chiaroscurosity
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twinight - Thank you! Yes, Under Armour is very elastic/durable and form fitting without being stuffy. It also insulates from the cold to some degree, which was great on Halloween, being it was chilly that night in SF. Reflite is a reflective film that is cut out (usually by a CAD machine) but since I don't have a machine cutter, I used an X-acto blade to hand-cut all the pieces. I took all of the pieces (labeled in sequence of where they are located on the suit) to a t-shirt shop that let me use their iron to heat-apply the design, which took about 2 hours to complete. Reflite is also durable enough to stretch and holds up surprisingly well at the joints (elbows and knees, especially). I liked how the Reflite looked on fabric, so I ironed some onto craft foam sheets. I cut the foam into shapes and glued them to the gloves. Check out Artdoggie for more details on Reflite.Great idea chiaroscurosity. It looks great and I bet very durable too. In the photo of the glove, you also have a foam rubber like material pressed into the fabric as well. What is that? Is Reflite essentially die-cut iron on reflective film?
Actordiver, I thought the El Capitan would be a good venue to show off the costumes too, Since they also display props at the theater. I can't wait to meet you guys. I'm in H18. I hope we'll see a lot of other fan costumes there too.
I think the red carpet premerr is Dec 11, time TBD.