Magneto (Comics) build ECCC 2015

[Peek73]

Another update, one week and counting to ECCC! I am finally feeling like this is coming together.


Gloves:
This was a fun one. Never tried making gloves before! I took some cheap costume gloves plus my handprint as a template, cut out some fabric and put them together. Once the two halves were sewn, I trimmed the excess and turned them right side-out.

For the gauntlet pieces, it's just funfoam covered in the same purple Lycra of the gloves. I bonded them to the gloves so it is one cohesive piece, with cutouts that show the red of the bodysuit underneath.

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Boots:
These boots gave me a headache! After several failed attempts, I made a boot cover out of purple Lycra and cut out "windows" with red fabric applique. It was tough getting them tailored to the boot just right!

Here's an in-progress shot:
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Helmet:
After reviewing my reference images, it's pretty clear that Magneto's helmet is supposed to by SHINY. So I took a risk and laid down some automotive clearcoat over the Liquitex - I've never experimented with this before so I wasn't sure how it would react - the results were fantastic! I'm so happy with how it looks now.

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Chest/Shoulder piece:

This thing has been crazy. After building the initial piece in EVA foam, I built some "cape risers" to create the regal flowing look of the cape "coming off the shoulders". I used chicken wire and funfoam to build this, but then realized as I attached them they were too heavy. I ended up reinforcing the EVA foam piece using an understructure built out of the chicken wire and epoxied in place,and covered in funfoam. Finally it was strong enough to hold the cape!

My attachment method for the cape risers is no-so-cleverly hidden by the "rivets" on the shoulder piece

Here's a picture of the main structure, Mod Podge'd and Plasti-Dip'd

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And a couple coats of purple Liquitex:
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Man it's all coming together. Can't wait to see it all finished up. I thought your helmet looked cool the first go around, even better now. Your gloves and gauntlets turned out nice. Looking forward to seeing you in it on Saturday. Love that red suit, I'm going to have to redo my scarlet spider and use something like yours.

 

[IronJoe]

Finished up Day 2 of ECCC as Magneto, I was pretty happy that the costume stood up to 12 hours of being beaten up by crowds and was pretty comfortable, too. I'm really thrilled with the way the cape/shoulders turned out and I got a lot of interest in how I did it, etc.

I got a lot of compliments, but of course I am my own worst critic. If I were to do it again I would completely redo the boots, I was unhappy about the way the boot covers came out. Also the belt was a single layer of funfoam and would bend fairly easily, I would definitely reinforce it with some card stock or flexible plastic strips.

Also if/when I wear this costume again I'd like to add detail/weathering to the helmet and the shoulder piece.

Our friend's Omega Red costume completely stole the show... This was his FIRST COSTUME and he knocked it out of the park. I can go into detail about some of the specifics for his costume if anyone's interested as I did help with the planning.

 

[Peek73]

A couple more pics for YA Joe!! Loved your suit man and it was so cool to meet you and your wife. Looking forward to next year already.


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[nick daring]

Those poofy shoulders were a great idea!

 

[TheZamboni]

Those cape risers were a smart addition

 

[IronJoe]

Quite a few pictures from ECCC have found their way onto the internets by now, so I thought I might share a few of my favorites: