
CamoDile
Welcome to Camodile!We are a costume creation and design business based in the UK.We aim to bring fairly priced quality costumes to suit almost any budget.

About

Hi there! My name is Dask and I own Camodile, I live and create costumes in the south east of the UK as my primary job. My pronouns are he/they. I have been making fursuits and other costumes since 2008 and have a passion for reptiles, amphibians and crocodilians. When able, you can usually find me in attendance and in the dealers den at Confuzzled and Scotiacon!Hello I'm Lomi! I'm an illustrator and animator that has worked with Dask since 2017. I mainly do concept art for fursuit reference sheets, but I also help out with the brand design for Camodile. I currently live in Alaska, but I often visit the UK to hangout with people who enjoy our work.
Prices

Heads:- £750+
Standard: 3D eyes, fleece/minky nose, fleece/minky tongue, toony front teeth
Extras: removeable eyelids, wired/poseable tongues, horns, extra teeth/fangs

Partials:- £1200+
Standard: As above, and fleece/minkie pawpads, indoor footpaws, forearm length handpaws, medium sized tail
Extras: claws, puffy 4 fingered paws

Fullsuits:- £1900+
Standard: As above, and a fitted bodysuit with front or side zipper [DTD required]
Extras: body padding, leg padding, zip on tailsAs an addendum; prices above reflect a simple costume with few colours/using stock colours and are unlikely to be the final amount for most custom orders, for a more accurate quote, please send in a quote form when we open for quotes!
Quote Forms
The next opening for normal commissions will be announced on our Telegram channel!Go here if you want a fursuit head.Go here if you want a fursuit partial.Go here if you want a fullsuit. [currently closed]Go here if you're interested in an artistic liberty costume.[our pricing calculator is currently under construction and may be back at a later time!]

