missmonsters werewolf journal

Updates!

2009-01-06T17:06:00.001-08:00

The werewolf costume has been published in the new Best of Instructables book!

http://www.amazon.com/Best-Instructables-Do-Yourself-Projects/dp/0596519524/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231290407&sr=8-1

Many many thanks to Instructables.com for all of the love and attention this has brought.

The werewolf costume has now been retired due to wear and tear and the fact that it's a very hot and exhausting costume to wear. I am working on resurrecting my old demon costume right now which will make it's re-appearance at San Diego comic con 2009.

Thanks for following this blog! Please refer to my other blogspot site here: missmonster art at blogspot!

New werewolf head!

2007-12-16T22:55:00.001-08:00

Well with the costume season over, I had to have my fix of werewolf art. So I decided to make a wall mounted werewolf head. I used a taxiidermy form for the base and modified to into what you see here! The yellow part is the pre bought form, and the grey/pink is sculpey clay. I also painted a set of blank glass eyes for this project.

Check it out! Click the photo to go to my flickr account for more.

It's not finished yet but I will post more photos as it progresses. :D

Costume updates!

2007-11-21T11:36:00.000-08:00

Awesome!

The costume won two online halloween contests...one over at Deviantart ( I dont know the link to the winners list, sorry! But it's awesome to have won!) and one at the awesome INSTRUCTABLES site. I won the grand prize! Check it out:
over here... I get to go to the Maker Faire in San Mateo! I really almost feel out of my chair when i saw I had won. Wow. I'm really looking forward to meeting the Instructables/Make mag peeps in the near future. I'll be bringing the costume to the Faire, of course ;)

Seriously happy. I may make a demon head that is interchangable with the wolf head...same body, different heads. I just really want to make more stuff!
Have some photos! We had a halloween party!All photos taken by Matt:

Our bloody murder room!

Captain Spaulding and werewolf in the kitchen...

Having a deep conversation with Princess Leia. I can't really drink beer while wolfed up :(

Serene Jesus turns the other cheek when attacked by stair-wolves.

Latest news!

2007-11-02T12:44:00.000-07:00

Well guys i got some solid attention this last week with this costume. I was linked on boing boing:
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/10/24/howto-make-a-killer.html

Because someone submitted my Instructable that i posted:
http://www.instructables.com/id/realistic-werewolf-costume/

That Instructable has over 21,000 hits! Pretty awesome. I'm amazed at how well recieved it has been by both online people and people i see out in public. I have gotten such positive smiling reactions from just about everyone that sees it...and that makes me smile. What a great halloween!

I was also interviewed for Chicago Public Radio. The interview was played in three states and set to go national on NPR but I'm not sure if it did NPR or not. Here's the link to that interview:
http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/content.aspx?audioID=14372

Besides that i have been giving the wolf a run for his money...wore it to a party, a costume contest ( i lost to a guy in a store bought mask), handing out candy to kids on halloween and even did the Zoo Boo at the Brookfield! I made alot of kids cry and smile this past week and it's been alot of fun. This weekend the wolf has one last run for the year to my Halloween party ( squeezing as much halloween out as possible, as it falls in the middle of the week) and then a local convention called Reactor if i am still alive enough to make it. Werewolfing is pretty tiring! After that I'll probably wear it to a few comventions like San Diego Comic-Con.

So a huge thank you to the people that have followed the progress of this suit and offered encouragement or just stopped by to check things out. Knowing other people care about this makes me all the more excited to do bigger and better costumes. The werewolf suit still needs just a few little tweaks and i know I'll have more photos to post from events this past week. So please check back...I'm not done yet!

Now the question is...what to do for NEXT year?

new photos!

2007-10-19T14:39:00.000-07:00

Jason Chalker manlyart.com took videos and pictures last night! YAYYYYY thank you!!

CLICK THE PHOTO to see the whole picture!

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there is also VIDEOOOOOOOOOO click here to go to YouTube!

wolf is DONE!

2007-10-14T10:49:00.001-07:00

I broke my promise and worked on it some more...finished just in time for the Revolution Tattoo art opening. The cool thing is that my boyfriends family and two close friends got to see it the very first time it all came together, as they had come over to hang out.... so that was awesome. I got a great reaction from them, but the true test was to see what total strangers thought.

So i got my pal Sarah to escort me to Revolution. It's close enough to walk but, wolf suit alone in a city might not be very smart. Jason ( Manlyart) also came by to check things out!

