Back in 2010, I created a costume for Halloween based on a Star Wars RPG character I designed, his name is Darth Tirarr and he is a Dark Jedi, fallen from the graces of the Jedi order and relishing in the darkside. His face was severely burned during a plasma explosion, thus adding to his foreboding appearance. These are pictures taken at a Halloween party last year, I didnA’t get any pictures in 2010, so I wore it again in 2011 just to get some pics.
In this last picture, you can see the make-up job before I got fully dressed. I also did the make-up; however, it did not come out as good as it did the in 2010.
I also did the left side of my face in 2010 and the right side in 2011, oops!
At this same party, one of my friends went as the Joker, he wanted it to be his own version, so he did a prohibition era Joker.
My cousin attended this same party, I made her Harley Quinn costume to match with his Joker. It is a combination of the Arkum City Harley and a prohibition era A“Clapper.Aâ€
Her she is with her A“PuddinA’.Aâ€
While we are on the subject of the Joker and his main squeeze. Many years ago I made my own Batman costume, it has seen better days since this picture was snapped. Being a bit large myself, I asked a friend to model it for me.
There you have it, just some of the costumes I have created or helped create over the past few years or so. I welcome the rest of the forum community to post pictures of their own homemade costumes. Give a brief description of what it is (if not obvious), and why you made it.
Looking forward to seeing some great ideas.
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I'm really hoping to see others work, but thanks for the compliment.
In the past couple of years, I have been applying my skills to tactical gear for Airsoft players, if interested, you can find me on www.airsoftsociety.com under the same name. A lot of my work has been featured here and there on that forum.
Neck Protector
With cape
Chest Emblem
More to come.
Anyway, here’s a few pics. These are me before the girdle.
Here’s me after the girdle, I originally tried it with the buckles in front.
As seen from the back and side with the buckles in front.
Then I got the bright idea of turning it around.
I originally designed it to work as both a girdle and back support; however, turning it around worked better as a girdle, but it still gave some support to the back, just not as much as it had when the buckles were in the front.
I also got the shoulder guards finished, sort of, I will post pics of them when I have the entire arm finished, including my gauntlets and gloves.
The next picture is the foam pieces covered with cloth. I use two different fabrics and a webbing for the edge; however, I ran out of my original outer fabric and found something similar, but it is a bit shinier. I may have to find some way to dull it down depending on how much of a difference there really is between the two fabrics.
I start the front next; however, I still have the sidepieces that wrap from front to back, but they will have to wait until the front is done, as the length of these is determined by the amount of space left between the front and the back.
Then there is still the codpiece and butt piece, the upper legs and knee guards and the boots, the utility belt, and finally the cowl, which is proving to be harder than I wanted it to be, but that’s because of what I want versus what I can make. Oh, well, if you want it done right, you gotta do it yourself.
Here is my old suit, with me in it; this was my son’s first Halloween. As you can see, it’s Fatman and Batmite. LOL!
Stay tuned, more to come, same Bat-time, same Bat-station.
Anyway, here are a couple of pictures of the test assembly; more to come as things develop.
A minor update before I go to sleep. I started on the butt piece and completed the back of the upper torso. I am becoming increasingly frustrated as this gets closer to completion because it seems like more and more wants to keep going wrong. None-the-less, I will complete it and hopefully by the end of next week or Friday the 19th. I have a Halloween party on the 20th and the 27th that I plan to attend in costume, so wish me luck, I’m going to need it.
Here’s a look at the whole kit and kaboodle so far.
Began work on the cowl, started with a “mold” of my head, then built the actual cowl on top of it. Once this is fully dried, I will “paint” it with a rubberized coating to give it strength and rigidity. Wish me luck.
However, as I was working on my third attempt and talking to a friend, I decided to go a different direction and fix my original cowl. It worked, but it is not exactly what I wanted, I cannot just take it off and put it on. Either way, the costume is finished; here it is in its entirety. Sorry, I was not going to shave until the day of the party.
When doing this last test fit, it took the help of another person to get it on, that is one thing I must change. I need to be able to put it on by myself.
This is a pic as I appeared at the party. I may try to get some better ones this weekend.
However, the reason I'm posting is to say that I think that bat suit is fantastic. Great work.