A thread below.
Unfortunately as of today (26/10/2024)
I am currently forced to retire Shimi as a wearable fursuit. Through no build quality fault at all.
(He is pretty much in the brand new condition I received him,
Shark-Fluff
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Shark-Fluff
@Shimimanokit
1 Helpless Soul / Classic Car Garage Owner / Media Production Diploma / Engineering Dip / Dj Hobbyist / A Furry / Fursuits Yes / Stuff Happening Every So Often
England, United Kingdom
Joined March 2017
- You may not believe it, but Shimi is actually pretty large. Like big big, just not often shown in perspective with photos of them.
00:00 - Replying to @ShimimanokitFun trivia for those who don’t know. They were the first full-suit manokit in the UK.
- Permanent Shimi! Permanent Shimi! I love it so much, the colours are so vibrant. Once again huge Thank You to @Mythimorph Shop mythimorph.com For letting me use the metamorphic manokit design. And shoutout to justsilk_tattoo on Instagram for the work.
- Replying to @Shimimanokitmore or less, on Jan 2020 making him coming up 5 Years old now.) In which now one of the materials he is made from ( the lining) has begun to bleed, and can’t be removed without a full invasive deconstruction and rebuild.
- Replying to @ShimimanokitI personally am broke and unable to fund such an effort anyways. So for the mean time right now, I will take him to furcation 2024 to be seen but I won’t be wearing him. And then that’ll be it, until something is figured out. But am a bit devastated. Rn
- Replying to @ShimimanokitThere was no way to foresee this during the original construction from the makers perspective or the formative ownership duration from mine, as I have washed the suit many times in its life, and only now does it start to terminally run. The original furs are no
00:00 - Replying to @Shimimanokitlonger produced so it is to be incredibly challenging to source replacement items. [pretty much make a brand new partial is what is required. As the bodysuit is ok.] And currently with my company in its second year of running.
- Hoping for one good snow day again. Terrorise the neighbourhood once more 😝
- Wow you lot really like this lad. I am humbled. 🥰 📸@ShanieTabbyCat
- Uh oh ppl. Furry tattoo incoming! Shimi is here to stay, forever! Big Thank You to @Mythimorph Shop mythimorph.com For letting me use the metamorphic manokit design. And shoutout to justsilk_tattoo on Instagram for the work. Finished pic coming later.
- As of today Shimi has been with me for 2 years. I think he’s happy as can be.
