Spider-Man suit build

[BenFilms]

Hey everyone, I thought I'd document the process of making my Spider-Man suit. I'm not going off of any specific design, but It's pretty much a combination of Alex Ross and Romita Sr. with some other design elements. So far I have made the faceshell, lenses and mask. I will be making YouTube videos about this project, and will post them in this thread when I finish them.

 

[BenFilms]

For the faceshell I followed a tutorial by Sean's Crafts
I made a few modifications, like adding a lip on the inside edge of the eyes for the lenses to sit in (see images) and I made a different shape for the lens frames, I will post the templates I made for those additional pieces once I digitize them. I also used epoxy resin instead of fiberglass resin, and I didn't use fiberglass cloth because it seemed a little overkill. I also coated the faceshell in Plastidip so the mask will grip to it.

 

[BenFilms]

Just finished the lens templates. They are already at the correct scale to match the faceshell template, if you print the faceshell templates at a different scale just make sure to print the lens templates at the same scale.

 

[BenFilms]

Here is the video of me making the faceshell

 

[George]

Here's wishing you good luck with your project
And thank you for sharing the information

 

[blancchr1]

My spider man costume has a lot of PILLING! I need HELP! I’ve tried razors and a sweater stone (pumice) and also tape. HELP!

 

[BenFilms]

My spider man costume has a lot of PILLING! I need HELP! I’ve tried razors and a sweater stone (pumice) and also tape. HELP!

I’m sorry, but I don’t know anything about how to fix that issue

 

[BenFilms]

The pattern I'm using is the Alex Ross pattern by insomnia.cbr
For the fabric I'm using some nylon spandex I found at my local fabric store (if I remember correctly a 80% nylon 10% spandex mix I think)

 

[BenFilms]

Both fabrics have a texture. I'm using the blue fabric as is, but I don't like the texture of the red fabric, so I'm using the other side and adding a dotted texture using a technique that involves using perforated vinyl as bit of a stencil to paint the dots with puff paint. I used slick red puff paint for this. If you're not familiar with this technique, it can be seen in this video and this one.
I had to modify it a little though, the original method worked for me on test pieces of fabric, but for some reason not with the final fabric. So, what I ended up doing it peeling off the vinyl after letting the paint dry instead of pulling it off right away. One thing to note id that this makes it a lot harder to pull of the vinyl. (also ignore the blue puff paint in the photo of the previous message, I didn't use it)

 

[BenFilms]

For the webs I put the pattern on a light table, with the fabric on top, and traced the webs with a mixture of matte black puff paint and a bit of liquid latex to make the webs more flexible.
(I will upload a YouTube video tomorrow about the puff painting)

 

[BenFilms]

Here's the puff paint video

 

[BenFilms]

Here's the sewing of the mask:

 

[snake113]

Looks awesome so far! Would you be interested in doing suit commissions after you finish?

 

[BenFilms]

Looks awesome so far! Would you be interested in doing suit commissions after you finish?

Thank you! Right now I’m not thinking about doing commissions, I’m just making the suit for fun.

 

[BenFilms]

Here's me sewing the pants:

 

[InfinityLord]

I'm loving this!

 

[InfinityLord]

Fantastic job

 

[BenFilms]

Fantastic job

Thanks!

 

[BenFilms]

I didn't work on the suit for a while, but I'm back. Here's part 5!

 

[jokemaestro]

welcome back, been keeping up with this as i am also beginning to learn how to make my own spidey suits