The Mighty Thor Costume

 

Step 1 The Concept

After last year's awesome Ultimate WW2 Captain America costume, my boy and I decided to stick with the Avengers roster and send him out as the mighty Thor. So, my first task was deciding how the costume should look. With all the wardrobe changes Thor has seen, and the never-ending alternate universe storylines, I had my pick of "looks" I could go for (I even considered doing a Throg costume, but chickened out). i settled on his current costume with mail sleeves and leggings. I decided the mail would look cool, be easy to see at night, and allow me to sew in some padded muscles to make my boy more mighty.

I strayed from this design in two major areas: the boots and the belt. To me, Thor should always have yellow boots. I know they're a bit garish, but consider the context. I also went with the traditional yellow belt with the classic "T" buckle. I get that the new one (the runic letter meaning strength) is probably what the "real" Thor would have worn, but honestly, I think the yellow makes the costume more super-heroey and less like a generic Viking.

Comments

[vanille kt]

OMG that was amazing especially love the helmet and hammer!!!

[Mr.Sanchez]

Cool man, your kid is awesome, I try mi best , but i see you spend so much time and $$$..than me...good to know that somebody else likes the mighty thor...

[mrcrumley]

Well, I saw your's and was very impressed. You definitely beat me in effect per dollar. I like how you used the bottom of soda cans as the medallions on yours. Very inventive. If I were doing mine over, I'd look into something like that for mine as well.

[Mr.Sanchez]

Hi there Would u pls vote for my entry ...?
http://www.instructables.com/id/Homemade-Belt-No-sew/
thnks

[Mr.Sanchez]

 Congrats man, you win. That´s the way to make an ible. I have to work strongger to beat you next year ( jus t kiddn), but i have to work harder and nicest. Best wishes and happy holidays.

[RavingMadStudios]

Really great work! I also wholeheartedly approve of going the extra mile on kid's Halloween costumes. The effort and care really shows.

BTW, I stole one of your photos (of the unmodified shoulder pads) for my Gene Simmons costume 'ible, because they were almost identical to the pads I used, and I totally forgot to take any process photos of my own. I hope you don't mind, and I'll take it out if you'd rather I didn't use it.

In any case, great costume, and I look forward to seeing what you come up with next.

[russian5]

Great instructable. Although, perhaps you should have based it on the old Norse/Germanic version rather than a Marvel comic? I think the vikings knew a good deal more about Thor than a comic book artist. Bah, I'm ranting.

[DngrDave]

While the vikings probably did know more  about Thor,  I'm thinking the comic character scored more "cool points" on the playground. Awesome costume!

[mrcrumley]

You're right. It's a fine line to walk - kinda like when somebody goes as SpongeBob SquarePants. I mean, are they going as the cartoon character or the historical SpongeBob? :)

[russian5]

Haha, nice one.

[Honus]

He looks very mighty indeed! Awesome costume.

[depotdevoid]

That is awesome!  5 stars for sure, I wholeheartedly approve of going all out on a kid's costume!

[mrcrumley]

I know! Some people call it living vicariously through your children, but I call it living vivaciously through them! BTW, I love your homemade, "um cyclotron" on the child's GB costume.

[jessyratfink]

Fabulous! The slideshow was great, too! :D