I've wanted to be Frank the Bunny for a long time, and finally decided to go as him for Halloween 2010.
The mask and the claws were sculpted out of claw, molded in silicone, and finally cast in resin. It was just my second time working with those materials, so there were some bumps along the way! A lot of sanding, dremelling and hot-glue-gunning action were going on! The mask and claws were spray painted, with details added in acrylics. The fur suit was based on Simplicity pattern 2853 with some modifications. Proud to say it was the first zipper I ever installed! The (once white) shoes were picked up from Superstore, had a label at the back removed, and were dirtied to give them more of a worn effect. I even put lifts in them so I could truly be 6-feet-tall, just like Frank.
Now for some progress and completed photos!
Setting up my armature (using a lifecast of my head from a past Hallowe'en costume project).
Finished sculpting the head.
I brushed on silicone to make a mold of the sculpted head, and once that dried, I made a mothermold out of ultra cal (to keep the silicone in place when you pour resin into it).
Spray-painted resin mask, after casting it, sanding it, taking the dremel to it, making small repairs with glue gun, getting the eye-holes drilled - ya, I was pretty sick for the week and a half when all that took place so was in no mood to take progress pics. Resin fumes were not helping
. My hats off to all you ladies and gents who make resin jewellery and the like.
And the finished mask!
Claws were made just like the mask! From right to left, we have a little pink silicone mold of a sculpted claw, then some raw resin claws, some sanded claws, and finally the final painted ones.
The claws were glued to the tops of the fingers. The paw pads were made of silk.
Do you believe in time travel?
Thanks for lookin! I had a lot of fun making and wearing this! More photos and details may be viewed
here!
