Day 2 of Ottawa ComicCon (Saturday) I went as Death from the Terry Pratchett Discworld novels. In these novels, Death is an anthropomorphic personification that is generally regarded as a male skeleton, with glowing blue eye sockets, in black robes, who is about seven feet tall. By making a frame that sat on my shoulders, my Death was actually closer to eight feet tall, and would be even taller if someone bigger than me were to wear the costume. It only just fits under average ceilings. The belt at Death’s “waist” is actually in my armpits. It’s hard to get an idea of scale without anything in these photos to compare it to. This costume is almost more of a puppet than anything else.
(All photos in this post by Richard Dufault Photography, also known as Open Shutter Photography.)
Discworld Death loves cats.
The arms of the costume are articulated and can be manipulated from inside. The hands, however, are stuck in one position.
Death with Jiji from Kiki’s Delivery Service.
My mother as Death of Rats.
My mother went along with me and made a costume for Death of Rats, another Discworld character. This character is also known as The Grim Squeaker, and is really more of a small aspect of Death given physical form in the book Reaper Man. As per Wikipedia, “Death of Rats resembles a rodentine skeleton walking on its hind legs, wearing a black robe, and carrying a tiny scythe”.
Unfortunately the Death of Rats’ cowl kept falling down, and we didn’t notice until after the photo shoot.
Own Two Hands 