Shellhead
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My Wife has always wanted to do Wonder Woman--unfortunately--the costumes available at mass market aren't always that great. Anyway, I took it upon myself to make her one. Problem is I don't know a good seamstress and I know squat about sewing so..I decided to go ahead and start with a market costume as a base and build on it. With a 7 mo old, our budget is pretty tight so we were pretty frugal with the items used so far..
My wife always loved the look based on this rendering found online:
http://www.comicsninja.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/16geh6d.jpg
I did too, but didn't know what costume to use as a base.
In the end, we found one that was 'similar' but doable:
Lingerie Skirt (Dreamgirl): BABE A LONIAN WARRIOR QUEEN (6422).
and I started with El Cheapo-n-Quick rendering for reference.
We came across a belt that was pretty unusual--needless to say--my Wife had to make it a part of the costume so, oh yeah, it was a great $2 yard sale find in my opinion
I searched for Cuffs but again, as Halloween is quickly upon us, I didn't feel very confident ordering items and hope they would arrive on time. I found some 'Roman' cuffs at the Halloween store and felt they would work just fine and their pattern would lend itself well to the overall look. I found some brass star buttons at my local Hobby store and painted the stars red. Drilled a hole in the cuffs and screwed them in.
We now realized this Wonder Woman wasn't going to be the Classic, Comic Look so another liberty taken in design was that of the Tiara--another Local Halloween shop find. I just hot glued a star to it and -BLAMO-Tiara finished.
I removed the cape from the costume we purchased and painted the top and bottom their respective colors. Found some adhesive stars at my Hobby store, reinforced with some glue and attached them to the skirt.
Today I am starting on the Eagle breast-plate and will continue to update this project once I complete it.
Overall, it's been a painless, low budget project but I think the overall look will be better than what my wife and I could hope for.
Hope you like
My wife always loved the look based on this rendering found online:
http://www.comicsninja.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/16geh6d.jpg
I did too, but didn't know what costume to use as a base.
In the end, we found one that was 'similar' but doable:
Lingerie Skirt (Dreamgirl): BABE A LONIAN WARRIOR QUEEN (6422).
and I started with El Cheapo-n-Quick rendering for reference.
We came across a belt that was pretty unusual--needless to say--my Wife had to make it a part of the costume so, oh yeah, it was a great $2 yard sale find in my opinion
I searched for Cuffs but again, as Halloween is quickly upon us, I didn't feel very confident ordering items and hope they would arrive on time. I found some 'Roman' cuffs at the Halloween store and felt they would work just fine and their pattern would lend itself well to the overall look. I found some brass star buttons at my local Hobby store and painted the stars red. Drilled a hole in the cuffs and screwed them in.
We now realized this Wonder Woman wasn't going to be the Classic, Comic Look so another liberty taken in design was that of the Tiara--another Local Halloween shop find. I just hot glued a star to it and -BLAMO-Tiara finished.
I removed the cape from the costume we purchased and painted the top and bottom their respective colors. Found some adhesive stars at my Hobby store, reinforced with some glue and attached them to the skirt.
Today I am starting on the Eagle breast-plate and will continue to update this project once I complete it.
Overall, it's been a painless, low budget project but I think the overall look will be better than what my wife and I could hope for.
Hope you like
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