Hey Tiberius Kirk!!! First of all, thank you for your kind words! As i said, it took me 2 years to put the costume together...
first coz i don't have much spare time, second coz i wanted to get each item as accurate as possible..
After a looooooooooong search i was able to find this vintage Lee western style corduroy cream shirt (thats a mouthful, i know!):
it originally had a collar, pearl snap buttons and it was a woman's (buttons on the left side)!!!!
so i had the collar removed, the buttons placed on the right side, plus i got some round mother of pearl buttons to replace the snap ones.
u can see he's got some kind of round pearl looking buttons in this pic:
unfortunately, there was no way to get the lines on the shoulders horizontal instead of vertical! : (
For the pants i was able to find (it wasn't easy) some actual cricket pants. white. no logos.
the cuffs: i wasnt happy with any of the cuffs i was able to find on the net, so i decided to give it a shot and make them myself..
i used these pix as reference:
and these are the ones i made:
i bought 24mm half round glass eyes, one brown and one blue...the rest is latex. i first scupted them in plasticine and then made a plaster mould of them...they didnt come out perfect, but it was fun making them! : )
now, the codpiece!
i bought a groin protector...i searched and searched till i found one that had a basic shape, similar to the original one.
it was red originally. i had to resize it, coz it was way too big. i tore it apart and reshaped it.
added some foam rubber to get the round shape in the front to really stick out:
i also added a plastic cup to get the grotesque shape it has when seen from the side.
then i bought some fabric. i know it was supposedly suedette, (as Frantic Hedgehog pointed out) the one used in the original codpiece, but i went for a different kind of fabric, a stretchy one. then i had to learn how to use a sewing machine. after a lot a lot a lot of trial and error...actually mostly errors, i managed to upholster it. almost all of the wrinkles are gone. Especially when I wear it! : )
i found this pic on the net, and used it as reference
the boots are split-sole Corcoran paratrooper jump boots.
i also wanted to add the shillelagh with hidden blade to the costume
so i fashioned it
it's mostly cardboard, plastic and wood...it added a nice touch to the finished costume.
but as i said i got carried away with this project...lol
i also got:
-a dark blond wig & cut it a bit;
-a maskie;
-Y white suspenders with golden hardware;
-eyelashes, which needed to b reshaped too as i wasnt able to find a pair that looked like the ones in the movie;
-a burgundy bouncy ball, like the one he sticks in the writer's wife's mouth;
-underwear (One pair of underpants ó white with blue waistband!)
-and even some blue lenses, as my eyes are brown.
the only thing i got completely different is the bowler hat. i didnt get a Dunn & Co, coz i couldnt find one that fit me. : (
ok, i guess thats it. sorry for the long post, but i must admit i was looking forward to share this with u, so that i could give something back, since i was never gonna b able to make it, without this thread!!! so thanks to evrybody that took part to it and to you Tiberius Kirk for starting it!!!!!!!!!!! : )
