tenleid
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A few months back I finished my New 52 Starfire costume, from Red Hood and the Outlaws! A lot of help in making this came from my boyfriend, we both really killed ourselves working hard on this. Skimpier costumes are not always easier than fully covered ones!
As im sure anyone whos seen her knows, Starfires got some pretty impossible proportions mixed with a gravity defying costume. We did the best we could with what we had, and I really love how it turned out! There's still a few things I want to fix up before I wear it next time, but i'm really proud of the work we did.
The entire top is made from worbla, which was really difficult. It would have been much easier to just make a fabric bra-style top (and I almost gave up a few times and resorted to that) but in the end we kept it accurate and made it armour! The neck piece is craft foam and worbla, as are the arm guards. The wig is 4 wigs and 2 ponytail clips sewn together to try to get the thickness and gradient of her hair!
This costume is really difficult to wear, not only because there's so little to it, but also because the wig itself is super heavy, and those shoes are impossibly hard to walk in! I actually managed to twist my ankle within the first 5 minutes. Way to go, eh? (Boyfriend is the Red Hood, and the Roy is just someone we found at the con! Young Justice Roy, I know, but it was still fun!)
This costume took us in total about a month, on and off. The top was the hardest part, we remade it a few times. I think I spent about.. 350-400 total for everything needed! It was all worth it in the end.
Hopefully i'll have more to share in the future! I do have more photos/progress shots/etc on my facebook! here~
As im sure anyone whos seen her knows, Starfires got some pretty impossible proportions mixed with a gravity defying costume. We did the best we could with what we had, and I really love how it turned out! There's still a few things I want to fix up before I wear it next time, but i'm really proud of the work we did.
The entire top is made from worbla, which was really difficult. It would have been much easier to just make a fabric bra-style top (and I almost gave up a few times and resorted to that) but in the end we kept it accurate and made it armour! The neck piece is craft foam and worbla, as are the arm guards. The wig is 4 wigs and 2 ponytail clips sewn together to try to get the thickness and gradient of her hair!
This costume is really difficult to wear, not only because there's so little to it, but also because the wig itself is super heavy, and those shoes are impossibly hard to walk in! I actually managed to twist my ankle within the first 5 minutes. Way to go, eh? (Boyfriend is the Red Hood, and the Roy is just someone we found at the con! Young Justice Roy, I know, but it was still fun!)
This costume took us in total about a month, on and off. The top was the hardest part, we remade it a few times. I think I spent about.. 350-400 total for everything needed! It was all worth it in the end.
Hopefully i'll have more to share in the future! I do have more photos/progress shots/etc on my facebook! here~
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