NYCC Approaches: Mohawk in the Making

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As New York Comic Con approaches, I have been spending the last few weeks trying to get time in to get my costume done. During the last NYCC  as we wandered the vending floor a friend and I were discussing costumes we wanted to do but hadn’t yet.

• She Hulk, particularly this version
• Madame Vastra
• Storm
• Uhura
• 80′s Punk Storm

Right about there there was a pause.  We started thinking about the supplies I would need, and mostly it was  gloves and a white Mohawk. I had the jacket, pants, belts, boots, jewelry, even the makeup was covered… A trip to Goodwill netted me an even better jacket due to the sharp eyes of a friend. A trip down St. Mark’s and I had my choice of gloves.




So then I was missing two things. An X-belt buckle and a Mohawk.  After months of searching and googling, and randomly wandering into wig stores when I passed them by. This was the closest thing I could find and I could not bring myself to even pretend I was going to be able to get behind that atrocity.  So building a Mohawk. I ordered white hair off Amazon. Grabbed a Styrofoam ring, from Micheal’s and Styro glue.




So then when I opened the hair I got my first surprise. I was expecting what I later learned was called a weft where the hair is attached. Imagine shredding a sheet of paper halfway, and having the half of the sheet still intact. Got it? I expected the hair version of that. Yeah I pretty much got a pile of loose hair folded in half and braided on itself.  Yay.


  


My first step was cutting the styrofoam into a frame. As I was still not sure how I would be attaching this to my head, I figured a sturdy base would help.  I started gluing hair to said frame and rather quickly ran out of hair. Good thing I started early. I ordered more hair that Monday and some magic shipping from Doctored Locks on Amazon and I was back in business.




Adding on more layer of hair after the above, and I had a decently thick mohawk. Now I just have to actually stiffen the hair, cover up the front of the Styrofoam with hair, cut the hair into an even length and get a headband for attaching to my head, all by Saturday. I plan to wear this Saturday, Sunday, and Halloween of course.  I have time…kinda.

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