I drove:

Is there a problem , officer?

ok ok, i didnt actually drive. I had to ride in the passengers seat and could barley fit my fat wolf ass in it.

So we drove down, my arm hanging out the window. Crossing the street some guy passing in his car "HEY WOLF!" and there were alot of stares. It was great.

Outside the gallery.

Getting photos of this is really frustrating. The flash just messes everything up and you can't see much. The fur relflects to much light and the teeth look ivory white and flat. It looks so much cooler in real life!

See, you can barely tell where my arm is in front and the tail just looks blobby. Daaaaaamn.

The gallery was great, the people there dug the costume. When i first walked up, people reacted with the best thing a costumer can hear: "WOAH!!" Sweet relief, people dig it. I had just finished it hours before the event and was a little anxious to see if it all worked well.

I got poked in the breasts alot, people not realizing i have boobs behind the big foam chest, LOL. I thought it was funny. Alot of people asked about how it was made and wanted to touch it or get photos with it. A few people got really close to my face and stared at the mouth and eyes..haha! I had a good time and was so happy it was well recieved!

So i celebrated with some Guitar Hero. Isnt there a band called Guitar Wolf?

Sorry, i really couldnt resist.

So this test run helped me figure out what needs to be fixed and how long i can last in it. Which is not long. It's deadly hot in that thing. I did cool down quickly when a breeze came by since my suit is made up of many pieces and the seams let in some air, but this will require some kind of cooling system. A neck cooler or a vest or something. Pretty hot! I'd also like to add some grey fur to parts, as several people have suggested. A stripe down the head,back, some on the back of the arms, chest and maybe legs. It will break up the shapes a little and not be so blotch solid black. So back to National Fiber Technology for me!
Besides that, sewing up some seams, loosening the head elastics and maybe a new tail. Over all im really happy with it and REALLY relieved it's more or less completed. I feel like i have my life back, haha!

I'm going to get Jason to take a few decent photos of the costume this week, so more soon!

werewolf art!

2007-10-07T20:46:00.001-07:00

People are awesome. I have been given some really sweet gifts lately...art of my werewolf costume!

First from Emmy! Clicky to see her other stunning artwork But here's what she made for me!

Then one from the always loved Neogeen This girl does some awesome monster designs... But here's the quicky sketch she hit me with over on livejournal, best comment ever:

And here's one from a blogger watcher, Max! Some sweet looking photoshop. What a nice suprise to find in my comments!

Thank you! It's awesome people are watching and it really makes my day to receive such kind things :D HAPPY HALLOWEEN (almost)

-mel

National Fiber Technology fur is awesome.

2007-10-07T20:32:00.000-07:00

It's actually VERY close to being completed. I did a bunch of boring stuff that isnt all that exciting for photos...like installing the velcro around the waist for the undersuit/over shirt to connect to each other and the velcro in the elbows that will attach the upper arms/paw section to the overshirt. Bo-ring!

I also received my National Fiber Technology hair! It's ridiculous. This stuff is so perfect. I dyed it black with some leather dye this weekend, a very messy smelly process. Buy LOTS of rubber gloves! I got the whole head completed and covered...i did about half of the hunch of the back until i ran out of dye. The longer hair will run along the middle of the back to about it's buttcrack and then some will be added to the back of the arms and maybe legs if i have enough left over. I may try out making some sections dark brown or even red. Anyway have pictures...the hair needs to be trimmed a little:

Again, the website that I found this hair is http://www.nftech.com/. Nice people, great service, wonderful products! I will be using them again for upcoming life size head sculpture projects ;)

Oh yeah..another mistake i made. The multiple coats of resin on the teeth got too thick and the jaw had trouble opening and closing smoothly as the teeth began to touch and rub too much. It's easily fixed with a dremel tool bu now i have to repaint the bottom canines. Just a heads up to other folks trying this out :)

Roadkill. Not much to see but this is the front of the body. Kind of a black blob, sorry. But i really like the shape of the chest and legs now that the foam has been fixed up. Not that you can tell here.

A few finished pieces! Head, jaw, feet, arms and the ninja hood that goes underneath the face. The chin of the hood has velcro glued on...which matches to the velcro inside the wolf's jaw. This makes the jaw movement a little tighter and more realistic, i think.

So what's left? Sewing together the dozens of pieces of fur to each other to hide seams when the costume flexes. Dying the rest of the long hair and gluing that on. Velcro to the bottom of the pant legs to match into the shoes. Making a tail ( i really want to boobytrap it for people that will pull on it..but id feel awful if a little kid grabbed it, so no dice... i like kids.) Picking up the white contact lens. Painting the left hands claws and sealing them, painting the fixed teeth.

