"Creature Reacher" 9 Ft Werewolf Monster Costume

     Ok this costume came to me in my sleep actually it chased me for about 8 hours, it was a long night!

     For the Arm and Leg extensions I picked a Werewolf but this instructable will work for any costume you want to make! Ok I’m pretty sure “Creature Reacher” is a coined term by Rubies or Grand Heritage or some other main stream costume maker. We all know the costumes are pumped out in the masses and quality usually goes under the bus while the prices go directly to our wallet. In this instructable I plan to show you how to make the leg and arm extensions then finish the costume off Werewolf style! Hoooooooowwwwwwwl!!!!

     As my halloween contest entry alot of work went into this costume please rate it if you feel its worthy of rating and please feel free to leave comments!! I love hearing what people have to say!! Thanks and I hope all you guys and gals in instructables land get a ton of use outta this instructable :-)

Step 1 Materials

For the Leg and arm extensions, you will need the following:

Drywall Stilts (easily obtained on eBay)
Upholstery Foam (http://www.onlinefabricstore.net/foam-and-pillows/foam/upholstery-foam/upholstery-foam.aspx) Size, thickness & amount are up to you.
Contact Cement
Cardboard Tubes
Sissors / X-acto Knife
Duct Tape
Screws

For the complete Werewolf Costume you will need the following:

Wetsuit or Body Suit (I choose a wetsuit Ohio Halloweens are C-O-L-D, Brrrrr)
Long Pile Fur Material (Jo-Ann Fabrics) I picked Brown, it worked best for the werewolf.
Upholstery Foam (http://www.onlinefabricstore.net/foam-and-pillows/foam/upholstery-foam/upholstery-foam.aspx) Size, thickness & amount are up to you.
Optional Latex Costume Head Hands and Feet
Contact Cement
Sissors/X-acto Knife
Duct Tape

With all the materials out of the way I will start with the Arm extensions and move forward from there. Let’s get started shall we?

Comments

[Mr. Squiggles]

This would be good for a Slenderman costume.

[caseythr]

Now you can dress up as the Indian guy from Master of the Flying Guillotine!

[MalmeyStudios]

Thanks everyone for the comments. I was gunna use break cable to make the fingers move but I decided not to lol.

Im ok w it the way it is.

This was a fun costume to make. I had a great time.

[codongolev]

my halloween costume consists of powerisers (which really could make the entire costume), a motorcycle helmet (it doesn't have a mask, but I'm going to use black spandex underneath it so you can't see my face), robot claws (they're basically just big ABS pipes with metal claws on the end that are activated by a handle on the inside, they extend my arm about a foot), a t-qualizer (t-shirt that activates to sound), and a mini guitar amp hooked up to a microphone inside the helmet. basically I'm going as some sort of giant robot thing.

we should go trick or treating together. it would be sweet and scare children.

[Greasetattoo]

How about a instructable on making your own set of digilegs!!

Anyone????

[l8nite]

lol.. we start planning NEXT yrs haunt while we're building THIS yrs ! My son was talking about getting wallboard stilts the other day, because at 6'8 he's not a tall enough scarecrow......shrug. He owns his own painting comapny and figures he can save a lot of time getting out ladders and putting them back on the trailer if he has stilts.... sounds like a great way to write off part of your halloween costume to me.... Your creature is looking pretty awesome already, dont forget to show us the finished piece !

[MalmeyStudios]

Just posted pics of the finished piece, thanks for the comments and ya I looked up digilegs yesterday, cool but not $1000 cool, LOL The stilts take a little getting ues to but they make me 9ft tall and giggle like a school girl!

[l8nite]

Oh, I checked out Digilegs, they aren;t available commercially and custome made run between $500-1000.00, they ARE cool, but not THAT cool

[SeamusDubh]

Two things for v.2.0.

Instead of the wet suit try a divers skinsuit. They're made for warm water diving made of Lycra and significantly lighter, cooler, cheaper and easier to use.

Also while stilts are easy Digilegs are more accurate and not that much harder to make.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=1050&bih=861&q=digilegs&aq=f&aqi=g2g-m2&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=CcSrdVFDATPDvIIPuMLOrsc0HAAAAqgQFT9B2HtE

http://www.kimgrahamstudios.com/gal-legs.html

[MalmeyStudios]

Thanks, thats why I left the bodysuit up to the reader. I used a wetsuit because Ohio Halloweens are cold. We are doing an outside party. I use Lycra suits for batman costumes i make, LOL

As for the stilts, they were super easy to obtain. I will look into the Digilegs tho, not sure ive ever heard of them!

Thanks Again
Jeremey