Thread: Pin Head Costume

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Hello
I am working on a Pin Head Costume
now i have the main part of the costume worked
but where I'm getting stuck is on the mask/bold cap
i want to use my own face with make-up and i don't want to shave my head
so my basic idea is to use flesh colored spandex to make a bold cap and then glue the nail to the spandex, however I am worried that the nails will be too heavy and just fall over. so i need ideas on ways to hold the nails outward or a good replacement that still looks like real nails

i did some repair work on my friends pinhead costume (i also made the meat hooks)


the nails i had to repair consisted of a thumb tack on the inside (point out)
the nails themselves where a cheap q-tip's (the type with the hollow plastic tube, not rolled paper,) pushed/glued on to the tack. then ya just need the nailhead.
(you can use just about anything.) i just dabbed some beads of glue on wax paper and let them dry. once dry i glued them inplace.

all in all a very light weight nail, with most of the weight in the thumbtack on the inside of your bald cap.
before ya glue em inplace, paint em silver, lightly dusted with fat black.

btw, latex baldcaps are dirt cheap. that would be my course of action(to hide the thumbtacks) then ya just have to worry about affixing themto your face.

Thank you those are really good ideas where did you dug the q-tops most I see are the rolled up paper types alsowhere u get the latex cap most I see are really thin and don't look like they would last all night
Btw that looks really good hope mine turns out that good

hit your local dollar store for "cotton swaps"
the cheap ones seem to use plastic.

the blue is usually a dead give away


as for the cap, you have many options.

you could find a mask (with no hair) and cut it into a bald cap.

i've seen thicker baldcaps ( old man with hair on the side) you could remove the hair

swim caps are always a cheap option and a little thicker than the bald caps.

the pinhead costume above was a custom made mask.

i wanted to say thank you for the ideas
and show you what i have so far
i am looking for input on ways to make it even better

This space for rent.

Well, you need a Lament Configuration (puzzle box) for one.

i would love to have one of those if i could just buy one
but with so little time before the big day i will not have time to make one
my main focus is the costume and not the props the puzzle box and weapons are more of an after thought which i will not have time to make
i was looking for input on the head part and i have the robe almost done so i will post some pics of that later today

I think it looks quite good. Definitely way beyond those pre-made ones you can buy. Definitely post photos of the finished costume. Maybe use blacklight reactive makeup so you glow blue-ish if you go near one.

I think it looks quite good. Definitely way beyond those pre-made ones you can buy. Definitely post photos of the finished costume. Maybe use blacklight reactive makeup so you glow blue-ish if you go near one.

Love the idea of the blacklight makeup will have to look for some also also could make a pulzze box with a small cut of 4x4 lumber and a print out to file over it
Thank you for the ideas

here are a few more pics of the robe