I told my wife I wanted to a Homemade Gene Simmons Halloween Costume and nothing else.
Searched internet for costumes to purchase, found them way too expensive. My wife thought she would be able to make the costume and so we set out to purchase fake leather looking stuff.
We purchased the boots and studded leather gloves, the rest was created out of a 7×5 sheet of fake leather. We had to paint the inside of the wings as it came in white but you cant tell.
The make up took several attempts to reach perfection. This picture was one of the first trials but not bad. Practice does make perfect.
The black wig we already owned, just had to tease it up a bit.
The metal work on the knees, cod piece and wings is various types of hardware, silver grommets and Acorn nuts. Steel chains attach the two wings around my back. Weighs about 20 pounds when all together.
Went to a party on the 24th. Never been such the focus of attention in my life. Sooooo many pictures with random people in random costumes. Truly a great night.
Total cost: around $150.00 plus about 8 hours of total labor.
End result, priceless.
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