A groot build for 2017

I've set out to build a big and beautiful groot suit for my future connventions, and have decided to catalog it

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My goal is to have this costume built by Halloween 2016, so I can attend my second convention this year. My budget for this build was 200.0

So I started off my referencing several media sources determining how tall I wanted groot to be, and what if any additional effects it'd want him to have. I settled on a costume that would peak out at 9 feet tall, and feature stilts, and large animated hands. I searched RPF, for previous threads to assist with this and found Bobbyfrombuf to have the most pic heavy thread to help with my plans, then I started crafting.