Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Our Labyrinth Junk Lady... IS ALIVE!

After a panicky sprint toward the finish line, John and I have managed to get our Junk Lady about 95% done  - which is good enough for some pictures, right?

Let's start with a quick video of this "poultry in motion:' [snerk]


(See the chicken?)

Now some still shots:


(Taken with my phone, sorry for the not-great quality.)



I'm sure you've already spotted my most obvious Easter Egg on the back, right? ('ELLO!) Closeups of that to come, further down.

Now let's break down some of these prop components, because you NEED to see John's workmanship on this stuff.

The chair is the most important/recognizable part of the junk pile, and after comparing proportions we realized it was actually a child's size. (Which makes sense, given Junk Lady's love of childhood cast-offs.)

Here's a movie reference shot:

(This and our own blurry screen caps were pretty much all we had to work with, so just figuring out what to make was a challenge!)



Since finding that exact chair in a child's size would be next to impossible, John made one himself from PVC pipe, which - who knew? - can be bent when heated with a heat gun. The center supports are thin wooden dowels, and then that black rubber tubing on the right became the extra "wicker" trim:

After a quick paint job and aging, you'd never know this thing was fake. And as a bonus, it's much lighter than a wicker chair, too.

John was so fast with his garage builds I couldn't keep up, picture-wise, but here's his EVA foam drum:
After this he used domed furniture tacks and string to make the lacing.

Here's a screenshot of the drum in the movie:

Also in that shot you can *just* see a candle stuck onto a brown canvas bag of some sort. Here's ours:


John made the satchel from a thrift store blanket (heavily painted & distressed) wrapped around cardboard and foam. Again, nice and light. And that wrench? That's pink insulation foam, carved & painted. To build up the candle wax John used hot glue and real wax, and the candle also has a dowel in it, for strength.


We found this perfect vintage saw for $1.50 at a thrift shop, and here's my favorite part: we replaced the old rusty blade with plastic poster board. We cut a new blade edge with pinking shears, added some paint, and voila! An almost completely weightless - and safe! - prop saw blade.

Remember that convo John and I had about the abacus? Here it is:

Beautiful, right? John built the frame and base-coated everything, then I handled making the fake clock face and all the distressing.

John also sewed that water skin from scrap vinyl and faux suede we had around. In fact, a shocking amount of these props were made from things we already had on hand, which made it extra fun.

Here's the side angle movie shot:

The abacus is waaaay down on the bottom right. You can only just see it once or twice when she turns around.

Another of my favorite props is John's rat trap, which hangs next to and behind her head:




John made it with a stiff wire base wrapped with glued twine. The door even opens! Again, all materials John already had in the garage, and it weighs practically nothing. To top it off, I found a toy rat plush at the thrift store to keep inside.

Of all the things we had to find, we figured the chess board would be the easiest - so of course it was the hardest. In the end, John had to paint our own over a vintage Backgammon board:

... which I then distressed.

(That canteen is NOT done, so please excuse the shine. It's another from-scratch John build, and will be appropriately grungified soon, promise.)

All of the cookware, tins, wicker accent bits, cutlery, & stuffed animals are thrift store finds, which we distressed with spray paint and sanding.


In my last post I mentioned Junk Lady could be worn two ways: on our backs or on her custom rolling cart. Here's John testing the back method:


...which looks hilarious, of course, but once we wrap her skirts around his waist (which are velcroed onto the cart for easy removal), the proportions will work. We plan to use the cart most of the time for comfort, but it's nice to have this option. Junk Lady and her arms are on a removable PVC frame, which hangs from the top section. This allows relatively easy access when we need to suit up.

We went through three different shirts for Junk Lady before my "AHA!" moment realizing she's wearing a ruffly linen ren-fair style thing. (It is VERY hard to tell in the film.) We had to make our own, of course, from a thrifted linen blouse. We cut out the back, and used that material to construct extra wrist cuffs and ruffles down the front:

Lots of different colored spray paint to age it down, and she's looking nice and goblin-y. 

