I got fluffy mail! The best kind of mail. The first of the fur swatches are starting to come in, so I can choose colors. Creature will be mostly black, with dark grey details and dark red highlights.

The red here is a burgundy. Ideally, I wanted a dark maroon, but it exceptionally hard to find any dark red in a good pile length or density. Im concerned it is a little more plum than I wanted, and it's not as high quality as others. But it's all good enough to use. If it ends up matching the high density and extra long, I may just use it.

The black and grey are from Big Z's new stretch line. I got the whole sample card. I can't speak highly enough of these, they far exceed my greatest expectations! Even at 180 degrees of bend and full stretch, I cannot make any balding show. They're extremely soft, and appear to be quite strong. I was worried they would stretch too easily, but this is ideal.

These two colors are my absolutes. They are the only high stretch fabric I am aware of, in a 1" pile. The others must match them. My biggest concern is how light the grey is, I had hoped it would be darker. It's a little darker than the image, but still the lightest of my 3 colors. I'm not sure what to do about it, I may just deal with a lighter color here. It won't look bad, but not what I was aiming for. These materials will eventually make up 90% of the body suit and legs, once I get that far.

Now I need to buy a brush, so I can experiment with trimming!