Hunger Games 2 Catching Fire Wetsuit

[TheDr]

Hey everyone,
Here is the deal,

I want to make this for my wife and myself to wear opening night of the movie.

I think this is a good resource for white neoprene Neoprene Fabric, Sheets and Neoprene Rubber

white neoprene can be printed on this way I demonstrate how to print dye sub on a laptop sleeve - YouTube

I still haven't found a pattern to use and I'm also thinking that one of the print patterns used for spiderman, superman and the costumes printed onto 4 way stretch lycra may be helpful, I just don't know where to get one of those I could edit with my own design. I am a scuba diver and surfer and would love to have it be a functional wetsuit, but that's not the first priority, the look is more important at this time.

I am also interested in advice for the elbows, knees, shoes and accessories.

 

[TheDr]

We've found this for a bow, it may be a bit small so we aren't sure yet about it.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Crosman-S...38972834194269125837&affillinktype=10&veh=aff

 

[Dagnie]

You could try using Sonjou's muscle base files to make your own pattern for it? c:
Or even commission someone that makes files using the bases.

 

[TheDr]

You could try using Sonjou's muscle base files to make your own pattern for it? c:
Or even commission someone that makes files using the bases.

Are those available here if I search for them? Also if anyone wants to pm me with rates for commissioned work I'm happy to consider it.

 

[TheDr]

OK, so the guys at Welcome to Wetwear - Custom Wet Suits of Rubatex Neoprene for Scuba Diving and All Water Activities can make an all white wetsuit, send me the pieces for printing on and then put them together. Once I get a file from them with the dimensions of the pieces I just have to figure out the artwork.

 

[third3ye]

Or there's this, pretty good ripoff and certainly a good starting point:
Adult Survivor Costume - Party City

Found that while looking for this year's bad costume ideas

 

[TheDr]

Or there's this, pretty good ripoff and certainly a good starting point:
Adult Survivor Costume - Party City

http://partycity6.scene7.com/is/ima..._pc_carousel_zoom$&$product=PartyCity/P542606

Found that while looking for this year's bad costume ideas

Yeah, my wife found that one, I'm way to picky to buy a cheap one, but that may help if the honeycomb pattern is anywhere near accurate

 

[Jaina_Organasolo]

Let me know how you get on...The reference is pretty good out there now...I would love to do this costume.

 

[Dynofiend]

For what it's worth, the way that it's wrinkling in places makes it look like a long sleeved spandex suit over the top of a short sleeved neoprene wetsuit (which you cannot see any of). You can see the shorter sleeves where they end under the spandex (about 3 or 4" below where the black part of the sleeve starts), and around the hands the material looks way too thin to be neoprene. Also in the pic above of the guy, the way the suit is wrinkled is not the way a wetsuit would wrinkle, especially around the midsection.

 

[Jaina_Organasolo]

Dynofiend is spot on about the sleeves.

The new pictures coming out show the short sleeved tops without gloves. It looks like the hand strap is attached to the elbow/arm guards as gloves. These are then pulled over the sleeves to make the wetsuit look. The standees/posters all show a clear seam around the midriff, so it's certainly a short sleeved top two-piece.

 

[Jaina_Organasolo]

Bow is a Hoyt Buffalo, same as Hawkeye.

 

[Stormshadow]

I so need a katniss wetsuit for my wife..

 

[naurarwen]

The wetsuits they wear aren't make from neoprene, they are actually made out of a swimsuit spandex fabric, the hexagon patterns are a 3d printed fabric with a slight metallic finish. The bow is a hoyt buffalo as mentioned above and the boots are altered Adidas champ speed 2's

 

[JedHead]

Boots are either wrestling or boxing shoes by Adidas.