{"id":1867,"date":"2012-11-21T12:18:05","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T12:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manibogstudios.com\/blogger\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2013-07-22T16:36:55","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T16:36:55","slug":"nine-costume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.manibogstudios.com\/blogger\/2012\/11\/21\/nine-costume\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine costume"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey Tamar\/Elad,
\nHere is the additional info for my costume… links for videos are also included.<\/p>\n

9 HEAD<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5PTO4U5-ptQ&feature=channel&list=UL<\/a><\/p>\n

More images for the head base and eyes<\/p>\n

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9 Body Suit
\nMATERIALS FOR THE BODY:\u2028For the body:
\n– Burlap cloth
\n– Brown yarn
\n– Black spray paint
\n– Sewing pattern for a typical animal costume for a guide.
\n– A long coat zipper to close up the costume<\/p>\n

For the Zipper:
\n– cardboard
\n– 3 shades of metallic bronze spray paint and black
\n– silver spray paint for the zipper teeth
\n– fiberglass resin
\n– a darker piece of cloth for the zipper backing
\n– foam sheet for the zipper teeth<\/p>\n

DIRECTIONS:<\/p>\n

THE BODY<\/p>\n

videos
\nbody:<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3nRI8lkhOaQ<\/a>
\nfingers:<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rojZ-Xf0_M0<\/a>
\nzipper:<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gKvzK0-b42M&feature=youtu.be<\/a><\/p>\n

1. To create the body, I used a sewing pattern of an animal costume for the base. I used Mcalls costumes. You can find these online or at any fabric store.
\nI’ve never really used these templates before let alone sew, but it’s pretty much self explanatory. You buy the right size template to your body. Then you buy the material. Make sure to buy extra just in case.
\nInside the packet are very delicate paper diagrams of all the pieces you need to create the costume. (i.e. leg, body,arms, etc.)<\/p>\n

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2. Open the packet and pull out the paper diagrams and cut out all the individual pieces based on your size.. Be sure to follow the packets instructions on where to cut.<\/p>\n

3. Once you have all your pieces, spread out your cloth and pin all your paper templates to the cloth.<\/p>\n

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4. Next cut out all your pieces from the cloth. Also be careful with the paper diagrams because you will use them again for the reverse side.
\nDon’t forget to cut out the reverse side of the pieces. Your basically cutting out the front and back of the template.<\/p>\n

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\n5. Next, pin all your pieces together and measure it up to yourself. You can kind of slip the individual pieces on to see if you need to adjust it. The pins will be your guideline when you are sewing them together. Becareful of the needles.. I poked myself several times.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

6. Once you have all the pieces pinned, start sewing them together. Plan out where you will have your opening to get into the costume. I placed my opening in the front chest area on the side of the large zipper where the dark material meets the burlap material. Sew one body part at a time. One thing to keep in mind is to make sure you have room in all your moveable parts.. shoulders, crotch, knees, etc.\u00a0 Better to have room now and bring in the stitch later. ALso, burlap is really itchy, so you might want to line the inside of your costume with a soft thin material. Basically, it’s duplicating the pieces that you cut and adding that in-between the layers you are sewing together.
\n7. Once you have all the pieces sewn together, put it on and bring in the fabric with needles where it needs to be tighter. I used this method to shape the costume to be wide at the hips and smaller at the top and bottom.. Almost like a pear shape. This is where all those shapes people talk about body types come from like hourglass, pear, etc.<\/p>\n

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8. Once the body costume is fitting correctly, you will need to map out where the large zipper will go.
\n9. There should be a large split down the middle of the costume in the front. This is where I told you where the opening would go so you would be able to get in and out of the costume. Draw with some chalk where the large fake zipper will go.
\n10, Pin back the burlap material and attach the darker piece of cloth on only one side of the burlap opening. The other side will be attached with the long coat zipper. Sew these elements together. This dark patch of material is the backing for the large fake zipper and the opening for you to be able to get in and out of your costume.<\/p>\n

Adding The Fake stitches.
\n11. To add the fake stitches to the burlap, I used thick brown yarn and a large needle. This was easy\u2026 I created large X’s around the shoulders of the costume just to show detail and the illusion that the arm is being held by stitches.<\/p>\n

