Thread: Tough to find costumes

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heres a mask,,,http://www.halloween-mask.com/swamp_thug.htm,,hers another cheaper swamp creature themed onehttp://www.emasks.com/asp/iteminfo.asp?I=10162&R=&H=

heres the mask!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!http://www.halloweencostumes4u.com/M...=monster-masks

My friend made a "Lagoon" creature one year and wore it at a Haunted House. Sorry I don't have any pics.

I think he took a jump suit... like those ones that automotive guys wear, and he hot glued scales to the suit. He cut small strips of plastic (I think it was a spool of plastic belt) and rounded off one edge of the plastic strip to make the scales. They were approximately 1 1/2 inches wide by 4 inches long. Then he painstakenly attached them one by one to the suit. The next layer was slightly offset (you know like the pattern of bricks on a brick wall) and slightly underneath the upper scale layer and so on and so on.... until he worked his way down the suit. It looked pretty darn good, but took lots of time.

He put a "bathing cap" on his head to make his head smooth and hide his hair and he attached some more scales to the front, back, and side of it. You wouldn't have to do that, though, if you already have a mask.

I think he also glued scales to an old pair of boots and rubber gloves to complete the costume.

I *just* saw a web page within the last week or two that showed how someone made a Lagoon mask. Hmmm. Maybe with roof tar? I'll have to poke around, I probably saved the JPG and I should be able to Google the name. Lemme see wht I can find.

Lagoon
http://cgi.ebay.com/Creature-from-Th...QQcmdZViewItem
He has 5 available. A little over $100 with shipping.


Lagoon look-alike
http://www.badplanet.com/asp/hcity.a...ion&I=80513&R=
If that just takes you to a main area, click on Masks, Halloween Clasics, SEA CREATURE
http://www.badplanet.com/bpimages/81808.jpg
$33 bucks + shipping


Swamp Thug
http://www.badplanet.com/asp/hcity.a...ks&I=670339&R=
Creeps & Creatures, SWAMP THUG MASK
$42


http://www.badplanet.com/bpimages/6543.jpg
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON FEET
$26

http://www.latexmaskcentral.com/deepone.php
$120 nice customer made mask

I think using a body suit as the foundation could work. I know fabric shops have patterns to make them that zip up the front for easy removal. I would recommend making it pretty snug for the wearer so there's no strange sagging and it looks more fitted like skin. Use a fabric that's close in color to what the scales will be. For the scales themselves, I think you can use vinyl, cut the shapes and sew onto the suit. As far as getting the color, I'd say get a neutral color vinyl and paint it to match the mask. Could be very time consuming to pull off, but I bet it could look great!

how about this one called Waveripper
http://www.darksidestudio.com/

it's in the section titled "the Strange"