SlaveLeia
New Member
Hello all! So this will be my first costume build of this kind, and I'm very excited! I am basing the costume off of this picture:
I'm gonna make the armor and skirt and cape and wear it over a black leotard and dance tights, and I plan to make the boots similar to my Sailor Moon boots, which I made with spandex and a pair of old pumps, and then make the metal boot accessories with foam. I'm making a headpiece as well, which is not pictured here.
The armor however, I am looking for some advice on before I start, since I know it's a tedious process. I really want it to last and to be rather solid because my Leia bikini bottom ended up breaking and I never found a good solution (though I'm sure there are a ton on here ha). I was thinking of foam building the front of the bodice part and then silicone molding it and casting it in fiberglass and having the back just have straps. If I wanted to have it wrap around more of my body, I'm assuming I would need something more flexible so I could get into it, like a polyurethane resin? Or maybe I could do separate fiberglass piece(s) for the back and connect them with straps or something? The armor 'skirt' part (the metal little side skirt things) I was going to do two separate fiberglass pieces connected with straps/elastic. Any advice on which technique I should use? I really don't want it to be just foam, but that may be the best option too, not sure. And all the foam builds I see on here are amazing. I'm sorry if any of this sounds insane/wrong, I am very inexperienced with this level of costuming haha. I am however patient, and a total perfectionist, so I want to use the best method possible and not shell out on a bunch of materials I'm not going to use. Thanks for any advice you can give!
I'm gonna make the armor and skirt and cape and wear it over a black leotard and dance tights, and I plan to make the boots similar to my Sailor Moon boots, which I made with spandex and a pair of old pumps, and then make the metal boot accessories with foam. I'm making a headpiece as well, which is not pictured here. The armor however, I am looking for some advice on before I start, since I know it's a tedious process. I really want it to last and to be rather solid because my Leia bikini bottom ended up breaking and I never found a good solution (though I'm sure there are a ton on here ha). I was thinking of foam building the front of the bodice part and then silicone molding it and casting it in fiberglass and having the back just have straps. If I wanted to have it wrap around more of my body, I'm assuming I would need something more flexible so I could get into it, like a polyurethane resin? Or maybe I could do separate fiberglass piece(s) for the back and connect them with straps or something? The armor 'skirt' part (the metal little side skirt things) I was going to do two separate fiberglass pieces connected with straps/elastic. Any advice on which technique I should use? I really don't want it to be just foam, but that may be the best option too, not sure. And all the foam builds I see on here are amazing. I'm sorry if any of this sounds insane/wrong, I am very inexperienced with this level of costuming haha. I am however patient, and a total perfectionist, so I want to use the best method possible and not shell out on a bunch of materials I'm not going to use. Thanks for any advice you can give!
