Halloween ‘09! So fun!
I have no idea how I came up with this one. I have been really into conjoined twins this past year, I think the TLC documentary on the Hensel twins may have started the obsession. I was inspired by the Hilton Sisters, Violet and Daisy as well as Chang and Eng Bunker. Also I based the look of the attachment on the movie Brothers of the Head (bunk movie – cool makeup).

We have so much fake tan make-up on it was really gross. Honestly I think this is one of the scariest looks ever. You want to scare people? Forget fake blood, try a heavy hand with the bronzer brush.

The trick to this costume is that we can separate whenever we want, ripping apart from each other by use of velcro and illustrated with strings that look like tendons and veins. I used pink instead of blood red to keep up the Barbie theme, and try and soften the gore effect. I used almost identical production techniques as I have in past years, making this a fairly simple project. The only difference is that I used a Urethane rubber coating on top of the foam attachment to give it a more realistic texture.

Enjoy!
Nicole

No electronics this year people! Thank god.
But don’t worry – it’s not as simple as it seems. I have a few tricks up my sleeves for this one.

People constantly ask my bestie Suzi Skates and I if we are sisters, so why not? We are going to be literally joined at the hip.

I am selling a limited amount of She-Ra accessory pack for Halloween 2009.
Check out my Etsy store to buy.
Thanks

2headed Fawn

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Vintage porcelain ornaments, broken and reworked. Nicole Magne 2009

My 2008 Interview with Global Television on my Death Becomes Her costume.

Here is the link to the full Instructable!

I’ve decided to stick with the title “Death Becomes Her” for this years costume. It’s the inspiration and as a title it’s accurate and poetic.
I’ve just completed a nice chunk of work and pulled my foam “shotgun” wounds. They look good, and I’m excited to start painting.

All right, this is my initial set-up at my workspace with my tools, water and clay. I’m using a piece of blue foam that is cut to the dimensions of the video monitors I’m using. I drew an “X” on the foam over the area that the screen is. It’s covered with plastic so the clay doesn’t actually touch it.

Here’s the back piece. This is the “entrance” wound, so it’s textured with a shotgun bullet spray.

This is the front wound, greased up and ready for plaster. It’s coated with Vaseline so the clay won’t stick to the plaster. The clay wall is there to stop the plaster from running off.

Here you have both pieces upside down after they have been cast in plaster. I was trying to get a level bottom on them so I could work with them more easily.

The mold after pulling out most of the clay. You can see those two narrow slots, that are the ribs. Those were difficult to clean out, as were many of the nooks and crannies

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This is what the cleaned out and prepared mold look like. These have been sealed and sprayed with a release agent. I used all of those tools to clean out the clay debris. Luckily I’m working in a ceramics studio so I had access to a great variety of tools. The dental tools worked really well and the stiff brush was necessary. I felt like a archaeologist cleaning out dinosaur fossils. One of those keyboard vacuums would have been really handy.

This is a plastic box I made to stand in for the monitors. I made it to the same dimensions out of this smooth plastic that resists the foam. I needed it to control where the foam expanded in the mold.

Here it is set into the curing liquid foam. For those who aren’t familiar; I use Smooth-On Flex Foam X.

My final pieces! They need some trimming and I will be setting some elastic in them but they worked really well. You can see some of the brownish tinge to the front piece left from the clay debris I didn’t remove.

This is a back view that shows how nicely the plastic box resisted the foam. It’s a perfect fit for the monitors.

Front View

Back view

nicole