Silent Hill Nurse Costume 2011

This is my first Instructable so please be easy on me :) First off I want to give major Kudos to HAAAARICA on her Instructable that I based mine ... http://www.instructables.com/id/Silent-Hill-Nurse-Costume/

I could not find any good costumes wherever I looked for this idea (minus said link above).. youtube videos of ppl at Comic Con.. horrible. All I could think of is.. "You're at Comic Con... and THATS the BEST you could do? Go shoot yourself." Lol.. Im sorry but if I was able to go to Comic Con Id be DAMN sure my costume was epic. Not a epic fail.

So I followed HAAAARICA's step by step while tweaking it a bit.. so here is my step by step..

I started in early Sept to give time for mishaps... but alas.. I had none.
It was also nice to take my time and not rush.

These two pictures is what I used to inspire my costume.. whenever working on it I had these up on my laptop screen

Step 1: What you will need..

You will need:
-Shirt Dress pattern (McCalls M4769)
-White or Off-White linen ( I sent the info to my Aunt who did the sewing so I cant tell u how much you will need but dont forget bout that hat!
-Plaster Strips
-A Plastic Bag
-Scissors
-Tea (Black Tea)
-Clear spray paint (Optional)
-Acrylic Paints (beige, light brown)
-Fake blood (Also optional, I did NOT use it on the costume, just for detail vein painting on my legs an chest)
-White high heels or flats
-Paintbrushes & Newspaper
-Plain Napkins
-Flour

Comments

[acaballero1]

Waaaa i'd love to make this costume for next year. Is there any chance that you could e-mail me the patterns of the dress pls :)

[JessicaJane]

I listed the pattern number to get.. My Aunt sewed the dress for me so she had bought the dress pattern
Sorry..

[acaballero1]

Oh kk np :) It is just that in my country I can't get those patterns hehe. I'll try to find sby to make the dress without the patterns... :)

[GB_Costumes]

No final photo yet!? Really want to see what it looks like.

[JessicaJane]

Final photos are up.. I did a little late min tweaking to the mask tho.. lol

[JessicaJane]

There is a mock final photo on the final step :)

[80$man]

epic!
well done!
enjoy halloween, I miss it so much!

[dangerine]

I highly recommend white spray paint here and any pair of heels that will fit. You can also add fabric bits to the top of the toe area with hot glue...to make them match your mask.

You can give just about any old pair of heels a great make-over with spray paint. If you have a dark colored shoe, sanding a little to get the scuffs will be really simple.

[JessicaJane]

Thanks again for the advice.. It took a LOT of spray paint but once I had the base coat I thought of what u said about matching the mask.. so I busted out the plaster and paint and Im quite happy w the result!

[JessicaJane]

Thanks for the advice. I found a perfect pair of flats.. but alas I want heels :)

[jreeves4]

would love to see a pic of you when ya was all dolled up there , if its anything like the pic up top you had to be smashing

[JessicaJane]

Thanks!! Im going to do a mock run hopefully tomorrow! But of course for the Halloween Club Party Ill be taking tons of pics! My good friend Brian, who's 6'7" will be dressing up as Pyramid Head! Im so stoked! :)

[Etchasketch187]

How far back does the mask need to be?

[JessicaJane]

Its hard to explain.. I did trim mine down a bit after it dried to make it slip on and off a little easier.. Im trying to add a picture to show how far back I went :)

[Etchasketch187]

If you could upload it soon I'd really appreciate it cus I'm really iffy about it. :3

[JessicaJane]

Can you see the pic I posted in my above reply to you?

[Etchasketch187]

Yes ma'am. So it's kinda at an angle?

[JessicaJane]

Yes.. I will say since I let the plaster dry for a lil bit on my face (so it would lose shape being too flimsy) I had a little trouble getting it off lol.. but when it was fully dry I cut it in a straighter line and took more off underneath the chin too. But it ended up working out perfectly :)

[Etchasketch187]

Another thing I wanted to ask, how did you make the plaster strips?

[JessicaJane]

You can purchase a little kit at JoAnn Fabric's (or any craft store really) It only took me one package cause I then went over it for details w paper mache (well I used napkins instead of paper more a more playable mushy texture)

[l8nite]

nicely done "ible" We're building an "operating room" this year you would look great in! You up for a no expenses paid 5day vacation in florida ?

[scoochmaroo]

Looks like fun! One small tip: it's an Instructable, not Indestructable :D

[JessicaJane]

LOL Thanks Ill fix it.. I was typing fast