[NO] Ink Partial by Pyrope Costumes

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General Information
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Reviewer Information
Reviewer
Sharkic

Relationship With Maker
The maker is NOT a friend

Prior Experience
Yes, own another fursuit and other parts.

Informed Maker of Issues
Yes.

Wear Time
2-4 hours.
Maker & Project Information
Maker

Commission Information
Type: Fursuit > Partial
Style: Toony
Shipped From: Mexico

Species
canine
Found in Canidae (?)

Made in Year

Transaction Information
1,200 MXN pesos
Filed under $100 and under as a None.

Estimated Completion Time (ETA) Accuracy


Date of Review
14 August 2016

Project Timeline
Contact Date
June 2015
Completion/Ship Date
October 2015
Item Completion Time (?)
4 - 6 Months

Character Concept Art

Head

Wear Satisfaction

It’s comfortable to wear, not too squishy. Ventilation is terrible, I could barely breathe with 10 mins wear, it wasn’t carved enough inside. Had to adjust the strap, since the head fit really loose when first wore it.
Visibility is fine, overall. Can see most of my front, but can’t really see above.



Visual Satisfaction

There’s no shaving work done whatsoever. Fur is soft and all, but on the green patches, you can see the white fabric in some areas. I had to chop off many glue excess from the nose, lower jaw and eyes.
The green mohawk is just bunches of fur scraps placed on top of each other; I have to brush it on certain ways so the white patches don’t show below the fabric.
The neck is really long, not made to shape, more like if Ink showed a double chin. I have to wear a bandana for it to look nice. Ink originally has some darker dots on his nose, and they look like she painted them with acrylic. The area where it’s painted looks and feel really stiff.
The “green fur” was supposed to be some minty colored, which she had found, but agreed to change it to green, since the mint one’s shipping would take longer.
The head was supposed to have “stud earrings” on both ears, but one of the ears has a hole on the back area, with visible foam, and the other had nothing at all. This suit arrived with no earrings at all.

Special Attachments and Features

The type of material that was used on the “hog fangs” is nothing but what you use on casts. It’s really lumpy and irregular. Sounds like they’re fragile when tapped with the nails.

Hands and Feet

Wear Satisfaction

Lowest quality paws. I originally had requested “poofy paws” for this suit, but due to the maker’s time schedule, she sent me a pair of “temporary paws” (seen in the picture). These are the lowest quality paws I’ve seen. I don’t really know which one’s the right or left paw, not to mention they come off really easily. There’s no lining work on them, just two pieces sewn together and that’s it.



Visual Satisfaction

The hands are the most terrible thing out of them all. Fur goes opposite ways when met on the tip of the fingers, again, no shaving work done. Paw pads are fleece, with acrylic darker dots. They really look horrible, fur doesn’t seem to have any sense of direction, and fit really loose.

Tails

Wear Satisfaction

It’s bouncy and small, like requested. One of the straps slightly detached when I first shook my bum with it. The shape’s fine, just like requested.



Visual Satisfaction

Again, green fur has visible white patches under the fabric, it’s not symmetric at all, and AGAIN, no shave work done whatsoever. You can easily see where the patterns were attached, and I have to brush it in a certain way for the seams and patches to be unnoticed.

Overall


Product Satisfaction

How was your concept art realized?
The colors followed the concept closely, yet the “grayish blue” had to be changed to a green, since it was the “closest” color available.

How well does everything fit together and match up?
She followed the markings correctly, yet the fabric used was not the best. You can see the patches of white fabric below the fur in some areas, and also where the seams connect to the other fur piece, but can go out of sight if brushed a certain way.

Overall Project Quality
It’s amateurish. The head’s fine, as well as the tail, but the “temporary paws” are just terrible, as well as the arms. There is no shaving work done whatsoever, in no areas, and as stated before, I had to remove some pieces of glue excess from the eyes, nose and lower jaw. When I first wore it, I felt a pinch on top of my head, and later on, when I grabbed the head from the inside, another pinch was felt on my hand. There was a pin/needle still on top of the head, hidden in the mohawk.



Purchase Process

Initial Contact
It was good, she came up with a quote fast enough and in a friendly way.

Maker Response Time
Sometimes it’d be from days to weeks, but when asked about work in progress or other questions, she replied soon enough.

Maker Professionalism
No professionalism at all. She sent me an unfinished head with various mistakes. I got part of what I paid for, but the rest was clearly unfinished. She offered me to send it back, and she’d pay for shipping, so she could fix those things. But to begin with, why would you send an unfinished head in the first place? The temporary paws were terrible, and I only got 1 WIP pic of one of the “poofy” paws, and it wasn’t the paw, it was a glove with balls of foam on the fingers. Those paws were never sent, as well as the stud earrings. It’s incomplete, and still missing those paws, and the current ones have no claws.

