So the time came for the annual halloween masquerade party. This year me and two of my sisters decided to dress up as female versions of Arbie that had been chicken-zombified. Arbie is the main character in Troma's Poultrygeist - Night of the chicken dead. We also had Paco, a rubber chicken and a loyal customer that had been chicken-zombified too.
Poultrygeist is a splatter musical that those with weak stomachs should avoid.
Poultrygeist is a splatter musical that those with weak stomachs should avoid.
If you can't stand gore and undead chickens you should skip this blog post and not read it.
ARBIE!
The original Arbie.
We started months before november and bought the fabric, then our sweet and heroic mother helped us sew the outfits.
Even with two sewing machines it took a while to get everything done.
The three of us went home to our mother's place for five days before the party and worked most of the days to finish the outfits.
Here we are taking them for a test
run once everything was done.
Everything turned out nice in the end and we could finally relax.
Now you might wonder who the handsome fellow on my stomach is. Scroll down to find out.
PACO!
The original Paco (after getting killed by an evil chicken and turning into a sloppy José).
The original Paco is a hand puppet. Ours isn't, since we didn't feel the need to be able to make him speak. My sister roasted the buns so they got hard. I made play-doh that I mixed soy sauce in for that nice brown colouring.
My sister made the olive eyes from white clay and then painted them.
After my sister used the paint for Pacos "body" he was done! He even got his own name tag. The soy in the play-doh made him smell edible. That was actually kind of disturbing. I had to hide him in a cabinet during the nights so our dogs wouldn't try to eat him. Luckily the smell vanished (mostly) as the play-doh dried up.
NIWATORI!
We already had Niwatori - the rubber chicken at home and decided that he would be a nice addition to our little gang. He was jealous of Pacos appearance though and wanted to be zombified.
I used textile glue mixed with green food colouring and dabbed it here and there.
I then fastened feathers on him and hung him up to dry.
He wanted to be the center of the party but between the cute cats and Paco there wasn't much space left for Niwatori.
The make-up
Chicken zombies need a beak.
We made ours out of casting tape.
Some black around the eyes and veiny feather streaks on the neck.
As the make-up progresses it gets harder and harder to look nice.
We attached the beak with textile glue (works just as well as latex milk, but it's alot cheaper and easier to find in a store nearby.).
TAGS
Some GIMP magic and my sister's new printer and we had our tags.
Yes, we were all Arbie. The fourth one is Paco.
All done with the cutting and the glue.
The finished product
So this is Arbie as a zombified chicken woman x 3. And Paco and Niwatori. Again... Niwatori is not in the movie, he just really wanted to dress up too.
At the pre-party. Paco was actually the most popular one of us.
At the club. Paco didn't miss a second on the dance floor.
Arbie(s) and the loyal customer who ate too much bad chicken.
Here are links to my sister's blogs/dayviews with more pictures from our Poultrygeist journey:
Kreativatanten (blog post)
Hi there, what pattern did you use to make the dresses? I need some help with my own!
ReplyDeleteHi, we used a pattern for a 1970's blouse I think, then added a fairly straight skirt to it. The apron helped in giving shape to the dress even if it didn't fit perfectly. In the movie I believe the blouse and skirt are separate, but we decided to make a dress instead.
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