Its Halloween so here goes a fitting post..... "The Amazing Spiderman" costume.
A young Spiderman enthusiast also know as Jacob asked me to make him this costume. He lives about 500 miles away so slightly challenging.
Here are some pictures of the process:
The gloves
I tried the glove out in extra spandex just to see the fit, using my own hand as a pattern guide. Determining the actual design on the gloves was a little challenging. I then cut the pieces out in the actual blue and red spandex, and hand painted the design as close as I could.
The lens
Yes that is a splatter screen from the dollar store. How can somebody sell that for a $1.25?! Anyway Spidermans eyes have a meshy look to them so I thought this would work. Spray painted it gold and
then cut out the right shape. Also cut double layers of black foam for the edges, which I varnished with nail polish! I'm not sure if that's what Spiderman did?! Ha ha! Apparently he made his own costume!....hmmm? Anyway I then cut out the same shape from ski goggle lens. This provided a nice curve and the "reflection" Jacob wanted. The mesh went under the lens and I sandwiched them between the two foam pieces.
The painting
Yes the painting, wow! There was a lot of that!
Just in case you thought this was all super easy and I had no problems!!!......Ha ha ha! This was the neck of the mask and I moved it before it dried! You know those moments when you wonder why you said that little word "yes"..... I will make that for you! This was that moment!( Well there was actually a few moments!) I guess that's the fun of custom made clothes!
The shoes
Apparently they used actual Asics soles for his shoes, well not having their budget, I used Payless Shoes! I cut the shoe off and just used the sole. I then painted it as best I could to match "Asics"
Tore out the liner sole and stuffed it into the boots and then glued it back into the shoe with the boot now attached! I velcroed up the heel for sort of easy access.
The Fit
So the costume was for a young spider'man' but as you can see a spider'woman' is trying it on for size. Minus a few body parts they are similar in size. Which brings me to the story of buying the "cup"
Went to a sports store and thought, well I look like a mom who could have a teenage boy that can't buy his own gear, so pretty legit. The salesman asks if he can help as I am walking aimlessly looking for the "cup" section, I tell him what I need. What does he say?...... What sport? Honestly!!!there are different ones for different sports??! like what?... different sizes, different material?, I was stumped and realised I wasn't doing well with the faking because now too much time had passed because I couldn't figure out which sport to pick, so I confess it was for a costume. Well now his wheels were turning and this was now so not legit to him! Finally I just explained the whole thing, we had a good laugh and we then picked a red and black one that would befit Spiderman!
Spiderman (women)
So remember Jacob......
"With great power comes great responsibility!"
Happy Halloween!
~Janet
