Full Scale Labyrinth Ludo Costume

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Labyrinth’s Ludo might win the prize for being one of the cutest, most endearing characters in all of film. Heather Jones, a special effects makeup artist who’s also skilled at design and making costumes, made a full scale Ludo costume for C2E2. I would lose it if I ran into this character on the convention floor. The build started with a 1:10 scale maquette (pictured below). Heather says:

I created a human maquette from Monster clay to the proportions of both me and my hubby so that either of us could wear the suit. On top, using modeling clay, I created Ludo’s proportions for the purpose of making a pattern. A layer of latex and masking tape was added. Pattern pieces were marked, numbered, and cut out with an X-acto.

She drafted the patterns for all the body pieces on paper and used foam covered with fur for the suit. The eyes, face, and horns were more complicated. She especially took a lot of time with the eyes and rigged them with an Arduino Uno (also pictured below) for movement:

This is connected to an Arduino Uno which was used for the servo and button control (the button was for the mouth to open and close which was operated by a Spectrum Hi Torque servo) and to randomize the eye movements so that the actor can focus on other things and an RF control was not necessary for the animatronics.

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Want more making of photos for this impressive costume? You can see them on Facebook.

via The Replica Props Forum/Facebook, photos via Heather Jones Makeup FX


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