Blaster Hedgie

Blaster Hedgie (born February 1st, 1978) is a furry living in the United Kingdom. His fursona is a hedgehog.

Fursona
Originally created in 1999, Blaster Hedgie was originally designed as a grey Sonic 'fan character', the first design sharing the head, body and leg shape of Sonic, but with grey fur, grey shoes and a bionic arm. This was to attempt to discourage others from making the connection to Sonic, even though it did very little to actually do so. In the summer of 1999, a fursuit was built around this version of the character by the creator himself. Originally designed by adapting a typical Simplicity mascot pattern, and altering the head to look more like a typical Sonic OC, it cost approximately £100 ($130) and about three months to build.

Appearances
Blaster 1 first appeared at Duckon '99, in the Furry Variety Show in a number of sketches including SPAM, Mutual Of Omaha, and Plankety Plank: Don't Hit Back. His second appearance was Further Confusion Y2K (2000), followed by 2001, 2002, and 2003. Each time, he appeared in the Furry Variety Show performing a song. FC Y2K and 2001 was 'Baby, When You're Fur', FC 2002 was 'It's Raining Plush' and FC 2003 was 'Quills'. The songs were filks of original works, 'Baby, When You're Gone', by Bryan Adams and Mel C, 'It's Raining Men', by Geri Halliwell, and 'Bad' by Michael Jackson, respectively.

Blaster 2 appeared at Confuzzled 2012, Eurofurence 2012 (18), Confuzzled 2014, and Eurofurence 2014 (20), performing in the Dance competitions at each event. However, he did not place in the top 3 in any event.

Outside Of Fursuiting
Blaster Hedgie is one of the co-creators of TigerTails Radio, the other being TK Tiger, who Blaster Hedgie has lived with since 2005. He was one of the main hosts of Season 1 and Season 2, but left mid-way during Season 3 due to time schedule conflicts with his full time job. A few years later, he decided that he liked being part of the crew, and so rejoined the show's cast as a guest host, until becoming full time co-host once again in 2016. Blaster Hedgie is currently at University, studying for a degree in Music, and is looking to get back into Stand-Up comedy with small open mic sessions in the city of Southampton, where he lives.