACEN. Red XIII is going to be a show piece.
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AWW! THAT MAKES NOT BEING ABLE TO GO WORSE!
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Whoah. Seriously, awesome.
What's the asking price, out of curiosity? He might not make it to ACEN.
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Thank you!
At ACEN I was going to post his price at $95 USD. He took a long time to put together, and he's the only one.
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