Thread: Help on Sam from Trick r Treat!

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Originally Posted by RCIAG

Doesn't Sam have a seam down the middle of his head? **googles** Yes he does, & it looks like even the action figure is kinda bunched.

Indeed. I'm at work right now, but here is a crap drawing of what my big piece of burlap looks like, to give you guys an idea. It's longest side is parallel to the middle seam. I would say it's maybe 40" wide? Give or take?

Okay here are some pics finally.

I painted the head brown because it's easy to see through with burlap over it. I cut lots of holes so I can see, breathe, be ventilated, and hear. I don't know if that'll screw me over later (if I finish), but it's Houston and will be hot with loads of people around and fleece all over me. October isn't THAT cold here.





This is my huge piece of burlap placed over the head. As you can see, it folds quite a lot. And I don't want to cut the excess off the bottom until I've got it all glued on right and the rope tied around it.





Here are the buttons. The holes were too close together and I don't have the means to make new ones in them, so I just hot glued fabric to them to compensate.

This is coming along great! I'm a huge fan of Trick 'r' Treat - such a great Halloween movie. Good costume choice.

Thanks for posting all of the photos of your progress...

The other option that you could have done is be Sam WITHOUT his mask on, then you could have just used makeup... though that might have actually been more difficult... and now you're already well on your way :-)

I'm trying to make a Sam costume for Halloween this year. But I've been having trouble with the head. I got a big rubber/plastic ball that I'm using as the base. I paper mache-ed over that with newspaper and water and glue. That didn't really harden like I thought it would, so I did another layer over that, using a water and flour paste. I'm hoping that works, because otherwise I don't know what else to do. I was trying to think of another stronger paste to use, or find another round object that I can use and not have to mache over top of. Anyone have any ideas or advice? Thanks