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Published: 2011-05-29 08:53:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 8524; Favourites: 415; Downloads: 197
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I'd like to introduce you all to my latest creation, I've been working on this one for quite a while. He's my most complicated creation to date.He measures 10.5" from paw to ear tips and approximately 15" from from to back (not including his long tail). He has jointed back legs and wire armature in his neck/back and legs. I used all white fabrics to create him and airbrushed all the beautiful fur markings on by hand.
Clouded leopards are perhaps my most favourite of the big cats. It's such a shame that they are so endangered.
I really hope that you like Nimbus, there are lots more photos of him on my website if you'd like to see more of him.
He has found a new home to go to now.
www.arcasdesigns.com
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Tell me how I get a Nimbus the Clouded Leopard like the one in the picture. I have an extensive stuffed collection of realistic clouded leopards. What would the price be.
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Very beautiful! I have a crazy question though. You paint on all the details. What sort of paint/fabric combinations so you use that makes the plush stay soft? I was playing around with fabric paints but they usually got the fur to get stiff or stick together.
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Clouded leopards are so beautiful.Β probably my favorite large cat as well.Β
Please excuse the incoming fave-spamage. ;
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This is so superb! Can I ask how much your brilliant critters sell for?
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Sorry for the really, really late reply 
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I love clouded leopards too! They are beautiful animals. I painted one awhile back! fav.me/d63oc2t
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They are incredible animals, as are all the felines
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This is just simply stunning work!
Those paws!
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What type of paint do you use for the airbrushing? I am seeking a paint for white fur that will be water/rainproof if such a thing is possible.
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I mostly use Dye-na-flow paints by Jacquard and heat set them with a hairdyer. They can be set with a hot iron but obviously it's not possible on synthetic fur. I doubt that it would be fully waterproof but for my purposes it's enough. I don't know of any product that you could use on fur that would be completely rainproof sorry.
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Dye-na-flow? Really? That is what I used on my first 2 posable art dolls, and it did not stick to the fur well at all. It's flaking off over time, made the fur sort of sticky-ish, and I couldn't get dark colors. I did not attempt to heat set it though, I did not know how that would work on fur. I've since switched to Simply Spray and am quite pleased with it.
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Yep, I agree that achieving black is quite difficult. Β I apply the paint very slowly in many layers allowing each to fully dry and brushing out the fur out before adding the next layer. Β It's very time consuming but I have never found it to flake at all or the fur to get sticky doing it this way. I heat set using a hairdryer.
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Hm. I guess the dryer makes all the difference. You might give simply spray a try though. The colors are more intense so you don't have to add as many coats.
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Simply spray sounds very ineresting, I may give it a try.Β Thanks for the heads up.
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Thanks, that's a big help!
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wow.....that must have been a whole lot of work.....itΒ΄s so awesome!
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Aw, he's adorible! :3
What is inside him? Is he hard or squishy?
Anyway, it's super cute.
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Sorry for the (incredibly) late reply. Thank you for your kind words. He's not hard nor is he squishy, he's somewhere in between lol. He's firmly stuffed with polyfil and has a bag of plastic pellets in his tummy for added weight. Oh and he has internal wire armature so that he can pose nicely too.
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He's so cute! I love it! XD It makes me want one
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OMG DID YOU MAKE THAT! IS IT FOR SALE? I WANT IT SO BAD
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Thank you! Yes, I did make him and he was for sale but he sold quite quickly. Sorry.
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Wow! He looks amazing. Nice work with the markings. How did you create the pattern to make him?
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Thank you so much! I desiged pattern after studying lots and lots of real clouded leopard photographs.
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Thank you so much for your comments, I'm thrilled that you like Nimbus.
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WOW!!!! i had to look closer to even see it was a plush! it's SO CUTE and WELL DONE!! it looks like Nimbus could walk right up to me and rub up against my leg *squee!* awesome, awesome, awesome.
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Thank you so much for your kind words
Of course the real thing may just walk up and bite your leg rather than rub up against it, lol. But Nimbus is the loving kind all the way.
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WOW!! So realistic looking. That is beautiful.
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Thank you so much for your kind words, I'm thrilled that you like him.
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You're welcome. I love your work! 
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This is a plushie?! It looks like it could be the real thing! Great job on it!
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Thank you so much, yep he's a plushie for sure. I'm so glad that you like him.
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I do! He looks super awesome. ^^ You did an amazing job on him. =]
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Thank you! I'm so glad that you like my animals.
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Your welcome it's so adorable!
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i thought this was a 3D image, not a plush toy
Y SO AWESOME
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Thank you, I'm so glad that you like him.
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can i ask you something?
can i make an icon 4 u? (i'm bored, so i wanna do something)
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Gorgeous!
What's his nose made of? And is he a collectible or a "it's okay to love me!" stuffie (I'm guessing the former, after all that work!)?
DH
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Thank you!
His nose is made out of ultrasuede and, you are right, he's more of a collectible than the 'take me to bed and hug all night' kind. The occasional cuddle is OK though.
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Aw...yeah, I must admit I have some stuffies that will never be mint condition again, after being loved too long or too well...some are just too squzzable for their own good. :sigh:
DH
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