Hi everyone, sorry for not responding or posting in this thread for a while. My dad has been in and out of the hospital for the last month fighting infections and I have been busy with that.
Mynameischris, the way tophunter said to remove the velcro is the way I did it.
Still need to mod the collar on the vest. Will try to get some photos taken this week since I want to do a dry run before Dragon*Con
Predpaul, looking good, is that a P99 in your holster? Just remember when you get your new bow to get the right size arrows, when at full pull your hand should line up under the side of your jaw.
tibberon25, looking forward to seeing more of your costume soon!
Aesthetics question for the group:
I'm planning on wearing Hawkeye this Friday at Gen Con. I have not really bothered with the holster or gun yet for this costume because Gen Con has a strict ban on gun props (and bows, and all other weapons), so I wouldn't be able to wear it anyway. I did get a Blackhawk tactical belt (which would normally have the holster attached) just so the costume looked more complete.
However, I tried everything on together today, and I'm wondering if I should include the holster straps on the leg anyway, just so it doesn't look like I'm wearing a useless belt and missing something. I have nylon web and parachute clips; I could make the straps fairly easily, even without the molded plastic holster base (and for that matter, I could thermoform some plastic around my leg and fake that, too).
Here's a horrible, washed-out photo of the build so far:
There are times in the movie when Clint does not wear the gun, but during those scenes he never has the archery gear on, so I'd be only half-accurate either way. I'm not sure it's worth the extra effort at this point, especially when I'm still working on my other costumes. ^_^; Any opinions?
I think it looks good as it is. What bow is that you are using?
Um... I could have told you that a week ago, before I painted it black and covered the model number, but now I've forgotten. I've had it for a while; it's a little 25 lb. recurve that I found cheap somewhere and bought specifically for costuming purposes. (It used to have a metallic blue riser and white limbs, if that helps...)hoplite318 said:
I ended up leaving off the holster straps. The sunlight was almost gone when we wrapped up our workshops, but I got a few decent photos. There are several more in my Cosplay.com gallery, but here's a preview:
Ok as promised, here are photos of my finished costume. Im not wearing the quiver in this and forgot the sunglasses but its complete and done.
The pants are blackhawk pants and the knee pads are paintball knockoffs. They are sewn on to the pants.
Im also using a riggers belt with this costume in addition to the bianchi belt.
The holster shroud is also a Blackhawk holster that my cousin had lying around
Looking Good!!!!AVA said:
Um... I could have told you that a week ago, before I painted it black and covered the model number, but now I've forgotten. I've had it for a while; it's a little 25 lb. recurve that I found cheap somewhere and bought specifically for costuming purposes. (It used to have a metallic blue riser and white limbs, if that helps...)
I ended up leaving off the holster straps. The sunlight was almost gone when we wrapped up our workshops, but I got a few decent photos. There are several more in my Cosplay.com gallery, but here's a preview:
I had the same problem of the vest being way bigger than I thought it would be. Thanks for the idea of darting the back. I'm going to give that a shot.
Great looking costumes guys!
Thanks Chris!!!mynameschris said:
By the way, I finally IDed the bow! It's a PSE Scamp II, I think 46", 25# draw.hoplite318 said:
I found out *after* I painted it that this model hasn't been manufactured in a while, and apparently there's a fairly decent market for them since they no longer make replacement parts... Used ones sell for upwards of $80. Which would have paid for a decent chunk of my costume. /sigh/ Oh, well. You win some, you lose some.
Here's my final Hawkeye with pads from TMC, Glove and armguard by Neet and Bow. Some say I look like Renner
This is all ready for London Expo now. Back to work on my Spidey now
My glove and armguard arrived the wrong colour but nothing a bit of paint didn't fix. It also gave it a more leather look
My bow is this I sprayed it all black and added a laser sight.
Thanks for looking
Paul
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Looks Awesome!!! Great Job!!!
predpaul said:
Here's my final Hawkeye with pads from TMC, Glove and armguard by Neet and Bow. Some say I look like Renner
This is all ready for London Expo now. Back to work on my Spidey now
My glove and armguard arrived the wrong colour but nothing a bit of paint didn't fix. It also gave it a more leather look
My bow is this I sprayed it all black and added a laser sight.
Thanks for looking
Paul
Greetings All,
Throwing this costume together for a con in November, and there are two things that I still haven't seen answered here if anyone has any leads:
1. What is the make of the boots that he's wearing?
2. Any construction notes on the archery glove? The more I look at it, the more it looks like they fused a standard finger tab sort of glove with a wristbrace/cuff of some kind.
Two things I've noticed:
1. The tactical vest has adjustment tabs added to it on the sides. They're noticeable during the fight between Hawkeye and Black Widow on the Hellicarrier.
2. Seems that he's using a two notched belt to hold his pants up :P Pedantic detail, but I thought I'd mention it.
Be seeing you,
Magnus Darcrider
I made my own glove from scratch (none of the sports stores around me carry archery gloves!), but I think you're right; the glove is a fairly standard design. The additional wristband also has leather straps that buckle across the back.Magnus Darcrider said:
Here's mine and my wifes version one Hawkeye and Black Widow costumes that we put together in two weeks time for a Halloween bash. We're looking to upgrade to movie accurate by the time our next local ComicCon in May.
First upgrade on my agenda is a new holster rig for my wifes Black Widow.
Hi guys. I finished my Hawkeye and debuted him at MCM EXPO London. I was actually approached by a lookalike agency while relaxing between shots
Due to con saftey I wasn't allowed to bring my real limbs so constructed some out of an old limb by splitting it in half down it's length. This actually worked well as the elastic was just strong enough to create the illusion of a draw on the bow. My arrows and quiver were made using the masking tape fletching technique and were finished off with suckers. I also went for the right handed option as I could hardly hold anything with my left
Here are some pics
One for fun. I bet you can guess the caption
And finally one I did from the photo I liked the most
This has definitely become part of my costume collection and I will be wearing it again soon.
Thanks for looking
Paul
Found a couple shots of the boots that might help ID the make/model for this costume. Doesn't seem to be a Dr. Marten or Danner, but maybe something close. They look as if there's a couple straps missing due to the loops on the back of the boot shaft.
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