Doctor Who Dalek Dress

So, you want to be a Dalek, huh? Besides an unyielding desire to exterminate all humans, here's what you'll need:
-Black felt.
-A silver dress (since Daleks come in so many colors, you can get pretty much any dress you want. I got a silver one. I could not even attempt to make my own dress, I know, I cheated).
-32 or so plastic Easter eggs.
-Spray paint that sticks to plastic.
-Somewhere to spray paint things (I used my old creepy basement).
-One giant quilting pin.
-Needle and thread.
-A plunger.
-A whisk.
-Black leggings (optional).
-Black boots.

Step 1: Make sure your dress is straight.

I bought my dress cheap, it had all this flowery gunk and pick-ups on it. I tore those out, gently. Then I ironed it.
 

Comments

[juliatheninja]

what does the back look like? do you have to sit on the...eggs?

[Valentra]

Good question. :) You can kind of see the "eggs" in the last picture on my back. They went all the way around and down... Since I had leggings on, I'd just hike it up to sit down.

[juliatheninja]

okay thank you :)

[Rufda Camen]

Nice model!!!! I'm fall in love!! =P

[allyefaithful]

You are absolutely brilliant! I believe I have just had a Nerdgasm.
... I think I may have fallen in love...

[dawn61817]

Awesome! I love The Doctor and you did a great job. Very creative!

[Valentra]

Thank you, I really appreciate it :)

[NightElectric]

KILL THE DOCTOR!!!

I love this dress.

[Valentra]

LOL! Thank you :)

[sredmon]

I love this idea, I'll have to try it sometime :)

[Valentra]

Thanks! You should! I think it's a decent template to work off of. :)

[hula monkey]

So funny! Love it!

[Valentra]

Thank you, I try! :)

[vhitch]

Awesome job! I'll have to do this for Halloween. Would do it for DragonCon, but I've got too many other costumes I'm currently working on, hehe.

[Valentra]

Thanks so much! Please let me know how it goes if you make it, I would love to see other versions :-D

[sgelatka]

OMG! i just found this, my friend and i are going to be daleks for halloween this year and we needed a template! this is the easiest one so far--it doesnt need a sewing machine (mine's broken)--and its cheap!! the only issue is finding easter eggs, but i bet we could just use those cheap styrofoam balls they have at walmart. thanks!

[Valentra]

It was super easy to make. I bought my easter eggs online, so that's an option for you. I was thinking about using the styrofoam balls, but I didn't want them to look pockmarked from the spray paint. I'm glad my instructable could help you out, let me know how it goes!

[Sawowie XD]

wow this is amazing i might consider making it for my dr who obsessed friend...
its my goal in life to watch all still existant episodes of dr who love it so much

[Valentra]

Thanks! If I was going to do it over again there's a lot that I would clean up about it and add. Please let me know if you make it, I'd love to know how it goes!

[justjimAZ]

Good luck in the contest!

[Valentra]

Thanks, you too!

[Doldrum]

EXTERMINATE!!! That's awesome... i wanted to go as a dalek for halloween last year but didn't want to go walking around in a big box... this is a much classier way to go! Great instructable!

[Valentra]

Thank you! I think it's a lot more comfortable than wearing a cardboard box, lol.

[TheStott]

looks kinda goofy i don't really see the point but good job

[Valentra]

What's the point of any costume? To dress up. But thanks.

[Dude-nice-job]

i mean like its good and everything but could you make a mask for it

[TheGeekFather]

I would totally wear that at a con. And I'm a bald chubby male geek who DOESN'T cross dress

[Valentra]

lol, you're awesome! I wanted to wear it to a con.

[TheGeekFather]

You should.

[adam 101]

EXTERMINATE ! EXTERMINATE !
(cue laser sound effect)
(PS this would be a great place to add soft circuits)

[Valentra]

Where can you get soft circuits?

[adam 101]

start here (http://www.instructables.com/id/Beginning-Soft-Circuits/)

and then here (http://www.instructables.com/tag/type-id/category-technology/channel-soft-circuits/)

also check out the LilyPad Arduino here (http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardLilyPad)

While the lilypad might be overkill (disclaimer, I have never used it) checking out other projects that use it will give you an idea of what is going on

[Valentra]

Wow, thank you so much!

[steampunk_rocker]

My roommate made herself a Dalek dress for the Halloween before last, but it was a lot different from this one. It's cool to see the different ways of achieving the same sort of costume. :D

[Valentra]

Yeah, I had a lot of different ideas for this dress, other versions involved a lot more sewing and I don't have a sewing machine so that would have been a pain in my butt.

What did your roommates look like, if you don't mind me asking?

[mikeb270]

Thought they were called DARLEKS NOT DALEKS

[Valentra]

lol, they're most certainly called Daleks. The ones I copied were from this movie: Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 AD. It's a pretty corny old movie, but I enjoyed it.

[Gnara]

I have to say, I love you
Ive been Searching all over the internet, and you're the only one i believe on Instructable.
Ive been trying to think of Costume ideas for the next Sci-Fi convention that comes to town.

Your dress is AWESOME!

[Valentra]

Thanks so much, let me know how it goes if you decide to do this costume!

[ryanmercer]

Brilliant, I love it!