Lego Lord Vampyre

I transformed my 5 year old son into the leader of the Monster Realm - Lord Vampyre from Lego Monster Fighter series.
The costume is 100% handmade using mainly a low density PVC foam board called sintra and joints were filled with Bondo. Styrofoam was used to sculpt the hair and the beveled rim around the head. The costume was spray painted and graphics were created in Adobe Illustrator and printed on adhesive vinyl. The only tools required for this costume were 2 types of x-acto knives, 1 heavy and one scalpel for circular cuts, a heat gun for curving the sintra foam board, a metal ruler, some clamps (optional) and a rasp for shaping the detail in the hair.  Industrial adhesive was used to glue together the sintra. (E-6000) as well as PL Premium and a little hot glue.

Comments

[gosphero]

Best costume Halloween 2012! And probably every Halloween before and after...

[1truedrum]

Thank you kindly. I'm deeply flattered.

[layasera]

You should have worn white gloves but none the less EPIC costume!

[1truedrum]

Thanks! My son did have white gloves that he wore, but they were kind of getting in his way and were a little big.

[poofrabbit]

OMG!!!!! There are a lot of Lego costumes on instructables and I honestly do love them all, but it's official this is my favorite!!!! It looks so much like the real thing and how fantastic for Halloween!

[1truedrum]

Thank you. To answer the other question, yes there is red fabric covering part of the eye cavity. I can't remember the name of the fabric, but he can see outof it, but others can't really see him.

[poofrabbit]

That is just plain awesome! What a lucky kid! I just can't stop smiling about this costume, I want one, lol. I also love that you got photos of him in the toy section, I bet you guys got stopped a lot!

[1truedrum]

The pics were taken at the Lego store. We did the same thing last year with his other Lego Mini figure costumes. There were some followers and one little boy wanted his picture taken with Lord Vampyre. Pretty cute.

[poofrabbit]

What a fun memory for your little tike!! I would have wanted my picture taken too! So super cool! I wonder how many people thought he was just a decoration until he moved. :)

[1truedrum]

Funny you should say that. One gentlemen thought I was walking alongside a robot - pretty funny. I posted pics on a Lego site and they at first thought he was part of the store until they saw his hands. You're pretty bang on. : )

[poofrabbit]

I'm not shocked! Hey congratulations on being featured! Love the additional photos you added as well! :)

[1truedrum]

Thanks!

[poofrabbit]

Quick question, where does he see out of? Are the eyes not solid? Holy cow batman I adore this, seriously love it!