nipples

These are the nipples that are going to go onto Beverly's fat suit. I think they have been really successful as they similar to Katie's sample. I think they will look great on the fat suit as they will be comical  yet pretty.

Cyril's buttons

These felt button's for Cyril's waistcoat didn't work very well. The top button is way to yellow and the sequins look way to big for the button. The bottom button hasn't really worked well either as the black round the edge looks to harsh. Also it looks too flat. Even though the buttons have to be flat so that it doesn't hurt the performer I still would like to try and create a fake 3D look. Unfortunately the bottom buttons will have to go onto the waistcoat for now but I do plan to change them after hand in.

Fat suit

Creating the fat suit has been quite difficult as it needed to be padded out quite a lot to get it to a large size. The top picture shows the fat suit taking shape. After adding bean bag boobs I feel the suit looks much more realistic. Even though I have found the fat suit challenging I have learnt  a lot and have really enjoyed making it.

pillows

I'm really pleased with the way the pillows for Beverly have turned out. I think the Lycra cover buttons works well to get the fleshy look. The fabric for the cushions also works really well because it slightly skin coloured but not so much that they look too realistic.

mask making

 In this session we started creating the paper mache mask for the characters. The paper mache should be softer than the fiber glass but still being strong. The other advantage with paper mache is that it's easier to create texture ontop of and to paint on.

fiber glassing the masks

After making the clay bases I then went onto fiber glass the masks to see what effect it would give and if would be a technique that could use to create the final masks for the show.

Using the big bits of fiber glass was quite tricky due to it not bending over the areas like the eye brows and nostrils. So I used big bits for the flatter areas and the thinner fiber glass for the more difficult areas.