Um, what else? Wow...nothing. That's IT! I'm on schedule to finish it this week like i had hoped thanks to NFT pulling through for me.

Oh more boring stuff only a few people will care about: I did pop a jaw hinge this weekend while showing it off to freinds after a few beers and that had to be fixed...it's good it happened at home instead of out somewhere. So i went ahead and strengthened a few other parts. Yawn..sorry, yeah it's boring. But hey if you are building a suit and using this as a tutorial keep that in mind...get things super strengthened before you go out. Nothing will give you costume blue balls faster than getting somewhere to have fun and finding you forgot a piece of the costume or something broke. Boo!

orange contacts!

2007-09-30T13:50:00.001-07:00

Got my contacts today! They look really cool without the mask but with the mask on they just look good...not great. They don't pop like i hoped they would, they sort of look like mildly freaky brown eyes. I did have a thought to buy a pair of yellow ones since i got them for so cheap anyway..but i think i may just buy one yellow lens and have different colored eyes..one yellow one orange. i thought it would be a cool way to give this costume a little more personality and make it a little freakier. If it looks dumb, I'll just buy another yellow lens.

one arm finished!

2007-09-29T08:25:00.000-07:00

Taken in front of the mirror so excuse angles, wierd crops or crappiness! I used an opera glove to make the base for the fur and foam to glue on to. There is a little bit of foam in there to beef up my skinny forearms.The paw is now permanetly attached to the arm fur, making it all one piece that pulls off. It will attach to the body's arm via velcro.

Har, har. That sign is on our bathroom mirror. I also have one over the toilet that says " safety first:wear googles" because god knows what i do to that toilet requires eye protection.

So there you have it, one arm done. The fur pieces still need some trimming to line up and blend together better...but it's pretty much done. Now to do the other paw!

I also found an event to debut the suit at. The tattoo shop that i started getting work done at is having an art opening with "costumes encouraged" on the 13th. If the werewolf isnt ready by then, i may just wear the demon....but i'll be shooting for then!
http://www.revolutiontattoo.net/home.html

Next, refining the suit and adding some different fur lengths :D

full test!

2007-09-22T09:20:00.000-07:00

CLICK the photos to see the full view!

I hate and love this part...trying it all on for the first time. I love it because I get to see it all come together and I hate it because alot of things end up needing some changes. All that hard work and I have to redo things! Ah well. For the most part it is a success, but there are a few changes that will be made.

Here's a pic of the foam test i did before furring the torso. The neck went up way too high and was fixed.

The chest being furred.

Everything put together! It looks super crappy since alot of glaring things like seeing the shoes needs to be fixed. This is just a loose test for me to figure out what needs to be fixed before I put any work into making this polished and ready to go.

I have a few issues with the legs. They look great, as a digitigrade illusion, when I stand with a totally straight leg. But once I bend the leg, it looks plantigrade ( flat footed). The reason for this is that I did not make the top thigh foam go over my knee enough so when the knee bends it pops out and ruins the effect. This can be fixed by adding a foam piece over my knee. I also have a problem with the length of the foot. I want a stubby dog like paw, not a floppy cartoon foot. So I need to remove the toes and reset them further up on my shoe. I may redline this to show what im talking about.

Straight leg:

Bent leg. Ick.

I think the side view looks fantastic. The chest goes up a little too high into my neck and I need to add velcro to the undershirt (to fasten to the body suit) so it doesnt pop out ( as seen in the front) I might trim down the back hump a little, since im adding really long fur to the middle of the back and neck and the foam has a wierd angle by the top of the head. The front of the chest needs some trimming on the bottom....needs to be narrower going toward the stomach ( it also need to wear a de-boobing bra....not that mine are huge but boobies sort of offset the foam a little)

This is some of the fur that will be added to the wolf. This is a sample from National Fiber Technology http://www.nftech.com/. I will be using grey and black course long fur to accent his back and neck, back of arms, chest and where ever it needs it. I dont want just a solid black blot of fur for the whole thing.

NFT is a great place. Thier fur is high quality and so is the treatment of thier customers. I'm just a small fry, they are used to dealing with big clients but they have been totally helpful and cool and really went the extra mile to get my samples to me. How refreshing!

