My wife has always wanted to be a Disney princess so with the 25th anniversary and upcoming live action movie, I decided it would be a great time to tackle my favorite - Beauty and the Beast 
Now I know it's not 100% accurate to the park version, but this is my take on it, hope you enjoy!
In keeping with my previous builds, the goal was to keep the costs as low as possible and utilize as many materials as I could that were already on hand.
I started with making a simple frame attached to a hiking back pack to get the overall shape and slapped a few fans into it to keep me cool. This was then skinned with a thin layer of closed cell foam to build off of.
I had a set of mascot feet to use as a base so I added some toes and did a quick sculpt/mold of a claw that would be used for the feet and hands and cast them in Flex Foam X. Having to shave the fun fur to make the hands/fingers more visible was easily my least favorite part of this build - let's just say that the clippers did not enjoy the experience, lol.
Created a tail to attach to the back and had a set of horns modeled up and printed. Made a mold of them and cast in 65D back filled with foam - nice and lightweight. Also did a quick nose sculpt and cast it in Flex Foam X as well. Managed to find a brooch at Goodwill that required a quick spray of silver paint and I made a simple blue gem for the centre of it.
And the final outcome He stands about 7'4" at the top of his head. Wore it last weekend to the local con here in Edmonton and was mobbed all day long for pictures. I don't possess the skills to make her gown so I commissioned a local seamstress to make my wife's dress. Over 35 yards in that thing!
And because we love to do family costumes, my wife picked up a Lumiere costume for our youngest and I whipped together a quick Chip costume out of a flower pot and some Dollar store supplies (bowl for the base and some gold cord for trim) for my oldest - he has plans for a different Halloween costume so I didn't want to spend a ton of time or $$ on that one.
Love to hear your comments/feedback
Now I know it's not 100% accurate to the park version, but this is my take on it, hope you enjoy!In keeping with my previous builds, the goal was to keep the costs as low as possible and utilize as many materials as I could that were already on hand.
I started with making a simple frame attached to a hiking back pack to get the overall shape and slapped a few fans into it to keep me cool. This was then skinned with a thin layer of closed cell foam to build off of.
I had a set of mascot feet to use as a base so I added some toes and did a quick sculpt/mold of a claw that would be used for the feet and hands and cast them in Flex Foam X. Having to shave the fun fur to make the hands/fingers more visible was easily my least favorite part of this build - let's just say that the clippers did not enjoy the experience, lol.
Created a tail to attach to the back and had a set of horns modeled up and printed. Made a mold of them and cast in 65D back filled with foam - nice and lightweight. Also did a quick nose sculpt and cast it in Flex Foam X as well. Managed to find a brooch at Goodwill that required a quick spray of silver paint and I made a simple blue gem for the centre of it.
And the final outcome
He stands about 7'4" at the top of his head. Wore it last weekend to the local con here in Edmonton and was mobbed all day long for pictures. I don't possess the skills to make her gown so I commissioned a local seamstress to make my wife's dress. Over 35 yards in that thing!And because we love to do family costumes, my wife picked up a Lumiere costume for our youngest and I whipped together a quick Chip costume out of a flower pot and some Dollar store supplies (bowl for the base and some gold cord for trim) for my oldest - he has plans for a different Halloween costume so I didn't want to spend a ton of time or $$ on that one.
Love to hear your comments/feedback
