I've been costuming for 16 years now so it's just been a case of having to readjust my costuming viewpoint back to current day rather than medieval & Renaissance costuming, which is the time period I generally costume for since my husband & I are historical re-enactors & I do all of our garb.
Thanks for that pattern idea and when I get ready to redo/overhaul my WS cosplay and make it all/as much of it as possible from scratch, I'll absolutely get that pattern and use it as the base for my jacket. In the meantime l, since I'm working with only 38 days until I leave for Con and I *still* have to alter a flightsuit for my husband's genderbent Black Widow cosplay in addition to doing my arm, finishing a class to get my property, casualty, & life insurance license, AND doing a business psychology master's level course...yeah I'm just gonna stick with buying the jacket for now. Plus, I'll also end up using my WS cosplay jacket once it gets cooler as an actual jacket before it's cold enough to pull out my Big Winter Coat.
Oh yeah I practically have the general Winter Soldier info thread memorized I'm over there reading it so much. I have screen shots of SEVERAL individual posts that are of particular importance or that I've found particularly informative. For example, I opted to go with a single *real* knife instead of double knives since I found one practically identical to the Gerber knife used in the movie. It was only $18, multi-harness included, that can be peace bonded. And I have a list of the guns WS used and have to decide, from a budgetary & logistical standpoint, what I want to do about those. (Probably gonna go w/ 2 Colt 25s, since they're small & can be worn on my thigh, & 1 "normal" sized pistol that I can carry.)
And I've decided to get a thin pair of black gloves to wear under the fingerless gloves so I can attach the Worbla to the fingertips of the thin black gloves. And boom done with the hand part of the cyber arm save for attaching the Worbla.
I'm doing the plaster cast of my arm later today. Thanks to Kitty, I got a roll of plaster roll/wrap (& a backup one), Saran/plastic wrap to protect my arm when making the cast, insulation foam to make the cast stronger/sturdier, & a block of clay to build up muscles before forming the Worbla. I need to order the sheet of Worbla, get the glue, spray paint, and that's it.
I'll be so glad when I'm done with this arm. (And I'm pretty sure Kitty will be glad when I'm done, too, since, bless her heart, she gets randomly subjected to Spanish Inquisition-like questions out of the blue on Facebook messenger about various & sundry aspects/steps in the casting process or the actual build (including the painting & such).
I'm certainly up for a Winter Soldier photoshoot, Mandy. Like I mentioned, I know of another WS cosplayer coming to D*Con who won a fan-voting competition for Wizard World Philly & got like a seriously impressive badge to the con. Anyway between her, Kitty, your husband, & myself, that's 4 Winter Soldiers but there's bound to be more. I didn't catch your FB info but feel free to add me (Facebook.com/desiree.c.jackson).
Desi
