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I made this costume last year for a university project.
I sculpted the mask over a plastic head and cast it in silicone, the horns are made of fibreglass and mounted on a fibreglass skull cap.
The tunic is linen, for the pattern I just took a long sleeve T-shirt belonging to the model, placed it on the fabric and drew round it with a seam allowance and lots more length at the bottom.
The pauldrons and belt are cut from a piece of very heavy weight leather, then dyed and stitched together, the stone in the belt is plastic and sprayed with car paint and the buckles I bought from a leather supplier (I think they are designed for use in saddlery).
The cloak is just a piece of wool fabric, pinned at the front (I meant to make some proper fastening but ran out of time)
The nose ring is just a cheap earring I found in claire's accessories and left it at the bottom of my tool box for a month so it got all dirty and worn looking.
I think the whole thing cost me about £350 (silicone and leather are pretty expensive!) and I made it over around 12 weeks
There's a bit more info about it on my blog :)
http://www.jetpackcomics.co.uk/socialcripple/wordpress/?tag=minotaur
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Show-off ables
so to clarify,
Please give us some idea of the steps involved, specifically the horn/headpiece portion and the integration of the latex at that point.
What can I use slideshows for?
Slideshows are for showing off photos of what you made or did, but don't have full instructions to create an Instructable with.
BTW: What was the 'major' subject that required such a project of you?