The mask needs a little tune up as well...it sits too low on my face now that a little wieght has been added to it. I think a sliver of foam in the nose bridge will help. i also made the elastic WAY too tight. After wearing this for 5 minutes it felt like the top of my head was going to pop off. Still more comfortable than the demon mask but not quite ready yet.

the front view of the wolf isnt too hot. One critique i got from boyfriend and roommate was that the chest, waist and hips were too aligned and needed to "V" out at the top. I think they are right. Ugh it pains me to even post the photo of the front view but I want people to see what i did and...try to avoid it the first time around:

Pretty awful! Ick.

So as for the rest of the costume, I still need to add more fur to parts, build the forearms, fix some holes and sew the fur seams together. I think it needs a tail after all, too.

So, next is making the forearms, and applying the NFT fur after fixing the foam mistakes! Today i'm ordering my contacts. I think im going to go with solid orange ones, yellow would be cool too but it's kind of been done alot. Hey and orange eye and black fur = halloween colors!

Finishing the feet

2007-09-18T19:01:00.000-07:00

PLEASE CLICK PHOTOS FOR FULL VIEW.

Painted the Tandy bear claws to look a little more real. Varnished with polyurethane...will be adding clear epoxy for more durability since these will be close to the ground and likely to get chipped.

Add fur!

Trim it up! I left a little longer fur at the top to blend in the with leg fur that's going to attach at the top.

Repeat!

Flash makes things look awful. Argh. These really do look pretty good in real life im just a terrible photographer. I added fur all around the sides of the shoes, making sure not to cover the velcro. I'm going to add an extra sole over the bottom of the toes and foot too...

Feet. The left's toes came out a little different from the right....might have to fix that.

Next: Figuring out how to attach arms and front paws... getting close to being done!

Starting the feet....

2007-09-10T21:53:00.000-07:00

Was naughty and took the night off to work on werewolf feets.

AS USUAL PLEASE CLICK TO SEE THE WHOLE PHOTO! Blogger cuts off photos that are too big and im too lazy to make thumbnails. Sorry. It will just link you to my flickr account!

First get some goofy shoes. I got platform types shoes because platforms i used with the demon costume work really well to enhance the digitigrade illusion. Plus they make me taller and scarier! I made sure to buy tennis shoe versions, not mangle-your-foot-dance-club-strappy-highheeled-hoochie versions like last time.

I added velcro around the top to hold 'em on...then some around the sides for the end of the fur legs to velcro on to...

I riveted AND glued the velcro on...dont' want it going anywhere! Some velcro from the demon is starting to rip off after two years of use...so this needs to stay put. Plus rivets are fun to install...

Toes! Basic block of foam, carve with scissors to round them out a little:

In this photo, the toes are longer than I'd like but that was fixed easily. I dont want these too big since I want to look like im up on my toes and therefore the foot should short. Too long and it might look like a flat foot or too cartoony or just dumb. I dunno.

I ended up shaping these a little better. Didnt bother too much with making it super smooth...it's going to be covered with fur anyway :)

Best part! Adding scary claws! I used Tandy plastic claws, which I will repaint to look a little more real. I used glue to get these on and sandwiched them in the foam.

Hahaha, the coolest part is that they make a fantastic scratching noise when I walk on the hardwood floor. Spooky! The foam bends nicely with each step without falling off or tearing. I added alot of support underneath to make sure they last. I'm also going to add an extra sole with good traction over the toes and foot bottom.

They arent too pretty now but fur and a claw paint job will fix that! They are really comfortable. If I can walk for 5 hours in that hot, painful demon costume I bet I can go for a long time in this werewolf. Too bad I can't drink beer in it though( Probably for the best...)

Oh man and they are putting out Halloween decorations in stores now. It just makes me want to work on this even more. Argh, I love halloween!

Next up: adding feet fur! I also asked for some samples from National Fiber Technologies to see what they might have for the longer hackle/neck/back of the head fur....im excited to see it! They do awesome stuff:
http://www.nftech.com/

More soon!

hairy legs!

2007-08-23T08:21:00.000-07:00

I really should have gotten progress photos of the fur being applied. Damn.
What I did was glue on the fur piece by piece. Alot of costumers sew the entire suit in just a few pieces but im just not that good with a sewing machine. I used hot glue and a box cutter. I started at the bottom and worked my way up to the waist, paying attention to the way the fur lays. This fur has a decent length so it's pretty forgiving of imperfections. I havent gotten photos of me wearing the legs though I did try them on..they look great and will look even better once the proportions are evened out with the heeled shoes im building for this. I think the foam at the top of the legs is a little thick but then again iam trying to make a large semi bulky werewolf. The torso and shoulder foam should help even out my fat lycanthrope thighs....if not i may rip off the fur and trim the foam a little.

once everything is in place I will sew all of the glued edges together to make it more sturdy and conceal any seams!

