/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Fumos eh? Well. They won't be same as someone else has. Are you fine with that?

You want to make dolls?? Lol weeaboo and homo at the same time. lol XD

>>10084662
Sure, if anything it would make them even more special. I’m just worried about butchering it and not doing them justice.

>>10084657
do you have pics?

>>10084933
No, I haven’t started making anything yet. I just wanted to see if anyone had experience with choosing fabrics, stiches, etc. From what I’ve read on here the fabric is similar to a felt or a velvety texture. Or how to make the eyes by hand, I would assume buttons would be the easiest, but I don’t think touhous have button like eyes.

is it that one cirno cosplayer? she made shitty fumos

>>10084679
P-please don’t bully, Anon-kun~

I've been trying, but it was horrible that much I gave up

>>10085761
>>10084680
You can't get better without practice.

>>10084657
i had sex today
with my reimu fumo
it was good

OP they are just constructed of cheap felt and I'm assuming polyester for the dresses. With ribbons and stuff.

I doubt you'd be able to embroider the eyes with a similar level of detail, so you would need to just do whatever works. It's going to look different anyway

>>/dyi/
Not even joking, it's a good board, and they probably know their way around sewing.

>>10085706
The person I talked to said they didn’t like cosplaying touhou, so if that’s what you’re talking about I don’t think it’s the same person. The person I talked to was one of the most delightful people I’ve ever met, but stupid connection issues made me lose contact with them. I’ve been looking for them for the past 3 days, almost non-stop, I fear I’ll be in Gensokyo from starvation and sleep deprivation at this rate ;_; which wouldn’t be so bad but I haven’t done my reps and I’ll never hear from my /jp/ friend again.
>>10085761
How have you made them so far? Anything you’d advise against or any success stories?
>>10086345
Wise advice, I just don’t want to be wasteful of material and wanted to see if anyone had lessons I could learn from.
>>10086424
2lewd4me
>>10086440
That’s my fear about the eyes, I don’t care so much that they won’t be carbon copies of FumoFumo™, but I don’t want them to look like wonky monsters instead of pure maidens in frilly delightful dresses.
>>10086456
I’m worried to go to other boards, they’re full of bullies that don’t appreciate the wonder and fun of “too-shits”.
Thank you to everyone that has posted in my thread, I normally feel uncomfortable posting, but /jp/ has shown once again to be a lovely board and I’m happy to be here!

>>10086556
No not really they are a nice community. Just be polite and give them an example of what you want and they'll give you good advice.

>>10085142
ohh i see. i hope you find out how to make them, i like the idea very much since fumos are so cute

>>10086424
pics

>>10086556
I know that some people use these iron-on sheets that you can use in a printer, so you can design your eyes in photoshop and iron them onto the plushie. It doesn't look great, but it's better than nothing.

>>10084657
have you tried to start making something simple first? you can't expect to make a completely perfect fumo in your first run, you have to start small and maybe make something really simple like a dog

>>10086556
>How have you made them so far?
I've made only the body. I still don't know how to sew together body and the head (which looks kind of creepy and awful actually) without making threads visible. I want head to look circular, not flat... but if I'll make it circular, it's too difficult to make hair ;_;
>Anything you’d advise against
just think about the project over 9000 times and make sure you can do it. don't think like 'I will figure it somehow later (when you're making parts already)'. it might be a huge waste of time and fabrics, everything might be fucked up.

>>10086625
Make the body, leaving a slit in the back. Turn the head and body inside out, then sew the head to the body. This will give you a nice seam. Turn the whole thing right-side out using the slit on the back of the body. If you sew the slit sloppily, it will just be covered by clothes.

>>10086556
Man, I actually had the same thing happen about 3 days ago. Maybe we spoke to the same person? It was a real shame because I was enjoying the conversation so much.

>>10086625
>I want head to look circular, not flat... but if I'll make it circular, it's too difficult to make hair ;_;

Do you have access to a fumo? Their hair is pretty much two semi-circles with wedges cut out and sewn together. Practice with paper or something.

Man, getting a fumo to sit without toppling over is fucking hard.

Any tips /jp/?

>>10086720
Take the stuffing out and fill it with rocks.

>>10086720
get a ran fumo, her tails seem to help her balance

I made a Sakuya one, but she doesn't have clothes yet. I can get a picture on here eventually when I get back home for Thanksgiving. The first Sakuya head is now a yukkuri dog toy, probably ripped apart.

>>10086759
>yukkuri dog toy
I have never thought about this, but now I want to try to make one and feed the failures to my dogs. They like to tear my clothes apart and one of them destroyed my reimu nendo+

>>10086679
thanks, anon,
but isn't slit supposed to be too small to turn the whole head out? body is ~2 times smaller, I'm afraid it might tear apart or something.

>>10086719
No, I don't have access. I will check that pattern out for sure, thanks a lot.

>>10086759
>I can get a picture
please do

>>10086685
Are you English or was the person you were talking to English by any chance? I hope you find your friend, I miss talking to mine greatly.

