Traditionally in the show, the horses are people carrying/wearing wire or cane or other cage-like pieces to give the impression of horses rather than create anatomically correct horses or, ghod forbid, panto horses! I have also seen it done with papier mache heads and conical cups around the ankles.
I did make some hooves for a costume (Satan) about ten years back. They were carved from light timber (pine) in four sections then glued and screwed before painting. The inside shape was similar to a high-heel shoe so that the foot sat with the heel higher with the foot at a diagonal, not the most comfortable solution but the most appropriate for scale -- remember you hoof must sit well visually against the ankle. These hooves were then strapped around and up the ankle. I wanted the clip-clop sound so avoided some sensible rubber on the bottom but did place some grooves there to give a little traction. The main thing is to closely look at a horse hoof to see how they look, get the profile right, and remember the underside which has a lot of shape and texture. You can hide the ankle strapping under some hair -- think Clydesdale but not so thick, -C. ------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
