Part 2: Critters

Stranger's Wrath is a funny kind of game. In keeping with the slightly off kilter nature of the Oddworld universe, instead of guns and ammo, you are armed with a cross bow that fires live ammo. Live ammo.

The live ammo pieces were the first thing I made on this costume; in fact, the pair I chose were made several years ago, well before I started the rest of the costume or indeed had decided for certain to even make it. Unfortunately, for that reason I don't have any WIP photos, so the finished pictures will have to do.

Obviously on the left is original concept art from the game, on the right my own creations. They're both based on the large vending machine capsules that originally contained small toys as seen below, each is around 10cm across. 

Onto an empty capsule, the face was sculpted in oil clay/plasticene, which was cast in plaster and used to make a latex rubber hollow copy. This detached face was glued back onto the capsule, painted, covered in fur which was then trimmed and painted itself, and onto which were attached teeth made of modelling putty

Even though they were made some years ago,  I'm very pleased with the sculpting on these and I think they'll fit well with the rest of the costume. I'm hoping to attach at least one of them to the crossbow, possibly in a removable manner so they can be swapped out on demand.  They're light and, other than the teeth, pretty durable being made of flexible latex and well padded plastic capsules, so I'm not too worried about them taking damage if they get dropped or knocked.


Next: trousers fit for a Stranger