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[OhWhatProvidence]

[Fotzepolitic]

Having gone through this, I figured I'd share some tips:

1) Elevator Insoles - surprisingly good for giving you a little height boost. Work best in boots but don't impede walking that much.

2) Tie cotton or tape around the suit's extremities - mainly the armpits and elbows, possibly also the knees and crotch - so that the limbs look slimmer.

3) If you're using a morphsuit or gloves, you can lengthen your fingers by wearing thimbles, lipsticks, or something similar on the ends of your fingers underneath the glove/suit.

4) If you have the option, cast the shortest people you know as the protagonists and/or the people who will be seen near Ol' Slendy most often. Use small props/scenery if need be. Also encourage the rest of your cast to slouch I guess.

5) Dumb old Hollywood tricks - stand on a box, or put the other actors in a trench. Impedes movement a bit, but when people are moving it's a lot harder to compare their height anyway. (You can even be clever and show Slendy's feet on the ground, then do a bit of creative editing so that when you show his upper half he's standing on the box. Every little helps.)

Obviously there's better techniques, but these are good if you don't want to spent a lot. If you did all of those, your Slendy'll probably look about a foot taller off the bat.

Also, while I was skeptical about them at first, morphsuits are totally work the expense. Also the old lady you phone up to speak to them about it is really sweet. I spent bloody ages making a papier mache mask, and honestly, while it was fun, it didn't look very good in the end.

[Baronness]

Ooh, thanks for the tips!

When you're talking about tying cotton or tape around the suit's extremities, do you mean on the outside of the suit? How would you do that without it being noticeable? Black tape?

[Fotzepolitic]

Yeah, black cotton will work, or duct tape out of sight. Also, to make the arms thinner you can put a fold in the back of the sleeves of the suit and either tape or stitch it to hold it tighter.

[fezstudios]

[Fotzepolitic]

[Alaune]

[Fotzepolitic]

[Alaune]

[Fotzepolitic]

[7brokenboundaries]

[Fotzepolitic]

Ah, smexcellent! That'll be quite useful. Not that I would't want to wade through every series, but... well, no, that's bollocks, I wouldn't. =/

[Baronness]

NEW QUESTION: You know how The Operator (Slendy) in Marble Hornets has flipper-looking appendages? How could you recreate that? Are they just gloves that you can't really see very well, or what? Of all the SM looks, I love this one the most.

[C.K.DexterHaven]