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[Old Trenchy]

Thought I'd share this with you all.

While many of you were have a blast at the Annual Ball, I was on the other side of town having just as good a time at a friend's birthday costume party. She was indecisive and so settled upon Horror Vs Pirates theme.

No offence to the buccaneers out there but I'm not normally a fan of the pirate theme only because it's been done many times before and I tend to tire of seeing the same iterations of Captain Jack Sparrow. There are only so many times you can see a pirate in mascara! I'm kidding! But in any case I wanted to make something slightly different for my costume.

I briefly contemplated creating a Davey Jones costume from Pirates of the Caribbean but thought that far too elaborate and expensive (yes I'm ambitious but remember LAZY... and a bit of a tight-a**). So taking into account the Horror Vs Pirates theme I decided to combine the two and make a Skull Pirate (Pffft that's what I'm calling him!).

This returns me to my tradition of costumes that involve covering my face!!

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I sculpted the head with oil-based clay and then made a silicone mould for which I would use to slush cast the polyurethane resin. The weapons I found for REAL cheap at Toy World in Harbour Town ($8 for a POTC flintlock pistol!!). Although being a typical male I thought the sword wasn't long enough so I replaced it with one made of MDF.

Edited by Old Trenchy, 02 September 2009 - 04:12 AM.

[Thrawn70]

WOW!! It looks great! Well done. And I totally agree with you on the Jack Sparrow/mascara thing too.

[LadySilverSpider]

Great stuff dude

Edited by LadySilverSpider, 02 September 2009 - 09:30 AM.

[Lady Penelope]

Love the skull. Well done, so clever!

The whole costume looks great.

[Old Trenchy]

Thanks for the kind comments. Much appreciated.

And I totally agree with you on the Jack Sparrow/mascara thing too.

It's get a bit much eh? I don't have a problem with a well made Jack Sparrow, it's just that every second pirate costume I've seen is either a Captain Jack or heavily inspired by him.

Mind you, in my research I have seen some amazing pirate costumes that have made me less wary of the theme.

[mandy]

Yeah, it's one of those things that if done right can look amazing. But if done wrong can look like a bad 80s new romantic cover band

[Old Trenchy]

But if done wrong can look like a bad 80s new romantic cover band

LMAO!!!! Keytars and synthesisers for everyone!!!!!

[Quickshot-Merc]

I think that it creates a unique look that really catches the eye in a good way.

Pirate costumes aren't really up my alley but I would feel great being seen in that.

Nice Job indeed.

Edited by Quickshot-Merc, 08 September 2009 - 12:21 AM.