Tue Oct 15, 2013 10:34 pm
#81339
This is a work in progress, but I figured I'd start the thread.
My husband likes to dress all in black each Halloween, including covering his face. This year when he decided to change and dress to match one of my costume options I jumped at the chance to put something together for him. So here is the making of his Voodoo Priest transformation.
Started by getting a cheap felt top hat. I thought it looked a bit too new and nice and a Voodoo priest wouldn't have that. He needs something well worn and used.
So I dry painted the hat to give it more of a dusty and dirty look.
I then wrapped some leather cord around the hat for a more homemade looking hat band, glued on some little skulls and added a feather.
I was going to glue on a little rubber bat in the middle of the hat. We decided it would be cool if the eyes of the bat lit up red, so hubby rigged together some tiny LED lights that connect to a battery that I will tape inside the hat...
And now the bat has evil red eyes!
I also managed to start on his staff. We already had this cool twisty walking stick so I took some of the leather cord and wrapped it around the top, leaving some hanging down. I attached little skulls and feathers to those. We have a larger skull that will be attached to the top of the stick eventually.
The rest of the costume will be easy. Black t-shirt with a skeleton print, black pants and he has some red alligator shoes he is going to wear. The shoes were purchased as a joke, but I think they are going to come in handy for Halloween. He has a black trench coat he will probably wear as well. He will also have some black gloves with slightly raised white bones on the tops. His face painting is an issue we might have solved, but not sure. He had a HUGE beard and refuses to shave, so that part might not be to authentic looking, but I'm working on it.
As for me..well, mine will be more simple as now I've spent all my time on my dear husband. I'll probably dress in all black. I have an all black lacy cape that is thin and gauzy looking and I might wear that. I have a smaller top hat with a black and purple rose and some black tulle that hangs down off one side. Mainly I will concentrate on my makeup. I did get a cool skeleton hand bracelet that I will wear and I have a necklace with skulls all along it. I also own a pair of black leather boots with tiny silver skulls all over them, so I'll probably wear them.
My husband likes to dress all in black each Halloween, including covering his face. This year when he decided to change and dress to match one of my costume options I jumped at the chance to put something together for him. So here is the making of his Voodoo Priest transformation.
Started by getting a cheap felt top hat. I thought it looked a bit too new and nice and a Voodoo priest wouldn't have that. He needs something well worn and used.
So I dry painted the hat to give it more of a dusty and dirty look.
I then wrapped some leather cord around the hat for a more homemade looking hat band, glued on some little skulls and added a feather.
I was going to glue on a little rubber bat in the middle of the hat. We decided it would be cool if the eyes of the bat lit up red, so hubby rigged together some tiny LED lights that connect to a battery that I will tape inside the hat...
And now the bat has evil red eyes!
I also managed to start on his staff. We already had this cool twisty walking stick so I took some of the leather cord and wrapped it around the top, leaving some hanging down. I attached little skulls and feathers to those. We have a larger skull that will be attached to the top of the stick eventually.
The rest of the costume will be easy. Black t-shirt with a skeleton print, black pants and he has some red alligator shoes he is going to wear. The shoes were purchased as a joke, but I think they are going to come in handy for Halloween. He has a black trench coat he will probably wear as well. He will also have some black gloves with slightly raised white bones on the tops. His face painting is an issue we might have solved, but not sure. He had a HUGE beard and refuses to shave, so that part might not be to authentic looking, but I'm working on it.
As for me..well, mine will be more simple as now I've spent all my time on my dear husband. I'll probably dress in all black. I have an all black lacy cape that is thin and gauzy looking and I might wear that. I have a smaller top hat with a black and purple rose and some black tulle that hangs down off one side. Mainly I will concentrate on my makeup. I did get a cool skeleton hand bracelet that I will wear and I have a necklace with skulls all along it. I also own a pair of black leather boots with tiny silver skulls all over them, so I'll probably wear them.
Last edited by Raven on Fri Nov 01, 2013 1:00 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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