Hellboy Costume - Complete!

tonykch

tonykch

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Hi there! I'm new to the forum, but I've been lurking for quite a while looking at all the amazing stuff people here create.

I'm currently working on a Hellboy costume. My goal is to make it as screen accurate as possible. Originally I was going to use foam latex for the facial prosthetics, but eventually decided that a silicone mask would work much better.

I'm finished collecting parts to assemble it for the most part. Here's where I'm at so far:

The pants: I found a pair of leather pants that are extremely accurate to the film version:
pants.jpg


Here's what I found for the jacket. Still have to weather it, shorten the right arm, and add the straps and buckles. The color is slightly lighter than I'd prefer, and I'm still contemplating ways to make it darker:
jacket.jpg


The shirt I'm using is an Underarmour shirt, which I will need to widen the collar slightly and add the red piping around it.

I originally contemplated getting the Sideshow Samaritan, but instead went with the resin one that is readily available online:

samaritan.jpg

I'm currently working heavily on this. I've already cleaned it up, and filled holes with Milliput. Then it will get a final sanding and then it's off to primer and paint.

For the belt, I went with the Hollywood Collectibles holster. I will be weathering it and repainting the buckle. For the locator beacon, I went with the Spatcave resin one:
locator.jpg

I will be wiring it with LED.

So that's where I'm at currently. I purchased 40 lbs of Chavant clay the other day, and hope to start on the mask portion of this adventure within the next week or so.
 
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Ya that is what I was getting at. Well now you know not to buy form this one. I got junk from this guy early on so I like to warn new members.
tonykch said:
I got it on eBay from this seller: eBay My World - coolmodels

EDIT: Which, after doing some searching on the RPF, I now realize is a recaster. Had I known this I'd have never purchased it. Grrrr...
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It's a learning experience. This isn't the first costume I've made, but it is definitely my first attempt at trying to make a costume screen accurate.

Luckily, I have no more pieces to buy, so I won't be accidentally supporting the recasters.

From the stuff I read about coolmodels on the RPF, I completely agree - it is a very rough recast that has required a lot of work so far.
 
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Well good luck with your build! It looks like you are off to a good start!
 
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Today I have been sanding. And sanding. And sanding. Just when I think I'm done sanding, I realize I need to sand more.

Now I understand why it helps to start with a good resin casting. Between the bondo (and the sanding) and the Milliput (and the sanding), I suspect I might have the Samaritan done sometime next year. I already lost the thin strip of resin at the top of the barrel (it was way too thin and had already cracked once), so I removed it and machined a metal strip to take its place. I'll be epoxying it in tomorrow. Then I will put a coat of primer on it and see how things look. Then probably sand some more. Because sanding.
 
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where'd you find those pants? great duster can't wait to see the rest!
 
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Dougie Fett said:
Any luck finding the boots or shirt yet?
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Yes and yes. As I said earlier, I went with an Underarmour shirt which I will alter to widen the neck line and add the red piping around the collar. $24.99 directly from Underarmour:

shirt.jpg


The boots I got are a used pair of military boots I found on eBay. I used frightzone_4_you's picture of the screen used boots as a reference:

Hellboy-2004-costumes-wardrobe.jpg


And here's what I found:

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The strip of leather on the side isn't quite as wide, and it only has 12 eye holes as opposed to the 15 that the screen used ones have, and they don't have the zipper going up the inside, but the style is most definitely correct, and they'll be under the pants for the most part. If anyone gets down on their hands and knees to count the eye holes, they'll get a boot to the head anyway. :behave

They cost me about $30 with shipping, although I've seen that style boot go for upwards of $70 used. I'll be taking them to a local shoe repair place and having the existing soles removed, and thicker soles added. I'm thinking they'll probably need to be 2" thick to be close to correct, which will put my Hellboy at 6'4" tall. That will put me very close to the correct height, considering Ron Perlman is 6'1" tall.
 
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Dougie Fett said:
The shirt does have longer sleeves but it shouldn't matter too much if you have the duster on!
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That's a great picture of the shirt. Thanks for that! But yeah, I just wanted it to be the proper stretchiness to show the muscles under the shirt, which is why I figured Underarmour would work well. And since I will be wearing this in the heat of Florida in October, short sleeves seemed more logical.

Also found the maker of the boots!

Bakancs | Cinkli webshop s programajnl
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Wow! That's them, and for only $86 USD too. Although I suspect shipping would be a nightmare. Judging by the picture, it looks like they added some thickness to the film shoes though.
 
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joee said:
check this out..
how to make a hellboy costume homemade
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Yours is one of the websites I have saved in my favorites folder! Your use of foam on the RHOD was really a great idea! I had originally made a scratch built RHOD about 3 years ago using green floral foam, which is easy to sculpt and extremely dense. Plus it will hold up to fiberglass resin without melting like a lot of foam does.

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Unfortunately, it was in my house when I suffered frozen pipes, and a ceiling fell on it and damaged it. I held on to it, intending to repair it, but eventually decided that it made more sense to go with the Sideshow RHOD, since it was cast from a screen used prop. Before tossing the scratch built one, I did a side by side comparison to see how close I was (I just guessed on all the measurements originally). Shockingly, my scratch built one was darn near the correct size, and was only about an inch too tall.

I never liked the fingers on it though. I really want to have motion in the hand, and I'm contemplating cutting up the fingers on the Sideshow one to add the mechanisms to it to pull this off. I doubt I'd be able to do wrist motion, but if I can manage finger motion I'd be happy. If I do actually do that (not sure if I will yet...cutting up such an expensive prop takes some time to decide), I will likely be using your tutorial as a guide. I'll slice each finger down the center, to give me a top and a bottom, then dremel out a channel to house the mechanics. Then glue the whole thing back together and repaint.

I did have someone on the RPF offer to sell me another RHOD to do this, which I may end up buying. That way if I screw it up, I haven't destroyed my original, and I can still wear it.
 
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Got the new strip attached on the top of the Samaritan, and put a coat of primer on it. That, of course, made all the other flaws stick out like a sore thumb. Back to sanding!:facepalm

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