Death Becomes Her Halloween Costume

Step 2 Make the Wounds

Alright - I suffered a loss of one of my monitors at the last minute, so my costume wasn't exactly like I had planned. I really should have ordered an extra. So I'm going to explain how to make this costume work from the front and back, since that was the plan.

I started with these monitors I found on ebay. They are the secondary units to a portable DVD player for your car. I guess the DVD players were defective but these units still worked, so they were a great deal at $20 each.

I needed these to determine the general sizes of the foam wounds that would eventually house them.

I cut a piece of blue foam to the size of the monitor, and covered it with plastic. I also marked an "X" on the foam to indicate where the actual screen was located.

Using regular ceramics clay, I sculpted the rear entry and front exit wounds. I had to build the clay on top of the screen to round it out and build up depth. I used different utensils to create the bullet patterns of a shotgun spray.

Once sculpted, the clay is ready to be cast in Plaster of Paris. When dry, the plaster casts are picked clean with various ceramic & dental tools. Once cleaned they are sealed and then coated with a release agent.

I made a box out of plastic sheeting to the size of the monitors. I mixed and poured the [http://flex foam] into the molds. As it started to expand I placed my plastic box into the foam. This resisted the foam, and allowed me to keep the center of the wounds from filling up. At this point when the foam is curing, elastic straps can be set into the sides.

Comments

[Nelyan]

There's a link missing for flex foam in the last paragraph in step 2, btw. Great tutorial. If only I had enough money for two monitors...