Project Completion Time
Missed; it originally was meant to be for a convention in september, to which she agreed would be ready by then. It had to be skipped to october, because of some issues she had, and that deadline was met.

Rating FursuitReview rates by asking the question:
Would you recommend this maker?


NO

This review has been marked with a negative rating.
This means the reviewer would NOT recommend Pyrope Costumes unless they significantly change their practices.

Final Comments
She was friendly most of the time, and replied soon enough. But what really pissed me off was: the initial deadline wasn’t met. We had to change the colors for the fursuit to be done. There’s no shaving work done, and the stitch work (connecting patterns) is really terrible. The mohawk has a good shape, but it must be brushed in a certain way for the white patch below the fur to be hidden, otherwise, you can see every patch of fur that was attached to make the mohawk. She sent an unfinished work, she charged me extra for those stud earrings, and there were not attached to the furhead not sent in the box. I pinched my head and hand with a pin that she forgot to take out. The original paws were never made nor sent. She used acrylic paint on the “dots” of his nose and pawpads.

I decided to sell the fursuit, for a bigger price since I’m selling the suit, character and the art that comes with him, as I can’t take him with me, I’ll be moving out of my country next year, and he’s just sitting there gathering dust. The maker decided to make a post on facebook, complaining about how I “quadrupled” the price of it, and even whined about the fact I offered a refurb (from a well known local maker) for it. That was highly unprofessional, due to her sending me an unfinished suit, with LOTS of mistakes and missing things, did no shaving work on it, and deadlines weren’t met. When I replied to one of her friend’s comments, she blocked me from the post, and continued to play victim (a friend of mine kept sending screenshots of the post’s comments), saying that I “stole” her work and sold it for a higher price. She got her money, and yet I got an unfinished fursuit. Who’s stealing who?
I paid a low quantity for it, my first suit cost 4,000MXN+, but it was high quality, and the maker did an excellent job. Guess you actually get what you pay for.

She got money, and it’s not her property at all. I didn’t offer a refurb, and the person I sold the partial to agrees with the price, since, again, I’m selling the suit, character AND art I made of him and commissioned of him. She has no right to complain nor whine about a job she never really finished.


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Comments

  1. Hello, I’m Sharkic, but now I go by Shibanigans. This is an old beware and I’d like to clarify some points before I get more “wowee for $66USD this is pretty nice. Wow this suit was sold for 40x the original price ew” kind of comments.

    I lived in Mexico still, and did not have a job by then (besides taking commissions), so most of the money, I saved up from my weekly allowance. As a 17 year old with no job and relying on commission work plus a weekly allowance, this was a huge luxury I was able to afford after a while. So $1,200MXN? Quite a high number compared to USD.

    The buyer (which will remain anonymus), was notified of the initial price I paid for the suit, and agreed to the new price they were buying it for.

    Dont know if the review can be edited, but I don’t really remember what number was set for the currency change back then. It could’ve been 14-16MXN per dollar, but don’t want to give false information. As for the conversion to the new owner, we discussed the price, and I was mainly selling him for 3 reasons:
    -Didn’t use the character anymore.
    -Didn’t use the suit that much and couldn’t take it with me.
    -I was moving out of my country the following year, and wanted to find him a home as soon as possible.

    The owner (who resides in the US) agreed to the terms, I’ve gathered all of the character’s art and have included more to the folder. I even offered doing 5 more pieces to the new owner, since they’d be tweaking some things in the body’s design and the character’s personality. I paid for the initial price (1,200MXN), the new owner paid for the new price (400USD); they were fully aware of this beware/review and agreed with it. You could say we built the beware together. I offered to lower the price on the suit, but they refused and still wanted to pay 400$ for it. I covered shipping costs.

    Amina later made a Facebook post (vague post) of how I was “taking advantage of beginner makers and profiting off of it”, because I was selling it for more than what was originally paid. From her perspective as a maker, I’d understand, but this character had plenty of art pieces I made or commissioned, therefore reaching the price of $400USD. I was selling THE WHOLE CHARACTER, not just the suit.
    When I commented on her post about how low quality the suit was, how the promised paws never arrived, how the suit was missing stuff she charged me EXTRA for, and overall how much of a terrible experience it had been, she immediately blocked me from the post. She was basically putting me “on blast”, not letting others see what the product actually looked like. Anyone that commented about the low quality or how “scammy” this thing felt, would get blocked from the post.

    I did this beware as a customer, hoping she would grow and learn from this. It’s disappointing and sad to see no positive reviews from this maker. They’re talented, but they definitely do not like criticism and take it too personal.

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