Next: Torso and arms!

As usual please click for the full photo!

i left a length of fur hanging off the end of the legs..this will attach to the shoes/feet later on...

You can see the crutch from my abandoned four legged idea...

Check out my messy work room! Claws are being varnished in the background...

Duct tape dummy

2007-08-13T19:01:00.000-07:00

Made the duct tape dummy with the help of my boyfreind last week! It didnt take long and is much cheaper than buying a clothes dummy. You just put on a long sleeved shirt and some pants, wrap in duct tape ( not TOO tight but snug), then carefully cut yourself out with medical scissors. Reattach the duct tape skin and stuff it! Presto, cheap dummy. I found several tutorials online but this one is the best:

http://www.fursuit.org/wiki/doku.php?id=fursuit:patterns:duct_tape_dummies:diadexxus

I have been told this is also a great way to create patterns too!

So here it is! I'm actually not quite this uh...bloated in real life. No, really! ;) Please click on the photos to see the entire thing.

Adding foam! It's not done, still needs evening out and whatnot. The foam will create the illusion of having dog like legs....

Next up: fur and foaming the torso! It's going to have a deep canine ribcage and a nice thick hunched back. Fun!

Head almost done!

2007-08-02T15:20:00.000-07:00

Furred the rest of the head. You can see I decided to just use regular faux fur for the whole thing. It actually doesnt look as flat and cartoony as I thought. The bottom teeth have turned yellow and will be fixed...

Creepy werewolf with boobies....

Hurrr Myspace...

Brushed in some grey in the muzzle! The teeth look super bright in this photo, it's the flash's fault you can't see my nice tooth paint job :( Ignore the marshmallows, i was making indoor s'mores..

The head still needs work, but the body suit needs to be started before I can really do anything else. The body suit will have a thick neck that will attach to the head.

Nexxt: Duct tape dummy and foam body suit!

let's make some paws!

2007-08-02T14:19:00.000-07:00

Okay so my original idea was to make this thing quadrupedal. I even bought arm braces and started to build up the foam and paws:

But the more I costumed in the demon I realized how tiring and hard on my body it was just being on two legs. I'd like to be able to be in this suit for a few hours with minimal breaks... and four legs would make that impossible. I have a messed up lower back, bird wrists and bad knees. Plus I wouldnt feel all that safe not being able to use my hands. I have had some bad experiences with drunks and assholes in costume, believe it or not and well...this just seemed like it might be inviting disaster. So the idea has been scrapped in favor of safety. Sorry guys.

But I did manage to build some really awesome paws instead!

Foam over a baseball batters glove. The wires will make the claws sturdy on top of my fingers ( the claws will fit over the wire). The foam makes my hand look like it has different stubbier joints and hopefully a little less human.

Hmm, not there yet.

Better! This will be painted black. The claws have been added, the wire is in the middle of them.

The topside of the furred paw. I shaved down the finger tips and let it fade into the long arm fur. The claws are replica grizzly claws that will be painted later on.

The fur is solic black but looks kind of purple with this flash...ergh.

The business end! Sorry about my ugly apartment, it was basically a studio with a bedroom. My couch was a blowup camping bed with ugly cheap pillows thrown over it.

The pawpads were painted with acrylics, sealed with rubbber, painted again and sealed with polyurethane.

Someone suggested tool dip and i think I may use that for the left paw pads this time...

Claws are painted and sealed and it looks pretty awesome!

adding fur to the head

2007-08-02T14:13:00.000-07:00

Furred the bottom jaw, started the ears....some is just faux fur, some is dyed mohair glued on lock by lock. I glue on the mohair strands using superglue..it's really not fun. At all.

Furry chin!

Adding some to the sides of the face....

Coloring the head

2007-08-02T13:54:00.000-07:00

Time to paint him! Again, I had thought most of the front face would be naked so I cared way too much about painting it all nice. It's not a total flat black, there's actually a little shading and highlighting. That red stuff in the jaw is tool dip, I figured I'd seal the inner face since it can get pretty nasty in there with all the sweating I'd be doing. Easier to wipe off and makes it a little smoother...

I almost pooped myself when I tried it on all black like this. I also have some black eye make up to blend things a little better...

