Harmonopolis
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Started my Guardians of the Galaxy Gamora costume. Hoping to have it completed for Chicago C2E2 in April of 2015. My fiance is creating a Starlord costume as well. And I am molding and shaping a Baby Groot out of clay and wire.
I have ordered several items that have slowly been arriving in the mail. Starting with the black leggings/pants for the costume.

Found these on amazon for a pretty decent price. They are a bit loose, but after a few washes should tighten up and fit great. I will be adding a blue lace overlay to the pants to create the blue effect seen on Gamora's costume in the movie. I like them and think they will work well because of the faux leather details on the legs and the fit.
I ordered a combat utility belt from Amazon for the belt in the costume. I'm going for similarity and not complete replication. I will be adding a thigh strap to one side and moving the buckles from directly over my hips to the sides, everything is strapped together with velcro making it extremely easy to change and alter.


As you can see, together they look pretty good, just have to add a few details. (Ignore my cat in the background.)
Finally I ordered green face makeup to try out for color and application. Its extremely difficult to apply and the color is not quite right and it doesn't go on thick. I read in details released from GOTG that MAC body paint/acrylic paint was used and I will be looking into purchasing and using that to recreate the green skin. I will need to mix shades of green and yellow to create the look from the movie. I have never worked with body paint before outside of child face paints, so this is new territory for me.


As you can see from the image its very light in appearance and extremely difficult and time consuming to apply, so I will be looking into another option. The only up side of this paint was that it washes completely off with the smallest amount of water and no soap needed.
I have also ordered several thin silver rings to put on my hands and will be using fake skin to recreate the facial scar details she has on her face. I will be sewing and creating the top using faux leather and black mesh with the blue lace detailing, unless I find something at the fabric store that would be a better match for the blue.
I am looking into my options for creating the sword and dagger and were given several ideas on a previous post about the weapons. Gamora also wears a collar type detail in the movie with mirror like details and for that I will be covering thin foam with fabric and either using mirror tiles or foam painted to resemble a mirror for the details.
I will update as items arrive and as progress is made on all the pieces.
Updates will be a bit slow coming as I'm getting married in three weeks, but you can expect more details as October rolls around.
I have ordered several items that have slowly been arriving in the mail. Starting with the black leggings/pants for the costume.

Found these on amazon for a pretty decent price. They are a bit loose, but after a few washes should tighten up and fit great. I will be adding a blue lace overlay to the pants to create the blue effect seen on Gamora's costume in the movie. I like them and think they will work well because of the faux leather details on the legs and the fit.
I ordered a combat utility belt from Amazon for the belt in the costume. I'm going for similarity and not complete replication. I will be adding a thigh strap to one side and moving the buckles from directly over my hips to the sides, everything is strapped together with velcro making it extremely easy to change and alter.


As you can see, together they look pretty good, just have to add a few details. (Ignore my cat in the background.)
Finally I ordered green face makeup to try out for color and application. Its extremely difficult to apply and the color is not quite right and it doesn't go on thick. I read in details released from GOTG that MAC body paint/acrylic paint was used and I will be looking into purchasing and using that to recreate the green skin. I will need to mix shades of green and yellow to create the look from the movie. I have never worked with body paint before outside of child face paints, so this is new territory for me.


As you can see from the image its very light in appearance and extremely difficult and time consuming to apply, so I will be looking into another option. The only up side of this paint was that it washes completely off with the smallest amount of water and no soap needed.
I have also ordered several thin silver rings to put on my hands and will be using fake skin to recreate the facial scar details she has on her face. I will be sewing and creating the top using faux leather and black mesh with the blue lace detailing, unless I find something at the fabric store that would be a better match for the blue.
I am looking into my options for creating the sword and dagger and were given several ideas on a previous post about the weapons. Gamora also wears a collar type detail in the movie with mirror like details and for that I will be covering thin foam with fabric and either using mirror tiles or foam painted to resemble a mirror for the details.
I will update as items arrive and as progress is made on all the pieces.
Updates will be a bit slow coming as I'm getting married in three weeks, but you can expect more details as October rolls around.