2021 Halloween Costume Contest — Stan Winston School of Character Arts Forums

Ahsoka Tano

Pi the paradox — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 08:26:16 +0000

Hi, this is my Halloween costume for this year - Ahsoka Tano from Star Wars: The Clone Wars series, season 7! I decided myself for Ahsoka because she is my life-mentor and idol and I really love her new outfit although I personalized it a little bit

Everything you see I have made myself. I sewed most of the costume. I took two whole weeks of my summer break and worked only on my costume^^ It was very fun and relaxing.

I also did my make up by myself and for person who doesn't use make up on a daily basis, I think I did a very good job! Little trick: I used tissues and paper glue to cover my eyebrows

I have also made my lightsabers! I used some wires, water tubes, spray, light switches and plastic folders to made them. They can also glow in the dark

Here are some photos from the beginning of the process. I used mostly cotton fabrics. I wanted this costume to be long lasting and wash machine washable. And I achieved my goal!

I hope you liked it and that I gave you some ideas for the next year

May the Force be with you!

Haunted mansion zombie.

Todd Berenger — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 00:07:59 +0000

Here is my costume I made this year. Loosely based on the Zombies on Eddie Murphy Haunted Mansion. Made from latex, pipe insulation, morph suit.

TaunTaun Build

Abigael Hodsdon — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 00:41:45 +0000

This is my second costume. I originally built this as a way to highlight my high school robotics team and inspire young kids to explore STEM based projects. Covid shut down everything and I decided to use it to "reverse trick o treat" and hand out candy to little kids. The body is basically chicken wire over PVC pipe held up by a backpack harness and carabiners. The legs are polycarbonate (Lexan) pieces from our FIRST robotics field covered in fur. I built casings for the drywall stilts. I made a giant head out of Plastilina and covered it with 20 or 30 layers of caulk and cheese cloth. After I made a poor man's mold, I used post filler from the hardware store to make the foam head. I painted it with acrylic craft paint and brushed out cheap yarn for the hair. I included pictures from the winter too because I think it looks cooler in a Hoth like environment.

Little Red Riding Hood and The Big Bad Wolf with baby Wolfie

Daniel Cardenas — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 04:01:23 +0000

https://youtube.com/shorts/vCYJ-9EH-7c?feature=share

https://youtube.com/shorts/BinibLgBX-g?feature=share
https://youtube.com/shorts/mZNiPuZPJI0?feature=share

30 Days of Night: Vampire

Chad Trahan — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 23:45:25 +0000

Marvel Comics “Hobgoblin”

IceFxStudio — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 14:52:57 +0000

The Hobgoblin from Marvel Comics

Full costume made by me.

Prosthetics sculpted and run in silicone.
I had so much fun making this character and bringing it to life.
- Just about 1,800 foam scaled were payed down 1by1.

* 2021 Halloween Costume Contest Winner Announcement *

Chris Ellerby — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 01:52:51 +0000

Congratulations to the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Stan Winston School Halloween Costume Contest, Maxence Fleure, for the amazingly horrifying entry "Experiment#247 and Gummy".

"I wanted to push what a small 3d printer could do and learn all the techniques involved in making a latex mask: casting, painting, hair punching, and now eyes were still new to me."
- Maxence Fleure

Halloween is our favorite time of year, and we feel so fortunate to share it with all of you who entered. You may not have taken first place, but your creations both entertained and scared us.

Keep Making Awesome Monsters!

Grand Prize sponsored by our great friends at Immortal Masks!

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Full Mask with Head Form - Swarm, Ornate variant.
Design and Paint by Andrew Freeman
Sculpted by Jeramy Aiello

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Winner:

Maxence Fleuret Experiment #247 and Gummy:
https://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/9182/experiment-247-and-gummy

Runner Up:

Becosplay Brother Braccus - Angels of Vengeance Terminator:
https://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/9259/brother-braccus-angels-of-vengeance-terminator

Honorable Mentions:

Daniel Dziubińsk Outsider; original character:
https://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/9204/outsider-original-charactr

Saphied Jester:
https://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/9206/jester

Abigael Hodsdon Aliens Powerloader:
https://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/9271/aliens-powerloader

Chase Hayden T H E F U N H O U S E:
https://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/9126/t-h-e-f-u-n-h-o-u-s-e

Tristian TrisRex Johnson - Lord Atrocitus (DC Comics) by TrisRex Studio:
https://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/9144/lord-atrocitus-dc-comics-by-trisrex-studio

Unusualjaz CRAYOLA CREEP:
https://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/9178/crayola-creep-entry-1

Pisto - The Mosquitoman:
https://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/9201/the-mosquitoman

- Team SWSCA

Ghost Pirate- Captain Renshaw Dark-Skull

Frozenghost — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 23:13:42 +0000

