Guys, hi! Replying to all of you here, then...
Wanted - I am not going to make a custom bow, it ´s far too expensive and time-consuming for me as it is, considering I am making all of the Avengers suits, so you can imagine it´s a daunting task, which, incidentally, I wouldn´t ever flinch from, but work that most people wouldn´t notice, such as the bow itself will have to be held to a second stage - After the Avant-Premiere, which will be in April, 24th. here in Brasil.
(as a side note, I am not in the picture, I was taking the picture and making the suit. I am far less fit than my friend.
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Anakinos, I would welcome your and anyone else´s commission on this or any other suit, just e-mail me at
hermesiii@gmail.com and we´ll work from there
Punisher, thanks a lot
I am very glad when people recognize the amount of effort that goes into one of those
Samohtep, same thing - if your friend doesn´t feel up to it, by all means, holler and I will definitely step up to the plate. As for the pattern, there was none. I will explain. There are times when I do what I use to call desperate measures. My friend who´s in the suit came over and I made a temporary vest out of a purple synthetic leather. Almost same purple, but far less good-looking. On top of it I drew on only one side the pattern of where the various parts stayed, and cut the other fabrics accordingly, applying them to the original vest with either glue or sewing them, whichever worked better
So the total time to make that suit as it is now is 7 hours, no more. I work fast, and I am quite proud of that, too
As it stands I have about 23 years of experience in costume-making, and therefore I picked up a trick or two that speed up the process, and still yield the finest results
And Judge Spartan, again, thank you very much
The vest is quite flexible, my buddy tried it on and could bend, arch the back, sit, and ironically enough, the only thing he felt wasn´t A-OK was his bow posture, but then again he does not know how to shoot with one, so I think that it could be that too, for since it is very much like the Hawkeye original suit, it shouldn´t be too bothersome. Then again, he´s far more muscly than poor old Jeremy Renner, and that may also pose as a problem to him in that area.
If you have more questions, keep them coming. If it is about orders and stuff, e-mail me
I can see it a lot faster this way
And just to reiterate, I´m serious about the orders, I would welcome making these suits for anyone. My e-mail is, again -
hermesiii@gmail.com, and if anyone would like to see my album, this might prove handy -
https://picasaweb.google.com/hermesiii/UmPoucoDoQueJaFiz