Kids Predator costume

This is a kids sized predator costume to go with the Alien Xenomorph costume we did earlier. Unfortunately I did not make the Rubber Predator mask, my brother has already given me grief over it, but with time running out and no good supply of liquid latex handy I turned to one of the better pre-made masks that I found online. This did push the cost of the costume way over what the Alien cost but I think it would have cost almost as much with a latex build up mask. Cant always do it for cheap I guess. I did have to modify the Predator mask to make it fit my sons head and make it look better than the original version. Most of this costume is made from cardboard, hot glue and cast off junk, so in that way it matches my earlier effort quite well.

They were a Hit at the Halloween party we went to.

Step 1 Making the bodysuit

To start with I had to wait around a bit till the used costumes started showing up at the thrift stores. Pretty quickly I found a soldier bodysuit with some padded muscles that would work. All I had to do was paint it.Several coats of tan and brown spray paint got the colors close.. a little flat black for shading. the body suit is not as shiny as the mask but that's the problem with a commercial mask.
Cut a couple of small triangles out of a piece of cardboard and use that as a stencil to put the pattern on the outer edges. I used a little brown and black spray paint. I don't have an airbrush so this is all spray cans. A little glue on the seams can hide the stitching.. I used Plumbers goop. One of the distinctive things about most of the Predators is the netting on the body. We used some plastic strawberry netting that I got for free from a relative. Stitching this to the body suit was very time consuming but we felt this would last better than gluing it on.

Comments

[destructor555]

your'e so good that if you sold costumes like that you would make millions

[jpnagle59]

Nice build once more! On the Alien build I had commented on showing us the Predator build, but it was already here to view! You did a wonderful job here...it pays to have worked in construction, no? Let us know about the night there wear these..Jamie

[sleepydog]

Nice job! Your son should be proud to wear this. I love the attention to detail you use. The press on nails were brilliant.