Bullwinkle at CC42!

Bill will be adding details of his Bullwinkle build as time and opportunity present
Bill will be adding details of his Bullwinkle build as time and opportunity present
After making the pattern pieces, I carefully cut out the fur in mirror-imaged pieces. You cut the fur by tracing the pattern pieces on the back side, then carefully cut through just the backing with a sharp X-Acto knife from the back side.This both dramatically reduces the amount of loose pile (“hair”) you end up…
Now that the skull masks are painted, we needed the rest of the heads. After adding elastic loops to close the jaws, and another, adjustable bad of 1” elastic that goes behind our head to secure it*, we considered our options. PAWCon is only 3 days away! We decided to go for simple fur hoods,…
Richard got a great series of photos of my performance, including the wall of streamers. To cap it off, Christine Doyle captured this non-embarassing recording of my performance. You can tell I’m having fun and so is the audience (though you can’t hear them singing along; well over a quarter of the room joined in)….
One of Rocky’s signature features is his giant fluffy tail (it often rises taller than his head in the cartoons). After finishing his head and flying cap, that tail is my next major construction challenge (and I only have 4 weeks left! eep!). I investigated several ways to make the tail free-standing and self-supporting, but…
This is what I put together to explain my reasoning for entering Rocky in Historical with some notes about his design and construction. Click on the image or this link to open the PDF,
Just a few snaps from the audience from my performance of “Pink Pony Club” in my Pinky-Pie inspired wardrobe.I’m hoping for some with better white balance in the near future. My friend Christine also recorded a video, but I haven’t processed and uploaded it yet.
Thanks for sharing your costume build for those of us who will not be attending the convention.
Thanks! Bill and I should be posting regular updates to our respective build diaries here.