For Halloween/The Spirit of Man made haunted houses in the month of October…I am painting myself up to look alot like Mr. Halloween himself…Sam Hain. I will put pics up of me as soon as I can. I'm even trying to make or get an old cloak or trench coat like he had. If anyone has any ideas on how I can with the coat plz let me know.

I bought a similar cloak at a Halloween store. Too bad, the quality of the pic is not good, so if I posted it, you wouldn't be able to see it well. I also had a glowing pumpkin mask which I lost.

I wish you luck in re-creating Samhaine. Can you impersonate his voice?

This is sorta a fan project so I'm going to shift it over to the Fan Projects board.

Interesting idea, going as Samhain… of course the Pumpkin head could be done as a resin sculpt and effectively worn like a helmet…

I believe Michael's (a craft store) sells carvable foam pumpkins. All you would need to do is find one large enough to fit your head, and make a mask from it. You'd have to pad it up top so that it doesn't come crashing down and leave you unable to see.

I forget how big the pumpkins go–from very small to moderately large. Papier-mache would also work if you can't get one big enough.

Actually I'm pretty good at facepanting and Iuse professional grease make up/paint. SO was jus gonna grab up a thing of orange.

I was just trying to figure out something for the cloak, for my 6'5" frame I need something big enough to fit me.

stanzOrama
Actually I'm pretty good at facepanting and Iuse professional grease make up/paint. SO was jus gonna grab up a thing of orange.

I was just trying to figure out something for the cloak, for my 6'5" frame I need something big enough to fit me.

Ehh, I think the costume would work out better with an actual pumpkin shaped object… sure, facepaints can be good but there's no substitute for having a head that's shaped like a pumpkin. It's the difference between an okay costume and a great costume.

As for cloaks, looking into monk or Jedi costumes might come in handy, although Samhain's ‘cloak’ appears to be one solid piece with a hole for the head, arms and tattered ends of the hem and sleeves.

Kingpin is right, sOr. The pumpkin shaped head is definitely what will get your costume noticed. I have a cloak with tattered sleeves and its tattered on the bottom. I picked it up at Walmart. The costume is called “Phantom”. It's the one with the blacked out face. Anywho, they usually come in Red, Purple, and Black. You could always try the halloween shops also. You might have better luck.

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The pumpkin shaped head is definitely what will get your costume noticed. I have a cloak with tattered sleeves and its tattered on the bottom. I picked it up at Walmart. The costume is called “Phantom”. It's the one with the blacked out face.

Thanks for the info, DS, and pray they still sell it this year…I have a funny feeling I'm going for it. I'll post my super-secret recipe right here, so I don't forget where it is.

I'm using Trendmasters' EGB Sam Hain actionfigure as the basis of the costume, BTW.

THE HEAD

A pumpkin-shaped head with sufficiently large triangular eyeholes cut out (I forget what the exact triangle is called…I think it's an obtuse triangle with 180 degrees at the bottom), a VERY small, triangular nose-hole cut out, and a huge empty space where the mouth should be, as the wearer will use his own mouth and teeth.

If you want to go down the authentic, stink-all-night route you can use a real pumpkin, but
if you're smart like me, you'll go for a more lightweight foam pumpkin.

A note to all costume makers: You would be wise to build some kind of a “harness” or helmet into your pumpkin-head so as to make it stay on better. I'm thinking of one of those fake baseball helmets with the adjustable headpiece inside it.

THE MAKEUP

You'll need black makeup around your eyes, on your nose, and around your mouth. You could, if you prefer, use some kind of see-through fabric behind the eyes, or a see-through mask of some kind. Keep in mind that you'll be using your own mouth if you use the mask!

As for the mouth, you can swish some blackcurrant juice around inside your mouth so that your tongue and upper throat will turn black but your teeth will stay shiny white.

You might want to build a voice-changer inside your mask; they go for about $2-3 at Party City if you want one of the cheaper, lower-grade ones. Be careful, because I find they tend to fail after a while.

THE COSTUME

As DarkSpectre noted above, the Phantom costume from Rubie's ought to do just fine. You will need to sew some fake patches onto the cape and collar…

If you want to wear something underneath, you can go for something form-fitting in either tan or black. I'd recommend tan if you wanted to build-up the chest area with one of those bleeding skeleton chests.

A pair of “skeleton” gloves completes the effect. If you want to make them more accurate and spray paint them silver, go ahead.

You may want to eschew the cat-o-nine-tails and the butcher's implements found inside the cloak. They might get you into trouble…

If you get a pumpkin mask… make sure it's not from Silver Shamrock.

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