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Adding where to the cloth.
\n12. When the body was all sewn, It looked too clean and neat\u2026 So I created some dirt on the costume using black matte spray paint. I gently spray areas of the costume that would normally get dirty the most.. these were the lower legs, forearms, knees, butt, etc. I gently sprayed the black. Then let it air out and dry for a day.<\/p>\n

THE ZIPPER HANDLE
\n1. I created the actual zipper out of layers of cardboard that were glued together with hot glue. I used a 3d program(Maya) to model the zipper and then printed out the sides and used that as a template to cutout the cardboard. The program I used to print out the 3d model is (Pepakura). This allows you to print the individual sides of the 3d model for you to cut out and reassemble using paper.. But in my case I used the templates to trace onto cardboard to cut out.
\n2. Once I got my pieces together, I assembled the zipper using hot glue.
\n3. Next I used lightweight plaster to fill any holes or smooth out any edges, etc. Let the plaster dry.
\n4.\u00a0 Next, I coated the entire zipper with fiberglass resin and let dry for a couple of days.
\n5. After the piece was dry, I coated the zipper with a primer paint. Let dry. Then coat the entire zipper with a light bronze coat. Let dry..
\nTo get this old metal look, I sprayed the next darker shade of copper and rubbed it while it was still wet revealing the color underneath. A rule of thumb, exposed areas are generally lighter and corners, crevices are dark.<\/p>\n

THE ZIPPER TEETH
\n6. While that was drying, I got my foam sheet and cut 1″x2″in rectangles for the teeth of the zipper.
\n7. Once I cut all the teeth I sprayed that down with a metallic silver paint.. Let dry.<\/p>\n

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8. After I got all my zipper pieces, I attached it to my body suit down the dark cloth that I previously sewed on with hot glue. The fake zipper was attached at the top of the body suit with hot glue and reinforced to the suit with thread.
\n9. Next attach the silver rectangles, below the fake zipper with hot glue. Offset them.<\/p>\n

You should now have a complete body suit.<\/p>\n

HANDS AND FINGERS<\/p>\n

Materials for the fingers:
\n– thick card stock
\n– glue
\n– fiberglass resin
\n– 3 shades of metallic bronze spray paint and black
\n– old gloves<\/p>\n

DIRECTIONS<\/p>\n

For the hands I used an old pair of gloves and attached long fingers that I modeled to it\u2026 you can think of it like press on finger nails that women put on their nails.
\nIn a 3d program, I modeled a fingers that I can build with paper using the “pepakura” program.
\nOnce I created the fingers out of cardstock, I covered it with 3 coats of resin, sprayed it with a base coat and colored it bronze similar to the zipper.
\nNext I hot glued the fingers to the gloves.<\/p>\n

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LIGHT STAFF
\nvideo: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lN5aPDbiFAM&feature=youtu.be<\/p>\n

Materials
\n– The light was made mostly from cardboard that I modeled in a 3D program. I covered the cardboard replica with resin and painted it with the bronze paint similar to the zipper.
\n– The round dome is a plexiglass light fixture that I found online. This was the most difficult item to find. I search fish bowls, lighting fixtures, round bowls online and finally found on amazon.
\n– The details around the light are rubber tubes painted bronze and then wrapped around the cardboard model.
\n– The inside is a laundry detergent measuring cup that I painted the bottom half black.
\n– Attached to the laundry cup is a wire that I looped to resemble the inside of a light bulb.
\n– I lined the wire with led rope that is powered by a AA battery. The rope is attached to the wire by hot glue.
\n– The staff is made from PVC pipe and a pvc pipe cap is attached to the base of the cardboard light base with a washer and nut.<\/p>\n

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Hey Tamar\/Elad, Here is the additional info for my costume… links for videos are also included. 9 HEAD http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5PTO4U5-ptQ&feature=channel&list=UL More images for the head base and eyes   9 Body Suit MATERIALS FOR THE BODY:\u2028For the body: – Burlap cloth – Brown yarn – Black spray paint – Sewing pattern for a typical animal costume […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manibogstudios.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manibogstudios.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manibogstudios.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manibogstudios.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manibogstudios.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1867"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/www.manibogstudios.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1874,"href":"http:\/\/www.manibogstudios.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1867\/revisions\/1874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manibogstudios.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manibogstudios.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manibogstudios.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}