Concept Art
Need concept/reference art? We have our own artist who provides this service! To get in contact with our artist, please use email, or telegram. Conbadges are also a service we provide, if interested in just a badge, contact Secondjaw for a quote.!Do not message Secondjaw regarding fursuit commission openings/claiming existing designs, he does not work on the suits directly, only artwork commissions!Contact: Please see SJ's website below and be sure to read his TOS/FAQ before contacting him.Portfolio hereFor examples of his work, see below;
FAQ
How long does it take to make a fursuit?From concept to completion, it takes about a month. However this is during my slower periods of the year, during peak times this can be up to 5 months. We won't just be working on one costume at any one time! This is from us starting on your commission, not from when the deposit is paid.What kind of materials do you use?Our head bases are made from upholstery foam, our eyes are 3D printed, pawpads, noses, tongues and inner ears are fleece and/or minky, and the costumes themselves will usually be faux fur, but sometimes feature fleece and similar materials, depending on the character!Do you make fullsuits?We do make fullsuits, however fullsuits are currently limited to artistic liberty designs and not fully custom designs.What are indoor footpaws?Indoor footpaws are recommended to be worn on moderately clean even flooring, not outside/on dirt/gravel. These paws have finished bottoms with pawpads in a variety of materials. The 'outdoor' variant of our footpaws is no longer available as a stand alone wearable. We can put you in contact with a fursuit sandal/sneaker maker if you want extra protection for your footpaws!What style of construction do you use on your heads?Our heads are all foam construction with a heavily hollowed snout for easy airflow! We do not offer moving jaws, resin head base finishing, or 3D printed base finishing services.Where do you breathe from the heads?The mouth is hollow to allow easy air flow, and should you want to install a fan into the muzzle in the future, there is plenty of space in the muzzle to allow for one as well!How do fursuit sleeves work?Fursuit sleeves are simple, shaped fur tubes with elastic keeping the pair together at the shoulder. This elastic goes across your back when wearing them, just put a shirt on over your arm sleeves and the elastic will keep them up! It's advised to put your handpaws on, then your sleeves, then your shirt for a seamless look.What if I want a quote and you aren't taking open for commissions?With how often fur prices, import fees and other matters out of our control have been changing lately, we feel it's no longer feasibly to provide on the spot estimates. Please aim to submit a quote when we open for them and use our baseline estimates as a guide.I've tried to get a slot multiple times and never even got a reply! What gives?We're sorry you weren't selected, but every time we open up our slots we sometimes have upwards of 50 applicants. We will pick and choose criteria that keeps our work flow interesting, or gives us character designs we would like to work with. Our slots are not first come first served. You improve your likelihood of getting a slot by; being a species we haven't made/made many of, opting for artistic liberty, having a reference sheet from our concept artist, or trying for multiple openings, the current sweet spot for that sits around 3 tries. Don't give up looking if you're dedicated to getting a slot with us, but also be aware of our limitations!What if I don′t know what I want or don′t have concept art?Artistic liberty may be the option for you! Artistic liberty essentially rewards you for not being picky about your design. Want a water themed wolf? Sure! When you get more involved with small details you would like though, the price for artistic liberty will go up towards the normal price of a fursuit of that type. We have a separate form available for our artistic liberty options vs our normal options. Currently, artistic liberty suits work out approximately 20% cheaper than regular commissions if the client has the lowest possible amount of involvement with the design.What if I want to change my design after I've given a deposit?You have up until we order materials and start your costume to make changes to your design. After that, no more changes will be freely accepted. Any change is subject to a fee if it alters your design to the point Dask feels it's necessary. Changes that can incur fees are: additional markings/colours. change of species, horns, a change in eye colour/inner ear colour, tongue colour, ect.Where do you ship costumes?Currently, we ship just about everywhere except the EU. Just be aware that some countries will have security risks with posting fursuits and I will recommend full tracking/insurance as the only option I'll send the suit via. Mainland UK, america and australia are all common locations we ship to. Posting to the EU at the moment is too uncertain and volatile for us to reasonably accept commissions from EU locals. If the ability to collect your suit arises, we will allow this, but we will not be posting to the EU for the foreseeable future.What costumes wont you make?We won't make original species that are not of your creation. Ex; sergals, angel dragons, etc. We also won't make costumes breaching copyright laws, such as pokemon or digimon. We can do 'inspired by' designs, but they won't be 100% true to the inspiration. We will not make characters who are primarily or completely made up of saturated colours either for Dask's eye health. Suits that are too close to another suit we have made in the past [but not a remake of your character, which is absolutely fine!] will also be declined. In some cases, we may still select characters like this, but only when the design is uncopyrightable. Such as, a white wolf, a fox with natural markings, etc. 2 dragons with the exact same colours and horn placement however, would be a no go!Can you make me a fursuit in someone else's style?In short, no. If you like another fursuit maker's style, commission them!Do your costumes have a warranty?All costumes have a 1 year or 5 convention warranty against any defects that don't include regular wear and tear, whatever comes first. Regular wear and tear includes: plastic discolouration- which includes the fur itself, claw scuffs, softening of leather pawpads, pilling on the fur backing on bodysuits and small tears. If it's small enough to just get a finger through a tear, it's not worth the postage to send it back to us, and we'll advise on self repair!

