{"id":1785,"date":"2016-11-01T21:00:52","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T21:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/?p=1785"},"modified":"2017-01-16T12:20:58","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T12:20:58","slug":"stabby-ghost-costume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/stabby-ghost-costume\/","title":{"rendered":"Stabby ghost costume!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was the second of the two &#8220;person getting killed by a ghost&#8221; costumes that I designed. <a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/strangler-ghost-costume\/\">Read about mine here<\/a> for most of the basic info. I made my fianc\u00e9e&#8217;s ghost second, using most of the same steps and materials, with a few important differences. I&#8217;ll cover those below&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Like with my own ghost prop, I started with the hands for this one; I traced my fianc\u00e9e&#8217;s hands for the craft foam.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stabby-ghost-costume-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stabby-ghost-costume-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ghost costume - hands and body structure\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <div class=\"ad-300x250 ad-float-right\">\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- MMS 300x250 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5009313124668288\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3616150394\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>I used a different approach for the body and tail: I started with a skeleton for the arms and spine made from wire hangers, mounted that onto a foam board base that I drew and cut out, and then added a few long pieces of foam pipe insulation, which I sliced open and positioned onto the base. I wrapped all of this with long strips of bubble wrap and then masking tape, and then later covered everything with paper mach\u00e9. <\/p>\n<p>Unlike for my ghost, I did not remove any of the interior base materials for this ghost when the paper mach\u00e9 was dry. It was much lighter than mine so there was no need. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stabby-ghost-costume-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stabby-ghost-costume-2.jpg\" alt=\"Ghost costume - sculpting the face\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stabby-ghost-costume-3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stabby-ghost-costume-3.jpg\" alt=\"Ghost costume - adding the teeth\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I made the face the same way as with mine; with a clay sculpture covered with cling wrap and paper mach\u00e9, which I later mounted on a head shape made of newspaper. Before mounting the face onto the head, I added the teeth. To make these I started with two strips of white poster board, which I covered with a layer of packing tape to make them stronger, as well as nice and shiny. Then I just cut out the teeth shapes with scissors, and taped these strips of teeth inside the mask. Easy! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stabby-ghost-costume-5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stabby-ghost-costume-5.jpg\" alt=\"Ghost costume - head and body before assembly\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One big difference with this ghost design was that I needed to keep the head and hood separate &#8217;til much later, so I could add the ghost&#8217;s hair after painting. Basically, I finished the head sculpture, then designed a hood around it with craft foam and masking tape. I removed the head shape and then applied paper mach\u00e9 to the hood, then attached the hood to the neck\/body, and added even more paper mach\u00e9 to strengthen everything. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stabby-ghost-costume-4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stabby-ghost-costume-4.jpg\" alt=\"Ghost costume - head and body completed\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, the hair! I bought this princess hair extension thing at the dollar store; it&#8217;s basically doll hair mounted on a little plastic headband so a kid can wear it. After painting the ghost body and the head, I cut a long slit across the top of the head, and inserted the base of the hair into that. Then I just popped the head shape into the hood. It was a very tight fit and didn&#8217;t require any glue or anything; I had a feeling this would be the case, because paper mach\u00e9 tends to shrink as it dries, so the finished hood actually became tighter on the head than when I&#8217;d initially positioned the craft foam on there a few steps back.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stabby-ghost-costume-7.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stabby-ghost-costume-7.jpg\" alt=\"Ghost costume - adding the hair\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I made a knife for the ghost&#8217;s hand, using the tecnhique I wrote about <a href=\"\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stabby-ghost-costume-8.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stabby-ghost-costume-8.jpg\" alt=\"Ghost costume - the finished prop!\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t make a harness for this ghost, as it was very lightweight and held on pretty well with just the arms. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stabby-ghost-costume-9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stabby-ghost-costume-9.jpg\" alt=\"Ghost costume - closeup of face\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s it! Here are the two ghost together for comparison. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stabby-ghost-costume-11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stabby-ghost-costume-11.jpg\" alt=\"Two ghost costume props\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stabby-ghost-costume-12.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stabby-ghost-costume-12.jpg\" alt=\"Ghost costume - ready to wear\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/strangler-ghost-costume-14.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/strangler-ghost-costume-14.jpg\" alt=\"Two murderous ghost costumes\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was the second of the two &#8220;person getting killed by a ghost&#8221; costumes that I designed. Read about mine here for most of the basic info. I made my fianc\u00e9e&#8217;s ghost second, using most of the same steps and materials, with a few important differences. I&#8217;ll cover those below&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[92,74,14,3,186],"class_list":["post-1785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-costume","tag-ghost","tag-halloween","tag-paper-mache","tag-seance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1785"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1789,"href":"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785\/revisions\/1789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}