Minotaur Costume
Intro: Minotaur Costume
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
27 Comments
MrCaptainDoctorMan 10 years ago
RetroLeatherHatter 12 years ago
octopied 12 years ago
Gene 13 years ago
octopied 13 years ago
Gene 13 years ago
hackin5hit 13 years ago
not
Show-off ables
lancealotx21 13 years ago
hackin5hit 13 years ago
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.
octopied 13 years ago
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.
f5mando 13 years ago
BTW: What was the 'major' subject that required such a project of you?
octopied 13 years ago
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