Halfshell

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Halfshell. Art by Rayzer Reptile.
Sabaka Mahusky's signature
Halfshell and Sabaka fursonas. Art by Kout.
Sabaka fursuit by Molly Margay. Photo by Viktoria Foxfang.

Halfshell, full Halfshell Hero, also known as Sabaka, Sabaka'Zlo, Sabaka Mahusky, and Sabaka Firecaster, and as Halfshell Boa on Second Life (born September 6, 1981), is a furry artist, musician, and fursuiter from Kansas City, Kansas, USA.

Biography[edit]

Halfshell works as a toxicologist and clinical lab technician[1], and worked during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic period of 2020-2022, handling COVID SARS testing through the CDC.[2] He has earned his Microsoft certificates in 2011 through the University of Phoenix, Columbus, Ohio Campus. He is also certified in desktop publishing (DPT), commercial art, drafting and technical drawing in blueprinting, and computer programming in college courses credited at Johnson County Community College (JCCC) and the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design offered through his high school programs from 1995 to 2000.

Halfshell claims to be a 7th cousin once removed of (non-deceased) artist, Fur Affinity webmaster, and fandom influencer, Dragoneer, as per FamilySearch.org.[citation needed][3]

Outside the furry fandom, he is friends with:

Halfshell past spouses include Sonicblu Darkfold from 2006 to 2009[4], and GillGill from 2009 to 2013.[5]

Fandom involvement[edit]

Halfshell joined the furry fandom in late 2004 after leaving the TMNT fandom. While surfing through various websites, he found anthropomorphic art and started submitting his own art to the InflatioNation website. While online, he started chatting and getting acquainted with other furries such as Sir Kain in 2005, before attending his first furry convention, Anthrocon, that same year.

He became one of the six original Fur Affinity administrators[6] in 2005 after it's beta launch under Alkora's ownership. Halfshell is also a WikiFur editor.

Through various furry conventions, Halfshell had many jobs and titles. He was a variety show performer, gopher, and security staff for Midwest FurFest 2007, gopher, wrangler and security for Morphicon 2009.

Halfshell often hangs around Second Life as Halfshell Boa,[7] where he has created logos for various clubs and groups including the Gay Furry Club (GFC) and Cold Flame.

Fursonas[edit]

  • Halfshell - Halfshell's main fursona is a turtle - a transition from the TMNT community to the furry community. The character has orange-red hair and wears a backward blue ball cap, blue jeans, and a belt. He usually goes shirtless, displaying a very prominent outie belly button.
  • Sabaka, full Sabaka Mahusky - Sabaka is a black and white husky/wolf mix (wusky), with red eyes and a scar down across the right eye. He wears a blue Hawaiian shirt with a light blue palm tree leaves pattern. Sabaka is currently used in the Ironclaw role-playing game, and was Halfshell's fursuit.
  • Sabaka 'Zlo - Sabaka's alter-ego, who wears a tunic, armor shoulder plates, a long red cape, and a skull belt. "Sabaka Zlo" is pronounced as Saa'baka and has the Russian meaning for dog or wolf; "Zlo" as Shl'oe, the Russian meaning "demon", "evil", or "devil". The character was initially created as an idea for a comic book villain.

Fursuit[edit]

Halfshell's initial fursuit was of one of Sabaka Mahusky, who retired it in 2009.

Convention attendance[edit]

(*) Staff member

Art[edit]

Halfshell is an artist who works in traditional mediums, mainly hand-drawn media using colored pencils on paper. His artwork can be found on various platforms like DeviantART, Fur Affinity, SheezyArt, and on InflationNation. Halfshell's art of an inflated Jake Long appears on Jeff Goode's Official website[8].

Music[edit]

In December 2004, Halfshell and Jaimetud Otter recorded Blue’s Christmas for Blue on the InflatioNation site. In 2005, influenced by SonicBlu and Corsi Mousehold, Halfshell recorded more parodies such as Leavin' the Con and I Wont Chow Down.

On July 14, 2012, A studio version of The Hungry Furries was showcased on the Dr. Demento Show[9], hitting the Top 10 on it again (#8) the following week.[10]

Halfshell's music had airplay on furry radio stations such as Planetfurry's radio station KWKAT from 2005 to 2011, and OtterTunes's Shoutcast radio, ROVR, from 2005 to 2017. His music in current rotation on Mad Music Archive since 2014, and The FuMP (The Funny Music Project) since 2005.

Halfshell's music can also be found on various mainstream music services (Apple Music, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, Spotify, et al).[11]

Albums[edit]

Cover and title Tracks Details
Cover of Caught In A Map (2006-2007)

Caught In A Map: The Demos
  1. Caught In A Map (featuring SonicBlu)
  2. I Won't Chow Down
  3. Hungry, Said The Wolf
  4. Leavin' The Con
  5. The Hungry Furries
  6. Blue's Christmas (2006 version with a duet with Viktoria Foxfang)
  7. Caught In A Map (alternate version)
  8. Blue's Christmas (2006 alternate version with a duet with Viktoria Foxfang)
  9. Blue's Christmas (2006 version without Viktoria Foxfang)
  10. Blue's Christmas (2006)
  11. Blue's Christmas (2006 Viktoria Solo)
  12. The Pile Of Furries (Sonicblu cover)
  13. Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry cover)
  14. If Everyday Was A Fur Con

Note: Lo-fi home recordings quality.

Cover of Leaving The Con (2015)

Leaving The Con
  1. Leaving The Con
  2. Won't Chow Down (2008 single)
  3. Ode To Oz The Kangaroo
  4. Making A Fursuit (2008 acoustic music of a Sonicblu cover)
  5. Blue's Christmas (2013 version)
  6. Blue's Christmas (2013 version with sound effects)

Music videos[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Those who know, I work in a Toxicology and Clinical lab post by Halfshell on X. Dated September 22, 2024. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  2. ↑ Quest Diagnostics Granted CDC Contract to Support COVID-19 Infection and Vaccination Seroprevalence Research Retreived October 3, 2024.
  3. ↑ Re:upload post by Halfshell on Fur Affinity. Dated August 31, 2024. Retrieved ?.
  4. ↑ What I've been up to as of late post by Sonicblu on LiveJournal. Dated June 28, 2008. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  5. ↑ Mine post by GillGill on Fur Affinity. Dated August 29, 2009. Retrieved ?.
  6. ↑ Admin Banner Contest post on Fur affinity (retrieved via the Internet wayback Machine). Dated March 11, 2005. Retrieved August 2024.
  7. ↑ Halfshell Boa's profile on Second Life's website. Retrieved ?.
  8. ↑ "Jake Long Inflation" [2005 by Halfshell (color by Loafer)] image post on Jeff Goode's official website. Retrieved ?.
  9. ↑ The Dr. Demento Show #12-28 - July 14, 2012 playlist on the The Demented Music Database!. Dated July 14, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  10. ↑ The Dr. Demento Show #12-30 - July 28, 2012 playlist on the The Demented Music Database!. Dated July 28, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Sabaka Mahusky" search results on Google. Retrieved August 8, 2024.

External links[edit]

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Music[edit]

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