third3ye
Sr Member
I've been on the forum a while and I'm finally starting to get my costumes ready ahead of Halloween :love Here's some photos of my Dark Knight costume. Just to give some quick shout-outs, the suit is UD Replicas, cape from coofunkcurly, cowl and neck guard from GCFX, grapple gun from Gordon Gekko, and batarang from Celtic007.
Sorry I know the shots don't have the best lighting, I may get better pics when I can wear this outside during Halloween and not look like a complete weirdo :lol
Here's a shot of my gf and I dressed as a themed couple when we went to the Disneyland Mickey's Halloween Party this past Monday. That was my first time ever in the full costume and trooping around, and man did I learn how ridiculously uncomfortable a urethane cowl can get after half an hour!
Found another pic from Disneyland with better lighting
As for the mods, first thing I did was find a way to attach the cape to where it's supposed to go on the movie suit. I did this with a combination of snaps and magnets, actually held up during my entire outing at Disneyland. Someone even stepped on the cape and took it off my jacket, didn't damage it at all and I was able to put it back on at the park.
Second thing I did was make the gauntlets with 2 rows of fins. All I did was separate the fins (UD makes them in 2 rows but they glue them together), paint some chopsticks black :lol, jammed it in between and glued it on, and then did some light leather shaping to get the 2 rows more separated.
Lastly, the waist area, a fun topic when it comes to the UD TDK suits. I was able to tighten the waist by using 2 large safety pins (painted black) in the mesh area under the leather spine of the jacket. I then had to cut the wings of the leather spine pieces and glue them to take off about 1.5" on each side; otherwise they'd just be hanging loose. Very easy mod and it looks great. There is a small bump down at the bottom of the jacket where that softer leather part scrunches up, but with the cape on you can't even see it, plus it serves as a nice little hook of sorts to help keep your belt on.
For those who may wonder about my neck guard, all I did was cut off the UD jacket neck guard (very easy to do, just need scissors!) and use the GCFX neck guard, positioned so that the jacket sits on the bottom of the neck guard. I did encounter a minor issue while trooping around Disneyland where the back of the neck guard would pop out of the jacket when I bend my neck forward just a bit. So this week I came up with a velcro solution to attach the back of the neck guard to the jacket and keep it from popping out.
To those with UD suits who might want to do some of these things, these mods are plenty easy. I'm not an experienced costumer or craftsman by any stretch, most of the guys on this forum will blow me out of the water with their skills.
See attachments for more pics, including my mods. Enjoy!
Sorry I know the shots don't have the best lighting, I may get better pics when I can wear this outside during Halloween and not look like a complete weirdo :lol
Here's a shot of my gf and I dressed as a themed couple when we went to the Disneyland Mickey's Halloween Party this past Monday. That was my first time ever in the full costume and trooping around, and man did I learn how ridiculously uncomfortable a urethane cowl can get after half an hour!
Found another pic from Disneyland with better lighting
As for the mods, first thing I did was find a way to attach the cape to where it's supposed to go on the movie suit. I did this with a combination of snaps and magnets, actually held up during my entire outing at Disneyland. Someone even stepped on the cape and took it off my jacket, didn't damage it at all and I was able to put it back on at the park.
Second thing I did was make the gauntlets with 2 rows of fins. All I did was separate the fins (UD makes them in 2 rows but they glue them together), paint some chopsticks black :lol, jammed it in between and glued it on, and then did some light leather shaping to get the 2 rows more separated.
Lastly, the waist area, a fun topic when it comes to the UD TDK suits. I was able to tighten the waist by using 2 large safety pins (painted black) in the mesh area under the leather spine of the jacket. I then had to cut the wings of the leather spine pieces and glue them to take off about 1.5" on each side; otherwise they'd just be hanging loose. Very easy mod and it looks great. There is a small bump down at the bottom of the jacket where that softer leather part scrunches up, but with the cape on you can't even see it, plus it serves as a nice little hook of sorts to help keep your belt on.
For those who may wonder about my neck guard, all I did was cut off the UD jacket neck guard (very easy to do, just need scissors!) and use the GCFX neck guard, positioned so that the jacket sits on the bottom of the neck guard. I did encounter a minor issue while trooping around Disneyland where the back of the neck guard would pop out of the jacket when I bend my neck forward just a bit. So this week I came up with a velcro solution to attach the back of the neck guard to the jacket and keep it from popping out.
To those with UD suits who might want to do some of these things, these mods are plenty easy. I'm not an experienced costumer or craftsman by any stretch, most of the guys on this forum will blow me out of the water with their skills.
See attachments for more pics, including my mods. Enjoy!
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