This is my Iron Man Mark 4 costume from the Iron Man 2 movie. I have always like Iron Man, even before it was a movie. I attempted a costume once, when I was young, and everyone thought that I was a power ranger because no one knew who iron man was (since if it’s … Read more
Hello there!! My name is Trevor and I made an Incredible hulk costume from scratch! I started with a black lycra suit and added pieces of polyurethane foam with a spray adhesive. As I applied them, I used an electric Turkey carver to shape all of the muscles and to contour the foam to my … Read more
I recently had ankle surgery, so wanted to choose a costume that I could incorporate my very sexy walking boot into. I also scoured the internet and sadly didn’t find many female takes on Frankenstein’s monster, only the bride of Frankenstein, so it was decided. I used a water based face paint, a homemade molding … Read more
We decided to be Groot, Drax and Rocket for halloween this year. I found numerous tutorials on how to create a Groot costume, but in the end we mixed and mashed a bunch of them to do what worked best for us. Everyone loved our costumes and since we couldn’t take our son (Rocket) to … Read more
The adventure started when my team for a local board game charity event decided to name ourselves “Gamers of the Galaxy”. This event also happened to be a week before Halloween, so it would work for both events. Also, being a hobby cosplayer, I know I will get more use out of it. I sketched … Read more
My son chose The Thing costume from Fantastic Four. This year’s costume theme was superheroes. My 4 year old son had to think long and hard to pick a superhero he didn’t already own a “dress-up” outfit of. Every year I make our own costumes and this year would be no different. At first I was extremely nervous … Read more
To make the full body Mystique costume took over 36 hours. What I did was buy the blue body suit and then I applied navy blue acrylic onto the blue body suit and started designing each of mystique’s scales. Every single scale that appears on the costume was hand made. After that I used blue … Read more
Here’s my Thor costume, a one month experience at building armor for the first time. I made this Thor costume because I enjoyed the fact that the latest incarnation of Thor was a female. The idea of Thor becoming unworthy to wield his own hammer was interesting to me, and was excited when I saw a … Read more
Believe it or not, this costume was something I had dreamed of doing for a very long time, being inspired by its many variations and the original costume worn by the goddess herself, Lady Loki in the Thor and some Avengers comics. When making this costume, the sewing part was easy and gluing the 10,000 … Read more
I bought a faux leather catsuit first thing. Easiest way is to buy a Black Widow suit (So I’d heard), but I went with what I felt fit me best and catered to my needs. For example, the suit I bought zips from the front all the way to the back; perfect for emergency bathroom … Read more
Hi guys! I’m Paola from Monterrey, México, FIRST OF ALL I need to apologize if my english is not well, but my first language is Spanish so I’ll do my best. This year I decided to make myself a costume of MYSTIQUE!! Since 2009 I always wanted to be her because is my favorite character … Read more
I came up with the idea while watching the movie Guardians of the Galaxy. I instantly was drawn to the character Groot, as he was big in presence but had charisma, and loved how his eyes captivated you. I liked all of the elements that created him, and how they were all visually stunning. It … Read more