29 Jul 2015, 21:36
My Balent and Pfeiffer Catwoman cowls arrived from Reevzfx in the USA today so here a peek at some works in progress. The Balent one was made to match a rubber swatch I sent and Shawn did an excellent job 😊
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Looking at close-ups of Michelle's cowl in the movie it's clear she wore a rubber hood beneath it. The rear zip of her catsuit reaches the bottom of her neck, then there's more rubber , then her cowl. Sometimes you can see skin between the hood and the chin-strap of her cowl (real skin, not the translucent rubber 'skin' you can see at her right shoulder).
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I couldn't see how this could work (maybe chlorination would help?) but I carried out a test using plenty of silicone lube over a latex hood and surprisingly the cowl slips on even easier over that than it does over just a wig-cap. Apparently the first time Michelle wore the full costume she didn't feel she could act in it and I can well understand why. The feelings of compression and enclosure are to say the least... distracting (and I don't even have the boots and whip yet).
That said, I've finished building my prop taser. I was thinking of adding some LEDs (as per my GLaDOS headpiece) but thought it wisest not to tempt fate, the real thing is illegal in the UK after all...
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Looking at close-ups of Michelle's cowl in the movie it's clear she wore a rubber hood beneath it. The rear zip of her catsuit reaches the bottom of her neck, then there's more rubber , then her cowl. Sometimes you can see skin between the hood and the chin-strap of her cowl (real skin, not the translucent rubber 'skin' you can see at her right shoulder).
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I couldn't see how this could work (maybe chlorination would help?) but I carried out a test using plenty of silicone lube over a latex hood and surprisingly the cowl slips on even easier over that than it does over just a wig-cap. Apparently the first time Michelle wore the full costume she didn't feel she could act in it and I can well understand why. The feelings of compression and enclosure are to say the least... distracting (and I don't even have the boots and whip yet).
That said, I've finished building my prop taser. I was thinking of adding some LEDs (as per my GLaDOS headpiece) but thought it wisest not to tempt fate, the real thing is illegal in the UK after all...
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