Thread: Best fangs? General Vampire tips

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Hi all. Wow I CANNOT believe there is a fan forum for Halloween. I've loved Halloween forever, and I love forums for various fandoms I am in, never thought to search for my favorite holiday!

Anyway, hope to lurk/post more but I wanted to post this asap

I'm looking to do just a non-specific-vampire outfit for a concert I am going to. Basically just gothic clothes I already own and a violet wig, but since the concert is ON halloween I feel I need to make it a bit more halloween-y since I could wear that outfit to a concert at any time haha.

Does anyone have any suggestions how to make myself more vamp-y and more into the spirit of halloween??

Only 2 things I can think of are fangs and maybe blood accented somewhere.

Which brings me to, anyone that's done a vampire costume, which fangs did you use? I always hear about scarecrow fangs but I am curious if I just hear about them because of the brand, or if people ACTUALLY like them and they stay on well, and look well.

Any tips would be appreciated, thanks!

How about color contacts? I'm considering using them this year for my vamp costume. I've never used them or the fangs before, so I don't have any recommendations!

I'm a fan of both the Scarecrow brand fangs and colored contacts. I prefer the fangs that use thermoplastic for the dental mold. It's re-usable if you don't get it right. Not sure if they still sell that type.
As for the contacts. PRESCRIPTION! Do not buy any type of contacts without a prescription even if you don't need corrective lenses. It is illegal to sell contacts to a consumer without a valid prescription.
Sorry for the soapbox rant. It's a personal peeve of mine. Worked in a costume shop for too many years.

I was hosting a large Vampire party one year and was ,as usual, getting myself ready at the last minute.

( I learned a lesson here... there are things that can be done before guests arrive that can wait to be done AFTER you are all made up in your costume. Nothing is worse than greeting early guests and having to excuse yourself to get ready)

Anyway, my fangs, that I worked so hard on, fell in the toilet. I had to use red nail polish as blood on the corners of my mouth because I was not using those fake teeth again.

Years ago, I made my own set of Vampire fangs using the same stuff dentists make fake teeth with. I purchased a kit online and it was real easy. You have to go to your dentist and get an upper and lower mold of your teeth (it only cost me $20 and was way more embarrassing thinking about asking him for it than it was to actually do so). The kit let me make the fangs exactly how I wanted them and fit perfectly to my teeth. I could open and close my mouth completely and they didn't affect my speech at all.

I've had mixed results with the Scarecrow fangs, but for the price it's worth the risk. You can buy them and fit them early to see if they are going to work for you or not. Just go with the thermoplastic ones as piraticalstyle suggests.

Good luck!

Thanks for the replies all!

RedSonja, great idea I completely forgot about colored contacts. I'll consider them but I worry about the price and it just being a one-time-use item. What I did find though was funky glasses that I could see a cheesey vampire wearing http://micshaunscloset.com/index.php...products_id=48 hehe, any thoughts?

piraticalstyle, thanks! I wear glasses so if I get contacts they will be prescription. I will look for scarecrow-thermoplastic fangs.

housedragonmom, lol that sucks! I would think nail polish on your mouth would be very unpleasant too! How did you make your fangs btw?

JohnnyD97, interesting, never thought of that. If my scarecrow ones feel weird I will consider doing that.


I just brainstormed another thing, I don't want to get my clothes dirty with fake blood. But I watch the show True Blood, and they sell a real drink called True Blood (in the show it is synthetic blood for vampires) I may buy it and carry around a bottle with me!

As far as the contacts, that is a great idea and most people do not know that they may even be covered by your insurance. I happen to not need glasses so when I go for my annual exam I am allowed one set of glasses or contacts. Because I don't need them I can get the colored ones and I just have to pay my ten dollar ded.

i love my scarecrow fangs. Definitely put them on early. They do take some time to get on and position them.

I love Scarecrow fangs....seriously....last year I was a vampire and I got them at Hot Topic and they stay on wonderfully! Plus, they are re-usable...so when i ate dinner that night, since it was chicken, i took my fangs out....ate, then popped them right back in. It was really nice Plus, they look realistic....people were commenting all night about how real my fangs looked

Originally Posted by wiirenet

Hi all. Wow I CANNOT believe there is a fan forum for Halloween. I've loved Halloween forever, and I love forums for various fandoms I am in, never thought to search for my favorite holiday!

Anyway, hope to lurk/post more but I wanted to post this asap

I'm looking to do just a non-specific-vampire outfit for a concert I am going to. Basically just gothic clothes I already own and a violet wig, but since the concert is ON halloween I feel I need to make it a bit more halloween-y since I could wear that outfit to a concert at any time haha.

Does anyone have any suggestions how to make myself more vamp-y and more into the spirit of halloween??

Only 2 things I can think of are fangs and maybe blood accented somewhere.

Which brings me to, anyone that's done a vampire costume, which fangs did you use? I always hear about scarecrow fangs but I am curious if I just hear about them because of the brand, or if people ACTUALLY like them and they stay on well, and look well.

Any tips would be appreciated, thanks!

The cap ones ive used before and they worked the best, the boil and bite ones seemed to just feel like a mouth guard plus i was spitting on people left and right when I talked.

I HIGHLY DONT RECCOMEND buying the fangs that you have to use denture cream on. I tried those once and I spent over an hour trying to get the stuff off my teeth lol