Re: The Amazing Spider-Girl [Female Ben Reilly Custom Dye-Sub Suit]
Looks great so far! Are you heading to NYCC this year?
Unfortunately not. It sold out before I could get any tickets..... :-( I am going to Otakon 2014 with this cosplay though!
So sorry for the lack of updating! Life and work has been getting in the way, along with my friends' last minute rush to get their cosplays together for the aforementioned convention, which I've been providing a lot of help on. And by a lot of help I mean doing 90% of the work lol, but I enjoy it. Including my spider-girl, I'm helping my boyfriend with a Captain America stealth suit from Winter Soldier, and two of my friends are doing Symbiote Spidey and Adult Gohan from DBZ.
Anyway, on to the few updates I have!
Arms / Hands:
Traced out the hands at the largest possible. The fingers for me came out about as snug as I would want them. I have short thumbs to begin with, and some of the other fingers came out a bit long as swell so some adjustments need to be made (particularly the area stretching between thumb and index finger needs to be taken in about an inch). Outside palm will also be taken in about as much. Won't do any adjustments until all zippers are installed.
Added in the wrist zipper for one arm
And here is a full body shot,
minus one arm that is actually attached now (this one still needs the wrist zipper installed). The shoulder area was a pain in the @#$& and required a bit of finagling with the pattern... BUT I'M SO PSYCHED ABOUT IT!!!!!
Shoes:
These cost me about $20.00 at Payless about a month ago. I think they're called Airwalks.
Stripped them apart, spray painted the soles black, then started sewing quickly by hand the canvas on the inside of the foot to the bottom of the suit for added support and to ensure that they will stay in place. Just a whip stitch using a curved upholstery needle I happened to have.
Then started gluing them to the feet of the suit (while fully in it through both arms) using Weldwood Contact Cement that I got at home depot for about $3.00.
After standing in the glue for about 15 minutes, it came out like this:
Everything stuck really well so I really recommend this glue. Still need to go back and touch up the edges though