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Toy Green Army Man Halloween Costume

Step 5The Faceless Man

The Faceless Man
I tried several different green face paints to find a color match.  I also tried to mixing green with red, black, and white to make a green that matched.  All were unsuccessful.

This is where the balloon and panty hose were used.  I cut the feet out of a pair of panty hose for use over my hands.  I used the ..ummm... 'main' portion of the panty hose to go over my head.

Put the balloon in the 'main' portion of the panty hose and inflate to somewhere near the size of your head.  This is the one place I DID NOT use the primer.  Since you are going to be wearing panty hose that are spray painted, you need to breath as much as possible.

Hang the balloon and paint the panty hose green.  I only used a couple of coats because I didn't want the paint to gum up or stick to the balloon.

Repeat for the 'gloves'.
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5 comments
Oct 22, 2011. 11:44 AMSketch98 says:
You could wear a morphsuit
Oct 3, 2010. 6:52 AMdale427 says:
Or you could buy green panty hose http://www.buy.com/prod/adult-green-pantyhose/q/sellerid/14960765/loc/64935/207882406.html
Oct 28, 2009. 5:30 AMtutu.paris says:
did you try just making your own green? start with blue and yellow....

i think making the face painted would be awesome!


anyway. this is fantastic
Oct 28, 2009. 8:01 PMtutu.paris says:
understood

i dont think i wouldve came up with the stocking thing... most clever alternative.


Oct 29, 2009. 4:10 AMBen Harden says:
This is great! Did you know that at Disney World they have Toy Story army men like your costume? And they used stockings too!
Nov 1, 2009. 6:21 AMtutu.paris says:
i heard about that.. (not the stocking part)
but wasnt privileged enough to see them when i went

i guess i wouldnt want face paint dripping into my eyes..
given the nasty humidity 
ha


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