springsteel
Well-Known Member
My first impression of Wonder Woman's new costume was entirely negative; of all the excellent original designs and fan-art out there, it felt like a cop-out. But after the WW first-look video, and seeing the great costumes other's have made, it's grown on me immensely! So I decided to rebuild a costume I'd made a few years back, with a Gal Gadot twist. These are some of my favorite concept drawings that I've based things off of:
Plans:
Cloak: Cheap piece of garbage military-style blanket from Amazon
I ordered two of these to get enough length for the cloak, but with two returns and two reorders, they kept sending me green blankets. Since the quality was so poor to begin with, I got fed up and ditched the idea all together. I decided to try dying the grey blanket I had on a whim, though, and it turned out great! Just let it soak in a tupperware with hot RIT dye for two days, and it's exactly what I was looking for. To make up for the extra fabric I need, I grabbed some blue/brown wool suiting from Joann's. I'll likely alternate panels to mix the two fabric types together.
Shield: A friend of mine just so happened to have a saucer sled in their garage that I plan to use as a base, with EVA overtop for designs.
Skirt: This alligator upholstery vinyl, painted blue and weathered.
Corset: Red and brown stretch faux-leather, with a red acrylic wash and weathering.
Spear: Worbla, with a rake handle. The pole I have is too short for my liking, so I'm planning on scrounging up something longer.
Armor: Worbla and foam. I reused the leg and chest armor (added battle damage with a hot knife and dremel, and repainted), but rebuilt the bracers, belt, and tiara, and did new leather-work for all of the pieces.
Boots: Looking for some cheap wedges at thrift stores to cover with faux leather, but haven't had any luck so far.
Scabbard: Hope to cover a foam scabbard in faux-leather, if time allows.
Hoping to get this all done by WWStL!
Plans:
Cloak: Cheap piece of garbage military-style blanket from Amazon
I ordered two of these to get enough length for the cloak, but with two returns and two reorders, they kept sending me green blankets. Since the quality was so poor to begin with, I got fed up and ditched the idea all together. I decided to try dying the grey blanket I had on a whim, though, and it turned out great! Just let it soak in a tupperware with hot RIT dye for two days, and it's exactly what I was looking for. To make up for the extra fabric I need, I grabbed some blue/brown wool suiting from Joann's. I'll likely alternate panels to mix the two fabric types together.
Shield: A friend of mine just so happened to have a saucer sled in their garage that I plan to use as a base, with EVA overtop for designs.
Skirt: This alligator upholstery vinyl, painted blue and weathered.
Corset: Red and brown stretch faux-leather, with a red acrylic wash and weathering.
Spear: Worbla, with a rake handle. The pole I have is too short for my liking, so I'm planning on scrounging up something longer.
Armor: Worbla and foam. I reused the leg and chest armor (added battle damage with a hot knife and dremel, and repainted), but rebuilt the bracers, belt, and tiara, and did new leather-work for all of the pieces.
Boots: Looking for some cheap wedges at thrift stores to cover with faux leather, but haven't had any luck so far.
Scabbard: Hope to cover a foam scabbard in faux-leather, if time allows.
Hoping to get this all done by WWStL!
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Wish we were closer so we could do a photoshoot-my armoured Batman will be finished in a week, pics with a really good Wonder Woman would totally be the perfect finish!
