Viktor Boskovic
New Member
I've been toying around with a costume for a while now. I bought the base costume from a uk provider before I'd even heard of this website. This is it as advertised.

It has a small white square on one palm which if you point your phone at with a nap open a web flys out on your screen. A cheap gimmick. When the costume arrived it wasn't sewn to the standard of the picture with virtually none of the webbing lines matching up. I thought it looked a bit dull and cheap so I started googling for modifications I could make to improve the costume and that's where I stumbled upon this site.i couldn't believe the work and effort people were putting into their costumes and the standard of work being produced was insane. My end goal is to make my own costume from scratch but for now I was going to do what I could to make this one look as good as it could.
First thing I did was buy some aqua shoes for very little ££. Cut the souls out and glued them to the feet with a flexible rock solid contact glue I bought in ASDA. I then sewed around the edge with some red thread for extra security.

Next step was to puffy paint. I'd never done it before so I started with the feet which didn't turn out as good as I'd hoped but by the time I'd finished them I was a bit better. So I did the rest of the suit. I intend of blow drying it to get a matte finish today. Not sure if I've left it too long though.

Its looking better already. I made a few mistakes with the puffy painting by not shaking the bottle and letting air bubbles splatter. Not too fussed though as this is only really a trial costume.
my future plans
- puffy paint the red and blue lines
- attach some lenses I've bought off eBay. They were the cheapest I could find. Didn't want to spend too much on this costume. I'll save my money for a better costume eventually.
- build a face shell. My plan is to build a pep shell without eyes out of card. PVA it. Fill it with liquid rubber then use the liquid rubber cast to vacuum form a faceshell. I'm really not sure how this is going to work out.many advice would be great
- build a webstrand out of hot glue and strummer wire.
- remove the white patch
I also have have a black symbiote spider-man suit which I'm hoping to modify. It's a similarly cheap suit.

All I'm thinking of doing is puffy painting the lines/spider with deep red and adding some red lenses for a custom symbiote spidey look. I'll add some soles too. I might paint a black brick pattern too. I'll also make a custom black webstrand using the same strimmer wire and some black silicone sealant possibly with a hint of red puffy paint.
anyway, any advice, ideas, constructive criticism would be appreciated

It has a small white square on one palm which if you point your phone at with a nap open a web flys out on your screen. A cheap gimmick. When the costume arrived it wasn't sewn to the standard of the picture with virtually none of the webbing lines matching up. I thought it looked a bit dull and cheap so I started googling for modifications I could make to improve the costume and that's where I stumbled upon this site.i couldn't believe the work and effort people were putting into their costumes and the standard of work being produced was insane. My end goal is to make my own costume from scratch but for now I was going to do what I could to make this one look as good as it could.
First thing I did was buy some aqua shoes for very little ££. Cut the souls out and glued them to the feet with a flexible rock solid contact glue I bought in ASDA. I then sewed around the edge with some red thread for extra security.

Next step was to puffy paint. I'd never done it before so I started with the feet which didn't turn out as good as I'd hoped but by the time I'd finished them I was a bit better. So I did the rest of the suit. I intend of blow drying it to get a matte finish today. Not sure if I've left it too long though.

Its looking better already. I made a few mistakes with the puffy painting by not shaking the bottle and letting air bubbles splatter. Not too fussed though as this is only really a trial costume.
my future plans
- puffy paint the red and blue lines
- attach some lenses I've bought off eBay. They were the cheapest I could find. Didn't want to spend too much on this costume. I'll save my money for a better costume eventually.
- build a face shell. My plan is to build a pep shell without eyes out of card. PVA it. Fill it with liquid rubber then use the liquid rubber cast to vacuum form a faceshell. I'm really not sure how this is going to work out.many advice would be great
- build a webstrand out of hot glue and strummer wire.
- remove the white patch
I also have have a black symbiote spider-man suit which I'm hoping to modify. It's a similarly cheap suit.

All I'm thinking of doing is puffy painting the lines/spider with deep red and adding some red lenses for a custom symbiote spidey look. I'll add some soles too. I might paint a black brick pattern too. I'll also make a custom black webstrand using the same strimmer wire and some black silicone sealant possibly with a hint of red puffy paint.
anyway, any advice, ideas, constructive criticism would be appreciated