Pointy ears (a costuming question) - Page 2

StrawberryIcecream · 03-02-2002, 03:49 PM

At least the hairy feet are easy to make.

Just put priit stick on your feet, and then pull out some head hair to stick on.

It may sound painful but were talking hairy feet here!

Nariel Starfire · 03-03-2002, 10:46 PM

Good old Nariel's been doing some research and look what she found!

http://dragonflydesignstudio.com/Pages/Frame5.html

Huh? huh? Pretty good, huh?

TinuvielChild · 03-03-2002, 11:19 PM

oh happy day!! that's a really cool link, very useful...

ya know, if ya think about it, we're really pathetic, trying to figure out ways to give ourselves pointy ears... oh well

Feraway Hawkbriar · 03-03-2002, 11:43 PM

Yeah, I've been to that site too. But those are STILL not quite what I was going for. They're too...for lack of better work..Spock-y
They've got that freeky unnatural curve that I was talking about. Alot of mass produced pointy ears I've seen have either an up ward or downward curve that just dosnt work for me. But thats ok cause I'm makein my own...soon as I can figure out Latex, Mold-makeing and barrier coating compounds (Should be getting info back on that in a few days). Still the fact that you whent lookin is much appreciated

Also it should be noted that its a good thing I've decided to give a go at makeing my own because it will give me a head start of experience for my senior project in 2003

Earenya · 03-04-2002, 05:37 PM

Best of luck! I think the elvin-ears are awesome!

Tanoliel · 03-05-2002, 01:26 AM

I think they're cool too...the ears i ended up with are elvish enough for me.
Hey, Feraway...what is your senior project? I'm guessing something Tolkien or costume related...but I could be wrong...
-tano

Feraway Hawkbriar · 03-05-2002, 02:20 PM

I'm doing my senior project on special effects movie makeup (Charecter makeup, prosthetic creation, application ect)

I'm looking forward to it actually...

...Tho the actual presentation is going to be my least favorite part ...I dont do well IRL in front of big groups of people...I panick waaaaay too easy in thos situations o_o.

StrawberryIcecream · 03-05-2002, 02:28 PM

Yeah. Me too. I dread any orals at school. Have horrible stage fright

LuthienTinuviel · 03-05-2002, 04:14 PM

Quote:

I'd reccomend trying it (it's not that expensive to get a small bottle). But be sure you have somethig around you can use to get it off...instead of just ripping off the latex from your ears...*wince*.

yea, i forgot about the remover part.
see, our schools drama dept. is so poor that we just rip em off.. sure it sucks, but we learn not to be wusses after a while. the searing pain doens't last long.

i think that come musical time, im gonna fashion up some nice ears.

hmm..

Feraway Hawkbriar · 03-11-2002, 07:03 PM

Update on the hunt for decent latex ear appliances:
Well, actually I'm not hunting for myselt anywmore, i'm just going to make my own that way i can get exactly what I want, but I wanted to post what I've just found for those who dont want to or cant make their own.

http://www.nu-products.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=600107

They're good looking, they're still not quite to my likeing, least not for this project (Can you tell I'm picky?), but they are still very nice and the best I've found so far. They're made of foam latex instead of slip latex wich is cool becuase Foam latex is more comfortable than regular latex. And the price isnt too bad either.

Well thats all for now.

LuthienTinuviel · 03-11-2002, 08:30 PM

what is the difference between the eflin ears and the pointed ear tips?

Feraway Hawkbriar · 03-11-2002, 08:54 PM

The difference is, the ones I just posted are sculpted better and are more than just the very tips. They're longer too.

TinuvielChild · 03-14-2002, 04:17 PM

so how are people doing with their new ears and feet? i opted not to try and go to the trouble of trying to sculpt my own elf ears, i've just taken to wearing part of my hair in front of my ears like the elves in the movie do, it really makes them look pointier!

Eruviel Greenleaf · 03-14-2002, 05:06 PM

I have elf-ears! Well, they aren't that great. . .I got them at 'Display and Costume,' a big costume/party store near my house (well, relatively near. . .) I think they can be found at most costume stores. But they are the wrong color, so Tano (who has her own) and I need to fix our ears so that they will look right. They are also a bit too pointy if you ask me, but it's all good. I'm going to where them to school sometime, just to see people's reactions. I might do that with my vampire teeth as well!

