Bib Fortuna costume progress

I've sourced all suppliers and materials for this costume.

Got various quotes from people on this board for particular parts (you know who you are and thank you for your time and patience).

I've decided to get the leather and soft parts made by fellow KOTE members (Clothears - Jude and Alison) in the UK that have produced some amazing work to date and will hopefully benefit from seeing the finished version in the flesh at a future troop.
 
I've always liked Bib Fortuna, but my lack of knowledge on latex and sculpting has prevented me from attempting this costume. Good luck and can't wait to see more progress!
 
Getting back to the nitty gritty.

Thought I might try a baldcap method first, coated the bust in layers of latex (10 so far) will put at least 40 layers (more in other places). If it doesn't work I will go down the route of moulding and casting.

Progress so far:

Latexcast.jpg


The feint red line is where it will stop, tissue thin blending edges needed for a seamless line.
My own lower face will be exposed, the latex cast will be applied over a normal baldcap with foaming in between to give the structure it's shape.

So far so good, most difficult part will be taking it off without ripping it, hence the need for 40/50 layers. I have applied rubber mask grease every fifth layer to give it colour and help determine the thickness. The last couple of latex layers will be thinned out with acetone to smooth off the cast.

If it is successful, I will make the neck, ears and lekku using the same method.

P.S. Took ears off, would be too difficult to remove otherwise.
 
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Took it off the block and it worked a treat, didn't rip (y)

Just waiting to get some baldcaps to continue on.

Meanwhile, lekku 1 is under construction, half way there.
 
Made some great progress over the last week.

The headpiece is 70% finished, needs to be attached to a baldcap and some detail added, holding it's shape really well already.

Head.jpg


Next piece to be done was the neck (excluding the dangly bits), very thin allowing good movement.
Tissue thin edges for seamless blending. I will make the danglies out of hard clay and fill with beanbag beads to give them some weight. Looking at ref pics, Michael Carter had a cord around his neck attached to each one.

Neck.jpg


The first lekku or "lek", this is about as thick as your standard baldcap, packed out with filling.
It actually turned out a lot smoother than I thought, will need to add scar tissue to the front one.

Lekku-1.jpg


Lekku2.jpg


So 1 more lek and 2 danglies and that wil be all the prosthetics done, will coat them in a combo of acrylic and prosaide to give a uniform base colour before I start painting with rubber mask grease.
 
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