theropod's 2012 Halloween Costume Contest Entry

theropod

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You can see more details and how this costume moves in this home video: Coolest Lego Minifigure Costume Ever! Zombie! - YouTube

My son wanted to be a Lego man minifigure for Halloween. Our family participates in the annual Denver Zombie Crawl every year, so he and I determined it might be fun if he was a Lego zombie. The annual event draws thousands of people to downtown Denver, and this year we were swarmed due to the popularity of his costume.

Here is our family at the Denver Zombie Crawl.

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I've seen other Lego minifigure costumes on the internet and have not been impressed with what I had seen. I felt it was important to have the costume as proportionately correct to a real Lego minifigure as possible, with the correct approximate movements to the toy. The feet are slightly elevated off the ground for safety while walking and trick-or-treating. The costume build is my own design based on sketches made from measurements of a Lego minifigure combined with measurements of my son. Due to human proportions, I had to cheat slightly in the length of the forearms and the length of the legs. Everything else should be precise scale to the toy.

How the costume moves like a Lego Minifigure - YouTube

The costume was fabricated primarily out of foam rubber, hot glue and latex paint. The head is a combination of a styrofoam wreath split down the middle, foam rubber and automotive window tint so that he could see out of it. The face also has a removable "normal" face. The inside of the costume is held together with velcro and nylon webbing.

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While I've created things for costumes before, this is the first costume that I've completely fabricated on my own.

When complete, the costume is freestanding by itself. After Halloween, my son wants to keep it in his room next to his table where he builds Legos.

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My kids are usually asleep while I'm online so I assembled this "proof" pic of the costume parts with a sign denoting the RPF contest.
These are all the pieces that assemble together to complete the costume.
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Wow!!! Holy smokes. That is amazing. This is one of the best costumes I have seen so far this year. Good luck in the contest.
 
Wow!!! Holy smokes. That is amazing. This is one of the best costumes I have seen so far this year. Good luck in the contest.

Thanks. We had fun making it, and even more fun chasing hapless victims people around Downtown Denver. My daughter would say "Braaaains", my wife and I would mime "Brains", and my son would moan "Briiicks". LOL
 
That is sooo good! My kids are loving it. (They are huge Lego fans)

What paint did you use on that foam?
 
That is sooo good! My kids are loving it. (They are huge Lego fans)

What paint did you use on that foam?

Gloss latex paint that was rolled/brushed on. Wanted to get a close "plastic" feel for the whole thing, spraypaint wouldn't quite do that.

On Halloween, my son decided he wanted to skip Trick-or-Treating anything beyond our block so that he could go an wear his costume at the Lego store in Denver. (about 45 minute drive one-way)

The staff's jaws dropped and were happy to let us take photos in the store, they even moved a minifigure statue from the window so that my son could pose with it.
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When we took the photos, my son asked me to help remove the head. I thought he may have had an itch or something, but he told me that he just wanted everyone to see how happy he was.
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My heart melted.
 
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When we took the photos, my son asked me to help remove the head. I thought he may have had an itch or something, but he told me that he just wanted everyone to see how happy he was.

My heart melted.

Priceless, that right there :thumbsup
And he sure does look VERY happy!!

Shylaah
 
As a lifelong Lego fiend this build is simply awesome! The graphics are spot on, looks just like a scaled up minifig.

Thanks. The proportions and articulation were very important to me. I had to cheat the scale slightly in two places but I hope it's not that noticable.

Feel free to vote for my son if you are inclined to vote. :)
 
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