Feraway Hawkbriar · 03-14-2002, 08:56 PM

Or both heheh

Yes..over pointy-ness and color problems are the bigest problem when shopping in the mass produced market. Makeing your own definatly has its advantages.

Oh, update on mine: well I had to scr@p version one because basically I was trying to make alterations too late and I was more or less doing it backwards (Working from the outside inwards, when it should have been form the inside outwards) wich was only makeing it harder. So this brings me to plan B, I'm going to lifecast my ears and use the positive molds as bases to sculpt off of then make slip molds of the final product. This is going to be more difficult but if i can pull it off the result will the very nice. However i cant start until I get my casting and molding book from Burman Indistries, I know how to do it and what materials to use, but i dont want to make any foul ups so having written instructions with me would be the wise choice...just in case....cause it would really suck to screw up.

As far as feet go, I dont think I'm going to bother with that (Didnt intend to to begin with), for several reasons, One being I'm just playing around and dont intend to do a full costume and another being that I just dont have that kind of skill...yet.

Tanoliel · 03-15-2002, 01:05 PM

That sounds really cool, Feraway! I have neither the skill nor the time to do anyything like that....so I must stick with the little pointy mass produced latex. Sigh. Oh well. They work quite well, actually, or at least they will when they're the right color...I'm planning to wear them to school on my birthday.

I never really planned on feet, either...especially since the one time I can think that I'll be wearing a hobbit costume is at the TT opening, and standing around barefoot....or nearly barefoot...heh...in december? No thanks!

-tano

TinuvielChild · 03-15-2002, 09:55 PM

so you're going as a hobbit, tano? i was planning on going as an elf, but that has its disadvantages: what self-respecting elf would go anywhere without a bow and quiver full of arrows? i sincerely doubt that the cinema management would let me in with a weapon so blatantly obvious...so i'll probably b going as a hobbit too. must...reread...TTT (and RotK) before December!! that's easy as pie! actually easier, as i've never made pie and i have read the LotR all the way thru.

i'm rambling, aren't i? oh well.. i'm with tano, in that i have neither the skill nor the time nor the equipment to make my own ears. oh well

yes i'm definitely rambling..

Eruviel Greenleaf · 03-15-2002, 10:16 PM

I don't have time to make my own ears either. I wish I could bring a bow to the theatre, but I'll have to be an elf without it for this once. Darn. Not like I don't have a quiver and a bow, but I do believe I wouldn't be allowed in. So sad. Oh, and since I know Tano, and she's not here at the moment. . .
We're going to TTT as members of the Fellowship. I'm Legolas, she's Pippin.

***Earniel*** · 03-16-2002, 06:33 AM

I neither have skill nor time to make me some elfen ears. sadly enough I don't even have access to mass-production-ears. So in my best interest I think I'll have to join the elves-don't-have-pointy-ears-believers....

TinuvielChild · 03-16-2002, 09:48 PM

you could try making clips or something to hold your ears in a pointy position (nibs mentioned something like this earlier in the thread, i like the idea but it kinda got dropped an' i don't know how to do it), or you could try the fail-safe ouch-proof method - put part of your hair in front of your ears like galadriel etc. it really works! my ears are already mostly pointed but not quite elf-pointed, and this seems to give the illusion of really pointy ears.

03-02-2002, 03:49 PM	#21
StrawberryIcecream Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: In my jeans Posts: 915	At least the hairy feet are easy to make. Just put priit stick on your feet, and then pull out some head hair to stick on. It may sound painful but were talking hairy feet here! __________________ www.foolofatook.com for all you pippin's out there.

03-03-2002, 10:46 PM	#22
Nariel Starfire Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: La La Land Posts: 309	Good old Nariel's been doing some research and look what she found! http://dragonflydesignstudio.com/Pages/Frame5.html Huh? huh? Pretty good, huh? __________________ It is the failed skydiver who leaves an impression upon the earth. "But what about the R.O.U.Ses?" Yours Truly, The Tisroc -You forgot to say "May he live forever" -That's because I don't want him to live forever! - The Horse and his Boy--C.S. Lewis

03-03-2002, 11:19 PM	#23
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	oh happy day!! that's a really cool link, very useful... ya know, if ya think about it, we're really pathetic, trying to figure out ways to give ourselves pointy ears... oh well __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

