Makeup:
Stubble: Ben Nye Beard stipple and stipple sponge.
Flesh tone: Mehron warm natural tan
Sunburn: Ben Nye fire red
White: Mehron Clown white lite
Outline: Mehron jumbo pencil
Other stuff: Proknows no sweat, Ben Nye Neutra set powder, Ben Nye final seal.
Wig: my own hair.
Costume: pants, Size 66 mens navy blue dress slacks ( my own size being a 40-42), The Coat is Brown in a very fine plaid (it is not a full wool tweed. it would be too heavy.). It is a regular and I wear a short. So it is baggy, but no too big. I use a common pair of carpenters suspenders to fight gravity.
the shirt is very similar to an old dickies blue work shirt. the tie is from about the 80's. It is a very fine pattern. Somber, for lack of a better description.
I went to Joann fabrics and picked about six or more different pieces of fabric from the remnant bin. I used several different colors of thread and even used heavy cotton butchers twine to fix a couple of areas. My theory is that a hobo would find a "New" piece of clothing, and wear it continually, until he could find something nicer. If it tore, he would fix as many areas as possible with what ever piece of cloth he could find. If you look at my pictures the patches on the pants and coat are the same colors, as opposed to every patch being a different color.
From constant wear, the pants would be shiny on the knees and butt,the hems would be ragged,the left hip area on my pants is covered in pills from the old whisk broom that I carry in my pocket. the coat is covered in open cuts, and tears. Saftey pins holding things together, the lining is sticking out of places, one sleeve is sewn on with the butchers twine. All of the patches are un hemmed, after a couple of washings, they really started to come into their own. remember, the idea is to look neat and clean, even in a worn out patched up suit. I have never used oil stained clothes, or clothes with paint splotched on them. To me, this would look more "dirty" than worn out.
The shirt had had the collar cut off, and the sleeves tattered up . There is a big open patch one the back of the shirt that I can drop an Ice pack in.
My hat is an old derby that Is likely pushing a hundred years old. Except for the flower, I did nothing to it. It looked that bad when I bought it.
My shoes are just plain black flat toed clown shoes.
I hope this will give you some ideas to play off of.
Cheers,
Scruffy
P.S.
I almost forgot the gloves! I use the one size fits all black stretch gloves that you find at Wal Mart. I cut the fingers off just behind the second knuckle. Except for the index finger of the right hand. I cut that one completely off of the glove, it makes it easier to twist balloons. However, I am Left handed, I would cut it off of the left glove for you "Normal people". Use fray check to keep the gloves from unraveling. Also, as they wear, they develop little "pills" on them and really look like a bum's gloves.
Scruffy