TOS
Below is how the commission process and such work if you decide on commissioning me.Quotes, deposits and concept art-No quote form, no quote!A quote is only accurate and valid for the opening you applied for.Deposits are non refundable in most cases.Under extreme circumstances where the client can no longer continue their commission, we will provide partial refund options if materials are ordered but the commission itself is not started.Concept art must be of the client's character. Please do not use photos of an existing fursuit as a reference, someone else's character, or art from AI generators.All changes to a fursuit incurred through inaccurate reference art/failure to inform us of a change/a change after work is underway or completed will result in a fee. Our fees are explained at the bottom of this page.It is down to the client to update us with reference artwork should the character change during the commission process. Changes will often result in fees and delays to your commission.Concept art must be provided with 3 views [front, back and side. front and back will be considered for simple characters.] when you submit a quote form.Our artist SecondJaw can provide you with reference artwork for a small fee. We will favour artwork from our artist as it's going to give you and us a better idea of how your character will look as a 3D costume.If your character has markings that are hard to visualize in a 3D space, our commission form also includes a 3D 'test' of your character to make sure that it's likely to be viable in our style with your choice of markings. I will recommend this to you if I feel your design may have elements too complex or cluttered to look it's best in our style.Clients who are accepted during the quote process will be contacted and have a live conversation with Dask via telegram to finalise all of the needed details and address any questions directly in real time. Take into account that this will be no more than an hour and be purely speaking about your slot, this is to make sure we're a good fit for the client's character. We ask that clients answer truthfully when we ask if they have a deposit available so that we don't waste our time providing an in depth quote. After which, if we mutually agree the commission is a good fit for both of us, you will be required to pay your deposit within 1 week unless otherwise specified.Payment-Work on the client's costume will begin before the full balance is paid, but it will not be sent to the client or finished before the balance is fully paid.Clients will be required to pay 1/3 upfront for fullsuits and partials, and 1/2 upfront for heads only.Second payments will come on confirmation of the head base shaping, this is where I can make any changes.Dask will contact the client just before starting on the head base, if the client is unable to pay the second payment, inform Dask immediately so that he can plan accordingly. Failure to make a payment within 1 month of the initial request without prior communication may result in the cancellation of your slot and potentially the loss of your deposit.The last payment will come shortly after the second [if there is a third payment to make] and following that will be postage. A quote of £1500 will have 3 payments of £500 for example, excluding shipping.The exception to the above point is puchasing an adoptable, adoptables usually require 1/2 upfront regardless of the costume being a head/partial/fullsuit.Payments are processed by paypal and must be in the client's name. If we have any doubts on the clients identity or age, we may ask for ID matching the given name on paypal, or evidence of attendance at a convention with 18+ attendance. [ex: a con issued conbadge with the client's name/character name on it]. We reserve the right to decline service to anyone who is unable to provide these on request.We do not accept being paid in person at events/conventions, or paid in trade, unless this was suggested by us to begin with.You must have control of your finances. If you are not, we respectfully ask that you do not commission us.If Dask shows progress on the client's costume that warrants a payment, and the client is unable to pay it, they have a few options. If unable to pay for a prolonged period* the slot may be auctioned off, moved on to someone else in my queue, or the client will be given a grace period to pay off any dues and be pushed to the back of the queue while payment resolves.Progress and updates-Clients are welcome to request photo updates, although all photo updates available will be sent to the client when available. If the client has something specific they would like to see, let Dask know.Updates are also given via telegram, both our current WIPs, finished costumes and the status of the workshop.Slots are taken long in advance to allow for very reasonable payment plans to suit everybody. We will rely on you checking the update channel during this wait period as our direct contact with you will be limited until we start your costume. If this makes you anxious, please consider commissioning someone with a shorter queue.An addendum to the above point: discussing the client's order and being accepted is not the start of the commission, the commission officially starts when the deposit is paid and confirmed by us. Ex: if you inquire about a commission in may, but you pay your deposit in august, your commission process starts in august.Delivery and contact-Once a fursuit is posted, any damage caused by the postal services are not a fault of my own. If such damages do happen, contact your post office immediately for compensation.While contacting us, try to stick within our work hours which can be found as a pinned message in our update channel, while they can change they will usually be monday-friday work days, 10am-6pm GMT. Saturday and sunday are our days off, we will not reply to messages on saturday or sunday.Presently we do not offer convention deadlines, or convention drop