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I used some thermal plastic to cover the open areas, and support the eyes. I scratched wrinkles into the eyelids and scuffed up the surface of the plastic with steel wool so paint will stick. I carved some lines into the iris, and filled in the pupil hole with thermal plastic. There is a divot in the pupil for holding resin. I plan on painting the pupil black on the left eye, and grey on the right. After I paint them I will fill the up with UV resin.

I was going to work on extending the Jaw with some teeth, but decided to sculpt it first. I can't change the position of the eyes, but I can put the teeth where ever I want after I sculpt it. This will give me some freedom with how I the head sculpt  looks.  

I don't want clay getting into the mechanics so I covered everything in aluminum foil. Next I wrapped in wire. This keeps the foil on and gives the Klean Klay something to hold onto.

If I can get this head sculpted and cast by Monday, that will give me enough time to work on the body and shell.

My brother is my wrangler. He has final say if I wear the costume. If he thinks the costume looks horrible I will take the L and not wear it.

Fantastic work! You really disappear into the roles.
You could be a secret agent.

Character: Quint, captain of the Orca
Actor: Robert Shaw
Movie: Jaws

This build is a bittersweet one. I had noticed the likeness when I was working on a few of my bearded characters but had always known that Shaw looked like numerous uncles on my Dad's side of the family. Dad's generation was the muttonchops just like shaw, so, most of my childhood family pictures has at least one Shaw, if not two or more, in the background (Dad had 7 brothers). Most of my disguise builds include me prepping, months in advance, to look as much like the character before needing any prosthetics. It is a huge inspiration to continue when you can wake up looking like the target and it makes the final pose day much easier. When I was nearing the last weeks of this build, I was floored to realize I had successfully disguised myself as my late father. It was not a fun day. But the final poses needed the faux hair and some facial tweaks so I was happy to close in on being more Quint as quickly as possible before yet another person mentioned how much I looked like Dad.

I still need to find a good pose boat but here is me having fun at our local store:



Side by side comparisons:

Facial similarity app comparisons:

Facial similarity app comparisons:

Quint in the Spongebob Squarepants credits:



Quint visiting the leaning tower:



And Quint at Career Day at the library, telling stories to the kids:



Which reminds me, here are the links to the build threads (how to and process). This first one has my full "Quint at Career day" story at the very beginning, to which, I have cracked myself up, many times, reading it, aloud, in Quint's voice:

https://www.therpf.com/forums/threads/quint-cosplay-robert-shaw-impersonation-cosplay-costume-jaws.354255/

https://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/10748/jaws-quint-impersonation-cosplay-costume-robert-shaw-impersonation-cosplay-costume

Character: Lucius Malfoy
Actor: Jason Isaacs
Movie: Harry Potter series

I had needed to bleach my hair to blonde while going to gray for Denethor. Within two weeks, I completed Lucius Malfoy and started into gray.

Links to the original build/how-to threads:

https://www.therpf.com/forums/threads/lucius-malfoy-impersonation-cosplay-costume-jason-isaacs-impersonation-cosplay-costume.365492/

https://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/12342/lucius-malfoy-impersonation-cosplay-costume-jason-isaacs-impersonation-cosplay-costume#latest


Side by side comparisons:



Split face comparison:



Facial similarity app results:

I have found that internet searches mistakenly add other people's pictures into my search results when I am showing someone my costume builds. Often, these searches will load up my worst possible picture of when I am only testing a theme or showing a single clothing item but won't show my final build pose or final pictures.

So, my grand idea? Put all my final pictures here. Put all of my likeness percentage pictures here. Put my links to all of my builds here.

So, please bear with me as I build out this landing page for all of my previous and future build final photos. I will continue to create dedicated threads for each build so fellow fans of that costume/show/character/book can see my process and progress how-to instructions as well as my failures. I am always open to sharing builds and experiences so feel free to load your questions, comments, advice and photos in the linked threads but let this thread run along as just my personal spot for showing off costumes to my mom....so I can give her just the one link and save it to her phone. Mods, if you have any tips on how to pull this off or if it isn't allowed, let me know.

Update: My guiding theme in all of my costume and disguise builds is to never alter or "correct" my photos using digital fixes. I have made the costumes, props and disguise/makeup/wig/fake facial hair/etcetera that are seen in the photos. In some, I have placed my photo over the top of a photo from the movie scene and have altered lighting to match the two photos but no touch up is done to myself nor my costume.

The full builds are intended as a costume cosplay AND an impersonation disguise of the actor that played the character.

Awesome project, excited to see your progress!  Thanks for sharing it with us!

/Chris

I did some more research. If I don't raise the point where the mouth opens it will look similar to the  Michelangelo  costume from the Casey Jones movie.

I'll use some EVA foam on the skull and shape it out into the shape I need. 

After looking at some Jim Henson design notes. I think I am going to have to extend the teeth section of the skull out to make the mouth bigger. I can do this by attaching EVA foam but I won't do it unless I have to. I would prefer to keep the head smaller to make the body look bigger.

No avoiding it. If I want a costume comparable to Jim Henson's designs. I have to follow what his studio did.