Since I was little I have loved Iron Man. When I heard that the movie was coming out I was extremely excited. I turned that excitement into creativity (in early May 2008) and began to work on an Iron Man costume for fall 2008. At first it was really hard working with the cardboard, but … Read more
I just bought green costume paint for $6 from a costume supply store. Ripped up an old pair of khaki pants and put a wig on. This Homemade Hulk Costume looks a bit funny but works somehow.
I died my hair from platinum blonde to my natural auburn hair color for my mother’s 50th birthday. I decided to do a costume with red hair this year. After going thru so many ideas I decided to try to make the homemade Mystique costume. I used a liquid shiny blue and made a unitard … Read more
This homemade Mystique Halloween costume idea took about a month to do. 1st I bought a full bodysuit, liquid latex, yellow contacts, casting, clay spray paint, blue and black face paint and red hair spray. Steps: 1- I traced my body out on poster paper. 2- drew on all the Mystique shapes. 3- covered all … Read more
This Little Bride of Frankenstein was a “night before” Halloween costume with very little money to be spent! First we filched an old twin sheet from my husband’s grandma…ok “filched” is a strong word, she knew we were taking it so I guess that isn’t filching. We soaked it in strong coffee for a couple … Read more
This year I decided to go with the Bride of Frankenstein. I absolutely adore this movie and it was time for a tribute! For this Bride of Frankenstein Costume I started with the hair. My hair is 3 feet long, I knew this was going to be a challenge. I took sections of hair no … Read more
My second Homemade Iron Man Costume which is the MKV, which is the Extremis armor from the comic book series. But this build is the movie version of the Extremis. Only a hand full of leaked photos. I decided to create the Very first MKV Extremis movie armor. taken to the children hospital and done … Read more
I’m wearing the Homemade Iron Man Heavy Artillery Costume. It’s a different suit from the red and gold Iron Man suit you see in the movie. The reason why I chose this suit is because I’m a big guy, and this armor is more tank-like than the movie and comic book version. It fits my … Read more
My girlfriend and I were watching X-men origins and thought since people always tell me I look like Liev Schreiber, what the heck? I’ll be Sabretooth! So, the next decision, who would she be? And who would get the MOST attention? Mystique, of course! And then there’s Vince, he always has crazy hair and different … Read more
You can’t just come up with costumes like this overnight! We started by upping our gym regiments four months before Halloween. But other than that, here is how we developed the Homemade X Men Wolverine and Mystique Costume. Wolverine – The claw-things are made of wood, we could not use anything that could be mistaken … Read more
Here on this Frankie and Freak Costume you can see i slapped on one of those latex prostetics for my face and painted it green. Then I cut up some black patent leather fabric and some shorts. As for Frankie’s freak, she bought an outfit and we made some minor adjustments like the iron on … Read more
This Homemade Bride of Frankenstein Costume became the largest undertaking costume wise I’ve encountered, from my initial sketches to finished product it took 60+ hours. It’s also the thing I’m proudest of! I made everything, including the wig, the rest of the costume involves everything from working nuts and bolts (I was bolted into costume … Read more