offs. You may however pick up a costume from us in person in some circumstances.If we receive no confirmation to continue with a costume close to a projected completion date, the client may be pushed back in the queue. Please try to reply back to any progress/updates in a timely manner to keep the queue running smoothly.All customs or duty fees upon delivery to the client are not our responsibility and must be settled by the client. We can try to estimate what this will be on request.Repairs, returns and modifications-All costumes have a 1 year, or 5 convention warranty where Dask will repair the costume for the cost of shipping. Only return the part that needs repairs, not everything!If a suit is returned uncleaned/smelly/stained, Dask will return it immediately and the warranty will be void. If the costume is in truly awful condition at fault of the client, they will no longer be permitted to work with us.Please include your warranty card [if you have one] when requesting any repair with your costume, regardless of your warranty status.If a costume has been modified in any way by the client or a third party, the warranty will be void.Any other rough activities that do not apply under general wear-and-tear will also not be covered under the warranty. This includes: LARPing, tree climbing, anything involving mud or dirt, back-flips and other strenuous activities that require a lot of flexibility that a formfitting costume cannot offer.Should you want to use your suit for adult activities, this will void your warranty and option to send the suit back to me for repairs.We strongly suggest that you do not modify or ask us to modify your suit for adult activities before your warranty expires.Any issues or damage should be reported directly to us, especially within the warranty period.If a repair is simple and the client can repair it themselves, we will often recommend this purely due to the cost of postage, especially for overseas clients. If the client is uncomfortable to make a repair themselves, we will still take the costume in for repairs, or suggest a local maker able to carry out the repair. This may incur a higher repair rate than our base rate, however!A fitting error on our part will be repaired free of charge within the first 3 months of you owning your costume. We will however charge our repair rate to fix or modify a costume that no longer fits after the initial wear due to gained/lost weight.Repairs have the full 1 year/5 convention warranty.Refunds-Every fursuit we create is a unique wearable art piece tailored to the owner, as such, returns are not accepted once a fursuit is complete and mailed out to the client. Unless it is a large error on our part that could not be seen via photos, which we will try to fix.No one will stop you from selling the costume on to someone else if you are still unhappy with it and no other solution can be found.For new costumes, the warranty will be extended to the new owner, providing no modifications were made. Suits from may 2018 on-wards will have an official start-end warranty sheet in with the costume that must be passed to the new owner for this to apply.No refunds will be given if the costume arrives to Dask in a state that is different to when it was sent out or it is otherwise dirty/used, tampered with or improperly washed and subsequently ruined. Your suit will be returned and anything left from your repair fee not used on postage will be refunded to you.If circumstances change during the process of the commission, such as, but not limited to; the client is rude, threatening, unreasonable, excessive contact/expectation of immediate replies, abuse our staff or Dask has personal issues that inpede progress with the commission, we have the right to give a refund of our own accord. Dask will give you notice and reasoning if your order is refunded. In most cases, a refund will be given after your slot is sold off to someone else waiting in our shortlist.Fees-From march 2022, we will be allowing the option for clients to visit our workshop again and have their DTDs made by us. You must book this well in advance with us and you will be expected to provide your own coveralls to wear, 2 rolls of brown parcel tape and 2 rolls of 3M brand or similar grey or black tape. We charge £60 for the time/service.Any poorly made DTDs that can be salvaged will incur a £30 repair fee. This includes; torn areas of the DTD, areas of coverall still showing, bent arms/legs, dropped crotches [if you want us to ammend that] or if you do not tape the DTD back together before sending it to us.Changing your character or fur choices mid commission will result in being billed for the new order of fabric. This also includes a change in choice for accent fabrics such as fleece, minkie, etcAny changes made to the suit that were an oversight of the client past the foam base stage will be charged at our advanced repair rate of £35 p/hourIf Dask finishes your costume and you cannot pay the final amount due, Dask will hold the costume for a maximum of 1 month* after this it will be altered if the character is very distinct, then auctioned off and you will be refunded the amount you had paid towards it, minus the deposit and an admin fee of 15% of the remaining sale value.Misc.We do not make handpaws, footpaws, bodysuits or tails separately, we only make heads, partials and fullsuits.If the client is under the age of 18, we wont be able to work with them. It is a legal requirement to be over 18 to have an active paypal account, which is a requirement for commissioning us.If the client is not a native speaker of english and struggles to write it, we may refuse to work with them. This is because costume commissions are fairly conversation heavy and we would hate to miss something lost in translation and leave the client unhappy with the final product. Asking a friend to contact us instead in this case is fine!*we may allow 3 months with prior communication but this is not a guarantee.