Next I added some creasing where her waist would be, to help the illusion of her being stooped over.

The shawl was an eventual solution to a real head-scratcher: how to hide the sides of the rolling cart while still looking like it was all Junk Lady's body back there.

She does wear a gray shawl in the film, but we never see below her waist, so there's no way to know how long it is. We chose to make the shawl floor length to serve our purposes, cutting slits for her arms to pull through to help hide those cart sides.

That shawl, btw, is yet another thrift-store find: a $2 baby blanket we cut in half, re-attached to make one long rectangle, then spray-painted gray.

Now let's talk about more of MY builds. Like the worm:


He started out like this:


Just a wad of tape-covered aluminum foil with two furniture tacks for eyes.

From there it was all paper clay sculpting again. (I tried to give him a slight smile, but he really looks like one of Ursula's Poor Unfortunate Souls here. Ha!)


The segments were surprisingly time-consuming.


Painting. I later used clear nail polish over the eyes to give them a realistic shine, and then I cursed my way through adding the hair, which was spray-painted bits of a $1 blue clip-in piece. (John drilled small holes in his head for the hair, but that was only partially successful.)

The original plan was to mount Worm right on top of Junk Lady's head, because I thought the contrast of happy worm vs grumpy goblin would be hilarious. Once we tested it, though...


...we realized Worm would be ALL you'd see. He's just too bright and colorful - way too distracting.  So Worm got relocated to the back, perched on the edge of a cornucopia, which looks like a nice hidey-hole for a worm to live in, anyway. Plus he makes for a fun surprise when she turns around:

Oh, and that scarf? I had to hand stitch the entire band to get that little crease in it, because the felt was so stiff. Why must everything be so hard. (Oh who am I kidding: this whole thing has been a total blast.)

My other completed Easter Eggs so far:


Then pendant is more pink insulation foam topped with a decorative button, and the book is a faux-leather cover I made from chipboard and hand painted:


[Insert mini rant here about how every reproduction Labyrinth cover I could find online is wrong, uses the wrong roses, the wrong oval shape... JUST WRONG I SAY. So I had to muddle through trying to make my own.

Here's the screen shot I used for reference:


Mine's a long way from perfect, but google "Labyrinth book cover" and compare, and you'll see why I had to make my own.  

(End Mini-Rant.)

Oh, and my cover has the novelization of Labyrinth inside, because even though no one can see it, it makes me happy, dangit.

I also made the grody dead chicken:

... by painting a rubber chicken and gluing a bunch of feather to it. Feathers, I might add, that John harvested from one of my favorite pillows. (But he sewed it back up, so I guess it's ok.)



I think the chicken still needs a little more aging. Like I said, we're still only 95% done. We have a few more props to build (though some of my more elaborate Easter Egg ideas will have to wait 'til Dragon Con), and I need to get these spider webs sorted out. Turns out party-store spider webs are SO HARD TO INSTALL. So we've ordered a theater-quality spiderweb blower last minute - a $30 splurge, but this is the icing on top, so to speak, so we really want it perfect.

If the blower doesn't arrive in time, though, I'll have to make do with these cotton webs, so I'm trying to make them work.

This is my face working with these webs:


Oh! Which reminds me: I redid her hair. Better, right? I added some curls and more rattiness to make it a little more screen-accurate:

You can see here I also matched her pupil color.

(If you missed it, my last post detailed all of my Junk Lady face & hand sculpting/construction.)


So that's our nearly-done Junk Lady!

All told, I think we've spent around $200 on her, with the majority of the cost going to PVC pipe (for the frame), various hardware clips, wire, burlap, rope, and lots and LOTS of thrift store finds. We supplemented quite a bit of raw materials we already had*, though (paints, clay, fabric, etc.), so I'd put her total material cost well over $250. Still, as cosplay expenses go, that is a BARGAIN.
[*Random Fun Fact: Junk Lady's bedroll behind her head is an intact Jawa robe John made me last year, before I realized even I am too tall for a Jawa.]


