So i'm trying to get reference pictures for a costume of Death from discworld
I'm trying to get a sculpt of this going.
anyone from the UK have any making of pictures?
So I am building Death from Discworld and I need some advice on the cloak, I need suggestions of how tall it should be, what pattern to use and most importantly what fabric I should use.
This is the example I'm working with along with stills from the movie.
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Death in the books is described as being a seven foot tall skeleton in a black hood and robe. The material shown in the movies look alittle too shiny for what I imagine Death would wear. I guess it depends on which portrayal of Death you wan to imulate, books or movies.
Having been a fan of Pratchett for many years I'd say Death should probably stand at seven foot tall and his robe should be made of something incredibly black - off the top of my head the best thing for that would be a very heavy velvet or a very heavy black wool.
The robe needs to look very heavy to pull the look off - and be closed with one of these:
Skor I'm buying the buckle on saturday. the belt buckle is the right size for Death, the brooch was Susans
right now I have the mask on order from an amazing guy from Macabre Puppets and now my biggest challenge is making the hands and the scythe.
The hands i'm using YouTube - Bringing DEATH to life as a guide but i'm very new to casting and making gloves like this.
the fingers are going to the hardest part of it all.
The scythe I am planing on making out of aluminum pipe / tubing so I can put a slight bend to it and then paint it, and I have a friend that is a metal worker so she can make the blade for me.
I'm debating on making feet but walking around dragon con will be unpossible!
anyone know of a place that cna mould me some extra large bone hands that i can sandwitch my hands inbetween them in some black gloves? i honestly don't how to go about making bone hands that are twice as large as my own hands
Allen's Halloween Page: Grim Reaper Costume
I had this page bookmarked in one of my project files. It has a description about making articulated skeletal hands. Not a lot of pictures but give a fair description of how they were made. Not sure how strong a hand would be made this way but the page mentioned the user was able to hand out Halloween candy with it.