Ilpala

Costume :	Jack Skellington
Variant :	Standard & Santa
Source :	A Nightmare Before Christmas
Progress :	Complete
Worn At :	London MCM Expo October 2007

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Information
Comments (12)

Costume Photos

Caught in the act

Surprised Jack

BOOO!!

Santa Jack reference

Hmmmmmmmm

Full costume shot

Jack and Sally

Posey Jack

Jack Reference

Costume Information

General
Cost :	£45
Time Taken :	15 hours

Description
A Halloween costume that I had wanted to do for some time and one for which I had had several requests too. My Girlfriend also really wanted to do Sally :D The costume consists of a Handmade, Tailed Suit, Mask and Bat. Getting the fit right on the suit proved to be rather tricky and working with pinstripes presented a whole raft of problems. Since it required fraying I didnt line this, instead I made it out of a heavy woolen suiting to ensure it would hang correctly. The mask was built up with paper mache as a base and then made with Latex and paint applied to give it highlights as I wanted it to have a matt look and feel. It was a good fun costume to wear and I forsee getting a lot of use out of him. Visability out of the mask is pretty poor though and that ld to me falling off the stage during a performance - ouch. Update 09/02/09 I finally got to shoot Santa Jack, something I've been wanting to do for the last year. All the snow we had made it an irresistable bit of fun ;P Costumes nothing special, The Santa suit is just the one I use for my works 'Secret Santa' and was bought, everything else is from my halloween Jack costume.

Description

A Halloween costume that I had wanted to do for some time and one for which I had had several requests too. My Girlfriend also really wanted to do Sally :D

The costume consists of a Handmade, Tailed Suit, Mask and Bat.
Getting the fit right on the suit proved to be rather tricky and working with pinstripes presented a whole raft of problems. Since it required fraying I didnt line this, instead I made it out of a heavy woolen suiting to ensure it would hang correctly.

The mask was built up with paper mache as a base and then made with Latex and paint applied to give it highlights as I wanted it to have a matt look and feel.

It was a good fun costume to wear and I forsee getting a lot of use out of him. Visability out of the mask is pretty poor though and that ld to me falling off the stage during a performance - ouch.

Update 09/02/09

I finally got to shoot Santa Jack, something I've been wanting to do for the last year. All the snow we had made it an irresistable bit of fun ;P

Costumes nothing special, The Santa suit is just the one I use for my works 'Secret Santa' and was bought, everything else is from my halloween Jack costume.

Comments

What can I say, I was over the moon when I saw you. You're the only person I know who I could see as Jack and I think falling off the stage was a small price to pay for such an amazing costume! Please rewear this with me *begs*

by Tak on Tuesday, 22 January, 2008 - 15:07

heehee, I remember you :D
that was a gorgeous cosplay! You were the one who worked in the cosplay-booth/corner/table right though? I think I remember him wearing everything but the hat, see...

by Adamoluna on Thursday, 24 January, 2008 - 22:21