Instead of cotton you can fill the base with beads, beans lol or anything that got weight so that it can perform sit without toppling down. I thought we have a d.i.y board maybe you can try asking there or moot removed it?

>>10086596
I agree, Touhou Fumos a cute!
>>10086612
That might be a good idea; I’ll have to look into it.
>>10086620
Do you really think dogs would be easy? I might try like a jellyfish or something but I think making a pre-fumo project is a solid idea.
>>10086719
Do you have any other tips or suggested plans/diagrams for making the parts? I don’t have access to a fumo either and am going off of pictures.
>>10089700
I think that it might help with sitting, but I don’t think it would be as fun to carry around and play with, and I don’t think beans would fill the body and head enough to make it look solid. But I think it’s a good idea to maybe add some weight to the bottom to help it stay up.

>>10091387
A dog probably wouldn't be easy, but you could try some other simple stuff, like one of those PC98 ghosts. I remember someone made some small power and point item pillows. Figuring out basic sewing would work well with something like that.

Also, I posted something over in the OC thread.

>>>10088108

How do you pronounce Fumo? Is it like few-moo(like a cow) or fah-moe(like the given name)

>>10094332
Japanese 'fu' is bilabial, so 'phoo-mo'

http://www.nicozon.net/watch/sm11724155

>>10094332
fume-oh.

>>10094332
ふも

>>10092717
Thank you for sharing your work! What did you use for stuffing and did you create the face using an embroidery hoop? Where are you seeing what others have done, are they posted often in the OC threads?
The Picture is unrelated, just blogging and hoping the right person sees ;_;

>>10094399
Translate it weebs!

>>10094842
I used a polyester stuffing. I should have used an embroidery hoop, but I don't have one. The pillows were posted a while ago, maybe a year.

other fumo patterns, anyone?

>>10085701
I’m glad that bully post was removed; now I can take it easy!

Would making a jumbo fumo be more difficult or would it just take more materials?

It’s been almost a week since I first learned about making fumos, and I can’t believe this thread has lasted so long. My only regret is I don’t think I’ll ever find my friend. I’m just stuck with you guys ;_;

>>10106370
More material. It would probably be a little easier, really. On a small one, a mis-stitch is more apparent.

not really a fumo since I cannot sew in the face details. I couldn't find the material either just typical craft felt. Made it quite some time ago I think when these things first came out some 4 years ago? It is small fits in the palm of your hand and remains unfinished in some box somewhere when I last moved.

>>10115024
Looks awesome

>>10115041
It does doesn't it.

>>10115115

Cute. Why not make a bigger one and do the face as well?

>>10115115
That's really cute.

>>10115115
looks more like man marisa
too manly

>>10115115

Looks like a stoner with dreads in a marisa cosplay.

>>10115115
the yarn hair is cute. in a way i kinda like that better than the flat felt hairpieces they use on the standard fumos.

>>10115115
Do you have any tips on making them?

>>10118601
uh, dunno
Maybe do not sew your fingers?
Given the thing is tiny Id suggest being careful in stuffing it since the craft felt does not take to stress very well.
Try like hell to find some sort of fabric that does not require hemming. It was a pain to do those bloomers and some of the other parts since I used scraps. Fabric choice is important if you cannot find no hem fabric, avoid anything that frays easily. Try to use only cottons.
When sewing the felt do not use a lot of pressure on the foot. Keep the stitches light then when you go to stuff the doll there is less of a chance of tearing the seams.
Accept you are going to have to hand sew and blind stitch a lot of crap.
Google doll making and similar shit.
Go simple with parts.
Plan it out on paper
and do not make it as small as I did.
Be very careful with the iron, youll need it to do the hems and crap. (maybe getting one of those small detail irons will help save the fingers)

I would do many things different on mine now that fumo images are more available. Back then I only had the marketing images to go by to make a pattern.

>>10115226
I guess yarn hair does that.
>>10115130
I cannot do embroidery well on this machine and the craft felt would not take the abuse.
>Why not make a bigger one
lazy

I would love to find some proper fabrics closer to what the fumo are made of so I could avoid having to hem everything not to mention the failure that is craft felt. Maybe other sewfags could help more with fabric names or types used or where it was purchased. I live on the west coast so it is mostly a few random independent stores, michals, jo-annes, and hancock. (sorta depends on northwest or southwest. Seattle had more choice vs calif (sanjose sacramento)

>>10122472
Hey, you really ought to make another one, because you actually seem to know what you're doing.

>>10086793
I put her together, but didn't make the clothes because Borderlands 2 bought for $25 on Thanksgiving distracted me throughout most of my break.

This thread is pitiable as hell.

I would love to know who made this, because they seem to have the formula down right.

>>10123706
that is a mod

I actually thought about doing this as well. I know a little bit about fabric and my mom and sister are both very crafty so I could ask them how certain things are done. Sewing and such in general just seems fun and you can make really cute things. Ever since I saw Fumo I thought they were too expensive for what they were since it seems to mostly be felt and figured I should learn to make something like it.

>>10123430
how were the eyes made

>>10124583
I'm also curious about that.

>>10124583
>>10128064
looks like thin felt cut out and glued on or stitched on.