mERRY cHRISTMAS!

I totally thought I posted all the work in progress pictures from halloween.  it seems I had not.  so in the spirit of the season, here's a gift for y'all of something that should have been on here months ago...

The Idea:

My main costume was taking longer than expected so I ended up launching full throttle into my back up costume.  I think I pumped the whole thing out in about a day or so.  with a lot of hiccups and many "learning experiences".  So Here we go... to ADVENTURE!

A few tests to figure out placement of the hood piece (it was purchase, a while before the costume idea came up).

Head mold that I started with

the start of the sculpt

sculpt finished

Mold box created

Mold poured... now we wait...

The foam cast was poured with some issues.  ended up about 2x as thick as planned.

mask also had some chunks from bubbles created from attempted to fix previous issue.  uses gel blood to fill some holes...

added some bandages on as well to push for a battle damaged look.

not many pictures of the costume, it was fun but it creeped a lot of people out.  if it would have been proper thickness it may have been perfect, still considering a second attempt...

Was asked to remove mask for pictures by the host of the party so the mask came off, but you can still see it peeking through the top of my backpack.

yeah... no comment.

aftermath of Halloween.  (some bits of mystery project he he heh)

Aftermath part 2...

so there it is.  I hope once January rolls around I may have a free weekend to finish off the other costume, and show that one off.  Have a Holly Jolly Holidays Everyone!

-eD

Worst license plate ever

"Drowsy" should not be an acceptable license plate...

heh

The next chapter of the book I was reading a few months ago is "procrastination"... 
I think it's time I finally read it...

(4:22pm 11//07/13)

-eD

Halloween Pre-Production...

Here are some of the pics that I took on the early Work In Progress pictures for my Halloween Costumes. 

Head Mold with Body Double Silicone on the front of my head, plaster bandages for the back of my head.  Didn't have anyone available to take pictures until we were pretty much done, so this is all I have.

This is the front of my head mold. Trimmed my goatee enough and added a release to both the silicone and my facial hair, seemed to work.

Straight out of the mold head cast.  Turned out with some issues here and there, nothing I couldn't work with for the two costumes that I had planned.

A more cleaned up and inside version of the full head cast.

Front of face cast untouched.

Face cast, touched up.

Views of the Face cast, to help me figure out how to sculpt the piece onto it.

This just had to be done...

The clown wigs that I had didn't look too good, so i removed them.

After all the Halloween related hi-jinx I have a few of the face casts around, and can easily cast more if need be.  Though I will definitely be doing a full head mold before I do another head piece.  Need a full workable head for a lot of the things I have planned for the future...

My main costume was put aside because of time restrictions and I did not want to rush it in it's final detailing stages.  The pieces should be done sometime in Nov, so hopefully soon I will show them all off on here for y'all to see.  I will be posting my Alt costume pictures as soon as I get around to cropping the images and posting them, but that much is obvious...
-eD

Oct Part 1

One day I was stuck on the onramp for I-5 for an hour only going .5 miles.  Guess there was a mudslide that ruined my drive home from work.

Went to Monsterpalooza and saw some cool stuff...  Killer Clowns...

From Outer Space!

Life size Looney Tunes Witch

Amazing Detail, though the picture doesn't do it justice.

My new iPhone case!  has a rubberized back which makes it somewhat stick to flat surfaces, plus it has an awesome clown on it...

How I handed out candy to kids this Halloween.  Sadly by the time we got home I missed most of them, and only had about 4 groups come by to trick or treat. 

The Costume Work in Progress Pictures are coming soon...
-eD

Sept Pics

Pics from September... Finally!

The only pic I took on the trip that I vowed not to talk about, but how could I not take a picture of this artwork?!?!

Fri 13th 9-13-13, only one in costume but still had an excuse to wear my new black short-sleeved coveralls.

This thing is awesome.  there's a commercial that showed it, mentioned a website to get a free one, and low and behold many months later after I forgot all about it, it showed up.  It's at work now, tons of squeaky fun.

Our Inflatable animals for our pool.  We have a giant duck, a happy killer whale, and an alligator.  Fun stuff no matter how old you happen to be.

Fresh Ink Fella's.  Great to see the guys again.  Took turns catching up with each of them while the other got tatted up.

Raspberry Blueberry Faygo, amazing!

Had to take a picture of it, my first faygo bottle from an icp concert.  It wasn't from my first concert, just the first one I ever snagged for the reason of saving it.  Redoing my bedroom and wasn't worth keeping so it is now somewhere in PA being recycled, hopefully for something good...

South Carolina stop, this guy kinda looked like a Juggalo with crazy braids and a goatee, had to take a pic.

After wandering and placing glow necklaces in random places, like trees, railings, and many cars to guide us back to the hotel. My moms car was one of the many (I knew it was hers and was curious how long it would go before it was noticed), and it made it all the way from sc to  pa, though my mom did spot it pretty quick.

The photographer captured my anxiety over the reading for my sister's wedding.  You can see many pen marks and such on the little paper.

Vinyl hanging piece that I got from TGI Friday's in Orlando, and it finally made it's trip to my sister in NC after like 6 or so years.

Oct is coming up...
-eD

Holy Heck!

it's been over 2 months since my last post!  what the heck is wrong with me?!?  ok well I'm going to do this in phases so one post isn't insanely cluttered with random pictures...
Here's the rest of what I have photo evidence of from August...

based on the last post here is my before and after trimming...

the sadness

made a makeshift pillow out of some packing bubbles.  worked decent except for the noises when you shifted your weight.

Backyard Panorama

Saw this on a wall at a bar.  made me smile.

My friend Jordan was chosen to play Keanu Reeves in the Point Break Live show!  it was a blast, and even better to see a friend on stage doing it.

More to trickle in, during the next few days...
-eD