FirstAidan
the master of Eurgh
Hey all! I posted to see if anybody was interested in this kind of thing, and received some lovely feedback from @Ganta so here we go!!
I just wanted to post a step by step process of my newest costume, Seymour and Audrey 2 from little shop of horrors! It ended up being a fully moving puppet illusion costume. Which is cool. And is probably the best thing I've ever made so yeah!
Here is what Seymour and Audrey look like in the movie if you don't already know:
I tried to base my character off this. But I needed a jacket too. You'll see why later.
Step one: The Start;
I started off with a sock puppet Audrey 2 that I made last year for a bit of fun. She was already in a foam lut and everything. But was a bit thin and lame. Here is a picture of my dumb face with that puppet last year:
Step two: (Twoey), The Papier-mâché Chronicals
Deciding I wanted to use this at Comic Cons (particularly London) I knew I needed to flesh it out. A lot. So my first step was to bulk out the mouth. With Papier-mâché which was fun! I used a glove so I could keep an opening for the mouth, and then cut the newspaper orb into two, and stuck it on top and bottom of the sock puppet. Then covering it in a sequinned green material I picked up from the fabric store for 60p:
Papier-mâché time!!
Notice how I'd lost the Y?
Step three: Return of the Decorator
Next it was time to decorate!!!! I had practically raised the fabric store to find all things green and nice and spent around £15 on fabrics for this that and the other. But first, I had to paint her lips. Because I used acrylic paint, they took forever to dry!
More lipstick than Bianca Del Rio.
Foam Teeth, tentacles net backing, Audrey two was taking shape now.
At at this point she liked to chills with Dave the real houseplant.
Step 4: Costs and Arm and a leg (without the leg)
Next was time to sew in a fake arm into a old jacket, and cut a hole. So it looked like my hand was holding the pot, when actually my real hand was operating the puppet (a coat popper attached to my coat and the finger really helped). Derren Brown would be proud of my illusion!!
It it needed some work to make it look slightly more realistic. Like some stuffing in the arms and things. But it looked like it was really moving and fooled people who knew it was a fake arm!!
You can see it moving on my Instagram page. (Ooh it links how posh):
Step 5 (is it?). Final additions
Then, I'm pleased to say, I was nearly done!! I added some more decoration to the pot, a sign that said "Don't feed the plants!" And stuffed the fake arm better with some teddy bear stuffing from HobbyCraft. Then I got to work on the costume. I found an old shirt, so I cut the arm off that and wore a black swim shirt underneath so my arm couldn't be seen. I also sewed myself a black tube sleep out of Lycra, so none of my arm could be detected. I was a bit upset I couldn't find a decent hat, but figured The Mighty Ducks would do. I was ready.
Step 6? Con time:
So now I decided to test Audrey 2 out at a local Comiccon. And the response was great. Lots of people couldn't figure it out, and some thought it was a dog in a costume! Lots of pictures taken of my outfit. And the kids loved it. (Even managed to distract them from storm troopers at one point). Here are some pics!!!
God, I do not look 23. And I have lost a little bit of that fat Tum!
Other images are down below as well!
i had such fun making this costume. And I learnt a few issues and things about the puppet at that con, which I'm going to do so that my costume is the best it can be!! Thank you for reading!!
I just wanted to post a step by step process of my newest costume, Seymour and Audrey 2 from little shop of horrors! It ended up being a fully moving puppet illusion costume. Which is cool. And is probably the best thing I've ever made so yeah!
Here is what Seymour and Audrey look like in the movie if you don't already know:
I tried to base my character off this. But I needed a jacket too. You'll see why later.
Step one: The Start;
I started off with a sock puppet Audrey 2 that I made last year for a bit of fun. She was already in a foam lut and everything. But was a bit thin and lame. Here is a picture of my dumb face with that puppet last year:
Step two: (Twoey), The Papier-mâché Chronicals
Deciding I wanted to use this at Comic Cons (particularly London) I knew I needed to flesh it out. A lot. So my first step was to bulk out the mouth. With Papier-mâché which was fun! I used a glove so I could keep an opening for the mouth, and then cut the newspaper orb into two, and stuck it on top and bottom of the sock puppet. Then covering it in a sequinned green material I picked up from the fabric store for 60p:
Papier-mâché time!!
Notice how I'd lost the Y?
Step three: Return of the Decorator
Next it was time to decorate!!!! I had practically raised the fabric store to find all things green and nice and spent around £15 on fabrics for this that and the other. But first, I had to paint her lips. Because I used acrylic paint, they took forever to dry!
More lipstick than Bianca Del Rio.
Foam Teeth, tentacles net backing, Audrey two was taking shape now.
At at this point she liked to chills with Dave the real houseplant.
Step 4: Costs and Arm and a leg (without the leg)
Next was time to sew in a fake arm into a old jacket, and cut a hole. So it looked like my hand was holding the pot, when actually my real hand was operating the puppet (a coat popper attached to my coat and the finger really helped). Derren Brown would be proud of my illusion!!
It it needed some work to make it look slightly more realistic. Like some stuffing in the arms and things. But it looked like it was really moving and fooled people who knew it was a fake arm!!
You can see it moving on my Instagram page. (Ooh it links how posh):
Step 5 (is it?). Final additions
Then, I'm pleased to say, I was nearly done!! I added some more decoration to the pot, a sign that said "Don't feed the plants!" And stuffed the fake arm better with some teddy bear stuffing from HobbyCraft. Then I got to work on the costume. I found an old shirt, so I cut the arm off that and wore a black swim shirt underneath so my arm couldn't be seen. I also sewed myself a black tube sleep out of Lycra, so none of my arm could be detected. I was a bit upset I couldn't find a decent hat, but figured The Mighty Ducks would do. I was ready.
Step 6? Con time:
So now I decided to test Audrey 2 out at a local Comiccon. And the response was great. Lots of people couldn't figure it out, and some thought it was a dog in a costume! Lots of pictures taken of my outfit. And the kids loved it. (Even managed to distract them from storm troopers at one point). Here are some pics!!!
God, I do not look 23. And I have lost a little bit of that fat Tum!
Other images are down below as well!
i had such fun making this costume. And I learnt a few issues and things about the puppet at that con, which I'm going to do so that my costume is the best it can be!! Thank you for reading!!