Update For FAQs:  - Junk Lady weighs 37 pounds if worn, and just over that with her PVC cart. Not too heavy at all for a big guy like John, but we still plan to keep her on the cart most of the time for stability/comfort.

- Yes, we can see! And better than you'd think, since the burlap is see-through up close. I even have peripheral on one side, which is nice. That said, we'll still be swapping off being a full-time handler, since Junk Lady is the definition of "Wide Load."

- Extra features I didn't mention: there is a small ventilation fan on top (it is HOT in there), and we've wired her for sound with a Blue Tooth speaker, which the non-costume-wearer can operate with his/her phone. No cupholder inside yet, though. ;)
 
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John and I hope to have Junk Lady out Friday and possibly/probably Saturday at MegaCon this weekend, so keep an eye (and an ear) out for a lurching, clanging pile of junk. (We also have some audio surprises in store.) I will of course take better quality photo then, too, and maybe even some video of her out in the crowd.

And for you Dragon Con-goers, we plan to have her there, too, with a few more surprises!

Now we're off to go borrow a van for this weekend - so cross your fingers Junk Lady will fit inside.  o.0 Even broken down into three pieces, this Lady has a LOT of junk in her trunk. Ha!

123 comments:

  1. That's super impressive. Cheers, guys. Love it.

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  2. Impressive does not even begin to describe how great that is. I really appreciate the attention to detail. Now, I need to go watch Labyrinth.

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  3. Wow! Just, wow! One day I hope to meet you 2 in person, and I keep thinking it would be most fun at a Con so I could see some of your magic in person.

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  4. Super impressive and utterly outstanding. Can't wait to see it at Dragoncon!

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  5. Your work, as always, is amazing.

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  6. So the question of the day. Can you see while wearing her?

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    1. Believe it or not, yes! The burlap base is quite translucent up close, so I even have a limited field of vision on the sides, too. When John is inside he's looking through the back of the chair, like the original puppeteer did. With me, since I'm so short, I'm more looking *under* the chair back.

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  7. That is amazing and beautiful and a wonderful tribute to Bowie and Oz

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  8. That is so beautiful! I'm so excited for all the people whose faces are going to light up when they recognize you.

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  9. This is so AH-mazing! I wish I was going to the con just so I could see it up close!

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  10. This is the best thing I've seen in...well, ever. Amazing work!

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  11. Just stunning! I'm so incredibly impressed... you guys should offer workshops!

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  12. That is astounding. I'm sure it'll be the hit of the con!

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  13. This is THE COOLEST thing I've ever seen. I would just be fit to burst wanting to yell at everyone about the awesome things I was making if I were you - but I guess that's the fun part of a blog, right?! GAH, so cool.

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  14. SO fantastic!

    Just every little detail. Eeeeeeee! I can't even handle how amazing it all is. Worm and all the other Easter eggs are going to get so many squeeeees when you have her out in the crowds. And, John, that drum and chair and abacus and everything else! Wow!

    I absolutely can not wait to see pics and hear the stories from MegaCon. You just *think* you've felt like rock stars before. When people see Junk Lady shuffling toward them in person, they're going to lose their freaking minds!

    PLEASE tell me that someone has somehow comped you tickets for the Labyrinth ball by now. If anyone deserves to be there, it's you two and your special gal. Has she been named yet?

    KW

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  15. For spider webs I saw a quick way to do it on Face Off where they used an air compressor and hot glue gun to blow the "webs" onto the back of the chair. It may be worth looking into :) Awesome build, you guys are so handy and creative!!

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    1. I also remember a solution using a drill and rubber cement for the webs but I can't find it.

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    2. That's the thing we just bought, and cue the heavenly chorus, it actually arrived today! So we're about to spend all night blowing hot air webs. Wish us luck!

