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Me As A Creepy Duchess
Since I usually do historical or period characters and costumes, I thought that I would develop some Halloween characters. I love horror movies, especially the old Universal and Hammer films.
While glancing over the net on Alice In Woderland characters from various films ( not in search of a Halloween character), one of the pictures that came up for The Ugly Duchess was the one below:
This picture is from the play The Ugly Duchess by Janet Munsil based on the 14th century ruler of Tyrol, Margaret Maultesch who was monstrously ugy but politically desirable.
The Duchess in her play was performed by her husband Paul Terry which took a lot of the femininity from this ugly creature.
I showed this picture to friends on another forum and they all said that this character was creepy, ugly and very scary.
So my charcater was chosen and I put my costumer to work on a design. If I could look costume wise and makeupwise close to the original picture I should have a surefire winner.
The plus side was the character was ACTUALLY real creepy and scary while the downside was I would have to costume as a woman. Since i had already costumed as Charley's Aunt and A Grandmother this would not be that much different.
So this was the final result of my idea, my costumer's superb work and my enthusiam for doing this character.
So I think that my costumer did an excellent job as far as duplicating the clothing. Makeup is not my strong point but I do believe that it came out fairy good enough to be both ugly and creepy.
This character would certainly scare the hell out of someone in a dark alley ( and hopefully a costume party).
I have the best costume designer and maker in the world!
I hope my future ideas work out as well as this one did.
While glancing over the net on Alice In Woderland characters from various films ( not in search of a Halloween character), one of the pictures that came up for The Ugly Duchess was the one below:
This picture is from the play The Ugly Duchess by Janet Munsil based on the 14th century ruler of Tyrol, Margaret Maultesch who was monstrously ugy but politically desirable.
The Duchess in her play was performed by her husband Paul Terry which took a lot of the femininity from this ugly creature.
I showed this picture to friends on another forum and they all said that this character was creepy, ugly and very scary.
So my charcater was chosen and I put my costumer to work on a design. If I could look costume wise and makeupwise close to the original picture I should have a surefire winner.
The plus side was the character was ACTUALLY real creepy and scary while the downside was I would have to costume as a woman. Since i had already costumed as Charley's Aunt and A Grandmother this would not be that much different.
So this was the final result of my idea, my costumer's superb work and my enthusiam for doing this character.
So I think that my costumer did an excellent job as far as duplicating the clothing. Makeup is not my strong point but I do believe that it came out fairy good enough to be both ugly and creepy.
This character would certainly scare the hell out of someone in a dark alley ( and hopefully a costume party).
I have the best costume designer and maker in the world!
I hope my future ideas work out as well as this one did.
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Re: Me As A Creepy Duchess
Wow! That's indeed a very good and an innovative idea. It would not only make you look dressed for the event but also make you stand out of the crowd. I would say that this costume is dressed to perfection. I must say you did a very good job with the costumes here.
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Re: Me As A Creepy Duchess
WOW...that is great!! You do look creepy and those costumes are so detailed and spooky.
Great job!!
Great job!!
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Re: Me As A Creepy Duchess
yes, thats creepy and well detailed...
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Re: Me As A Creepy Duchess
Very cool!
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Re: Me As A Creepy Duchess
The 'Duchess' reminds me of Dom DeLoiuse' character from 'Haunted Honeymoon'!!
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Re: Me As A Creepy Duchess
I have never seen the film Haunted Honeymoon or a full length picture of Dom DeLuise as his character.
Will have to check out.
Will have to check out.
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Re: Me As A Creepy Duchess
The Duchess costume is great, and very original, too!
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Re: Me As A Creepy Duchess
Thanks!Murfreesboro wrote:The Duchess costume is great, and very original, too!
Though I had to dress in drag, I just could not resist this character. It was so unusual and have never seen anyone costumed like this before. Something different from the usual run of characters.
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Re: Me As A Creepy Duchess
Chiming in with an agreement on the very cool & original!!! Love the detail of all the lace! So elaborate and you did an amazing job!!!
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Re: Me As A Creepy Duchess
Great resemblance to the original! Good work, I truly like your duchess costume, never seen anybody wearing a ducess costume before at any halloween party that I've been at!
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Re: Me As A Creepy Duchess
Thanks Haley for the compliment.
Now since I can get back in the forum I will be coming back in as "The Duchess" probably my best costume to date.
Now since I can get back in the forum I will be coming back in as "The Duchess" probably my best costume to date.
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Re: Me As A Creepy Duchess
that's some scary stuff! it creeps me out so it totally works! good job!