Big, Practical Horns

[Tesseract]

For Halloween I wanted to rock horns for the evening and to work, but not the short stubby ones they sell, something akin to Dan Radcliffe's in Horns or bigger. The issue is I have short hair and I do want to have them appearing to break through the skin...any idea what techniques and materials I should use? I feel spirit gum may not suffice for some materials or the weight of the horns. And looking at set photos it appears that they look incredible even without post-fx, so the makeup peeps did a bang-up job...

 

[Grimwood]

Latex and tissues is a cheap, effective way to get the result you want. Start by laying a couple layers of latex around the horns, then lay tissue paper on top of the latex. (cotton balls work too, but I find working with that more messy). Lay latex on top of the tissue paper and continue this process until you have a fairly "skin like" thickness. Lightly tear up the edges around the horns. Add paint (reds, blacks and blues work well).

Good luck!

 

[throttlekitty]

Foams are lightweight enough, moreso if you can hollow them out. You can get extra coverage at the base using latex to help keep it glued down. Since you want the skin break effect, you'll want some anyway, along with makeup to blend into your skin.

 

[spydrwebz]

I would start with a thin wire armature to get the shape you want. Once you have that replicated for both sides, try some spray foam adhesive like Great Stuff. Be careful though because it expands and also has cyanoacrylates inside.You can also use light weight styrofoam After its dried, carefully sculpt it exactly the way you want it ( you can use an exacto knife to remove material and air dry foam clay to add) then seal it thoroughly with several coats of Mod Podge or even Elmers Glue diluted with water.

 

[Tesseract]

What would be a good glue? I'm concerned with it staying on due to weight, that's really the main issue as I'd have no real way to hide support with short hair...Thanks guys and gals.

 

[ahoudini]

Look hard at the Woochie line as some of their slush cast latex horns are pretty close, I think. They are very light. You could improve the paint job with acrylic paint mixed with Pros-aide, use more Pros-aide to glue them on and you are set. I agree with the "carve out of foam" strategies above, but if you can find them pre-made you are way ahead time-wise, unless you want the sculpting experience.

 

[Tesseract]

Alright so I have a wire base, foil and wrapped it in masking tape. I'm thinking of sealing it before painting WITHOUT the paper mache, should I just paper mache the thing or can I forgo it? Some pics of the process. Im adding spine ridges to them so they're not so...bland. Luckily I have a lot of time before work or I'd be boned...
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