Making an Arkham City Robin costume

Hi guys I'm new on here and i wanted to show you my utility belt for robin that i started. Its not the exact same one from arkham city but i still think it will be cool and functional.

















Here is where i got the inspiration for the belt!!

How To Make A Batman Utility Belt (Easiest Way) - YouTube

Looking forward to seeing how this turns out. I was considering going as him to DCon but chose Hawkeye and Riddick instead.

Thats a really good idea, i didnt think of that Its looking good. I'm hopefully going to be starting my own Arkham City Robin costume soon

Here is an update for the Robin costume im working on. Ive decided to take some inspiration from Arkham City robin, but i will be doing my own spin on it.

Here is the completed belt:



And here is the design on the Gauntlets that im going to do:



The Orange lines are where the straps will go, but on the back side. and the black shaded parts will all be indented so that the shapes in the middle are raised.

Update: Added the straps to the gauntlets and traced out the "raised" parts of the gauntlets. Also these are the gloves im going to use. something a little different, im going to attach some kind of fabric to them for under the gauntlets.

Another small update: Gauntlets ready to paint!

I added raised detail on the gauntlets, im thinking about painting the bottom layer black and the top raised parts dark green. what do you guys think?

Haha, I used that same idea for making my belt.
Unfortunately though, I found out the hard way that if you spray paint a thick enough layer on the back of the pieces, the super glue will just stick to the paint and everything will fall off (I'm really new to costuming).

Gauntlets and the belt look great, can't wait to see how this turns out.

Thanks dude!! I really appreciate it! im going to plasti dip the gauntlets then paint over them. Im thinking of doing the dark gray pieces black, and then the light gray pieces a dark green color.

im doing that type of belt too so i just need to know where i get that stuff

Looks like you're off to a great start!

Fixed that belt for ya :-)

Thats awesome! i like the logo in the circle!

I got the little containers at the grocery store. the tall ones are mentos gum plastic containers, and the other ones are q-tip travel size containers. then i just painted them with a gold metallic spray paint.

Looks good

Plasti dip away! I have about 3 coats of plasti dip on my gauntlets they are looking pretty good i think. They are still a little wet in the pics.


The next thing im going to start working on is the armored "tunic" i bought some jersey material at hancock fabrics here in sioux falls, South Dakota.

Here is a photoshop mock up of what im going to do with the gauntlets after another coat or two of plasti dip.

Looking good

Update?

That's looking pretty sweet man! Can't wait to see it.

Here is a small update. I have sketched out what i want my robin shirt to look like. and i started making the pattern for the pads that i will sew in to the shirt. I have also attached pics of the padding that i got my inspiration from.

That armor is waaaay better than man. Nice!

Very cool! Can't wait to see how this progresses.

I made a Robin suit that may help you. Thread is on page 5.

http://www.therpf.com/f24/desert-sto...17/index5.html

Can't wait to it complete!

Another quick update!! I spray painted the gauntlets green, after they dry i will go back over the "unraised" parts with some black acrylic paint and then put a good gloss sealant over all of it. Since i have never made a shirt before, i figured i would start with some scrap fleece (the only extra fabric i had laying around) and try it out first and position everything on it and so forth so it can start to take shape. then ill do that same thing with my good fabric. I also started to cut out the foam armor pieces.

Thanks for all the support with this project! You guys make me want to bust this out faster everyday! and thanks for tips, pictures, links and words of encouragement! Everyone on here is AMAZING!!!

Those gauntlets look AMAZING! and the rest of the build is coming together nicely