cofphoto
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Ok, so I really, really want to make a cool looking Rocket Raccoon costume for my Son. I have zero skills myself when it comes to creating / sewing anything, but my Wife wants to give it a try. So I figured why not put it out there for the whole world to see...?
We are hoping to have this ready for Wondercon which is mid-April. Eek.
This is the look we are going for, to some extent. Not concerned about being 100% movie accurate, but we like the look of this over the old red and blue suit.
We have bought some yellow and blueish fabric and some buttons/straps to give it a start.
The real trick is going to be the head. Our Son is almost 8 years old, so the idea of him wearing a full head covering mask is very unrealistic. It will be too uncomfortable/hot/itchy/etc. So we are thinking of doing some sort of partial mask / hood / ears and then using facepaint on his face. It needs to look really cool, but also be comfortable enough that he can walk around a comic convention for a few hours.
The one thing that IS done to this point, as of today, is the gun. Again not at all movie accurate, but a gun that I thought would look good with the costume. It's a painted Nerf Firefly gun, which looks like this to start:
Here is our gun, with my paint job completed:
That is all for now, I will update as things move along. Since we have very little idea what we are doing, we are completely and utterly open to any and all suggestions.
Thanks for looking!
We are hoping to have this ready for Wondercon which is mid-April. Eek.
This is the look we are going for, to some extent. Not concerned about being 100% movie accurate, but we like the look of this over the old red and blue suit.
We have bought some yellow and blueish fabric and some buttons/straps to give it a start.
The real trick is going to be the head. Our Son is almost 8 years old, so the idea of him wearing a full head covering mask is very unrealistic. It will be too uncomfortable/hot/itchy/etc. So we are thinking of doing some sort of partial mask / hood / ears and then using facepaint on his face. It needs to look really cool, but also be comfortable enough that he can walk around a comic convention for a few hours.
The one thing that IS done to this point, as of today, is the gun. Again not at all movie accurate, but a gun that I thought would look good with the costume. It's a painted Nerf Firefly gun, which looks like this to start:
Here is our gun, with my paint job completed:
That is all for now, I will update as things move along. Since we have very little idea what we are doing, we are completely and utterly open to any and all suggestions.
Thanks for looking!
