I have been a fan of therpf for awhile and have always admired the work done on here. I am part of the 501st and have built plenty of "kit" costumes before. This time I wanted to try my hand at a 100% scratch built costume. As a child of the 80's, I decided on Optimus Prime! I didn't think it would only take me 4 weeks to complete in time for Texas Comic Con but I got it done! I still need a few improvements and also want to add Optimus Prime Sound Bytes for the next show in August. I built this out of Elmers Foam Board and it cost me around $100 to build. It could have been less had I used cardboard boxes but preferred how foamboard was easier to cut, glue, and paint. I also made the thighs stationary to the torso so it looked right. I am not sure if i'll change the thighs since I do like the look. Please provide any feedback you may have as I am new to the scratch built costumes.
Here are my 501st (Star Wars Costuming Group) Costumes I have built:
Here are my Finest (GI Joe/Cobra Costuming Group) Costumes I have built:
and here is my 100% scratch built Optimus Prime which won 1st place this past weekend at Texas Comic Con!
here it is at Texas Comic Con where it won 1st place in costume contest
***UPDATE***
AUGUST 2013 - SOUNDWAVE BUILD FOR WIFE
my wife is also into all type of cosplays as well. here are some of her cosplay
now time to turn her into SOUNDWAVE!
so i needed to build a Transformers costume for the wife and her childhood favorite was Soundwave! hope to finish in 4-6 weeks. This is what I have so far after 3 days of work in a week. will add details as i go and will hopefully have arms by Monday. feedback and comments always welcomed
***UPDATED AUGUST 25, 2013
finished upper body, now on to legs!
***UPDATED SEPTEMBER 2, 2013
finished lower legs, all is needed are thighs. then i'll focus on some extras like sound and maybe laserbeak
***UPDATED OCTOBER 30, 2013
its been awhile since I updated this thread but I did finish Soundwave in time for Alamo City Comic Con 2013 in San Antonio, TX. We took Grand Master Overall 1st place in the Costume Contest as well (Optimus took 1st place overall at Texas Comic Con 2013 as well in San Antonio, TX)! My wife (Soundwave) and Me (Optimus) had a blast and look forward to many more Comic Cons!
these pics were pre-con test fit (hence no blacksuit under)
This is backstage before Costume Contest
on stage at Alamo City Comic COn
Carlos O.
San Antonio, TX
Here are my 501st (Star Wars Costuming Group) Costumes I have built:
Here are my Finest (GI Joe/Cobra Costuming Group) Costumes I have built:
and here is my 100% scratch built Optimus Prime which won 1st place this past weekend at Texas Comic Con!
here it is at Texas Comic Con where it won 1st place in costume contest
***UPDATE***
AUGUST 2013 - SOUNDWAVE BUILD FOR WIFE
my wife is also into all type of cosplays as well. here are some of her cosplay
now time to turn her into SOUNDWAVE!
so i needed to build a Transformers costume for the wife and her childhood favorite was Soundwave! hope to finish in 4-6 weeks. This is what I have so far after 3 days of work in a week. will add details as i go and will hopefully have arms by Monday. feedback and comments always welcomed
***UPDATED AUGUST 25, 2013
finished upper body, now on to legs!
***UPDATED SEPTEMBER 2, 2013
finished lower legs, all is needed are thighs. then i'll focus on some extras like sound and maybe laserbeak
***UPDATED OCTOBER 30, 2013
its been awhile since I updated this thread but I did finish Soundwave in time for Alamo City Comic Con 2013 in San Antonio, TX. We took Grand Master Overall 1st place in the Costume Contest as well (Optimus took 1st place overall at Texas Comic Con 2013 as well in San Antonio, TX)! My wife (Soundwave) and Me (Optimus) had a blast and look forward to many more Comic Cons!
these pics were pre-con test fit (hence no blacksuit under)
This is backstage before Costume Contest
on stage at Alamo City Comic COn
Carlos O.
San Antonio, TX
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