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locker_monsterIs cosplay the right word to use when people dress up like their favourite fandom characters? All the on-line stuff suggests "cosplay" applies more to Japanese anime and the detail those fans go to to create their costume. Well, whatever the term, I never realized how expensive it is. A friend of mine and I want to go as Doctor Horrible and Captain Hammer, respectively, for Halloween but we don't want to spend a lot of money. Seems you can't be cheap even if you want to.
Luckily, my Captain Hammer costume will be relatively cheap. I already have the shirt and a pair of grey pants, and my friend has a pair of boots that I can borrow. Not a pair of army boots, mind you, but we only have two weeks or so to get all of the compenents, so accuracy isn't key. I might care to get more accurate stuff if I attend the local comic book con next year. I'm hunting for a pair of black leather gloves, but any pair of black gloves will do. Friend said her dad might have something, so that works.
But Doctor Horrible is the expensive one. You can't buy a simple t-shirt. You got to have the lab coat, preferrably with the buttons going down the side, white gloves, white boots, and the humdinger, the goggles. I think my friend will have to cheat and do a low budget version. Find a regular lab coat, fake some white boots (I suggested taking some tube socks and putting them over white runners), and using any ol' pair of goggles. http://doctorhorrible.net has some good suggestions, but all of them are costly. I thought maybe it might be easier to go as the red Doctor Horrible from the end, but finding a red lab coat would probably be more difficult.
It's funny, there's a Stormtrooper battalion here in the province and I always see them at every local convention. It's never occured to me just how many manhours and how much money they put into their costumes.
Luckily, my Captain Hammer costume will be relatively cheap. I already have the shirt and a pair of grey pants, and my friend has a pair of boots that I can borrow. Not a pair of army boots, mind you, but we only have two weeks or so to get all of the compenents, so accuracy isn't key. I might care to get more accurate stuff if I attend the local comic book con next year. I'm hunting for a pair of black leather gloves, but any pair of black gloves will do. Friend said her dad might have something, so that works.
But Doctor Horrible is the expensive one. You can't buy a simple t-shirt. You got to have the lab coat, preferrably with the buttons going down the side, white gloves, white boots, and the humdinger, the goggles. I think my friend will have to cheat and do a low budget version. Find a regular lab coat, fake some white boots (I suggested taking some tube socks and putting them over white runners), and using any ol' pair of goggles. http://doctorhorrible.net has some good suggestions, but all of them are costly. I thought maybe it might be easier to go as the red Doctor Horrible from the end, but finding a red lab coat would probably be more difficult.
It's funny, there's a Stormtrooper battalion here in the province and I always see them at every local convention. It's never occured to me just how many manhours and how much money they put into their costumes.
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Date: 2008-10-12 09:35 pm (UTC)On the goggles, the one's he wears are no longer made, so you won't find them. If you've got a Princess Auto out your way, you can get a pair of welding goggles for $5 from them, they're green, but they can be painted and weathered.
My hubby just wore black boots when he dressed up, and I made the coat for him. Oh, Princess Auto had some whit leather welding gloves too, $11. You can also order from them online. :o)
Good luck!!
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Date: 2008-10-12 10:17 pm (UTC)