Death Skull Latex Mask from Zagone Studios but I added alot of make up and paint to give it a darker look and to bring out the fine lines in the latex...the Brocade coat I had made...the skeleton Hands again from Zagone Studios...the boots are pieced together...the pirate shirt was bought as well as the pants the pirate sword is real and the the flintlock guns are replicas the neckless is skull gold...the rings on the pinky's are jeweled crossed in red and black...the hat was actually brown repainted it black and added the feather and ploom and small dagger the bandana and dread lock are all one piece...addedthe pirate flag for effect with it's own skeleton attached...the contact are from Samhain black make up around the eyes and all over the mouth...A very good Ghost Pirate in my opinion...his name is Captain Renshaw Dark- Skull
In Ghost form Sailing the Sea's Video https://youtu.be/N4jJoqXmFu8

* The 2021 Halloween Costume Contest Has Ended *

Chris Ellerby — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 09:41:30 +0000

The 2021 Halloween Costume Contest is now closed for entries.

The winning entry will be announced on Friday, November 5th, 2021, so stay tuned!

Thank you all for sharing your creations with our community here at the Stan Winston School of Character Arts Forums.

Please click the "Like" button on your favorite contest entries. We take the community's reaction into consideration during the judging process. Let your voices be heard!

/Chris

Doom Eternal Revenant

Justin Marlow — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 01:09:35 +0000

This is a costume I made for my 8 year old daughter. She thought that it would be cool to be one of the demons from the game Doom Eternal and even though it took me a bit over a year to make she was a real trooper who waited patiently for it to be finished just in time for Halloween. I sculpted the mask out of Monster Clay, molded it with hydro cal, and cast it with white mask latex. I painted the mask using rubber cement paint. The teeth in the mask I shaped using thermoplastic beads, painted/stained them with acrylic paint. Everything was sealed with "Perma Wet". All mask making materials were purchased from Monstermakers.com

The armor is made entirely out of EVA foam with air-dry foam clay used for the skull reliefs, the spikes, and the skulls on the canons. All armor pieces were primed with Plastidip, three layers, and airbrushed using Plaid FX flexible acrylics. I ran EL wire for the lights through certain parts like the canons, the jets in the back and the front. However, the EL wire is not super bright and the LED foam is 8mm thick so the lights only show up in low light.

For the body suit I just bought a plain white skin suit and painted it using an airbrush and acrylic airbrush paints. I painted some intestines and some skeletal anatomy in the stomach and hip areas and for the rest of the limbs I simply tried to do some line work and give them shadow while leaving some highlights. As the paint was absorbed and dried it lost some of the vibrant look it had when it was first done. The braces that run down the arms and legs are also EVA foam and are glued straight on to the fabric of the skin suit.

The Revenant in the game is bare-footed and so I just bought some cheap rubber rain boots, added some foam pieces and spikes and painted them. Originally I wanted to make some Revenant-style footwear from scratch but unfortunately fell short on time so I had to work with what I had.

Thanks for taking the time to look through the photos. Sorry for posting so many. Big shoutout to SWSCA, and their teachers for all of the courses that really helped me out during this project. As well as all of the amazing pro cosplayers out there making tutorials for inexperienced Joes like me. You all helped me out so much. Thank you!

Ack! Ack! Ack! The Martian Ambassador from Mars Attacks.

Elliot Lidgey — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 08:07:15 +0000

This is my completely handmade Halloween costume; the Martian Ambassador.I started with a clay sculpt (with 3d printed eyes and ears) over a lifecast of my own head......molded this in a 3-part fibreglass shell...... created a latex skin with fabric edges and a medium density foam lining for support...... made the 3d-printed ear discs in a cold cast aluminium from a silicone mold...... painted and coated the 3d-printed eyes before adding them to the mask (making sure I could see through the eye holes)...... painted the whole mask in layers of acrylic tinted latex...... 3d printed and hand finished a laser pistol...... also 3d printed some custom articulated finger extensions...... and finally made the patterns for the fabric costume and constructed the whole thing.

"Outsider" original character

Daniel Dziubiński — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 12:51:47 +0000

Hey! I'd like to share a project I made for my sfx school diploma! This is Outsider, a murderous yet highly developed entity from a different galaxy.
I used many techniques in this project. I made a head and teeth cast on my model. Had to sculpt fake teeth, a front mask and a caul. This was my first time making fake teeth and a sillicone prostethic mask. The caul was made out of urethane resin and it acts like a helmet but it registers as a part of the organic mask.
The armor is just to highlight the sfx make up here and tie the character all togheter. It is made out of eva foam with RGB led lights programmed via an arduino pro trinket so the lights has a "breathing" animation.
The big black claws are actually made out of plastic "teeth" for decorating pumpkins.
I had a lot of fun making this project, I had to design it, plan everything and then finally make it!

