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Step 11Make the Rest of the Costume
Giant Monster Hands
Surely, no giant head would be truly complete without some sort of body for it to sit on, so I utilized the most convenient body I had laying aroung: my own.
The most striking accessory for this costume is the pair of Giant Monster Hands, which I have included as a separate Instructable. On the underneath, I'm wearing simple black coverall (the bizarre difficulty of acquiring such an unassuming garment is a tale all its own, but does not actually warrant an instructable!). But the coat, that's a different story.
I knew I needed a long black leather coat, but I didn't want the garment to be financially crippling. The first one I decided upon was a very large thrift score that cost fifty dollars, and that seemed like too much. Luckily, a second excursion led me to this little number: much smaller than I had envisioned, but delightfully old and cracked, with a really weird collar and a slightly unpleasant fleece lining.
The process was basically this: I stripped out the lining on the sleeves and used the extraneous leather to make large darts, which I hand-stitched into the sleeves so they would be wide enough to accomodate the monster hands.
Using the same canvas scraps and paint mixtures, I crafted a number "muscle bulges" which I stuffed with fiberfill and stitched into the coat, slicing open the leather to allow the muscles to poke through. These are particularly featured on the triceps, the shoulders, and also some pointy elbows.
The major feature of the coat is the hunchback, which is large and has several spinal protrusions, and the whole thing is bursting through the back of the coat between my shoulder blades.
There was this old black velvet jacket I had around (I think it was from my Charlie Chaplin costume of nine years ago) which became the sacrificial lamb. I used the velvet to line the big weird collar of the leather coat, then I stuffed it all with fiberfill. This made the collar stand up, obscuring the neckline of the mask as well as keeping the hunchback clearly exposed at all times. I used remaining velvet to make tattered cuffs for the sleeves and some more shredded tatters along the bottom of the coat. I have placed a pair of grommets through the lapel which can be used to keep the collar fixed forward, ensuring that the shape remains and also cushioning my delicate clavicles from the weight of the mask!
There is still a bit of work to do (can a great costume ever be truly complete?) but I'm really quite happy with how this is shaping up! I'll probably continue to fuss with it right up until the big day. And possibly beyond.
Surely, no giant head would be truly complete without some sort of body for it to sit on, so I utilized the most convenient body I had laying aroung: my own.
The most striking accessory for this costume is the pair of Giant Monster Hands, which I have included as a separate Instructable. On the underneath, I'm wearing simple black coverall (the bizarre difficulty of acquiring such an unassuming garment is a tale all its own, but does not actually warrant an instructable!). But the coat, that's a different story.
I knew I needed a long black leather coat, but I didn't want the garment to be financially crippling. The first one I decided upon was a very large thrift score that cost fifty dollars, and that seemed like too much. Luckily, a second excursion led me to this little number: much smaller than I had envisioned, but delightfully old and cracked, with a really weird collar and a slightly unpleasant fleece lining.
The process was basically this: I stripped out the lining on the sleeves and used the extraneous leather to make large darts, which I hand-stitched into the sleeves so they would be wide enough to accomodate the monster hands.
Using the same canvas scraps and paint mixtures, I crafted a number "muscle bulges" which I stuffed with fiberfill and stitched into the coat, slicing open the leather to allow the muscles to poke through. These are particularly featured on the triceps, the shoulders, and also some pointy elbows.
The major feature of the coat is the hunchback, which is large and has several spinal protrusions, and the whole thing is bursting through the back of the coat between my shoulder blades.
There was this old black velvet jacket I had around (I think it was from my Charlie Chaplin costume of nine years ago) which became the sacrificial lamb. I used the velvet to line the big weird collar of the leather coat, then I stuffed it all with fiberfill. This made the collar stand up, obscuring the neckline of the mask as well as keeping the hunchback clearly exposed at all times. I used remaining velvet to make tattered cuffs for the sleeves and some more shredded tatters along the bottom of the coat. I have placed a pair of grommets through the lapel which can be used to keep the collar fixed forward, ensuring that the shape remains and also cushioning my delicate clavicles from the weight of the mask!
There is still a bit of work to do (can a great costume ever be truly complete?) but I'm really quite happy with how this is shaping up! I'll probably continue to fuss with it right up until the big day. And possibly beyond.
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