Cosplay Help

[zalmida]

So my boyfriend and I have finally decided on our last set of costumes for SDCC this year and it's a bit of an undertaking... but nothing too impossible. Somehow, I ended up decided that old school Rogue from X-Men would totally be a good idea. I have a pattern for a full bodysuit, but I've never used it before. I've also never really made anything

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[mutive]

Part of me debates the wisdom of this...are you planning to work with spandex? It is an evil, evil, evil fabric

[zalmida]

I had a feeling that was going to be the way to go... So I'm sort of taking apart the pattern I have and turning it into more of a puzzle? Then reassembling later? So like... I have a pattern for the green pieces and a pattern for the yellow pieces? It's not like I'm adding the gold on top of a complete green body suit? This makes sense, but just seems a little daunting since I want it to be equal on both sides and there's no real way to hide my mistakes (I realize I just re-stated everything you've said in a much less eloquent way). :P

Are there any handy tricks for this method? Like folding over the pattern and tracing the same line on both sides to keep the gold portion even? This is already awesome info. I just like to ask a bazillion questions.

[mutive]

Yep, very much like a puzzle. Patterns are super nice for sizing (you go, ah, this is about how long a waist needs to be, this is how big hips should be to allow movement!), but you can sort of deconstruct them if you want to add different panels to them. You can just cut out the chunk separately that you want in a different color and reassemble it (leaving a bit of extra fabric as a seam allowance

[zalmida]

I agree, I think sew seams are the only way to go with this costume. Especially since it's going to be skin tight. Now that black "X" over the boob... I'm assuming fabric paint. Or will that just be gross? I've never used it before.

Thank you so, so much for all your advice. This seems so much less daunting now. I actually think that I can handle the body suit. The boots, however, look like they will kill me. Is it forgivable to pass up those heels for something way more... flat? I don't think I could make it a full day at Comic Con in heels. I'm also a huge failure when it comes to wearing those kind of shoes XD

[xaynie]

I don't know- do you want shortcuts? If so, you might consider buying a full body zentai suit in yellow and then just buy the green spandex fabric to sew on top of it. (I would also do a search for a green zentai and rogue zentai on ebay).

I'm not sure what your budget is but that might be an alternative. Who knows, you might even find a Rogue pre-made zentai!

[zalmida]

Thanks, I actually was considering this, but I really want to try and sew this if I can get away with it. I'm patient enough to deal with the tediousness of it all :)

I'm also a little unsure of what a zentai suit might look like with fabric added on top of it. I'd like this costume to look as clean as possible. Have you ever done anything like this before or seen anyone who's used this method?

[xaynie]

Sorry, I haven't personally done this. However, I've seen it done. Even though it doesn't look as good as "carving out" the sections you need to sew, it's still passable.

[zalmida]

I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the suggestion!