I am totally using most of Hallie's post from last year, with slight modifications... It says everything and I suck at writing.

Before that however, additional details for the build tomorrow and next Saturday: Encounter Studio is located at 555 De Haro St. Suite 120. It's around the back of the building on the ground floor. Look for the gryffons. Feel free to call me @ 720-936-5796, I'll be there at 11. Now on to how to get a suit.

1) Claim one here, first come first served. There are around 10 or so at Encounter. If you built one some previous year or are building this year and or left one here you get priority over newbies who haven't helped build. Newbies who show up morning of B2B and haven't helped get what's left. (Note - I bought enough material for 10 new suits this year so if you're new and want to run, come help build :-) - Matt)

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 scissors 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 or e-mail if you have questions.

SPAWN!

Matt