Sully, Mike Wazowski, Boo Monsters Inc Costumes. Disney

[nbehling]

This year I am starting my halloween costume early, We have a fall Con and I want to be able to wear them there this year. I am a bit tired of the bar costume contest scene.

Anywho, I want to make a LARGE Sully costume. with internal structure and puppet features to really bring him to life.

I am also going to build a "Carry Costume" for my wife that will be Mike carrying Boo on his shoulders. That way they can be proportionately the right size compared to Sully.

Any advice would be helpful. This will be the first Puppet style build.

 

[SummitTech]

Hey buddy, both of those are awesome ideas [emoji1][emoji106]

Looking at your wife's drawing, my only concern would be that her knees would be at the bottom of Mike's body.

So when your wife walks, mikey would twist each way as she stepped.

I would cut front to back slots instead of individual holes to keep Mikey straight as she walked [emoji106]

 

[nbehling]

SummitTech Good point. I need to make sure she can walk. HAHA

SO i created some patterns from the sculpt and made a small scale foam mockup. I like the look. Next up will be to make Full Scale Foam mock up.

 

[gothic]

body form looks great

 

[DruidsFlame]

I have had a dream to build Sully myself but haven't gotten around to concept yet.

I was thinking I would either go with a foam base or possibly a pvc pipe sub structure with foam and cloth exterior.

The only thing that I am having a hard time with at this point is figuring out what to use for Sully's hair. What are you planning on using?

 

[nbehling]

DruidsFlame . I Have been struggling to figure out what I am doing for his hair. I found long pile faux gorrila fur. It's a 3.5" pile and is the longest blue fur I can fine.

The other thought is to go the wookie route and hook and latch all the strands. I bought some Kanekalon Jumbo braiding hair to test. I know its time consuming but I would be willing if i ended up with a better result

 

[nbehling]

I spent the weekend scaling up my patterns and now I have the Foam framework to build on. I will have to make some small adjustments for fitting purposes but I couldn't resist just putting the pieces on and seeing how BIG this thing is going to be!

 

[gothic]

proportions look good

 

[nbehling]

Ok, I have made a TON of progress since my last post. I want to be ready for a Friday the 13th party. I Know, I know. I have a lot to finish.

 

[nbehling]

Here is a test fitting of my Sully costume. I'm really pleased with the mobility
https://youtu.be/6ZwtWH22KqE

 

[Wimismith]

That's some really impressive mobility, and the mike and boo costume is looking good too. Did you ever decide what you were gonna skin sully with?


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[gothic]

really clever idea on the mike and boo costume

 

[nbehling]

Thanks gothic
I was always concerned with the scale of Boo and Mike compared to Sully. Stacking them seemed like the most logical answer!

Wimismith Thanks!! I found an awesome fabric with a 4" pile. It is long enough to sew on and give him a haircut
It is "Shannon Fabric Long Pile Gorilla Fur" from fabric.com

 

[Wimismith]

Nice, does it already have the spots or will you be airbrushing those on?


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[animator]

Absolutely fantastic! The movement test looks great!

 

[nbehling]

Wimismith, I will be airbrushing the spots on. I wanted to make sure the spots are in the right spot.

 

[nbehling]

Major updates. I put Sully's face one, Skinned Mike, and made the "backbone" that will support Boo's head. Mike's pupil and Iris is just a stand-in until I am ready to put on the real one

 

[Funky]

Oh, man, I cant wait to see these finished!

 

[Wimismith]

These are looking awesome


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[nbehling]