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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

wait what. i made one for 200 bucks that the theater program i made it for is still using 30 years later (i build shit to last). you mean i could make money doing that?

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WoodScientist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I’m not in that community myself, but from what I hear a high quality for suit can cost $10-20k. Not sure what differences in construction may exist between those and what you made. But some artists definitely make decent livings making them.

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- anomnom@sh.itjust.works ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Cooling systems, animatronics, durability.
  
  I’m not part of that community, but I’ve built props for advertisements and museum installations; durability and reliability are where most of the money is, especially in low volume products.
  
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- Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Mmhmm. A nice head is 2kUSD or more. A whole custom suit starts at maybe 10, 15k, and can easily exceed 20.
  
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  - HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I can believe it for the head. I had to build a horse head the next year and it was hard as fuck.
    
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