This fursuit was constructed at Phoenix Comicon 2012, as part of the "Iron Fursuit" panel. The basic premise of the panel was that participants (basically anyone that wanted to get involved) had 35 minutes to design a character with a backstory AND build a full fursuit... using only the materials provided. Materials included a hot glue gun, duct tape, packing tape, masking take, a cardboard box, various cotton fabrics, a bolt of solid-color felt, a smaller piece of contrast felt, three scissors of varying size, and a handful of sharpies.

Our team (Gold Team?) consisted of 13 people, and the division of labor actually worked out pretty well! There were people working on the story, paws, tail, body, and head, all concurrently. The materials cost roughly $35-40 for each team, according to the panel hosts.

If you weren't here, you missed out on a great panel. You can see how absurd this panel got here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF2M6LJwJHQ

SUBMITTED FOR YOUR APPROVAL: THE STORY OF CHEER THE HIPPIE TIGER.
Cheer the hippie tiger, became a vegan after sleep-eating his homosexual lover, Andy the Anteater, that he met geek speed-dating at a con. After the "accidental" death of his lover, he opened Andy's Vegan Bistro in memorial of his lover Andy, of course. He got shut down for slipping bits of his friend into the vegan recipes because he was unable to resist his tiger instincts. He slaughtered a local village of ring-tailed lemurs in the middle of the night. And then he was homeless. So after a mental breakdown due to the horrifying guilt he felt, Cheer was admitted to the local psych ward, where he spent the rest of his days in a straightjacket. Oh, and he was fat due to genetic problems. Then he was released 40 years later, barely hanging on to the last remaining scraps of his sanity. And he decided to dress in drag. The end.

Collab artists:  semjay + others?
Model:  emh204