megabethbob
New Member
Hi! I started building my movie wonder woman costume back in december 2017, and just realised I never made a thread for the build! So I'll make a few posts now documenting everything i've done so far, and then continue to update when i do more work.
So this is the costume I am making! The version from her solo movie (so with brighter colours and not all dark and grungy haha)
I started off by making the Tiara!
I'm lucky enough that my Mum's boyfriend is an extremely talented Blacksmith ( http://www.verdigrismetals.co.uk/ ) and he agreed to help me make a brass version of the tiara!
I did make a youtube video showing how I did it briefly, but I'll post a walkthrough here anyway! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xSuagdGU7U&t=2s
To start with, I cut out all of the pieces needed out of a 20 gauge brass sheet using a bandsaw, and then filed all the edges so they were nice and smooth.
We then began silver soldering the layers together. It took a long time to do the first layer on the base piece as we had to make sure it was completely secure! If it wasn't, when it came to shaping the curve into the tiara later, the layer could pop off.
Once those layers were done, I made the centre star! I had to cut this by hand because it was too small for the bandsaw and i value my fingers. I ended up having to recut it 3 times as it kept being slightly the wrong shape after the filing down!
Once every piece was strongly soldered on, the tiara was acid bathed to get rid of all the flux, and then gently hammered into shape (no pictures of this but it's in the video)
Then the tiara was polished till super shiny!
Finally, we gave it a Patina so it has the lovely dark shadows to show off the detail.
And that's the tiara completed! It comfortably sits on my head with no straps around the back as it was shaped perfectly to my forehead! Will continue my costume progress in a minute...
So this is the costume I am making! The version from her solo movie (so with brighter colours and not all dark and grungy haha)
I started off by making the Tiara!
I'm lucky enough that my Mum's boyfriend is an extremely talented Blacksmith ( http://www.verdigrismetals.co.uk/ ) and he agreed to help me make a brass version of the tiara!
I did make a youtube video showing how I did it briefly, but I'll post a walkthrough here anyway! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xSuagdGU7U&t=2s
To start with, I cut out all of the pieces needed out of a 20 gauge brass sheet using a bandsaw, and then filed all the edges so they were nice and smooth.
We then began silver soldering the layers together. It took a long time to do the first layer on the base piece as we had to make sure it was completely secure! If it wasn't, when it came to shaping the curve into the tiara later, the layer could pop off.
Once those layers were done, I made the centre star! I had to cut this by hand because it was too small for the bandsaw and i value my fingers. I ended up having to recut it 3 times as it kept being slightly the wrong shape after the filing down!
Once every piece was strongly soldered on, the tiara was acid bathed to get rid of all the flux, and then gently hammered into shape (no pictures of this but it's in the video)
Then the tiara was polished till super shiny!
Finally, we gave it a Patina so it has the lovely dark shadows to show off the detail.
And that's the tiara completed! It comfortably sits on my head with no straps around the back as it was shaped perfectly to my forehead! Will continue my costume progress in a minute...