The teeth have been sealed with a glossy clear epoxy. Do a test on your epoxy first, because the brand I used for the bottom teeth yellowed within a month or two and they no longer matched.
The teeth are not a pure white, either..I did stain them a little but I don't feel as though they should be overly yellowed as many photos of predators I have seen actually have pretty white teeth. And I want him to look scary not filthy ;)
So, nyah!

I feel really cool and totally nerdy at the same time.

TEETHS!

2007-08-02T13:40:00.000-07:00

oohhhh man, this is where it got fun. The teeth are sculpey which I molded to the jaw, then baked then glued in. I also put a little snarl over them in paper clay.
I also used a ton of primer on this thing while I was obsessing over the smoothness...that's why it's gray.

I love me some Furi Kuri!

Excuse me, can I bite your face?

Here's a shot before I baked the teeth. Notice how I marked them so I could glue them in easier later on. I didnt detail the teeth as much as I could have but it works anyway.

Detailed head sculpting...

2007-08-02T13:26:00.000-07:00

I added plaster strips to the ears as well as paper clay. Lots of shaving, sanding and swearing later and we kind of have a werewolf on the way....
Sculpting with paper clay sucks. I just did a little, let it dry, sanded, added more...repeat until happy. It's frustrating but it's worth it to me. This paper mache clay is REALLY light and really strong. It takes patience. I'd work on it between other projects so I didnt get too annoyed...

Quicky jaw hinge....

2007-08-02T13:16:00.000-07:00

So , uh...try it on! I tried on the head frequently to make sure everything was comfy and fit. You can see my jaw hinge method right there. Not the most high tech but it works fine. the mandible has metal hooks that stretch and fit into a ring glued onto the top head. The elastic allows things to move while staying on your own jaw.

Pretty goofy. I'm wearing a balaclava hood (like a ninja mask) a head covering used my many costumers. It prevents you from sweating makeup into your eyes and covers your own mouth from view. Burping in one is not fun.

Now im starting to get excited....

Adding the snout and jaw!

2007-08-02T13:05:00.000-07:00

okay so I skipped a few steps, here. I formed a little wire armature for the snout, you can see it running along the sides there, nice and ugly. I then glued it down and glued some foam over the wire armature. Snip the snout down to the shape you want.
I then coated the entire thing with resin to make it super strong!

Once the resin sets up, begin to build up the meat of the snout with some paper mache clay. I just did the basic shape for now...let it dry , then add details later.

Basic snout shape all built up and ready to dry...

Once the clay dried I went and dremeled down alot of the texture. I didnt think I'd be covering the whole thing with fur, my plan was to hand glue hair and then leave most of it smooth...so I really got into smoothing the face which was sort of a waste. Oh well, that's what happens when you make it up as you go along!

I also added wire ears and the jaw. The jaw was also made with plaster strips molded onto my actual chin. A wire serves as the support for the foam mandible, just like with the upper head...

DERP!

Okay, let's get started!

2007-08-02T12:51:00.000-07:00

The very first step of making a werewolf costume! First, dye your hair pink. Second, put on your best MySpace face.

Three, using plaster strips make a little half mask. Dont forget to lube your face with some lotion!

Half mask is done, start adding some foam to protect your noggin. Nothing too thick, you dont want the wolf to have a huge balloon cranium ( or maybe you do, whatever)

Foam added, now make a little elastic bit to hold it on.

PS smoking is bad for you.

Add some strips over the foam to make it more solid...

Elastic and foam!

Welcome to my werewolf costume blog!

2007-08-02T12:13:00.000-07:00

Well I decided to make a blog that tracks the progress of my newest costume. People had been asking for progress photos, which have been on my website http://missmonster.com/ since I started but it's not easy to find on the site and kinda scattered. This is an easier format to use and link to and will hopefully be a helpful reference for other costumers.

I already have a ton of photos of the progress and will be uploading them this week, each step in a separate entry.

Just a word of warning! I made this shit up. My methods might be wierd or back asswards or unprofessional. I do what works for me , in my budget. If I could afford/had the space for a silicon head with hand punched hair or top of the line custom dyed fur I would. There are people out there like http://runningwolfpack.com/ who are masters of this stuff and use high quality pro methods! Check them out too!

But for now it's just redneck jimmy rigged methods that im actually pretty proud of. I found my own way with a little help from freinds and I hope that the information and photos on here inspire you to do the same! :D

Enjoy guys!

-missmonster