Ok, so the comic book themed wedding was awesome! My costume was a decent success. I had to do some last minute things, and a few things didn't turn out as I had hoped, but overall it was fun. I came to realize, that in the grand scheme of things the tiny things I focused on, no one else even noticed. So I'm happy. At the end of the month I'm going to go to a bunch of costume parties to maximize the use of all the money I spent! I'm going to fix a few things here and there, and try to improve other things. Here's a few pictures I snapped tonight. I'm waiting on the wedding photographer to finish with all the pictures he took, and I'll post more later.
A couple of things kind of went south at the last minute. One mask was crushed during travel, which of course was the one that looked better...which caused me to lose my cool at the airport. I wasn't arrested, so I guess that's the bright side. I had a back up on my carry on but I really wanted to use the one that was crushed. The swords were a complete failure. I had no way to do any kind of makeshift strap set up so I literally screwed them to the jacket. I'll definitely do the next swords with backpack style straps. The shin guards are constructed from riot gear shin guards. They started out as complete coverings from the knee to the top of the foot. I ended up using shears and cutting off the knee and foot portion. They turned out doable. The strap kept falling while snapping these couple of pictures. I'm going to have to throw some velcro on the shoulder to keep it in place. During the wedding I used double sided tape, which you can see in a couple of pictures.
I hate that you can see skin between the sleeves and the gloves. Definitely have to fix that.
I think over time I'll collect bits and pieces, now that I have a complete costume and was able to do it all in about 3 months. Next project, costume from scratch!