03-03-2002, 11:43 PM	#24
Feraway Hawkbriar Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: California Posts: 348	Yeah, I've been to that site too. But those are STILL not quite what I was going for. They're too...for lack of better work..Spock-y They've got that freeky unnatural curve that I was talking about. Alot of mass produced pointy ears I've seen have either an up ward or downward curve that just dosnt work for me. But thats ok cause I'm makein my own...soon as I can figure out Latex, Mold-makeing and barrier coating compounds (Should be getting info back on that in a few days). Still the fact that you whent lookin is much appreciated Also it should be noted that its a good thing I've decided to give a go at makeing my own because it will give me a head start of experience for my senior project in 2003 __________________ "The barks goes ever on and on out from the dog where they began. He's out there crapping on my lawn. Till I hit him with my van." Last edited by Feraway Hawkbriar : 03-03-2002 at 11:45 PM.

03-04-2002, 05:37 PM	#25
Earenya Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Pinnath Gelin, formerly in Angaron... Posts: 228	Best of luck! I think the elvin-ears are awesome! __________________ O mor henion i dhu Ely siriar, el sila Ai! Aniron.... Tiro! El eria e mor I 'lir en el luitha 'uren Ai! Aniron... FRODO LIVES!

03-05-2002, 01:26 AM	#26
Tanoliel Eccentric Chocolate Crow Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Emerald City--Seattle, WA Posts: 1,861	I think they're cool too...the ears i ended up with are elvish enough for me. Hey, Feraway...what is your senior project? I'm guessing something Tolkien or costume related...but I could be wrong... -tano __________________ Wisdom for Short Attention Spans...Ozy and Millie. It rocks. Food Of The Gods: 3,7-dihydro-3,7-dimethyl-1H-purine-2,6-dione Feed Me.... Another Online Dwelling Place... "All right, I confess. It is my intention to comandeer a ship, pick up a crew in Tortuga, to rape, pillage, plunder and otherwise pilfer my weasely black guts out." -Captain Jack Sparrow "The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify." -Amelia Peabody Emerson "Most people obey the orders of someone who is pointing a gun at their head." -A.P. Emerson

03-05-2002, 02:20 PM	#27
Feraway Hawkbriar Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: California Posts: 348	I'm doing my senior project on special effects movie makeup (Charecter makeup, prosthetic creation, application ect) I'm looking forward to it actually... ...Tho the actual presentation is going to be my least favorite part ...I dont do well IRL in front of big groups of people...I panick waaaaay too easy in thos situations o_o. __________________ "The barks goes ever on and on out from the dog where they began. He's out there crapping on my lawn. Till I hit him with my van."

03-05-2002, 02:28 PM	#28
StrawberryIcecream Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: In my jeans Posts: 915	Yeah. Me too. I dread any orals at school. Have horrible stage fright __________________ www.foolofatook.com for all you pippin's out there.

03-11-2002, 07:03 PM	#30
Feraway Hawkbriar Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: California Posts: 348	Update on the hunt for decent latex ear appliances: Well, actually I'm not hunting for myselt anywmore, i'm just going to make my own that way i can get exactly what I want, but I wanted to post what I've just found for those who dont want to or cant make their own. http://www.nu-products.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=600107 They're good looking, they're still not quite to my likeing, least not for this project (Can you tell I'm picky?), but they are still very nice and the best I've found so far. They're made of foam latex instead of slip latex wich is cool becuase Foam latex is more comfortable than regular latex. And the price isnt too bad either. Well thats all for now. __________________ "The barks goes ever on and on out from the dog where they began. He's out there crapping on my lawn. Till I hit him with my van."

03-11-2002, 08:30 PM	#31
LuthienTinuviel protector of orphaned rabbits Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Kalamazoo... yes, its a real place! Posts: 1,236	what is the difference between the eflin ears and the pointed ear tips? __________________

03-11-2002, 08:54 PM	#32
Feraway Hawkbriar Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: California Posts: 348	The difference is, the ones I just posted are sculpted better and are more than just the very tips. They're longer too. __________________ "The barks goes ever on and on out from the dog where they began. He's out there crapping on my lawn. Till I hit him with my van."