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    3. Good luck! THAT IS SO AWESOME!

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  16. You guys are absolute legends! I volunteer for an unpaid internship :D

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  17. If you wanted to make some $ back, you could rent out your spider web services at Halloween. This is really, really fantastic. I hope you two will take a moment and celebrate how talented you are.

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    1. I'm looking forward to next week when we can just collapse for a while. ;)

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  18. Love love love this! You guys are awesome!

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  19. You guys are BRILLIANT. Utterly frickin' brilliant and talented as hell.

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  20. Holy wow!! She's freakin' awesome! I like her even better! You guys just ooze talent, don't you. <3

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  21. So fantastic! I love all the little details. They really make it something special! Wish I could see it in person!

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  22. "....junk in her trunk....."

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    1. This did not add my SNORT of amusement at the end of the above!

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  23. As someone who has never seen Labyrinth (eek!) I could easily have been bored by this project. But what I love best about Epbot is your passion for your projects! It sucks me right in and makes me so interested in all the little details. This is clearly a labor of love for you and John and I can't wait for you to reap the rewards at both cons. Congratulations on a job well done!

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  24. She's absolutely fabulous! Since I'm older than you guys I noticed that the whites of her eyes are too white. They yellow as you get older especially towards the corners.

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  25. this is absolutely fabulous. Of course the cost is nothing on the time and experience that it took to use the right materials in the right way. Don't sell yourself short. I'm curious if you know how much it ended up weighing?

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    1. Yes, we weighed John wearing it and did the math: She's 37 pounds.

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  26. In love with shinyMay 24, 2016 at 7:50 PM

    Seeing this completely made my day! This is beautiful.

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  27. This is incredible! You guys are so talented. I'll be at MegaCon on Friday, so I will definitely be keeping an eye/ear out for you! :)

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  28. I cannot wait to see this at MegaCon!!!! Please say you will be there Sat or Sun.

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  29. Even only 95% done, she's AMAZING! Your skill and attention to detail is mesmerizing. She is going to be the star of the show at those cons for sure!! Thanks so much for sharing your process and genius.

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  30. Mind bogglingly amazing. You two always make my day!

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  31. You and John consistently stun me with your creativity. Kudos!

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  32. You have got to be kidding me - that chair is PVC pipe and wooden dowels? A-freaking-mazing (yes, I know it isn't a real word but it should be to describe the awesomeness of this piece)!

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  34. Whenever I see these big crazy costumes, my thought process has always been, "Well that's amazing and I could never do anything like that" But having read your blog for years now, I feel like I can appreciate how much work this is, but I also understand that it's something possible for mere mortals. I so very much appreciate all your progress shots. think you should build a cup holder and a long straw into the inside! Thank you! and have a wonderful time!

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    1. YES! This makes me so happy. I always feel like the best crafters/artists/builders can explain their work in a way that makes it seem do-able. Not necessarily easy, but something I'd maybe want to try, you know? Anyway, I aspire to do the same for others - so thank you!

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  35. This is amazing! I'm going to have to finally breakdown and watch Labyrinth so that I can appreciate all of the Easter Eggs!

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  36. You two are astounding, plain and simple.

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  37. Wow! Just un-freaking-believable! So much talent in that house of yours!

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  38. And now we all wait for the tally: Do you get more squee and joy when John goes as Dreamfinder, or when you debut the Junk Lady :-)?

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    1. Oooh, cosplay SMACKDOWN CHALLENGE! Stay tuned for results...

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  39. I follow Epbot (and Cake Wrecks too btw) but rarely comment. This lady, however, is definitely comment worthy! Oh my gosh, you guys!!!! I want to hug her! You guys are so talented and inspiring. My husband and I both just sat here watching the video over and over and then seeing how each thing was made...it's just too cool. Your attention to detail is incredible and Jen, your sculpting is amazing. You've got a gift, truly. What a great team you two make!

