CATWOMAN (batman returns style) enquiry
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mdb
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No idea if you have seen this thread:
http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=16833&highlight=catwoman
It talks about the claws (and briefly about the latex suit).
My own costume is about to be upgraded but I have a page that discusses how I made mine:
http://costumes.glittersweet.com/other/catwoman.htm
http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=16833&highlight=catwoman
It talks about the claws (and briefly about the latex suit).
My own costume is about to be upgraded but I have a page that discusses how I made mine:
http://costumes.glittersweet.com/other/catwoman.htm
minieffects
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mdb
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You have no idea how happy this makes me Because I'm a nosey person... err.. costume geek you woudn't happen to have been able to look at the inside of the corset at all? In the same vein Is there any sort of shaping in the suit in the area that is covered by the corset? The Poison Ivy suit from a few movies later had a join under the bust for instance. I would expect something similar (perhaps at the waist) for this suit as there does not appear to be a vertical centre front join above the corset. Anything that helps with seam/join placement would be wonderful Both real glued joins and faked white stitchesAlso, in the final scene she takes off her cowl by undoing the chin strap, any help on the fastening would be great
And along the same lines, it looks like the latex suit goes quite a way up inder the cowl in the back and it looks like it is shaped somewhat to the jaw.I'm still really giddy about these images and thank you so much for what you have shared so far
Awwww man, now I'm all eager to redo my suit again and I'm really not an any shape to do so.
minieffects
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New pics of Cat woman costume...
Claws look like latex castings..not sure. Probably a stunt suit.
Yep, those are my claws. They were flexible urethane coated with graphite powder. These are the stunt set.
mdb
Sr Member
I just spotted this the other day:
http://www.stevedietgoedde.com/bloggy/2008/05/catwoman.html
http://www.stevedietgoedde.com/bloggy/2008/05/catwoman.html
minieffects
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mdb
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http://www.metmuseum.org/special/superheroes/designer_quotes.asp
Well they did something...
I adore the armour created for the Iron man section of the exhibit!
And yes, I am getting very close to redoing the catsuit for my Catwoman costume again
I'm going to see how much of the PVC I have left (much as I'd love a catsuit from Syren.. I really cannot afford it ) and if I can make a couple of suits from it that I need.minieffects
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http://www.metmuseum.org/special/superheroes/designer_quotes.asp
Well they did something...
I adore the armour created for the Iron man section of the exhibit!
And yes, I am getting very close to redoing the catsuit for my Catwoman costume again
Some friends of mine worked on the Iron man suit. I got to play around with some of the parts when we were shooting some insert shots for the film. Very nicely made.
Yea I looked at Syren's web page, impressive stuff. I know the gloves were a ordered seprately by the costume dept. They were vinyl evening gloves, real long almost to the elbow if im remembering correctly. They stiched my claws onto them. They had boxes of them as I recall.
Much like these
Victorious-Jay
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Loving this thread. I'm a big Batman Returns fan. Most of my prop and costume collection is centered around that film. I don't have much of Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman in my collection yet but I'm working on it. I did recently pick up her "director" chair back along with Michael Keaton's that they supposedly used when filming the movie. Sorry for the crappy picture. Michelle's is the one on top. Note the fake name "Dictel" that Burton used to keep the production secret. I thought that since it was Catwoman related someone might be interested. Keep the thread alive. lol
-Jason M
-Jason M
HDPE
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WOW very nice :thumbsup.
Loving this thread. I'm a big Batman Returns fan. Most of my prop and costume collection is centered around that film. I don't have much of Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman in my collection yet but I'm working on it. I did recently pick up her "director" chair back along with Michael Keaton's that they supposedly used when filming the movie. Sorry for the crappy picture. Michelle's is the one on top. Note the fake name "Dictel" that Burton used to keep the production secret. I thought that since it was Catwoman related someone might be interested. Keep the thread alive. lol
-Jason M
mdb
Sr Member
I'm thinking of getting some 2 way stretch for the gloves (four way for the body) and maybe some non stretch for the corset.
When I watch the movie it looks very much like her corset is latex as well, and as Syren does make latex corsets this makes sense. I wonder though if the stunt woman(women) got PVC covered one(s) like seen in the other exhibit posted here for cost purposes? Or if Michelle's corset was PVC too.
The "saved- by kitty litter" scene shows how the latex bodysuit gets very dusty and matt when covered in dust. But the corset does as well which makes me think it was indeed a latex job.
AlderaanGirl
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WOW great pics of stuntsuit. Thanks for sharing!
IndyFanChuck
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bump 4 details!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SomewhatSavvy
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Oh wow! Thanks so very much for all the pictures and information. I've been looking into making my Catwoman costume more accurate, and this thread is indispensable! Thanks again! Very impressive all around.
