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FURSUIT REVIEW FORM

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Your Username
Darcus/Charismatic


Item Being Reviewed
Character name, type of commission, etc. This will be used to help title the submission on FursuitReview
Black and White Wolf Partial


Name of Maker and Links
Firestormsix / Stormfire Studios http://www.furaffinity.net/user/firestormsix


Are you reviewing a friend?
No


Do you have any prior experience with fursuits?
Yes I own other suits too


Character Concept Art
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9043225/
(I wanted blue eye color and grey inside of the ears)


Photos of Completed Product
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/14917154/


Date Commissioned or Bought
End of 2013


Date Completed or Shipped
End of 2014


Price Paid
1850USD


Date of Review
12/11/2016


Do you currently still own the item(s) you're reviewing?
YES


Price Sold For
If you have sold the sitem(s) since this review, how much did you sell for?



Did the maker meet your deadline?
Yes


Did you tell the maker about any issues you had?
No


How many hours have you worn/used the item(s) you're reviewing?
Give your best estimate.
10 max

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HEAD
The following questions ask you to explain how satisfied you are with each feature of the head of the costume. If you are reviewing only a set of ears, your answers would also go in this section.

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Wear Satisfaction
Please describe how it is to wear this piece of your costume.
The head fits very perfectly, a little bit tight, but its not uncomfortable.

I have a small fan inside, so the ventilation is very good. Without a fan I starts with sweating very fast, because the head sits tight on me and the air circulate is not the best without a active fan.

Vision is one of the bests, I can see a lot.

Appearance Satisfaction
Please describe how satisfied you are with how your costume piece looks from the outside.
How is the symmetry? - I can not see something wrong about the symmetry. All looks correct for me.

Is the shaving even? - Shaving looks good, I can not see any issues.

How does the fur feel and look? - The black and white fur has a high quality. Its exactly this fur I wanted and paid for it.

How satisfied are you with the expression and overall appearance of the head? -

Quality of the head is in a good condition but I am not to 100% happy about the expression. Because of the black eyelid in the white marking,the expression looks a little bit tired for me.

Does it match the concept art? -

Sadly, there are some small issues. Don´t match perfectly the concept art I gave him.

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HANDS AND FEET
The following questions ask you to explain how satisfied you are with each feature of the hands and feet of the costume.

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Wear Satisfaction
Please describe how it is to wear these pieces of your costume.
How satisfied are you with how the hands and feet fit? -

I have to say that the hand and feepaws are one of the best from Firestormsix. Really comfortable to wear and great movement.

How is the quality and durability? -

I own this suit since 2 years and I never loose claws or pawpeds.

My paws are Outdoorfeetpaws and there are shoes inside. Good quality and pretty tough.

Appearance Satisfaction
Please describe how satisfied you are with how your costume pieces look from the outside.
How is the symmetry? - Everything is fine
Is the shaving even? - All looks good for me
How does the fur feel and look? - high quality fur was used

How satisfied are you with the selection of colors and materials used? - Pawpeds of my handpaws was made by silicone. The claws are in good condition, no scratched and this after 2 years since I got this suit.

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TAILS
The following questions ask you to explain how satisfied you are with each feature of the tail(s) of the costume.

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Wear Satisfaction
Please describe how it is to wear these pieces of your costume.
How satisfied are you with how the tail(s) fit? - Fits really good. Not to long and the tail is really soft.

How is the quality and durability? - Quality is good.

The tail has no armature, just some padding inside.

Appearance Satisfaction
Please describe how satisfied you are with how your costume pieces look from the outside.
The tail was made with high quality fur, and shaving and symmetry looks fine for me.

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OVERALL VISUAL SATISFACTION
The following questions ask how satisfied you are with the overall visual aspects associated with the costume.

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How satisfied are you with how closely the suit matches the concept art?
If there was no concept art, please state N/A
I give him a 6 from a scale of 10, because I am not happy with the long ears, expression and some small issues of the markings. I paid for taxidermy teeth, but I got standart teeht.


How satisfied are you with how well everything fits together and matches up?
Do you markings match up at the seams? Are the colors consistent?
All fits good together.

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MAKER INTERACTION AND COMMISSION PROCESS
The following questions ask how satisfied you are with all the aspects of communication between you and the maker.

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How satisfied are you with how easy it was to initially contact the maker for a quote?
It was ok to contact the maker about a quote.


How satisfied are you with the response time from the maker?
How long did it take them to respond?
It was easy to contact the maker over Furaffinity or over Twitter. You always get a fast response.


How satisfied are you with how the deadline was met for completion of your project?
Were any deadlines missed or was it done early?
I had to deal with some missunderstanding. We had an agreement at the end of November, that I will get the suit one year later and it will be handed to me personally. But the maker has forgot it and as I asked some weeks before the deadline ends, when he started, I did not get the friendliest answers from him. He had totally forget the agreement but at least I got the suit in time. But sadly this suit was made with a lot of stress.


How satisfied are you with the overall quality of your project?
I am a little bit disappointed that the markings does not fit the concept art correctly. The ears are to long, they looks more like a fennic fox and not like a wolf and I have paid for taxidermy teeth, but I received just standart handmade teeth. I own another Fursuit from this fursuit maker and the other, older one is in much better quality as this suit. Markings and ears are much better, and he putted more time for creating this suit. And to this time I got the taxidermy teeth.


How satisfied are you with the overall customer service and professionalism of the maker?
Customer service was good, he asked me alot about markings, expression and which fur I wanted. He showed me a lot of photos of the fur and we had an good contact to this time and he showed me WIPS and a video as he created the fursuit for me. He is not perfect, because his mood can be changes very fast... and I have nothing to do with his private problems, I pay for a fursuit with quality and private problems are no excuse to make a fursuit with low quality.


Describe your experience. What were the pros and cons of working with this maker? And any final comments?
Everything is good when you are happy with his work. But sadly, if you have any issues, or something is missing, or uncleared and you ask about it, the sympathy from this maker disappears and his mood changes very fast... It looks like he can not work with critique and he should learn to work on it.

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FINAL SCORE
FursuitReview scores by having you answer the following question: Would you recommend this maker to another?
Pick one of the scores below that you feel honestly reflects your commissioning experience as a whole, including the quality of your item(s), the appearance, and how you were treated by the maker.

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[YES] Positive = The reviewer would recommend this maker to another
[OK] Neutral = The reviewer may or may not recommend this maker, depending on certain circumstances (reviewer clarifies what these are)
[NO] Negative = The reviewer would not recommend this maker to another, unless the maker significantly changes their practices

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