walrus-furbs’ 2005 plusification tutorial
I couldn’t find an in-depth tutorial on how to plushify an 05, so
(this tutorial will be very meme heavy)
For this tutorial, I was going for a plusified 05 that doesn’t look plushified. As in, I’m going to keep all the non-robotic parts that came with the 05. My victim totally willing participant today is my sweet girl Mildew, who came to me broken and in bad shape. Her beak was ripped and her feet looked like they’d been chewed on.
She badly needed a makeover!! So let’s get started :D!!
seam cutters (for skinning)
wire cutters or just some sort of heavy-duty cutting utensil
something to drill holes with (I used a dremel)
Skin your furby. I won’t show how to do this here but there’s some very good tutorials on youtube! After I skinned her I washed the skin, but this step is optional.
begin disassembling the furby. I started by taking off the outer shell (I did have to cut some wires to do so, but she’s broken anyway so I won’t be needing her robot parts anymore anyways)
Next, we’re gonna tackle the eyelids. Get that screwdriver ready!!
twist those suckers out of there. Basically if you see a screw, unscrew it.
The eyelids should come off!
Next we’ll tackle those eyeballs. See these things here?
they’re holding the eyes in. I tried to pry out the bar holding the eyes in, but
So I wound up just cutting clean through the suckers to get them out.
After that I was able to get the rod out. Thankfully there was another set of guiding holes on the inside of the eyes, which we’ll need later.
Last but not least, the beak! Simply unscrew the screws around the beak to get the rubber part off
Now, getting the plastic part off is the tricky part. It’s being held in by these two plastic bits on the top and bottom
I just snipped those off, preserving as much plastic as possible. Later on the plastic prongs won’t be necessary, but they help for posing the beak while we work on it.
Now we should have all the parts we need!
Now we’re going to re-assemble the parts!
Place the eyes in the eyelids. Line up the guiding holes on both the lids and eyes.
I hot glued the eyes to the bottom lids. Not COMPLETELY necessary, but it helps with positioning them once they’re in the furby.
Now, take your armature wire and slide it in through all the guiding holes. This will hold the eyes together!
Make sure you cut the wire extra long, so it’s sticking out from both sides a good bit.
Set the eyes aside and work on the beak.
I have this magical stuff called apoxie sculpt, it’s basically super-sturdy air dry clay. It’s two-part, so you mix equal amounts from the two tubs before you use it.
I was a fool and didn’t take pictures of the sculpting process, but basically all you do is smush the apoxie on the beak, smoothing it and giving it some bulk. It might take a few passes to do this, and it helps to do one half of the beak at a time. The apoxie takes 24 hours to fully cure so be mindful of that. Once you’re satisfied with your sculpting job, sand and paint the beak and it’s done! I opted to go for the 98 furby beak color instead of the 2005 beak color, a choice I semi-regret but it’s up to you which color you paint your beak!
Put everything in the correct place in the furby skin. Place the eyes in the eye sockets, and mark spots in the plastic faceplate directly across from the wires. Then drill two holes in the spots you marked. Slide the wires through, twist them to secure them, and voila! You’ve successfully installed the eyes!
Now, to install the beak. I wish I could have taken out the rod the whole mouth was hinged on, but
So I instead threaded very thin jeweler’s wire through the hinged parts. Then I did as I did with the eyes, but drilled and extra pair of holes so the top hinge and bottom hinge could both be anchored in properly.
Lastly, I added a piece of foam behind the peak to keep it in place. I just hot glued it to the plastic faceplate.
And now your baby has a face again!
Don’t forget the feet! Partially re-assemble them, putting the fuzzy parts on the plastic that goes over the foot.
Mildew had chewed up feet, so I fixed them up with the apoxie sculpt and gave them a fresh coat of paint.
I also covered the part where the screw went in, since I didn’t think I’d need it. However I wish I’d kept it to screw the two foot pieces together.
Instead of using the screw, it’s hot glue time babey!! I simply hot glued the fuzz to the feet. Hot glue clings onto fur like nobody’s business so it’s pretty sturdy!
Now we have complete feet!
Stuffing! Take some poly-fil and shove it in the fubry skin. Start with the ears, then stuff the body. It’s very satisfying to see your bab get chonky again
You’re almost there!! This is the final step! And probably the hardest for some of you- Sewing! Sew the feet to the body using a ladder stitch. Thread the needle in the body, pull it out, then thread it in the mesh of the foot, and pull it out. Repeat that. Here’s a handy diagram-
It’ll look something like this. When you pull the thead, it pulls the foot into the body!
I did the same stitch the close the hole on the bottom where the battery compartment used to be.
With the feet attached and everything sewn up, you’re all done!!
I hope you found this tutorial helpful! Please feel free to ask me any questions you have!
