Flash and Zoom costume help

mackle89

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So after seeing Flashpoint Paradox my friend and I really want to do the Flash and Zoom, any ideas on where to start for the base suit, I'd like to try and find something a little better than the spandex zentai suits. Compression gear might work accept I'm having a hard time finding yellow pants :/ I'd like to get the red and yellow clothing from the same place so they look similar, any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

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Have you tried Eastbay. They have yellow compression gear.

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Thanks man these would be perfect! And their shirts and pants are like half the price of underarmour so I really like that haha. The only thing I'm concerned about is that those black lines might a little bit of an eye sore, especially since the shirts don't have the black lines. Anyone have any ideas how I could fix that? Or how well does material like this dye? Would it be worth it to get them in all white and try dying them yellow and red?

http://www.therpcstudio.com/shop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=162#.VEYllsHn_cs

Have you looked at RPC studios for help. I believe they can do both. If not I know that Ohar at Gunhead designs does commission work for the pattern. Then you can have it printed at FOD and sewn together by someone. Just ideas...
They might be a little bit out of my price range, but thanks!
 
I love Eastbay. Compression-wear that is just as good, at a great discount.

As for getting rid of the lines: Material like this tends to be a little stubborn with dyes because of the elasticity of it. That said, if you can source out the exact shade of yellow, and then dye the pants for the express purpose of getting rid of the black accent stitching, then in theory it won't matter if the rest of the pants dye unevenly since the colors will be matched. However, if your color is off then you might end up with some yellow camouflage-patterned pants. Also, bear in mind that you are trying to dye dark thread a much lighter color, which is usually harder to do than the other way around.
 
I love Eastbay. Compression-wear that is just as good, at a great discount.

As for getting rid of the lines: Material like this tends to be a little stubborn with dyes because of the elasticity of it. That said, if you can source out the exact shade of yellow, and then dye the pants for the express purpose of getting rid of the black accent stitching, then in theory it won't matter if the rest of the pants dye unevenly since the colors will be matched. However, if your color is off then you might end up with some yellow camouflage-patterned pants. Also, bear in mind that you are trying to dye dark thread a much lighter color, which is usually harder to do than the other way around.

Yeah I have some experience with dying clothing, I was just curious how well compression clothes would dye. So would you think if I get the the pants and shirt that are all white it might work to try and dye them all yellow or all red?

Also, another question to anyone, how well does something glue to compression clothing? Like for gluing on the symbol and details and whatnot which I would most likely make out of foam.
 
Dye sublimation seems to be the only consistent way (that I have seen) for spandex to be dyed. Other methods end up as a game of chance as to whether the whole of the garment will be dyed evenly or not. Plus, there is also the chance that just the outer layer of threading gets dyed. Spandex is usually pretty tight when not stretched, so when you put the garment on and the threads stretch apart from one another, you see the different colored threading beneath the top layer. I am not sure how much success you would have dying the white shirt and pants.

I know glue, even hot glue, tends not to work that well, again due to the elasticity of the fabric. Snaps work quite well though, since most foam is really light and doesn't pull on the fabric. You can use hammer-on or sew-on snaps, both work equally well. Here's a good example of how it works:

 
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