Thread: Stilt Costumes

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Anyone using stilts as part of their costumes? I put together a bone collector costume that I wore with a pair of 2 foot stilts. Quite impressive if I do say so myself. Thanks to a website I stumbled upon, I made a very cool bone staff with a double axe head at the top that was 7 1/2 feet tall. I think it was the best part of the costume. I also had a pair of lacrosse shoulder pads that I painted black and glued a rubber spiked skull to each shoulder. I wore a skull sock mask and a long robe with holes to allow the skulls on my shoulder to stick through. I also painted a weightlifter belt black and tied fake raven skulls to it and glued some small bones to it. Next year I'm thinking of using the foam appliances from Scream Team and a pair of scary contacts.

I'll try to post some pictures as soon as we get them developed. I wore it to a costume contest and posed for numerous pictures. Wish I would have given some of them my email address so they could have sent me a copy of them.

Jeff in Tulsa

soundsl ike a very intresting costume! must have took a lot of work.
i could never do anything like that im not very creative in that way! lol
anyways sounds good. hope to see some pics of it soon ! bye

Tiff

A friend of mine added some height to himself by using blocks of pink insulation board, I think it was the 1 1/2" thick kind. He traced apattern a little bigger than his feet on a bunch, then cut them out and glued them together, basically made platform shoes for them. he ended up about 12" taller. He added a Grim Reaper costume and was [u]very</u>scary! It was awesome, I'm so glad I borrowed his idea, just have to figure out when I will use it, now if Halloween was a week long I would have plenty of time.

"Who will survive, and what will be left of them"

Watch out! the insulation can come unglued and really "let You Down!"
A certian well-known Halloween party host found out as the snake-dance was starting infront of the band and "Frankenstein" took a tumble! Lucky he had enough latex padding on his forehead!

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Howdy all, if you are wondering where to use your costumes besides on Halloween, try a horror/halloween convention. They spring up all over USA and i'm sure overseas too! Last August i attended on (Horrorfind.com's weekend III). They had some kickass celeb's there, and a kickass halloween contest too! That was located in Maryland. I see ads for other cons in Jersey,NY,Ohio, and ALOT in Cali.

"...this evil, which will take flesh and blood from thee, and turn all ye, unto evil..."

quote:Originally posted by FleshEating_MOFO

Howdy all, if you are wondering where to use your costumes besides on Halloween, try a horror/halloween convention. They spring up all over USA and i'm sure overseas too! Last August i attended on (Horrorfind.com's weekend III). They had some kickass celeb's there, and a kickass halloween contest too! That was located in Maryland. I see ads for other cons in Jersey,NY,Ohio, and ALOT in Cali.

"...this evil, which will take flesh and blood from thee, and turn all ye, unto evil..."

Thanks for the website (I live in CA, will be very useful.
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Are you using drywall stilts or those new curved types of stilts? Those newer type stilts that curve in the back make great looking hind legs for any kind of man-beast. They have the backward curve (like a dog's rear legs would have) to them that would look good for a werewolf or an apocalyptic horse-man if done properly.

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Asking about off-season uses for Halloween costumes?
I was asked several times what my fee would be to use one of my costumes to scare somebody's friend. They wanted me to hide in the attic of a weekend rental cottage.
I asked, "Does your friend have a heart condition? Does your friend carry a gun?"
("BOO!" - BANG!)
I could find just too many reasons why NOT to do this for any amount of money, so it never happened.
I quit scaring friends, relatives and lovers after their reactions went on alot longer than I ever imagined they would. (not a pleasant thing to experience from either side of the monster face.)

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Actually dear I have been running around the neighborhood for two days on those SPRINGSTILTS...heh they are aload of fun the faster you run the longer your stride...and the longer the stride the bounce...my first attempt on these puppies gave me a wrapped wrist and a bumped booboo forehead...................it will be great with a werewolf coa cyborg costume ..a scarecrow costume....ohhhh the possibilties are indless

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Body, I have yet to try those out.. I only wish they were cheaper because I can think of a thousand great costume ideas and uses for those stilts. Anyone know a place to get them at a decent price?

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