Classic(mostly) Steampunk Joker WIP IMAGE HEAVY

[jazzygeoffery]

I've always wanted to do a Joker costume, but when my girlfriend told me she wanted to do a steampunk Harley Quinn with me as her "Mistah J," I had no idea what I was going to do other than the fact that I wanted to distance it from TDK's Joker as much as possible, though I later decided to incorporate a couple pieces from TDK because some things they were easier to obtain like Heath's scars opposed to Nicholson's smile
So I began gathering reference starting with her first appearance:
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to other popular appearances:
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and finally from the game which she was primarily basing her Harley off of:


With these in mind I decided that my Joker would wear a tailcoat with an orange shirt, green vest and bowtie, and a backpack containing a vile of Joker venom for his flower, and a power source for his joy buzzer, along with purple and white wingtip shoes and a "BANG" gun. Because time is scarce for this project I went ahead and ordered most of the costume online, bought fabric for the coat, and painted some shoes I got at goodwill a few years back...


I do have one question right now though... does anyone have any tips for Heath's Joker hair?
Stay tuned for more pictures later this week!

 

[jazzygeoffery]

Well that's disappointing that the first few links didn't show up... BUT huge update, most of my costume has arrived so here's a little sneak peak with stand in's for the pants



special thanks to Phizzle127 for the awesome braces and socks :thumbsup
I'm going to go photoshop these to fix the color of the vest and tie, but enjoy in the meantime!

 

[ryanp52188]

Excited to see the end result man!

 

[jazzygeoffery]

So here's the worst shop job I've ever done... but I blame the photo

And here's a closeup... that I had a little too much fun with

And finally, my soon-to-be "BANG" gun atop my coat fabric


On a side note, does anyone know how to make the Rubies Joker gloves suck less? Soaking them in water or something?