Arkham City Harley Quinn & Posion Ivy

[neonrabbit]

My friend & I recently attended a con dressed as Arkham City Harley Quinn & Arkham Asylum Poison Ivy. Both costumes were hand made by ourselves. My Harley costume was hand sewn, and took 5 months (with no slacking lol). It needs a few tweeks for the next con, but overall I was happy with the final outcome & it was a blast to wear. Unfortunately, we ran out of time the morning of the con (after 6 hrs of getting ready!) to apply all of Ivy's "puffy vines". The improvised vines are just painted on. But it was still super fun!

 

[superDrool]

Wow. Great job ladies! The puffy vines sounds like the perfect way to go. Was it puffy paint? The HQ outfit is amazingly detailed. Any leather in the mix, by chance or is it all vinyl? How is tightened, from the back? Those boots rock, by the way. I now firsthand that making any kind of shoe, let alone mid-thigh boots aren't easy to make. I'm willing to bet that took most of your time.

 

[neonrabbit]

The vines were puffy paint indeed. The corset actually closes in the front along side the privacy panel (it doesn't lace). That is one of the things that needs tweeked actually. I also want to add boning to the corset so it lays better. The costume is 100% pleather (except the shirt). Any yes, the boots were time consuming to say the least! Agh! This was the first costume I've ever made, so I learned a lot. I feel like after those boots, I can pull off any shoe/boot! lol

 

[loganallenwolf]

Very nice! & very impressive sewing!

 

[Annathema]

Looks amazing! The only couple of things I can see to improve the likeness of the Harley costume is 1. she only wears 1 wristband on her right arm (still 2 on the left) and 2, to get her joker tattoos printed on (left hip, right arm). And I know this is really anal, but her thong is black, not red

 

[Sakara]

for a first time costume, that is really really good!

 

[Stencil]

Very cool costumes!

 

[lordgilpin]

Very well done! Look forward to seeing more costumes!

 

[Haywire]

Great job, looking forward to more !

 

[carnnage]

I love me some harley... great job on the costumes

 

[.:MirrorminD:.]

Not sure how I missed this one, but both costumes look great. Great expression in pic 2, really captures HQ

 

[neonrabbit]

Oh my gosh, I never realized I put the bracelets on the wrong side! It was a bit of a hectic morning to say the least, getting into our costumes and we were running out of time. As for the tattoos, I just plain ran out of time to make them, but I plan to next time for sure. Also will fix up the crotch of the pants, which decided to be all pouffy. And of course stiffen up the corset with some boning.

 

[VariablePenguin]

And I know this is really anal, but her thong is black, not red

Did you seriously say that? :lol

 

[obrotherracing]

Those both look FANTASTIC!!

 

[roy_draven]

WOW your outfit's rules well done on both of them,your pose as harley in this photo

is priceless LOL you look heaps like harley >.< cannot wait till arkham comes out

 

[Annathema]

Did you seriously say that? :lol

Yah I did, maybe a poor choice of words XP

 

[Annathema]

Oh my gosh, I never realized I put the bracelets on the wrong side! It was a bit of a hectic morning to say the least, getting into our costumes and we were running out of time. As for the tattoos, I just plain ran out of time to make them, but I plan to next time for sure. Also will fix up the crotch of the pants, which decided to be all pouffy. And of course stiffen up the corset with some boning.

I can totally understand that, getting ready is hard enough when you're not dressing as someone else!! It's only little details anyway, the costume looks fantastic regardless and something you'll be able to do next time anyway! The boning is probably a good plan, I've found before anything like that I've worn tends to warp otherwise
Just got back from the London Film&Comicon this weekend aswell- there were a few Harleys and Ivys there (some were SERIOUSLY lazy!) but none of the costumes looked as good as these

 

[Utherpend]

Oh my gosh, I never realized I put the bracelets on the wrong side! It was a bit of a hectic morning to say the least, getting into our costumes and we were running out of time. As for the tattoos, I just plain ran out of time to make them, but I plan to next time for sure. Also will fix up the crotch of the pants, which decided to be all pouffy. And of course stiffen up the corset with some boning.

Poofy?? the pants dont look poofy, maybe it is the angle of the shots. Great costumes by the way and my only critique would be to put some more bounce in your pig tails. Make them a little more full. This coming from a guy wiith long hair as well. lol.

 

[PunisherNC]

Wow, you all look great. Love those redesigns.

 

[poopymcbutthole]

i remember seeing you guys there