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Step 4Outfit!
Instead of painting my skin with make-up I decided to make a tight body suit from blue spandex. Bare skin in Winnipeg at Halloween is deal breaker!
I found a funny home-made blue spandex "majorette" costume at Value Village, and significantly modified it to have a shredded tiger skirt. These were attached together. My girl Tempie know how to make spandex tights so we whipped up a pair with some matching fabric i found. I used this fabric to make the sleeves for the arms as well. I was unhappy with the bright "superwoman" blue colour of the spandex - so I gave it a dusting of white spray paint to de-saturated the colour.
A really big deal for me was to make the costume practical. I knew I would have to get into a car at some point, and I had to work with that idea in mind.
I attached the arms to the back of outfit with Velcro. I screwed Velcro strips onto the base of the arms, and sewed corresponding strips onto the fabric. This alone was not enough to hold the arms on though. I made elastic edged pockets out of the same fabric that stretched over each arm and Velcro-ed securely to my back. I found this more than adequate. Even if I bumped into something, there was enough "give" to not affect it. I took these photos several days after I wore this costume twice. Luckily - I made this costume knowing that the entire back was covered with a huge wig. Any small imperfections were of out site and out of mind.
The arms moved around with me and I could individual move each one in a fairly real way. If you wanted more control, you could add small handles to move it like a puppet.
I had originally intended to have the arms attached together vertically, so I could control them together. As I started piecing it together (the night before I needed it) I realized that wasn't going to work. That would be the main addition I would make after wearing it. Thin sticks hanging from the forearm, disguised in gold.
I found a funny home-made blue spandex "majorette" costume at Value Village, and significantly modified it to have a shredded tiger skirt. These were attached together. My girl Tempie know how to make spandex tights so we whipped up a pair with some matching fabric i found. I used this fabric to make the sleeves for the arms as well. I was unhappy with the bright "superwoman" blue colour of the spandex - so I gave it a dusting of white spray paint to de-saturated the colour.
A really big deal for me was to make the costume practical. I knew I would have to get into a car at some point, and I had to work with that idea in mind.
I attached the arms to the back of outfit with Velcro. I screwed Velcro strips onto the base of the arms, and sewed corresponding strips onto the fabric. This alone was not enough to hold the arms on though. I made elastic edged pockets out of the same fabric that stretched over each arm and Velcro-ed securely to my back. I found this more than adequate. Even if I bumped into something, there was enough "give" to not affect it. I took these photos several days after I wore this costume twice. Luckily - I made this costume knowing that the entire back was covered with a huge wig. Any small imperfections were of out site and out of mind.
The arms moved around with me and I could individual move each one in a fairly real way. If you wanted more control, you could add small handles to move it like a puppet.
I had originally intended to have the arms attached together vertically, so I could control them together. As I started piecing it together (the night before I needed it) I realized that wasn't going to work. That would be the main addition I would make after wearing it. Thin sticks hanging from the forearm, disguised in gold.
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Nov 3, 2011. 10:13 PM
parrster
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parrster
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Absolutely awesome creation. Unique, complex and well crafted. Very impressed.
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