How to get a suit

topic posted Tue, May 1, 2007 - 11:55 PM by  Hallie
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1) Claim one here, first come first served. I have around 20 something here. If you built one some previous year and or left one here you get priority over newbies. Newbies get whats left. If I run out I or we may make more.

OR

build your own:
Materials:
cheep light weight light grey outdoor wide carpet off the roll from home depot
HOT glue guns and HOT glue
Gutter Guards (the stiffer kind that are cut to 3 or 4 feet long or so) Holds the head up
Get a REALLY sharp pair of sizzors or box cutter with FRESH blade
Green, black, and Red spray paint (with a gun nozzle)
tin foil and for the eyes
sharpies for the eyes and to draw the pattern on the carpet
optional:
-string & grommets to hold up end of tail and
-cardboard for stencils
-a pattern from me I'll make some and leave them in front of my place in a weber barbque call for directions 408 956-8643

-cut out
2 identical 7' tall fish shapes, (look at pictures of salmon or our pictures here and draw shape on carpet )
2 flippers and
one top fin
one spine protector reinforcer
2 hood pieces to keep head in place
2 flipper hand flaps to keep flippers moving with your arm

-to keep the head up not flopping over We use wire mesh gutter guards folded over and glued in from tip topmost point possible down past shoulders We use a long triangle of carpet wider than the gutter guard to hold it into the spine.

-figure out where to put arm holes then cut them out

glue gun it all together:
-the soft side of carpet goes inside (less itchy)
-glue in the spine first as high up the fish as possible
-glue the rest of the fish leaving the front open
-glue flippers so that they cover arm holes when you are wearing it, glue straps on fins to put your arm/wrist /hand through so the fin moves with your arms
-glue in 2 rectangular pieces inside the fish that hold your head in the right spot up/down and back/ front

Paint it with spray paint
cut stencils out of cardboard if you want sharp fin lines and gill lines
Look at pictures of salmon online for guidance.

poke holes in the front so you can tie it together in front with string
poke holes in tail in 4 places so you can use string to hold the tail up in back.

Call if you have questions:
408 956-8643
408 X-Lounge

Spawn!
-Hallie
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Hallie
SF Bay Area
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  • Re: How to get a suit

    Wed, May 2, 2007 - 3:18 AM
    Claiming a suit here, as Eddie Izzard would say, *FLAG*.

    This will be my first time spawning, I'm *so* excited. =] *devilish look*


    -Omar
  • Re: How to get a suit

    Wed, May 2, 2007 - 3:33 AM
    I wanna suit, too! But I wanna help as well. Can I reserve a suit just in case I am horribly maimed during the build dates, but miraculously healed by the event? ;-)
  • Re: How to get a suit

    Wed, May 16, 2007 - 1:04 PM
    Hallie:

    Kara here, me and two friends came out to a build party last year and helped out with making the fish costumes and some cash towards supplies, though we didn't end up using them! (we ran in alternate costumes).

    I'm looking to reserve 2 costumes if it's not too late! I'm not sure we'll be able to make it out to San Mateo for the maker's faire, so if you've got any left that would rock! (Somehow this feels very early for the run, was thinking it was the following weekend all year!)

    If you could email me at karafaerie a hotmail dot com to let me know if I'm not too late, I'd definitely appreciate it! If there are a few up for grabs, we'll discuss picking up, or meeting up pre-race etc.

    Thanks for organizing this again, the effort does not go unappreciated!

    Kara
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    Re: How to get a suit

    Thu, May 17, 2007 - 1:27 PM
    Hallie:

    I would like to borrow a suit for myself and a friend (both newbies). Sorry I can't make the building party this Saturday. I can bring donuts/juice/whatever's needed on Sunday!

    Tom

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