03-14-2002, 04:17 PM	#33
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	so how are people doing with their new ears and feet? i opted not to try and go to the trouble of trying to sculpt my own elf ears, i've just taken to wearing part of my hair in front of my ears like the elves in the movie do, it really makes them look pointier! __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

03-14-2002, 05:06 PM	#34
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	I have elf-ears! Well, they aren't that great. . .I got them at 'Display and Costume,' a big costume/party store near my house (well, relatively near. . .) I think they can be found at most costume stores. But they are the wrong color, so Tano (who has her own) and I need to fix our ears so that they will look right. They are also a bit too pointy if you ask me, but it's all good. I'm going to where them to school sometime, just to see people's reactions. I might do that with my vampire teeth as well! __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

03-14-2002, 08:56 PM	#35
Feraway Hawkbriar Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: California Posts: 348	Or both heheh Yes..over pointy-ness and color problems are the bigest problem when shopping in the mass produced market. Makeing your own definatly has its advantages. Oh, update on mine: well I had to scr@p version one because basically I was trying to make alterations too late and I was more or less doing it backwards (Working from the outside inwards, when it should have been form the inside outwards) wich was only makeing it harder. So this brings me to plan B, I'm going to lifecast my ears and use the positive molds as bases to sculpt off of then make slip molds of the final product. This is going to be more difficult but if i can pull it off the result will the very nice. However i cant start until I get my casting and molding book from Burman Indistries, I know how to do it and what materials to use, but i dont want to make any foul ups so having written instructions with me would be the wise choice...just in case....cause it would really suck to screw up. As far as feet go, I dont think I'm going to bother with that (Didnt intend to to begin with), for several reasons, One being I'm just playing around and dont intend to do a full costume and another being that I just dont have that kind of skill...yet. __________________ "The barks goes ever on and on out from the dog where they began. He's out there crapping on my lawn. Till I hit him with my van."

03-15-2002, 01:05 PM	#36
Tanoliel Eccentric Chocolate Crow Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Emerald City--Seattle, WA Posts: 1,861	That sounds really cool, Feraway! I have neither the skill nor the time to do anyything like that....so I must stick with the little pointy mass produced latex. Sigh. Oh well. They work quite well, actually, or at least they will when they're the right color...I'm planning to wear them to school on my birthday. I never really planned on feet, either...especially since the one time I can think that I'll be wearing a hobbit costume is at the TT opening, and standing around barefoot....or nearly barefoot...heh...in december? No thanks! -tano __________________ Wisdom for Short Attention Spans...Ozy and Millie. It rocks. Food Of The Gods: 3,7-dihydro-3,7-dimethyl-1H-purine-2,6-dione Feed Me.... Another Online Dwelling Place... "All right, I confess. It is my intention to comandeer a ship, pick up a crew in Tortuga, to rape, pillage, plunder and otherwise pilfer my weasely black guts out." -Captain Jack Sparrow "The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify." -Amelia Peabody Emerson "Most people obey the orders of someone who is pointing a gun at their head." -A.P. Emerson

03-15-2002, 09:55 PM	#37
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	so you're going as a hobbit, tano? i was planning on going as an elf, but that has its disadvantages: what self-respecting elf would go anywhere without a bow and quiver full of arrows? i sincerely doubt that the cinema management would let me in with a weapon so blatantly obvious...so i'll probably b going as a hobbit too. must...reread...TTT (and RotK) before December!! that's easy as pie! actually easier, as i've never made pie and i have read the LotR all the way thru. i'm rambling, aren't i? oh well.. i'm with tano, in that i have neither the skill nor the time nor the equipment to make my own ears. oh well yes i'm definitely rambling.. __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

03-15-2002, 10:16 PM	#38
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	I don't have time to make my own ears either. I wish I could bring a bow to the theatre, but I'll have to be an elf without it for this once. Darn. Not like I don't have a quiver and a bow, but I do believe I wouldn't be allowed in. So sad. Oh, and since I know Tano, and she's not here at the moment. . . We're going to TTT as members of the Fellowship. I'm Legolas, she's Pippin. __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK! Last edited by Eruviel Greenleaf : 03-15-2002 at 10:17 PM.

03-16-2002, 06:33 AM	#39
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	I neither have skill nor time to make me some elfen ears. sadly enough I don't even have access to mass-production-ears. So in my best interest I think I'll have to join the elves-don't-have-pointy-ears-believers....

03-16-2002, 09:48 PM	#40
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	you could try making clips or something to hold your ears in a pointy position (nibs mentioned something like this earlier in the thread, i like the idea but it kinda got dropped an' i don't know how to do it), or you could try the fail-safe ouch-proof method - put part of your hair in front of your ears like galadriel etc. it really works! my ears are already mostly pointed but not quite elf-pointed, and this seems to give the illusion of really pointy ears. __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

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