Jackal
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First, a little about me. I'm an child trapped in an old mans body. I have always been a fan of Halloween and comics, but only recently started to really get into it. I have a few costumes I'm infinitely proud of, but I fear wouldn't hold a candle to what I see here every day. That's what drives me to make this one as best as I can. My past costumes have mostly been bought with parts and tailored to fit better, or be more realistic. I have purchased a great replica of Ezio and Cobra Commander, but the builds I most enjoyed were the ones I got into the fabrication of. Last year I did a reasonable Big Ern McCraken, and my favourite, Ash from Arm of Darkness. That last one I even had a functioning chainsaw (toy) on my arm that made the sounds and moved the chain, all on a switch on the inside of the toy.
This year I acted too late for my local Comic Expo in Calgary, and a bodged together Dum Dum Dugan will have to do. (I have a long handlebar mustache from Movember and decided to keep it), but I am determined to go from nothing (now) to a full Star Lord costume for August 1.
So without further delay, here is my own thread on the build of a Movie-esque costume of Star Lord. I say movie-esque because I don't expect ti to be perfect to the movie in every way, but rather my interpretation of what I think would be cool if I did the prop design.
I have the helmet sorted in respect to how I will do it, and it will be relatively close to the movie version. I really liked how they kept the mask similar to the second run of the Star Lord and Guardians comics. That makes the helmet almost double duty, as it can be combined with the full top and used as the old version or, without and go with the movie version. One thing I really liked about the comic book mask was the extra lighting in the helmet besides the eyes.
I haven't decided if I'll adjust the helmet slightly to add the extra lighting in. I have a tonne of left over EL wire from a CLU costume that never really got off the ground, and think it would look cool in the helmet. I hope to rig a switch up so that the lights will turn on automatically once the helmet is on.
Jackets have been another big topic around the costume. There are a couple threads about the jackets, and I have yet to really decide what way to go. Most pictures of Peter wearing the helmet also include him wearing the long coat, and not the short leather one. I did however see on picture of Quill wearing the short coat and the helmet in the Marvel Making a Universe documentary. I can't decide what jacket to do.
There are a couple places to get the short coat made, but apparently nobody has used them. If you have any input on these sources, I'd be interested to hear them.
Guardians of the Galaxy Chris Pratt Jacket as Peter Quill / Star-Lord
Guardians of The Galaxy Jacket | Chris Pratt Jacket
I have also found a reasonable starting point for the long jacket in a company from China. The coat seems to be made from that cheesy fake pleather, but they have agreed to make it without the brown straps, and send the coat by itself. This could be a great starting point for the long jacket at a reasonable cost.
https://www.duokings.com/Showdetail.php?lang=EN&ptid=5000021
Next up will be the spats. Easily made I think. If not, there are a couple places on Etsy and Ebay that have them, and I don't think they should be that hard to source. They will likely need a small amount of adjustment to add the knee stitching, and attachment points for the foot jets.
The last major component will be the jet boots. I have seen pictures of them from some movie promo's but think I may just make these up as I go along. There are some great resources here with Rocketeer packs and the like. I plan on having the jets light up somehow, and even contain a fan and dry ice if I can. Just enough for a slight amount of smoke. Dry ice sublimates constantly, and shouldn't need water for a small amount of smoke. The computer fan should be enough to have the smoke come out the bottom and not the top, and thats all I'm looking for.
I think that bodies of the jets will be made from the tubing, and then I'll form the centre bit out of clay, mould it, and pour in the hard plastic. I hope to be able to carve out the middle of the now hardened plastic and devise some way to hold small dry ice chunks and a tiny fan.
Any and all comments, suggestions and questions are welcome. Share you Star lord builds, or any that I may find helpful or cool. Thanks, and wish me luck.
This year I acted too late for my local Comic Expo in Calgary, and a bodged together Dum Dum Dugan will have to do. (I have a long handlebar mustache from Movember and decided to keep it), but I am determined to go from nothing (now) to a full Star Lord costume for August 1.
So without further delay, here is my own thread on the build of a Movie-esque costume of Star Lord. I say movie-esque because I don't expect ti to be perfect to the movie in every way, but rather my interpretation of what I think would be cool if I did the prop design.
I have the helmet sorted in respect to how I will do it, and it will be relatively close to the movie version. I really liked how they kept the mask similar to the second run of the Star Lord and Guardians comics. That makes the helmet almost double duty, as it can be combined with the full top and used as the old version or, without and go with the movie version. One thing I really liked about the comic book mask was the extra lighting in the helmet besides the eyes.
I haven't decided if I'll adjust the helmet slightly to add the extra lighting in. I have a tonne of left over EL wire from a CLU costume that never really got off the ground, and think it would look cool in the helmet. I hope to rig a switch up so that the lights will turn on automatically once the helmet is on.
Jackets have been another big topic around the costume. There are a couple threads about the jackets, and I have yet to really decide what way to go. Most pictures of Peter wearing the helmet also include him wearing the long coat, and not the short leather one. I did however see on picture of Quill wearing the short coat and the helmet in the Marvel Making a Universe documentary. I can't decide what jacket to do.
There are a couple places to get the short coat made, but apparently nobody has used them. If you have any input on these sources, I'd be interested to hear them.
Guardians of the Galaxy Chris Pratt Jacket as Peter Quill / Star-Lord
Guardians of The Galaxy Jacket | Chris Pratt Jacket
I have also found a reasonable starting point for the long jacket in a company from China. The coat seems to be made from that cheesy fake pleather, but they have agreed to make it without the brown straps, and send the coat by itself. This could be a great starting point for the long jacket at a reasonable cost.
https://www.duokings.com/Showdetail.php?lang=EN&ptid=5000021
Next up will be the spats. Easily made I think. If not, there are a couple places on Etsy and Ebay that have them, and I don't think they should be that hard to source. They will likely need a small amount of adjustment to add the knee stitching, and attachment points for the foot jets.
The last major component will be the jet boots. I have seen pictures of them from some movie promo's but think I may just make these up as I go along. There are some great resources here with Rocketeer packs and the like. I plan on having the jets light up somehow, and even contain a fan and dry ice if I can. Just enough for a slight amount of smoke. Dry ice sublimates constantly, and shouldn't need water for a small amount of smoke. The computer fan should be enough to have the smoke come out the bottom and not the top, and thats all I'm looking for.
I think that bodies of the jets will be made from the tubing, and then I'll form the centre bit out of clay, mould it, and pour in the hard plastic. I hope to be able to carve out the middle of the now hardened plastic and devise some way to hold small dry ice chunks and a tiny fan.
Any and all comments, suggestions and questions are welcome. Share you Star lord builds, or any that I may find helpful or cool. Thanks, and wish me luck.
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I knew better. Good work so far, no idea how I'm going to do the boots or jets myself.
