Work Begins on the Conzilla costume

[kproche]

I'm going to have to work fast on this one, given that we leave on the 30th and will be out of town next week for Gaylaxicon. The white jumpsuit arrived yesterday and fits (thank ghod). Need to launder it, add some elastic in the back for a sleeker fit and then ornament it appropriately. Everything depends on the head, though, so that's where I'm focussing energy first...

	Raw Materials and tools As in 3 kinds of spray adhesive, a couple of silicone gel footballs, some glow-in-the-dark eyeball superballs, a hard hat, a big piece of foam and an electric carving knife
	Eye materials The idea is to slice the footballs in half and then imbed the superball into those halfs to give me the eyes. I bought two footballs so I could screw it up completely once
	There's a skull in there somewhere Here's the blank for the head. Now I have to carve away all the parts that don't look like a carnosaur head. That's 3 blocks of foam and a hardhat (the chunk under the "chin" is just to hold it up on the mannequin head; I didn't feel like resizing the hardhat harness to fit her)
	inside view of skull blank here you can see the hardhat inside the foam (this is shot with flash)
	inside of skull (No flash)
	Another view of the hardhat imbedded in the foam skull blank

Comments

[jbriggs.livejournal.com]

Oh! My! Ghod!

[kproche.livejournal.com]

Is that a "I think we've created a monster!" response? ;-)

[galtine1.livejournal.com]

I had to see the pictures on Jim's machine (red X's over here). This is going to be so COOOOOOOOL!!

[jbriggs.livejournal.com]

Just don't hurt yourself with that thing!

[darrelx.livejournal.com]

So...

Has there ever been a Westercon with it's own costumed mascot before?




Second question: You're going to wear this at Further Confusion next year, aren't you? [grin]

[jbriggs.livejournal.com]

PAFCon II

[darrelx.livejournal.com]

"I thought it was a coyote." (http://furry.wikia.com/wiki/PafCon)

[kproche.livejournal.com]

It's in the plan... but with some enhancements. I almost certainly don't have time to build him a tail for Conzilla, but he's based on Frank Wu's painting so I can get away with that. :-)

Ultimately, he should have the works... full bodysuit, tail, feet, and claws. I'm aiming to finish head, upper bodysuit (he wears a jumpsuit, after all, so this is a detailed "skin" to wear under the jumpsuit) and gloves done for Conzilla.

With the head finished, it will sell the character; the rest is gravy...

[ladycelia.livejournal.com]

FAbu!