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  40. OH. MY. WORD. YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING.
    I look forward to reading about what happens when you debut her!

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  41. This is so incredible! Your love for detail is inspiring, to say the least. And all those beautiful aging jobs! Have so much fun with her on the next few cons!

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  42. She looks fantastic! Makes me want to watch Labyrinth all over again :)

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  43. Wow! I am in total awe at how amazing she looks! :D

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  44. I am simply in awe of your talents (and John's too of course). She is amazing!!! Great job. I want to come to Dragon Con so I can see her in person... and meet the two of you!

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  45. Wow. Just, wow! I love the fact that you'll probably be the only Junk Lady at the con, but there's no way that anyone could do it better than you guys! She is phenomenal.

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  46. I cannot stop scrolling up and down admiring the photos. Your skills! Guys! I just cannot. This is amazing. I am flying to Orlando this weekend to go to Disney and am now seriously considering heading over to Megacon JUST to see this! Way better than Mickey Mouse!

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    1. Will you let everyone know if you confirm your Saturday attendance? I will definitely head to the con if you plan to be there :) Woohoo!

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    2. Hmmm, we won't be able to confirm FOR SURE until Friday night, since Friday is our test run in the crowds. I want to gauge how manageable it will be for the big BIG crowds of Saturday. That said, I definitely want & plan to have her out for at least a few hours Saturday, since I know a lot of folks only go that one day.

      Which is all a longwinded way of saying: remind me on Twitter or FB on Friday, and I'll tweet/FB our status to ya Friday night.

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  47. So so so incredible!!!!!! Kudos.

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  48. I... I'm stunned.

    Jen, I don't think our one-sided imaginary internet friendship can continue anymore. I used to imagine us hanging out, all of us going out to dinner and people thinking John and I are brothers, bonding over our anxiety disorder experiences, generally geeking out. In my more realistic moments, I used to imagine that I'd be one of those people who would see you at a con and loudly say "THAT'S JEN" to a person standing next to me because I'd be too nervous to actually say hello.

    But that kind of imaginary friendship can only be enjoyed between two people who are human beings. With this, you and John have proven that you are super-human. I'm not a huge cosplay person, but I've been to a number of cons, and this is the most impressive I've ever seen. I've seen costumes that took more work, or cost more money, or both, but none that so efficiently transformed that work and money into love that the beholder can appreciate. Cosplay (at least Labyrinth cosplay) is dead, because YOU AND JOHN HAVE KILLED IT.

    So I don't think I can pretend you might someday be my friend anymore.

    -Larry

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    1. This cracked me up.

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    2. Bahaha! Nooo, Larry, give our virtual imaginary friendship another chance!! I promise to totally screw up my next craft project, JUST FOR YOU.

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  49. She looks amazing! Congratulations on a superb build - and a really affordable one, at that! I can't wait to spy the Junk Lady at DragonCon!

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  50. SO. MUCH... AWESOME!!!! :-D love love love love this!!

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  51. SO. MUCH... AWESOME!!!! :-D love love love love this!!

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  52. i would love to see you both puppet-tize her at some point but she is amazing. simply amazing. any thought of putting together a sound board for her? this is simply amazing.

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    1. Ah, I forgot to mention in the post: she IS wired for sound. :D

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  53. This is AMAZING. I haven't watched Labyrinth since it freaked me out as a teenager (a loooooong time ago), but clearly it is time to rewatch, just so I can enjoy this to the fullest extent. I'm assuming John can see through the chair, so as to not steamroll any innocent bystanders/gawkers/"OhmygodIhavetogetapictureortwenty!" people?

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    1. Yes, and vision in there is a lot better than you'd think; I can even see around the sides a bit, since the burlap is see-through up close. (Thankfully our test flash pictures don't show us inside, though.)

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  54. The video is AMAZING!! SHE LOOKS SPOT ON! Great job guys.. I wish I lived on the East Coast so I could see her real time in action! You two make a fabulous team!

