Thread: My Bloody Valentine costume

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I'm friends with Chris Carnel(The Miner) and with Justin Jotso(a prop maker). I was at Rock and Shock 09 this past weekend.
Justin Jotso who owns and runs Jester FX makes the best film identical Pick Axe.
It is so well done that Chris Carnel(The Miner) kept it at his table this entire weekend and signed it before leaving.

It would be anywhere from $60-$100 depending on what you want the pick axe made of.

Chris Carnel had told me what the costume consisted of.
I'm going to try and ask him more about the details.
But he said the costume consisted of:
Dickies jumpsuit. Nothing special. It was just a plain dickies jumpsuit.
A GP7 style gas mask.
Black helmet with light.
Boots with 3in lift
A muscle suit(he had to be huge for the movie)
A custom belt.(i'm trying to get the name of the lady who makes them from him)

The pick axe was 25lb durable foam painted black. The handle is a light wood that's dirtied up. The top of the handle is 4in of black plastic surrounding the wood.

Jester Productions & FX

That's the pic from Chris' Facebook.

Originally Posted by radiobaby

I do have a couple questions- what kinda hose did you you use on the gas mask? If you felt like posting some close ups of that it'd be appreciated. And, it looks like you might have cut out some of the inner rubber on the gas mask, if so howd that work out?

The hose - I went to my local mom and pop vacuum store and showed them a picture from the movie, they laughed and went in the back and returned with a black vacuum hose, cost $15.

Russian gp-7 gas mask - no I didn't remove any inner rubber parts, I did reverse the one way valves so that the top part I breath into and the bottom blows out the hose. The pouch on my hip I painted grey and cut a small hole in the bottom where I set the hose to blow out.

Hat - good suggestion, I will remove the liner and see if it sits further on my head.

Close up pictures - I am on a business trip, when I get home this weekend I will get a bunch of close ups for you guys.

as u can see, im going as harry warden for this years Halloween, i tried to replicate the best i could the costume from the movie, i also added another part of it on the belt, its the orange piece in the back, it's basically something i bought off of ebay, its just another rescue type mask, for if you were down in the mine to help out a friend or what not... but as u know, harry helped no one.
hope u guys like all this.

Hello,

New member here. Just want to post some of my costume pics for you guys. Let me know what you think...

Thanks..

Michael

Originally Posted by mparent

Hello,

New member here. Just want to post some of my costume pics for you guys. Let me know what you think...

Thanks..

Michael

How did you get the "wear" look on the coveralls?

Veestan,

I used a round nose carbide bit in my die grinder to slowly remove material until it started to shreed the coveralls. I then hung the coveralls up and lightly sprayed them with flat black and gray primer. Then I used a tube of brown face makeup and brushed in on with a paint brush. If want to see some close up pics let me know and I will post them.

Thanks

Michael

Originally Posted by mparent

Hello,

New member here. Just want to post some of my costume pics for you guys. Let me know what you think...

Thanks..

Michael

just curious on what you did for the lenses to make them darker on the mask

Justin1635,

I went to a local window tint shop and they gave me a scrap piece of dark window tint. I removed the lenses applied the tint, let them dry for 2 days then reinstalled them. I went one shade lighter than limo tint so I could still see even when it is dark out.

Michael

Originally Posted by mparent

Veestan,

I used a round nose carbide bit in my die grinder to slowly remove material until it started to shreed the coveralls. I then hung the coveralls up and lightly sprayed them with flat black and gray primer. Then I used a tube of brown face makeup and brushed in on with a paint brush. If want to see some close up pics let me know and I will post them.

Thanks

Michael

Yes, could you post one close up pic of a torn and fixed up area. Looks awesome by the way !!!