Author Topic: nightmare glove lucid
posted 10-16-1999 02:17 PM
hmm..anyone know where i can get a hold of a realistic (metal if possible) nightmare on elmstreet 'freddy glove'? i saw the el cheapo plastic ones in the halloween section of walmart, but so far have been unsuccessful finding a realistic one for my haunted house, thanks in advance.

Gorezone
posted 10-16-1999 09:07 PM
Odd you should ask. I saw one forsale on EBAY
Its Not cheap
here is the URL http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=178859146

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lucid
posted 10-16-1999 11:58 PM
ahh damn. youre right cheap it aint.
i was thinking about going to the mill in town to ask someone to cut me some various pieces that can be pieced together and bolted on a leather glove, problem is i dont know how much labor and time that would consume on both the behalves of the nice friendly compassionate metal cutter and myself..

Ivan
posted 10-17-1999 02:16 AM
find some filthy high schooler in metal shop and get them to make you some stuff. theyll do it if you give em 10 bucks so they can support their drug habits, the filthy bastards! I MEAN REALLY, THE WOULD DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING TO GET A LITTLE CRACK HERE AND THERE! WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO! OOOOOOOOOOOOOOHH, THE HUMANITY!

yes, well, I am unfortunately a high school student, and theyre not ALL like that....

Red 5
posted 10-18-1999 06:58 AM
Ivan, you've definately got some issues to work out. Do you make dark horror films by any chance?

lucid
posted 10-18-1999 10:41 AM
issues? nah, his dealer just skipped out on 'em. hehe

Jeff F
posted 10-19-1999 08:07 PM
Staring after Nightmare 2 I had a glut of people wanting full Freddy prosthetic makeups, gloves, etc for several years. I talked to a friend who owned a novelty store during the time and he'd never seen anything like it in over 20 years in business (...up to that time!) Namely, a charcter that was in such demand for years at a stretch.

I did make up jobs, but stayed away from making gloves, as they were timeconsuming and legally treacherous, since they could be considered a weapon even without the blades attahched! I did make 2 gloves for friends, though. If you can find some large diameter copper pipe, you cut a bunch of short sections of it and split them down the length. Use pliers to spread the cut edfges apart until they are parallel to each other. If the diameter of the pipe is large enough, you will have a pre-curved piece of copper big enough to trim into the finger sections. For the back plate, you will have to go to a hobby shop or hardware store that has one of those "metal center" boxes - all sorts of small diameter metal tubes and rods. They usually also have some small (4" x 8" or so) pieces of various types of metal, including copper. You can also pick up the rivets you'll need while you are there. A ball peen hammer is nice, but a regular hammer can be used to form a head on the rivets.

Use photos from movie magazines/posters for a reference to see how the glove is put together.

For the blades, I suggest you epoxy plastic blades to the end finger sections. Metal blades, even dull aluminum ones, definitely classify the glove as a weapon and bring the attendant legal difficulties associated with such.

Good Luck!

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