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  55. How much do you think it weighs? You two have definitely become prop masters!
    -SM3

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    1. It weighs 37 pounds if worn - which John claims is pretty comfy - and a few pounds more with the cart.

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  56. That is AMAZING. Is her head and arms on a pivot rig with the PVC pipe for the movement? Is it controlled one-handed? This looks AWESOME.

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    1. She only has 2 points of articulation: her whole body rig can swing out slightly, and her head can turn side to side. Combining the 2 gets some relatively life-life movement, though.

      Since there are shoulder straps inside which help guide/pull the cart along, John can use both hands to move her, if he wants; I think it's better control for the head turns that way.

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  57. This is just... *sigh/squeal/hops* You guys did the most incredible job. I called hubby over to come take a peek (he knows you two as 'the reasons Jenn spent her nights working on a robot mascot instead of cleaning the house') and showed him the video and he gave a low whistle and said it looked like you guys stole the actual prop. And he's a MUGGLE, guys. A "smile and nod"-er at crafty inanity. This is, like, BIG PRAISE.

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  58. You two are going to have SO MUCH FUN! I wish I could be there just to watch people's faces as they encounter you. Well done, you!

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  59. I bow in awe at the creativity and talent you two possess. What a fantastic job! Now I wish even more that I could make it to Dragon Con this year, but sadly, it's going to have to be an every-other-year thing for me. But, dang, I wish I could see her in person and marvel at your amazingness. Well done!!

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  60. Shut up, right now! This is amazing! This seriously made my whole bad week, better. I love the Junk Lady. She is like a walking search and find game. So fun!

    Are you going to make her "talk"? Continually ask, "What's the matter, my dear, don't you like your toys?"

    Also, if possible, I think THE HAT should be an Easter Egg addition to your junk pile. :) "It's so stimulating being your hat"

    --Piper P from Washington State

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  61. That is awesome!!! I love it!! I cannot wait to hear what others think at the con.

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  62. This is so amazing!! I totally wish I lived closer to you so I could go see this in person! I'm totally nervous about attending a con, but if I had the chance to go to see you guys in action, I would do it! I love your creativity, and thanks for sharing it all with us! I can't wait to see and hear how it goes this weekend!

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  63. Wow. I said in the comments of your last post that you, Jen, are a fabulous sculptor. Apparently, John is too. Y'all are your own dynamic duo. Thanks, as always, for keeping us impressed and visually stimulated.

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  64. It looks amazing! I expect every Labyrinth fan at the con will lose their minds when they see it.

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  65. You and John are all kinds of AWESOME! Junk lady wins all the internets -- forever! Wow. Just. Wow.
    -Zippy

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  66. PHENOMENAL!!! Seriously, one of the most amazing builds i think you guys have done. bows down - we are not worthy!

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  67. You're a wizard, John (spoken in my best Hagrid voice). And now I know why you wear rainbow shoes, Jen...you are magical, like a unicorn. Seriously, this is beyond fantastic. Since I can't be at the Con, I know what I will be watching this weekend! Haven't watched Labyrinth in ages!

    -Just Andrea

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  68. You guys are, at this point, my only reason for wanting to go to DragonCon anymore! And I want to go SO BAD!!! And I live right here!!!
    It just never works out. One day...
    Your talents are INCONCEIVABLE!

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  69. You guys so need to try wearing this to go through airport security! Or through an elementary school! What a hoot! Great job! Thank you for recreating an awesome character!

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  70. You made a chair???? Of course you did. You guys blow me away with your ingenuity, creativity and fun-loving nature. If you ran a business I'd want to work there.

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  71. OHMIGOSH that is FABULOUS!!!! I so wish you could bring that to the Salt Lake City Comicon!!!!

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  72. You are so going to make a lot of people smile this weekend.

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  73. A word on the fake cobwebs: the more you stretch them out, the better they look. Ideally, you should have a small chunk covering a large area, with no clumpy puffs of white.