Project by me (TentacleCreations) on instagram and fb
Photos by SandyGraphycos on instagram
Model - Glorfxedian on instagram

Project for this diploma was made for International College Dziewulscy

and here a quick video of the creepy teeth:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDFkq2W9Wk0&ab_channel=TentacleCreations

T H E F U N H O U S E

Chase Hayden — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 19:38:55 +0000

My halloween costume this year is my original design based on the idea of a funhouse/carnival monster. I was inspired by Rick Baker's work in Tobe Hooper's 1981 film "The Funhouse". I designed this mask on Z-Brush, 3D scanned my model and sculpted my design in Le Beau Touche clay on my 3D printed bust. I created a fibreglass mould and ran my mask in silicone with a soft foam inner. I then finished my mask by painting, hair punching and making a 3D printed eye. This mask was my final project of my Masters Degree at Falmouth University with Neill Gorton.

Find more of my work on instagram @makeup_by_chase.

VIdeo Link: https://youtu.be/Gm8NCxOKh5I

Experiment#247 and Gummy

Maxence Fleuret — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 23:39:37 +0000

Hello everyone,
I initially debuted this costume for Monsterpalooza in 2019 and upgraded it since then.
I wanted to push what a small 3d printer could do and learn all the techniques involved in making a latex mask: casting, painting, hair punching, and now eyes were still new to me.

some 3d Wip, sculpted in zbrush and split the model to many parts in order to be printed at full scale on the form2

Puzzle Time!

I also printed my own rollers based on the tools I used in zbrush.

so I could fix and fill some parts that got broken in the process, and later on that I will be able to use on the Monsterclay cast

wanted to make a Monsterclay cast in order to make the final plaster mold and not destroy my 3d print master.

So: rebound sleeve, and thin plaster mother mold.
Slushing a generous amount of Monsterclay and voila, a Monsterclay copy I can rework and finally cast.

Up to the latex casting and start painting

And hair prunching using yak hair

At this point I was using four seal studio eye for the one on the side and I was missing a cowl.

So here goes upgrade number one.
A quick cowl sculpted in clay and quickly cast in latex too.

And for the last part: learning how to make eyes and replace the fourth seal one, no problem with their eyes but I like to do everything myself if possible.

So I followed the course here on eye making, replicating the mold style used in the video.
sculpted and 3d printed the eyes ( I wanted the white part to be bumpy and catch some spec highlights like real eyes do)

"I spared no expense"!

Thanks for looking if you stayed that long.

Stay spooky!

THE CYBORG HENCHMAN

Ben Chalmers — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 16:23:36 +0000

My halloween costume submission is my original design inspired by 80's retro dystopian villains like the character ‘Mean Machine Angel’ from Danny Cannon’s 1995 film Judge Dredd.

"A bionic bruiser, operating within the nefarious criminal underbelly of 2092 dystopia, 'The Cyborg Henchman' represents a character pulled from the screen of diesel-punk fiction. The hotheaded henchman loyal to the ruling mob boss exacts punishment to those deemed guilty by virtue or personal satisfaction. He carries with him the visible effects of a job-gone -wrong under a hard exterior of screws, vents and cold burnished steel which help control the infection. Since the incident, his voiceless presence only makes his patience shorter when dealing with his victims, revealing his disfigurement only to those paying him for his services."

Having initially fleshed out the character through drawn concept design, I later 3D scanned my model and proceeded to sculpt the mask in Chavant Medium clay on my fibreglass bust. Before moulding I 3D scanned my clay sculpture to design the cyborg attachments in ZBrush, utilising Boolean meshes to make my pieces fit perfectly to the mask using embedded magnets. These parts were later 3D printed in resin. I created a 3-part fibreglass mould and ran my mask in silicone which was finally painted along with the four resin pieces.

This mask was the final project of my Masters Degree at Falmouth University with Neill Gorton.

Short Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BE55IGMMow

Find out more of my process and other works on my Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stockwood.studios/

Robot Wolf

Tape Wolf — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 08:50:05 +0000

Designed and fabricated by D.Thomas Herkes & Nick White for a concept trailer of a feature that we never got to make! ROBOT-WOLF!!!

https://youtu.be/6uwLGJGMzLI

RelliK

UlfhedinnThor — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 04:51:03 +0000

The Clown from the comic book The Three Jokers

Reyner Garza — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 04:59:25 +0000

The Clown from the comic book The Three Jokers by artist Jason Fabok

Made some prosthetic dentures for this joker as well as a chin piece, nose, cheek bones out of silicone.. I wasn’t so happy with how it came out, but still decided to post

The Mountain Hag and her Hound

creatorofthings — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 03:19:16 +0000

Kid Carnage Costume Puppet Illusion

Kore Borno — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 01:25:20 +0000

Marvel’s Carnage merges with a child.

