BeginnerBatman
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What's going on guys, well cosplaying as Batman was something i had always considered for the last few years, but always would back out cause of nerves. Well this year I decided to go through with it and build a costume for Fan Expo here in Toronto for september. Why the budget you ask? well from doing research I saw people easily spending over a grand on their costumes, and I just couldn't do that for a first try and for something I may only do once. Now this costume will be a comic book style batman, because well I grew up on the animated series and well I never really loved the black suit (please don't hurt me). Also I read on either this forum or another from a member saying that he liked the comic book suit cosplay better because it relied more on the physique of the wearer. This I think (if i can get in good enough shape 
) will set me apart from the other hundred batmen there. I'm not going for any specific suit here, just a little bit of everything, to make me unique.
ok so first i went over to handy dandy ebay and ordered a rubies cowl (i know, i know) it actually fits pretty good and looks great on my head. I plan to plasti dip it later to get out all the kinks and fix the bent nose. It was pretty crinkled form shipping, so i went to the dollar store, picked up some balloons and blew a balloon inside the cowl and left it there for about 20 hours. it was just under 60 canadian with shipping. our dollar sucks right now.
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next I went onto amazon and ordered a Zentai body suit from china. And wow it feels amazing, the fabric is awesome. A little shinier than i wanted but a lot of it will be covered by pieces of the suit. this was just under 40 bucks
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next I went to the corner store and bought a roll of double bubble gum :lol this will be the center piece for the belt. Than with my trusty sidekick girlfriend we went to the dollar store and bought flashlights, emptied them out and painted them. this isn't the final product, they need another coat. but you get the idea. total cost with the spray paint? like 20 bucks?
Next I went to home depot looking for rubber matting for the emblem. they didn't really have what i was looking for and they only had long rolls of it. soooo i bought a roll of thin all purpose rubber. I can always use this for other stuff or if i screw stuff up. so i found a logo i wanted, i decided to go with the batfleck logo. printed it off google onto a normal sheet of paper after shrinking it a bit. just wanted it to fit my chest, not going for realism here. the roll was like 15? i don't remember.
As well while I was at the hardware store I also picked up a nylon tool belt for about 15 bucks. i won't bother taking pictures of it, and it's going to be modified. i think i'm going to wrap fun foam around it and paint the foam. As well I went and bought some black faberic, it's a blend, I can't remember of what, i'll get back to you on that. it's 6 feet by 6 feet. obviously this is the cape. I have yet you cut it yet. As well I have purchased EVA foam gauntlets from The Foam Cave. they haven't been put together yet, so i'll post pictures when I have. And lastly, the other night I bought black lycra wrestling trunks on amazon. I will take pictures when they get here.
ok that's it for now, thanks for reading if you made it this far. so far I've spent a little over 200 maybe? i'm thinking the project is going to cost me about 400 when all is said and done.
) will set me apart from the other hundred batmen there. I'm not going for any specific suit here, just a little bit of everything, to make me unique.ok so first i went over to handy dandy ebay and ordered a rubies cowl (i know, i know) it actually fits pretty good and looks great on my head. I plan to plasti dip it later to get out all the kinks and fix the bent nose. It was pretty crinkled form shipping, so i went to the dollar store, picked up some balloons and blew a balloon inside the cowl and left it there for about 20 hours. it was just under 60 canadian with shipping. our dollar sucks right now.
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next I went onto amazon and ordered a Zentai body suit from china. And wow it feels amazing, the fabric is awesome. A little shinier than i wanted but a lot of it will be covered by pieces of the suit. this was just under 40 bucks
View attachment 617898
next I went to the corner store and bought a roll of double bubble gum :lol this will be the center piece for the belt. Than with my trusty sidekick girlfriend we went to the dollar store and bought flashlights, emptied them out and painted them. this isn't the final product, they need another coat. but you get the idea. total cost with the spray paint? like 20 bucks?
Next I went to home depot looking for rubber matting for the emblem. they didn't really have what i was looking for and they only had long rolls of it. soooo i bought a roll of thin all purpose rubber. I can always use this for other stuff or if i screw stuff up. so i found a logo i wanted, i decided to go with the batfleck logo. printed it off google onto a normal sheet of paper after shrinking it a bit. just wanted it to fit my chest, not going for realism here. the roll was like 15? i don't remember.
As well while I was at the hardware store I also picked up a nylon tool belt for about 15 bucks. i won't bother taking pictures of it, and it's going to be modified. i think i'm going to wrap fun foam around it and paint the foam. As well I went and bought some black faberic, it's a blend, I can't remember of what, i'll get back to you on that. it's 6 feet by 6 feet. obviously this is the cape. I have yet you cut it yet. As well I have purchased EVA foam gauntlets from The Foam Cave. they haven't been put together yet, so i'll post pictures when I have. And lastly, the other night I bought black lycra wrestling trunks on amazon. I will take pictures when they get here.
ok that's it for now, thanks for reading if you made it this far. so far I've spent a little over 200 maybe? i'm thinking the project is going to cost me about 400 when all is said and done.
