scubasteve
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Haha! Great idea! I will have to try that! Looks like the only option.
TDK Joker costume - anyone working on one?
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Haha! Great idea! I will have to try that! Looks like the only option.
Did anybody happen to save a close-up of either sleeve when they were revealing the Joker costume one panel at a time? I'm trying to figure out the pattern so I can try and make it myself, and I can't tell how many different kinds of hexagons there are or where they're positioned around each other.
Are there any other shots showing more detail on (what appears to be) the Joker's suspenders? I can't think of what else that think poking out from under the vest would be...
darthgordon
Sr Member
I was thinking that the coat we're seeing is an overcoat and under it is a purple jacket.
That was my thought. The jacket looks the same color (though not the same material, based on the close-ups) as the back of the vest.
darthgordon
Sr Member
The back of the vest actually appears to have a pattern on it. It looks like a sort of gray-ish, charcoal or even black with a purple dotted diagnal pattern on it. The jacket underneath looks to be a lighter purple than the coat... like the color of the pinstripes on the pants.
Back of the vest looks like it has a light dotted pinstripe. Blazer looks like the same color as the shirt without the pattern printed onto it. The back of the vest looks the same as the dark parts of the shirt pattern. Hopefully there will be more high res shots available by the time I'm ready to try for screen accuracy.
Yeah, I realize there's a pattern on the vest back, that's why I said it wasn't the same material. It just seemed to me, in the promo pic where he's got his arms out and you can see the lining of the coat and jacket, that the visible strip of vest-back material is very similar in color to the visible lapel of the jacket.
I think the dashed pinstripe on the back of the vest is diagonal - it looks like it slants in a different direction on either side, like the stripes are pointing down and going outward from a seam along the spine, perhaps. Would that be a ridiculous way to construct a vest? Because it sure looks like it slants in a different direction on either shoulder, and it would be neat if his back was split down the middle pattern-wise.
I think the dashed pinstripe on the back of the vest is diagonal - it looks like it slants in a different direction on either side, like the stripes are pointing down and going outward from a seam along the spine, perhaps. Would that be a ridiculous way to construct a vest? Because it sure looks like it slants in a different direction on either shoulder, and it would be neat if his back was split down the middle pattern-wise.
Okay, so. As is my way, I decided to start off this costume by trying to use found/thrift-store stuff as much as possible, and move on to custom-made things if that plan fails. I got myself a good-fitting pair of chocolate brown suit pants with tan pinstripes, and I got some Rit purple dye and color remover. Buuut I've never used any kind of fabric dye before. If I dye the pants as they are now, will I get a dark purple on the brown parts and a bright/light purple on the tan? OR do I need to use the color remover first in order to make the purple visible at all over the chocolate brown base?
I would remove the color first to have a clean base to get the colors you want.
Do you think that would make me lose distinction between the dark part and the pinstripes? How totally do those "color removers" work?
darthgordon
Sr Member
first, ensure that they are not a synthetic material. They don't dye worth a darn.
I think you'll be okay without removing the color. To get a dark enough shade, you may have to dye them more than once.
I think you'll be okay without removing the color. To get a dark enough shade, you may have to dye them more than once.
I E-mailed RedBalls asking about the possibility of a Joker topcoat. (Redballs is the maker of the Willy Wonka coat, matrix coats, Jack Sparrow coat, etc.)
They replied with this:
We are working on it!
They replied with this:
We are working on it!
the baileys bandit
Active Member
has anyone come up with the socks? can they be bought in a store is everyone making them?
Man why Heath of all people? Why couldn't one of the has-beens out there kicked the bucket instead of Heath?
Sorry every time I see these awesome clips and pictures I see a wonderful actor that died way too soon.
Great costume pictures that you guys are working on!
Sorry every time I see these awesome clips and pictures I see a wonderful actor that died way too soon.
Great costume pictures that you guys are working on!
Remo
Well-Known Member
Not only that, but it is the creepiest costume I've seen in awhile. I never found the Joker scary before I saw these pictures of Heath. I was going to say this is just like Brandon Lee (last role being so dark), but as far as I know, Heath will still be seen in the Terry Guilliam film where he is not scary.
