Hulk Cosplay/Costume/wall decor.

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This past holiday season new project. It's mostly - for now at least - going to be a wall decor for my studio. A prop, if you will. But I can't promise I won't turn it into a cosplay once I get more comfortable with the size of it (roughly 8'5") and a few articulation issues I anticipate.
At any rate, here are both the first design and a better simulation of what I have been meaning to ornate my studio wall with for a looong time!
I hope you like it!

I started with a basic head shape out of E.V.A foam and built the face features making sure the most relevant volumes were there- even if it meant exaggerating them.

 

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I then used Foam Clay over it. I got lucky with the brand I picked - Masked Dad Workshop - as I found out later on, there are a tiny differences in texture and the way it cures from one brand to the other.

It was a first for me and I figured its potential pretty quickly. The face was done in a day and a half, over a weekend. I made the teeth with translucent Sculpey clay and the gums out of Firm ( grey ) Super Sculpey.

 

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I did a wig test and I got lucky with the one I picked up from Amazon. Hulk could end up looking more like a jacked Little Richard if you place the wig hastily. This being said, with just a little time spent adjusting, there is barely any trimming at all to make it look decent. That is something I'll really address in the end, anyway.
I sensed I had to paint the face in flesh tones colors at first, if I wanted to have some sort of glow/translucency on an otherwise pretty opaque material. That implies I would have to apply the treatment to the rest of the body. Great.
Somehow, he looks creepier in pink.
I made sure any effect - such as rosacea, veins, and liver spots - would be painted on this skin tone, before I applied the gamma green layer.

 

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A few more pics, with details on the rosacea FX. Brush painting detail - like the veins and liver spots - with a natural sponge gentle dab. same technique was used for the layers of gamma green skin tones. It's starting to look like what i had in mind. I am glad I opted for the pink skin tone prior to the green. I stay in charge as to where I want the green to take over and where I don't.
The cheeks in particular, I try not to cover them too much and ruin the FX I was so lucky to get in the first place!

"If It ain't broken"... "Less is more"... and All That Jazz!

 

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I made the eyes totally custom too, as the ones I had were too small for the size of the head. I'll show the details later. For now, I was so excited with the first try-out with the wig AND the painted head that I decided to play with the lighting and found myself inadvertently recreating one of Alex Ross' iconic Hulk covers. I hadn't even glued the eyebrows but the character was already there!

For the record, I am 6'6" and that's me on the last picture. Yep, That's how big the head is...

 

[Doh2]

This is crazy good!

 

[George]

Awesome.Thanks for sharing this project.

 

[Rocket Rider]

This is crazy good!

Thank you!

 

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One more for the road. I need to take better pictures.

 

[Sundowner]

That’s incredible!!! But seriously awesome work