Foam lots and lots of foam, contact cement, spray 90, acrylic paint, silicone, pvc and a sweater.

working on uploading a video

Mama Orc

Heather Verigin — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 01:53:52 +0000

First Latex Zombie Mask!

Monsternow! — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 01:23:38 +0000

I’ve always had a love for Halloween and the creepy side of creativity that came with it. I’m the kind of person who says they started their Halloween costume in May but really started it in February. I found out about The Stain Winston School through The Monster Maker's website where I bought their kit for mask making. I'm really happy with how it came out and hope to make more masks in the future!

Autumn Queen

Rebelrebel911 — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 18:18:31 +0000

My Autumn Queen! Foam Latex Prosthetic applied and painted by me. The prosthetic was created by Infected FX. I also created this headpiece and costume!

Gargoyle

Rebelrebel911 — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 18:15:26 +0000

This is my gargoyle character! Engineered out of 6 individual Foam Latex prosthetics. All were applied and painted by me. Prosthetics were made by Infected FX.

The Seamstress

Jack — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 00:18:54 +0000

Hoping I'm not late, but here goes anyway.
My original slasher character, The Seamstress. All hand sewn and fabricated myself. The arm socks and leggings were hand sewn and dyed with finger/toenails attached. The faces are molded leather. Scissors and other blade were molded and casted in resin. The measuring tape is also leather (and measured best I could to make it accurate lol)
The neck piece, though you can barely see it here, was layers of latex over fabric.
The mask has upholstery fabric, muslin, leather, and goat fur, with real pins and needles attached. (Tipped with painted latex to keep others safe and make it look a bit bloody up close. The mouth pins don't have it anymore and tends to stab me sometimes lol)

The necklace is made up of a real human patella and molars.

Booberry

Damnitdan1997 — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 00:08:29 +0000

Booberry is a crazy clown with a fun side another character i put together for the haunt i work at mask is bought from krisfx and base costume is made by midnight mayhem apparel then i disstressed mask and costume myself

Petunia

Damnitdan1997 — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 00:03:28 +0000

Petunia is a deranged hillbilly that has a thirst for blood out on the farm i created this character for the haunt that i work at mask coveralls and chainsaw all distressed and created by myself

Cenobite inspired look

Laura Rivera — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 23:49:22 +0000

Hello everyone!! I've been a fan of hellraiser almost my entire life so one of my costumes was this, I made the scars from housemade wax (honey wax and vaseline) put some base and red pigments.

My secret (and I hope I'm helping someone who doesnt know) is use lipsticks and lipgloss so the wounds look moist for a longer amount of time, is one of my favorite tricks since I'm not really a pro and don't use the usual fake blood.

Here is a short of the process: https://youtu.be/8Y8cbNT5LpM

Well, I hope everyone like it:

I thank the opportunity and the best of luck to all!! 😸😸😸

Grim Reaper

Dustin_Heald — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 23:42:59 +0000

This is my Grim Reaper costume. The head and bony back are paper mache. (My paper mache technique involves a mixture of plaster, water, and Elmer's glue-all and blue shop paper towels in place of paper. It makes very strong pieces) Watch the video using the Youtube link below. The head movement is articulated by being strapped to my head like a tall hat. The shoulders move when I move my shoulders, so it's pretty expressive. The jaw moves when I move my jaw. The upper body is built on a frame of PVC pipes, and spray foam, and the arms are puppet arms which attach to my real arms at the wrist. I am able to see surprisingly well out of the black fabric panel on the chest. The whole thing is just over 7 feet tall!

The scythe was also made from scratch. The handle is PVC covered in foam and textured to look like wood. (I bent it into shape by filling the PVC pipe with hot sand) The blade is also EVA foam with an aluminum armature so it won't be floppy.

The costume was all patterned and sewn from scratch by me. The only part I can't take full credit for is the hands. I found the design on Thingieverse. I wish I still had the name of the person who designed them. My son and I downloaded the files, and 3D printed the parts. (a million little gears and things. It took 2 weeks with the printer running almost 24 hours a day.) Then I assembled and painted them. I should tip the hat to Gary Fay because I believe the designer of these fingers was trying to approximate his original design.

https://youtu.be/YNsUsRos5sQ

For the record, I also made the crow mask in the last picture, and the "teeth-like equipment" my kid is wearing for their costume" (the character is Toga from My Hero Academia)

-Dustin Heald

Pumpkin Queen

Lemolade — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 21:48:08 +0000

This Pumkin Queen look I made using cotton and latex that i layered on my face to give my face a pumpkin like stucture. Then i painted everything using creme-based paints and painted my neck using waterbased-colors. The stalk i made using a toilet paper roll and hot glue, to give it some texture and painted it with acrylic paints. To finish off the look I took some mint-leaves from my garden and put them in my hear.