Wonder Woman
I asked my daughter if she wanted to do CosPlay with me, and she reluctantly agreed. To try to get her invested, I had her choose which character she wanted to play.
She chose Dawn of Justice style Wonder Woman. No problem, right?
So, I started researching for the original look from the movie. I love the Hollywood Movie Costume site.
http://hollywoodmoviecostumesandprops.blogspot.com/2017/05/gal-gadot-and-connie-nielsen-wonder.html
I bought faux upholstery leather from WalMart for the corset top. I used McCall's M7339 (Yaya Han) for the corset top.
For the skirting, I couldn't find the navy blue faux leather, so we used a "sealed denim" technique to create our own. I purchased cotton twill from WalMart, blue acrylic paint and ModPodge. We mixed the paint and ModPodge, following the recommended 2/3 paint and 1/3 ModPodge ratio. Mandy was having fun painting the fabric until she realized I was taking her picture.
There were some immediately obvious fitting issues.
First, my tween did not want to go through the fitting process. Trying to pin a moving target without hurting her was a teensy bit difficult.
For Wonder Woman's greaves, I used some motorcross shin guards I had purchased off Amazon for another outfit. They were supposed to be adult sized, but were way too short.
We painted them with bronze hammered spray paint.
The bracelets were a quick & dirty cheat. We cleaned and dried a pair of 20 oz. Sprite bottles. Sprite has the terrific bumps that give the bracelets some fun texture. They were also spray painted. Bracelets were painted gold.
I followed most of the suggestions from this tutorial for the Gladiator skirt. https://youtu.be/aHKbtO1cdmM. Because my corset top had longer skirts built in, I added a yoke to the skirt. I also wanted to give a little bit of modesty in the length of the skirt panels, I put a 1/2" wide gold strip on the pointed edges using a wide-tipped gold paint marker.
The lasso was made from three rolls of gold metallic duct tape that I braided together. It looks epic.
My princess does NOT like to be fitted.
Trying to figure out the harness placement ... not liking it.
This picture also shows the Amazing Collapsing Cups issue that the outfit was having. My daughter is in the awkward tween phase where nothing fits right. To solve the collapse, I duplicated what bras do, and inserted a wide crescent of slim craft foam to hold out the lower cup.
I patterned the eagle and belt using cardstock and lots of tape. Both the eagle and the belt are oversized to add to the hourglass silhouette created by the costume. The eagle angles inward to hold the top against her chest so there is no immodesty.
Forming the pieces with layers of foam and paint was a lot of fun. I used a craft felt/fabric glue that dries flexible. First, I cut out the large pieces and shaped them to the neckline. I made sure they were symmetrical and discernible.
Each layer of foam was painted with a different kind of gold acrylic paint.
The same process and steps were used for the Tiara.
When she found the ensemble on the dress dummy for the first time she was so excited she put it on immediately and "defended the iris at the fence". She had fun wearing the costume.
Robert and I built the shoulder harness for lasso and sword.
The Wonder Woman costume debuted at FanCon 2017 in Roy, UT. She got lots of positive feedback and entered the costume contest because I goaded her into it.
Here are the pictures with her lined up with her age group for the Costume Contest.
Here she is claiming her prize...still shell-shocked, but looking like an Amazing Amazon.
Winner of a 3-day ComiCon 2017 pass!!
After FanCon, I decided to fix up the sword and shield, and add some false boots to the ensemble.
Bull's eye in black and gold to start. The black began as Rustoleum hammered spray paint. The gold is the same marker pen as the hem of her skirt pieces.
Adding some details.
Sword finished, plus the boots (which are nearly invisible under the greaves.
On 6/17, we went to PopCon in Pleasant grove with the completed Wonder WoMandy ensemble.
Even Wonder Woman needs naps.
She chose Dawn of Justice style Wonder Woman. No problem, right?
So, I started researching for the original look from the movie. I love the Hollywood Movie Costume site.
http://hollywoodmoviecostumesandprops.blogspot.com/2017/05/gal-gadot-and-connie-nielsen-wonder.html
For the skirting, I couldn't find the navy blue faux leather, so we used a "sealed denim" technique to create our own. I purchased cotton twill from WalMart, blue acrylic paint and ModPodge. We mixed the paint and ModPodge, following the recommended 2/3 paint and 1/3 ModPodge ratio. Mandy was having fun painting the fabric until she realized I was taking her picture.
There were some immediately obvious fitting issues.
First, my tween did not want to go through the fitting process. Trying to pin a moving target without hurting her was a teensy bit difficult.
For Wonder Woman's greaves, I used some motorcross shin guards I had purchased off Amazon for another outfit. They were supposed to be adult sized, but were way too short.
Shin guard description from Amazon: Max&Mix 1 Pair Racing Enforcer Adult Knee Pads/Adult Shin Guards Gear Flexible Breathable Adjustable Knee and Shin Pads Knee Guard Motorcycle Gear Protective Gear Body Armor - Black/One Size
We painted them with bronze hammered spray paint.
The bracelets were a quick & dirty cheat. We cleaned and dried a pair of 20 oz. Sprite bottles. Sprite has the terrific bumps that give the bracelets some fun texture. They were also spray painted. Bracelets were painted gold.
I fiddled with some ideas for the harness, none of which I really liked for the final outcome.
I followed most of the suggestions from this tutorial for the Gladiator skirt. https://youtu.be/aHKbtO1cdmM. Because my corset top had longer skirts built in, I added a yoke to the skirt. I also wanted to give a little bit of modesty in the length of the skirt panels, I put a 1/2" wide gold strip on the pointed edges using a wide-tipped gold paint marker.
The lasso was made from three rolls of gold metallic duct tape that I braided together. It looks epic.
This picture also shows the Amazing Collapsing Cups issue that the outfit was having. My daughter is in the awkward tween phase where nothing fits right. To solve the collapse, I duplicated what bras do, and inserted a wide crescent of slim craft foam to hold out the lower cup.
Sword was purchased on Amazon. I did not go for the horse-head sword, instead choosing a simple Roman gladius. It is incredibly lightweight. The shield is from our previous time in the SCA. It is made of plywood. We plan to paint it before the next Con.
I mounted the foam pieces on a piece of upholstery felt. It gave a flexible foundation to adhere the pieces to, plus I was able to use it to machine sew the eagle and the belt to the corset. This makes the finished top less fussy and doesn't have to be adjusted nearly as often.
I did the same thing with the WW belt.
Robert and I built the shoulder harness for lasso and sword.
The Wonder Woman costume debuted at FanCon 2017 in Roy, UT. She got lots of positive feedback and entered the costume contest because I goaded her into it.
Here are the pictures with her lined up with her age group for the Costume Contest.
Here she is claiming her prize...still shell-shocked, but looking like an Amazing Amazon.
Winner of a 3-day ComiCon 2017 pass!!
After FanCon, I decided to fix up the sword and shield, and add some false boots to the ensemble.
The three images above are from the Batman v Superman movie. I used them as the basis for this Wonder Woman's shield.
The sword is pretty simple... my daughter/model didn't want it to be too fussy.
Spotted and dotted.
We opted out of the Greek lettering around the edges... Might add it later if I find a pen thin enough and if I can figure out how to transliterate.
On 6/17, we went to PopCon in Pleasant grove with the completed Wonder WoMandy ensemble.
Posing in the Photo Booth.
She was very proud of her First Place Ribbon.
Even Wonder Woman needs naps.
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