Quote from: Felicity R on May 05, 2015, 03:26:21 PM
Garry,
Where do you find all the stuff for your outfits? They seem quite extensive so I'm curious where you find the materials? Do you fabricate them all or are they pre-made costumes?
Your Loki is great by the way.
I decided to try something new for Denver Comic Con. I found a hat and trench coat at a thrift shop that I think will work perfectly for a Rorschach costume from Watchmen. I just need to use some Rit Dye to turn them the right shade of brown. I also found this really neat stuff called thermo-dynamic dye that reacts to the heat of your breath. I think with the right application I can give my mask the illusion of having moving inkblots 
The best part is, assuming I can find a cheap material that I can see through for the mask, I should be able to complete the whole outfit for less than $40.
I wish I could make my own stuff.. I have no skill at all for that. My gf can help me make costumes when she's here though and hopefully I might be able to learn how to do it. I buy stuff premade as I cant do it myself. Ebay is the best place to find anything, I get nearly everything off there. Auctions can be helpful you can sometimes get lucky and win something cheaper. My current Loki costume is just the cheap Rubies one for now. I want to commission a much better quality one some day when I have the money for it, it is like $600 to commission and I cant do it just now so this £30 odd one was a fine option for now. Just added the armour parts I won on ebay to upgrade it a bit
I make money to buy more stuff from selling things I dont want anymore and saving the money in my paypal account, like exchanging one thing for another really. I have loads of stuff from multiple collections I've had over the years so if I need money I sell some of it off to source something else with. Im pretty good at making profits on things I bought so spending money to make money in the long term. Everything I paid for can be later sold on
I want to learn how to make things like armour myself at least. I can make helmets and stuff using the papercraft method but its very extensive to do them that way and requires a lot of work so its not an ideal option. I got my Loki helmet off ebay, it was the best one I'd seen so I had to have it. Used money I had saved in my paypal account to buy that. Mostly it just takes looking around until you find the right parts to work with. Etsy is another good place for homemade items. It ends up coming down to expense so if I cant afford something I leave it for later when I can get it or find a cheaper alternative. It would be fine if it was just one costume but when I do so many different characters the price really adds up. Sometimes I can reuse stuff from other costumes though which helps. It doesnt help when Im a perfectionist and want every part to be 100% accurate or Im not happy lol
That is another way, finding suitable stuff in charity shops. Have to get really lucky for that though as you cant choose sizes or anything there. But its always good when you find something that will work perfectly for something. That sounds like a very interesting idea, never heard of that dye before. Some pics of that would be cool
I hope that works out, good way of doing it for a reasonable price too
