Marvel's The Thing Body Suit

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Budget / Salary$1,500–3,000
TypeFreelance project
LocationRemote
Posted1 hour ago
I am looking for a skilled costume fabricator / practical-effects artist to build and deliver a finished, wearable full-body Ben Grimm / The Thing creature suit for GalaxyCon St. Louis this October.

I already have the head/mask handled separately. This project is for the entire body from the neck down: torso, shoulders, arms, hands, legs, and oversized feet.

The finished suit needs to be scaled to my body measurements. I am approximately 5'9" and wear a US XXL, and I would like the finished build to add a couple inches of height through the proportions of the costume and/or concealed lifts built into the feet.

Important: Final Deliverable Is a Physical Costume

I am open to modern fabrication methods such as:

3D character sculpting
3D-printed masters or molds
Digital body scanning/scaling
Foam fabrication
Latex or foam-latex casting
Flexible urethane
Silicone
Other professional flexible creature-suit techniques

However, I am NOT looking to purchase only an STL file, digital model, render, or rigid 3D-printed costume.

The final deliverable must be a completed, physical, wearable costume shipped to me.

Desired Appearance

The goal is a large, muscular, rocky practical-effects creature similar in overall feel to the 2005-era Ben Grimm / The Thing movie suit.

I want:

Large rocky torso and shoulders
Oversized muscular arms and hands
Thick rocky legs
Large creature feet
Realistic dimensional rock texture
Good mobility for walking, posing, and convention use
Flexible construction rather than hard armor
A professional practical-effects appearance rather than a mascot, fursuit, printed bodysuit, or rigid plastic cosplay

Because I already have a high-end flexible silicone head, the neck and upper torso should be designed so the body visually transitions naturally into the existing mask.

Materials

I strongly prefer a flexible practical-effects construction such as foam rubber, latex, foam latex, flexible urethane, silicone, or a comparable material/system.

I do not want the visible finished body to be hard PLA/PETG-style 3D-printed armor.

3D printing is completely acceptable for molds, masters, internal structures, or other fabrication tools if it helps achieve the finished result faster.

Deadline

The finished physical costume needs to be in my hands by approximately October 15, 2026, ahead of GalaxyCon St. Louis.

Because the deadline is important, please only bid if you believe you can realistically fabricate, finish, and ship the costume within that timeframe.

When responding, please include examples of previous creature suits, practical-effects costumes, wearable character builds, prosthetic work, or similar full-body fabrication and briefly explain how you would approach constructing this suit.
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