Thread: Vacuum sealed body costume ?

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This may take some creativity so that the person in this costume doesn't sufocate!!!

Our theme fo rthe huanted house this years leans towards vampires.

I thought about an area that kinda touches on VanHelsing/ Blade....
a room with bodies vacuum sealed in clear plastic... have tubes running to and from these bodies with red blood flowing.
I'd like to have one of them REAL !!! How can I make a costume to looke like its a body in plastic withour really being in plastic ? maybe just behind plastic ?......
Thanks for the help!

Wow... that sounds... dangerous. Even if the head wasn't covered, shows such as Myth Busters have proven that having your skin completely covered with almost anything is dangerous, especially if it is tight. If it is tight it can start to cause blood clots in your limbs, and something about being covered completely causes your blood preassure to climb dramatically. Certainly proceed with this idea using a great deal of caution and a pair of scissors very close at hand.

-Handy_Haunter

My suggestion would be to have a false front and back with a thinner front and back of a body sealed inside... something kinda like body armor. Then, it'd have the appearance of being completely sealed, but actually be a tight-fitting pocket. Maybe a zipper on the top inside (and outside just in case) so the person can get in and out... and instead of plastic in the areas you want to show movement, have a breathable and stretchy material like nylon or lycra attached on the inside... since it's stretchy, it'd look like you were really moving inside. Though, for sanitary purposes I'd put the same person in there each time-- close quarters and a face right up to the fabric.

... that's just off the top of my head.... should give you enough of an idea to build upon.

I actually though about something that they just stand behind.... and can press into.
Look like they are "in" the plastic when actually they would be behind it ?
Just don't know how it would look.

you could buy some xtra large ziplock bags or some space bags and then put different fake body parts in them with fake blood and vac. seal them or just get like a mannequin and wrap it in plastic and have your actor stand behind it and put his or her head where the head of the model is suppose to be (after cutting the head off)

May need to do something like that Aman018. I just need to try out all the possibilities and see what looks best.

What about a pocket made completely of nylon or lycra? It's breatheable and stretchy... Put a couple metal rings in the corners and tie to something so the panel is taught. Movements would be visible too.... and it's a lot simpler than my previous idea.

I thought about glueing the plastic to the front of a persons costume. Then split it up the back.... use velcro to put it back on with ?
Then just have the plastic long on the top so its just a flap that will fold down when no one is in there and then flip it up to cover the face ( front only ) when someone walks into the room ?
Sound reasonable ? The plastic can extend our past the body so it would look like then were in a "bag".

This sounds cool....sorry no help..but still....cool. : )

how about placing plastic on the floor have your victim lie on the plastic lay a sheet of plastic on top not covering the head and glue it down tight around them help them roll over after glue has set cut them out lay your plastic back down use a fake head, balloon, what ever to finish making the pocket for the head. The plastic should retain its shape so victim can step into it