Black Cat

[The Senator]

Finished my Black Cat costume for Dragon*Con this year! After seeing the pictures, I want to cut the arm fur to make it thinner. I also intend to make fur trim for a pair of white gloves that I have so I can have a couple of different versions.

Others:
Kissing Lockheed
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a247/jmolinaro/costume/black cat/CIMG3309.jpg
Black Cat Macro

 

[rickrickrick]

Great outfit.

At first I thought the black mask was makeup. It really sits tight to your face.

Do you have a face cast you worked from, or just incredible patience at adjusting things until they fit?

Rick

 

[The Senator]

Thanks! I actually got the mask from Xtreme Design FX. Dwrd and I made a mask, but the one I bought looked better. Still, I'd like to try to make one that's more narrow.

 

[James Kenobi 1138]

Oh, so that was you !!

I was looking on Flickr over the weekend of Dragoncon photos and I kept wondering who that good-looking lady with an awesome Black Cat costume was.

Looks just like the character, just like all your other costumes. Great job !

 

[HAL9000]

wow.
cool and hot!

 

[kalkamel]

Hommina-hommina-hommina.

 

[Funky]

That ROCKS! You go with your bad self girl! :thumbsup

 

[rmschneider104]

Very cool costume. You definitely pull off the Black Cat. Spidey would be envious.

 

[The Senator]

Oh, so that was you !!

I was looking on Flickr over the weekend of Dragoncon photos and I kept wondering who that good-looking lady with an awesome Black Cat costume was.

Looks just like the character, just like all your other costumes. Great job !

Aww thanks. There were at least six of us at D*Con... and somehow I managed to get my picture with only one of them. :confused

 

[greatwazoo42]

Do you have a shot from the back? (nothing too dirty here, I just want to see the other side of the costume, it looks faboo from the front)

 

[The Senator]

Uh huh... suuure.

Actually, I've found a couple of pics on line of the side/back of the costume:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a247/jmolinaro/costume/black cat/back.png
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a247/jmolinaro/costume/black cat/pictures721.jpg

I'm sure as more people post their pics there will be more of my rear end that pop up here and there...

 

[DoubleD]

Great looking costume!! Can you wear that for extended periods of time, or do you need to let your skin breathe now and then?

 

[Archie Opteryx]

WOOF! um... MEOW! um... *pant* *pant* *pant*

 

[The Senator]

I wore both Black Cat and Catwoman twice each last weekend... I kept BC on between 3-5 hours each time, and have won Catwoman much longer than that. (I wore CW pretty much all throughout AdventureCon in June.) The suit felt HUGE after I took that corset off after wearing BC for the first time... I felt like it was just hanging off of me. LOL

I really shouldn't keep the suit on too long because it doesn't breathe at all, but it's actually really comfy. The only time I start to fidget and want to change is if I sweat in the suit and/or get really cold in it. That sounds weird, but if you sweat in it even a little and get blasted with air conditioning, it gets really cold really quickly. The corset never really bothered me either.

Sunday afternoon/night I kept it all on for too long (especially the mask), cause I started feeling lightheaded. I walked through all three hotels and spent a lot of time outside. I think it was the mask more than anything, cause I left it on with the intention of putting the costume on again, so while I kept the suit on for about 3-4 hours, I had the mask on for 5 or 6. I ended up missing a heroes shoot that night cause I couldn't put it back on.

 

[Beeb89]

See! This is why I regret missing DC every year!

Great costume! It's like an Adam Hughes drawing come to life!

Great job!
-B89!

 

[greatwazoo42]

Seconded! Very well achieved.

 

[Ripcode]

Well done!

You represent the character well! :thumbsup

 

[Darth Mule]

I noticed you at the con. Yours was my fave of all the Black Cats I saw. I think it was the corset.Gave it that little extra touch. Another texture to break up the black.

 

[stormtrooperguy]

hopefully my friend chris found you... he was usually dressed as mal from firefly, and was trying to get pics with all of the black cats he saw.

i do think yours looks more "finished" than many of the others were. like darth mule said, i think the corset gives it a great look.

 

[The Senator]

Hm. I don't recall getting a picture with a Mal... But maybe I did and just forgot. ^_^

Thanks. I love the corset... it gives me the right curves and really breaks up the suit. Catwoman at least has the belt; Black Cat doesn't have anything. O.O