Thread: Medusa Costume Help* UPDATED W/ PICS

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http://halloweengallery.com/displayi...p&cat=0&pos=32

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(just updated links)


ooops, my bad...here ya go hun.

Gravity Sucks

Hey, that is pretty cool, HalloweenBride2004!

I just ordered snakes for my costume here, after looking all over town for some the right size/price, and having no luck:

I ordered the #R232 snakes- I have blue streaked hair already, and will be weaving in hair extensions that I braided, which will be streaked blue, so I think these snakes will match the best.

Also on that page, they have glow-in-the-dark snakes, which I thought might be fun- I might add glow-in-the-dark paint to my snakes.

http://www.veghead.com/reptiles/rubberysnake.html

Good luck, everyone!

Here's the URL of a neat picture I found of someone dressed as medusa:

http://www.ny.com/features/images/medusa.jpg

http://www.girlgoth.com/gggalleryillusions-medusa.html

This is a link to someone who is very talented in the department of costuming and makeup. This is her rendition of Medusa. I found the site with google.

I am so glad I found this forum!
I have been wanting to do a Medusa costume for years...

you guys have lots of great ideas. I decided to have my costume be red and black...my hair is already streaked with red and I bought some additional haitr to make snake braids with....I'll post more as I get more done. Just starting on the headpiece and dress at this time.

Actually, Medusa WAS beautiful but she thought her beauty surpassed that of the goddess, so the goddess turned her into a gorgon, and made her so hideous to look at, that anyone who layed eyes upon her, turned to stone.

quote:Originally posted by alleyway

mm.....when makeing your medusa costume...
do rember everyone out there who want to do this
that medusa was a beautiful maiden...type of thing
and her snakes (in the story i find was told more often)
where given to her by athena for dishonoring her alter shrine ...ect.
so if any man looked at medusa...with lust love...another ect.
he would turn ot stone..

but yeh...she wans't ugle or had snake skin herself! she was pretty!!

but....looking all evil and snake like is fun and probally better for the costume...so yeh

DeadMice

if all paths lead but to the grave, then let us dance along our way.

Very cool costume HalloweenBride 2004!! Love it and is a great inspiration!
Thanks!

I too am going to be a Gorgon for Halloween, but not Medusa. I will refer to myself as Zola and hand out cheesy hors d'oeuvres and see if anyone gets it!
Great ideas for the headdress, that was the one aspect of the costume giving me trouble.
For my costume: since Gorgons are based in Greek Mythology I decided to sew a greek chiton (pretty much a toga for a woman) out of sheer snakeskin fabric.

First thing to go in a zealot?
Their sense of humor.
Second: Perspective.
Third: Cool clothes.

I think I have finally found the solution! I found this tube like ribbon at a craft store that resembles a chinese finger trap. I bought black and green pipecleaners and made snakes w/ heads. Slid these skinny snakes into the ribbon and pulled it tight and secured the two ends with string. On some I added red tounges sticking out. The ribbon was sort of see thru and had gold and silver intertwined in it already. I used puff paint to make some eyes for the snakes and secured them to the little hair claw clips. I wore part of it for a party 2 weeks ago and the snakes stayed put and were very light! In the process of making more Hope this helps someone!

Here are a few pictures of the finished costume, I did do the snake roller technique. My hair is about shoulder length, and I used bendy snakes like those hot rollers and just wound them up in my hair and around each other, here's a closeup
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/catmea...ba.jpg&.src=ph

and the overall costume
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/catmea...db.jpg&.src=ph