The Wolfman - Life Size Movie Costume Display
The Wolfman
It's a great day when you can work on an Oscar-winning costume! The makeup effects team on 2010's The Wolfman (led by Rick Baker and Dave Elsey) won the Oscar for best achievement in makeup for their work on the film.
The costume itself is a work of art and the client felt that the main character of the film deserved the ultimate display.
We were provided -
- the tattered Benicio Del Toro wardrobe
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-a fur and foam muscle body suit with hands, worn in stunt scenes
Tom Spina Designs created-
- the custom mannequin
- the claws
- the feet (hand punching each hair)
Gotham FX created -
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-the hyper-realistic silicone head
CREDITS:
For Tom Spina Designs:
Tom Spina - foot and claw sculpt, mannequin
Brian Lewis - mannequin
Mike Thomas - foot paint, additional sculpting
Patrick Louie - wood base, additional sculpting
Lonnie Hale - claws
Rich Krusell has lent his talents to many Tom Spina Designs projects. For this one, he brought in his team at Gotham FX to help create an incredibly realistic silicone head to complete the display!
For Gotham Fx:
Rich Krusell - sculpture and paint
Paul J Mason - molds and additional sculpting
Jeff Silberstein - additional sculpting
Rufus Hearn - hair
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Costume elements used in the film - tattered wardrobe worn by Benicio Del Toro and an incredible hair and muscle body suit with hands.
We knew from the beginning that this project would require a hyper-realistic silicone head. Our old friend Rich Krusell of Gotham FX got started right away...
Starting to piece together the elements - the custom mannequin is dressed with test castings of the feet and head.
Special thanks to Rick Baker, Dave Elsey, Mike Hill and the rest of the talented crew on the Wolfman 2010 for their amazing work and all the inspiration!
Tom Spina Designs creates one of a kind movie costume displays like no others!
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We sculpted custom werewolf feet for the display. Hand punching each hair one at a time was required to blend in with the quality of the incredible screen used costume
New claws were sculpted and Lonnie Hale cast them in translucent two-tone material... these would complete the hands and feet
The completed feet, fully haired and awaiting final mounting to the figure!
A closer look at the incredible work Rich Krusell and his team did on the head!
One last test-fit before the finishing touches!
The completed display!
A closer look at the themed base we created for the display
"Team Wolfman" - Paul J Mason(l), Tom Spina (c) and Rich Krusell (r) pose with the nearly complete Wolfman costume display.
