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Jumbo the Clown Halloween Costume
I designed and built this costume between June and September of 2008 to be used as part of the Haunted Palace Theatre.
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| Starting in the spring of 2010, I am now working with Fearscape Studios to build and sell my Jumbo the Clown costume. I decided to take down all of my photos showing how I built Jumbo. I'm all for helping people who like to build their own Halloween costumes, and you can still find several others in full detail here on my site, but now that we are producing this costume to be sold, I have to do what makes sense for running a business. |
 My
original concept sketch. When I started to build the costume, I was still
undecided about what would be in Jumbo's belly. I also wasn't sure
how I wanted to use my own hands: they could be used for Jumbo's
hands and wear some big white gloves, or manipulate some fake arms and
hands, or be used to animate a puppet in his belly. Somewhere along the
design process I decided to make Jumbo's arms full sized instead of little
mini arms. |
At the Midwest
Haunters Convention there were lots of vendors with high quality products.
I was especially impressed with the masks made by Fearscape
Studios. I can build some incredible costumes, including the masks
if necessary, but for the amount of time it saves, I prefer to go with
a mask made by someone else. And when I can find quality masks like theirs,
it's a no brainer. Here's a photo
of their booth at the convention. They call this mask Chunk the Clown.
It's what inspired me to design this costume in the first place. |
 
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