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  74. One of my favorite movies and characters of all time! You guys nailed it! Beautiful!

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  75. I bow to the brilliance that you two are and I think the Boston Con needs to see this in August!!!

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  76. The pics are great, but OMG, the video is so totally amazing! People are going to freak out when you take it to the cons! There has to be video of people's reactions, please! I want to see the freaking out, it always makes me so happy.

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  77. She is absolutely INCREDIBLE. I really wish we had the money to go to MegaCon now! I squeed when I saw the worm! And Toby! At least, I think that's what you were going for with the teddy bear. That's what he reminded me of.

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    1. Oh my god, my brain. Sir Lancelot. Not Toby. It's been a long week.

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  78. Amazing-absolutely amazing! Jen, I am always just SO impressed with y'alls efforts. I wish I could see her in person at DragonCon this year, but alas, I am getting married then!

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  79. absolutely completely utterly fantastically amazing!!!!!!!!

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  80. She is amazing! You guys have to bring her over to LA for the Labyrinth Masquerade one year: http://labyrinthmasquerade.com. Though she might need her own seat on the plane. :D

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  81. You know, every time I think you two are totally amazing...you do something even more awesome and blow me away. I love that you added the worm: he's one of my favorites. :D

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  82. I know "wow. just wow." is supposed to be used for internet snark but... Oh, wow: just... WOW!

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  83. Amazing, saw you today at Megacon! Unbelievable!!

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  84. Just saw Junk Lady featured on Neatorama. Here's the link: www.neatorama.com/neatogeek/2016/05/27/The-Junk-Lady-Lives/

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  85. I have to say the amount of detail that you two have done on this makes me think that you both should put your resumes to a movie studio! I love your junk lady!

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  86. Please tell me that John uses a respirator when heat bending PVC because it is definitely toxic. The more you two get into making costumes and props, the more you need to read up on safety. As a theater professional, I've seen the cancer fatality rates firsthand. It is not pretty. It is completely avoidable.

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  87. HOLY HOGWASH BATMAN!

    I love EVERYTHING about this- the attention to detail, the ingenuity, the passion behind every piece crafted into this phenomenal cosplay. This is seriously the most amazing thing I've even seen costume-wise, and I say this because I am astounded by the cleverness of you two! You made it all for under 250?!?!?! HOLY MOTHER OF MONKEY MILK!!!

    AND YA'LL ARE COMING TO DRAGON CON THIS YEAR!??! -starts to hyperventilate- OMG I HAVE TO FIND YA'LL! What hotel will you be hanging out in with this outfit? Marriott? Hilton?

    I'm asking because I TOO AM DOING A LABYRINTH COSPLAY THIS YEAR. I'd love to get a picture together if possible!

    I just...I applaud you SO HARDCORE. This makes me so excited like you can't even believe.

    With major respect,
    Jenny

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  88. Oh holy crappola. I LOVE this. My favorite movie as a kid. This has got to be the best cosplay I've ever seen. Incredible, award winning, amazing. LOVE this. Beautiful job.

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  89. I just want you to know you made me cry. This is the most incredible costume I have ever seen. Your attention to detail is sublime. I don't cosplay; however, you have inspired me. I couldn't hope to achieve something so wonderful, but Labrynth has been my favorite movie since it came out. I notice something new every time I watch it. I absolutely adore the punk rock worm and you captured him brilliantly. I can hear him inviting me in for "a cuppa tea" to "meet the missus." Thank you for sharing your talent.

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  90. I've wanted to do this as a costume for so long and put it off because it was so daunting. I am BLOWN AWAY by your work. Bravo! Also impressed with how little you spent on it considering.

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  91. I so very much look forward to your posts. The cleverness of you two and the life you lead including it's challenges continue to inspire. thank you so very much.

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  92. After all these years this is still one of my favorite DIY posts. Dibs on the costume when you decide it’s taking up too much space in your house ; )

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