keepcalmcostume
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While we're working on our TFA Cap and Bucky costumes, Mousemeat and I are also putting together some TWS costumes. I'm doing one of Cap's casual/civilian blue jacket outfits, and Mousemeat is doing Winter Soldier's main one-armed jacket/vest/thing.
I originally intended to do the costume Cap wears on the bridge (blue jacket, grey shirt, khakis, sneakers), so that it would be a scene match for Mousemeat's costume. But looking for jackets online, the best price I could find that matched anything from the movie was this.
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It's closer to royal blue than navy and it needs some alteration, but it has the right seams across the chest and paneling on the front to match Cap's first blue jacket (that he wears to the Smithsonian and when he chases Winter Soldier onto the roof). It also has a nice weight to it and fits well. At minimum I'll add some dark blue or black mesh to the center front panels, and maybe remove the black piping on the seams. Beyond that, I might add some zipper pulls to fake the zippers on the front panel and sleeves. I don't think there's much hope of dyeing it, or at least not getting the color I'd want without messing up the whole thing, so I probably won't bother with that.
So with this, I'll be doing the first blue jacket rooftop costume (blue jacket, white shirt, blue jeans, boots). I already have everything else except a shield, so after that and the jacket alterations I'll pretty much be done. (As a bonus, Winter Soldier wears his one-arm vest/jacket in the rooftop scene, so the two costumes are still a scene match.)
Winter Soldier's costume is coming along too. Mousemeat is making crazy good progress on the arm, which we're doing out of craft foam and mylar (or something similar) over a fabric sleeve. She has a bunch of good in-progress photos of that.
I found some good pants to serve as a base.
I found them at a thrift store and they're some kind of military issue (the label is faded, but I can make out a NATO size designation). We'll be taking them in and adding some panels and pieces to resemble the detailing WS has on his, but there's not much we really need to do since we're pretty happy with them as-is. Plus, solid black tends to wash itself out, so we can get away with less - or less exact - detail.
We also got some little water guns for the COP 357 Derringer and Intratec TEC-38.
Even though there are replicas and casts and airsoft and 3d-print versions out there, I saw these at Kmart last summer and grabbed them just in case. Worst case, if we don't get anything else, even though these have a weird shape they're at least roughly the right size and can be painted to have the right color scheme (and maybe cut down and reshaped a little).
I originally intended to do the costume Cap wears on the bridge (blue jacket, grey shirt, khakis, sneakers), so that it would be a scene match for Mousemeat's costume. But looking for jackets online, the best price I could find that matched anything from the movie was this.
no flash:
with flash: It's closer to royal blue than navy and it needs some alteration, but it has the right seams across the chest and paneling on the front to match Cap's first blue jacket (that he wears to the Smithsonian and when he chases Winter Soldier onto the roof). It also has a nice weight to it and fits well. At minimum I'll add some dark blue or black mesh to the center front panels, and maybe remove the black piping on the seams. Beyond that, I might add some zipper pulls to fake the zippers on the front panel and sleeves. I don't think there's much hope of dyeing it, or at least not getting the color I'd want without messing up the whole thing, so I probably won't bother with that.
So with this, I'll be doing the first blue jacket rooftop costume (blue jacket, white shirt, blue jeans, boots). I already have everything else except a shield, so after that and the jacket alterations I'll pretty much be done. (As a bonus, Winter Soldier wears his one-arm vest/jacket in the rooftop scene, so the two costumes are still a scene match.)
Winter Soldier's costume is coming along too. Mousemeat is making crazy good progress on the arm, which we're doing out of craft foam and mylar (or something similar) over a fabric sleeve. She has a bunch of good in-progress photos of that.
I found some good pants to serve as a base.
I found them at a thrift store and they're some kind of military issue (the label is faded, but I can make out a NATO size designation). We'll be taking them in and adding some panels and pieces to resemble the detailing WS has on his, but there's not much we really need to do since we're pretty happy with them as-is. Plus, solid black tends to wash itself out, so we can get away with less - or less exact - detail.
We also got some little water guns for the COP 357 Derringer and Intratec TEC-38.
Even though there are replicas and casts and airsoft and 3d-print versions out there, I saw these at Kmart last summer and grabbed them just in case. Worst case, if we don't get anything else, even though these have a weird shape they're at least roughly the right size and can be painted to have the right color scheme (and maybe cut down and reshaped a little).
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