Finishing the interior

I decided to paint the interior of the costume flat black to make it harder to see into the costume from the outside through the mouth. It worked very well, but was difficult at this late stage.

I also glued black fabric onto the inside of the mouth frames to hide the yellow because it stuck out like a sore thumb from the outside.

Finishing the Mouth

I had problems keeping the mouth operating properly. It kept sticking on things; this required a lot of troubleshooting, but even after clearing things out I had to resort to greasing everything. Anywhere that the mouth rubbed on the outer frame I applied a liberal amount of wheel-bearing grease. I also used a dry Teflon bicycle lube on the pulleys and rope.

Now it's time to build the ghost

The ghost was built in the same way that Pac-Man was, but didn't take near as much work because of things I learned on Pac-Man and because there are no moving parts.

I did the same thing, using short crossbars to make sure everything lined up properly and adjust if necessary.

Then I installed the full size crossbars.

Once the frame was together I installed the harness the same way as in Pac-Man, then wrapped muslin around the center section again.

I originally tried using red see-through fabric for the opening, but it proved to be way too fragile, so I cut it out and replaced it with the same black that I used for Pac-Man's mouth.