Black Widow Avengers Style Build

Well I wasn't going to make a progress build thread but I changed my mind...

I'll slowly be piecing together my Black Widow costume, and will have it done by April of next year for sure, since that's my deadline hah! That's quite a ways from now though, I'm quite positive I'll get it done a lot sooner than that lol.

I have just about everything planned out, no need (in my opinion) to go into too much detail until I actually really start working on it and such. But so far I have a wig...



I'll get some better photos soon!

And I made one of her little disc holster doodads, not really sure what they are?

There's a video here showing it. Black Widow progress - YouTube

I have a fabric sample ordered, and hopefully it's close to what I'm looking for!

I'll keep you all updated!

I think I use exclamation points too much...

I only count four !s, so that isn't too many .

Goodluck with this. What fabric are you looking at using for it?

P4r4dox86 said:

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I only count four !s, so that isn't too many .

Goodluck with this. What fabric are you looking at using for it?

Haha true!


I'm looking at spandura possibly, just waiting on the sample at this point.

If it doesn't work I'll probably just go with some type of lycra.

Her suit is closer to leather though so maybe I'll get lucky and find some type of stretchy leather/pleather material instead, who knows really.

I just got to check out some spandura. It was disappointing really. I expected a cool texture. It's really just jumbo spandex. Kind of has a twill look to it.

Darth Mule said:

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I just got to check out some spandura. It was disappointing really. I expected a cool texture. It's really just jumbo spandex. Kind of has a twill look to it.

Ah, hmmm I see..

Well perhaps it will still work out.

If not, then back to major searching! lol...

Where did you get your wig? It looks great!

firefly827347 said:

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Where did you get your wig? It looks great!

It's actually a wig I've had for a long time, and I found it the other day realizing it would be perfect for Black Widow. It was actually a lot longer and looked like the Iron Man 2 version but I really wanted to do the Avengers version so I cut and styled it.

But I think I got it from vogue wigs, possibly a forever young brand?

Thanks! I'll look into that.

Okay I actually found it, did a bit of quick searching haha.

Forever Young Roll With It Synthetic Wig • Forever Young

I've actually brushed my hair into it in the front and it was able to make that swept back type look.

And wow! It's a lot cheaper than when I bought it!

Ooh, that's great! Thanks! Do you remember which colour you ordered?

I'm pretty sure I got the Sienna one.

I use a vogue wig for my IM2 widow style - the Visage. Originally got it for Codex, but works for both!

I'm working on my avengers suit 2.0 - using a layered spandex & spandex mesh to get that effect.

aeryn said:

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I use a vogue wig for my IM2 widow style - the Visage. Originally got it for Codex, but works for both!

I'm working on my avengers suit 2.0 - using a layered spandex & spandex mesh to get that effect.

Hmmm... perhaps I'll look into that. My only worry would be that they wouldn't quite move together since they're separate pieces?

Shouldn't be much of a worry - with all the bound seams, the pieces are actually pretty small before they're sewn together. if you're careful and don't let the layers pucker from each other, you should be fine. i'm taking a small break on mine, but i should have it finished in the next few weeks.

Hmmm, I see...


I just got my spandura sample in the mail and it is just a jumbo spandex, so perhaps I'll try doing the two layer, mesh and spandex.

Wow!!! That's a wig???? It looks great! I guess it's just a lot easier to spot a rug on a guy! LOL

DS Operative said:

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Wow!!! That's a wig???? It looks great! I guess it's just a lot easier to spot a rug on a guy! LOL

I was about to post the same thing!!

Has anyone considered making the suit from black jersey fabric? I was considering using that more for comfort than anything else, plus the folds seem about right from when she moves, even if it doesn't have a mesh pattern. I've never made anything like this before so I thought I'd start with something (hopefully) fairly easy.

Hmmm, looks promising that's for sure. I've just ordered a sample, so I'll see if I like it or not.

Know anyone who can build a Thor costume?

frantic0466 said:

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Know anyone who can build a Thor costume?

I'd like to at some point, but I have a lot queued up before that.

I'm sorry I can't get better pictures, I only have my iPod at the moment. But I promise to eventually get high quality photos of everything!

Off to an awesome start!