Here's a loopy look at another fun cosplay! This time, I decided to tackle the early-60s look of Marvel's Ant-Man! Click below (to enlarge pics) and follow along as I assemble the pieces, create the designs, and bring ol' Hank Pym to life!
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| Above: Rough sketches that also eventually served as printer instructions, regarding design placement! |
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| Above: My own suit design, sent to the suit printers for final execution! |
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| Above: Time to look for an appropriate helmet. I con- sidered some vintage 70s helmets (like used for this cosplay), but the fit and/or overall look was never quite right... |
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| Above: At last! This ski helmet caught my eye as something I could work with! |
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| Above ten images: For the helmet "mandibles," I considered everything from beer tap handles to foam horns! Finally, I spied the handles from these detergent bottles, cut them into a shape that would work, followed by sanding, and painting, and whittling, and magnet placement, and....... |
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| Above eight images: After designing and masking off the eye-openings, the priming and painting began! |
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| Above four images: The original Ant-Man had a very distinctive belt, one that includes two vials. I also wanted the black (foam) belt to stand off against the black trunks, so a silver stripe was added, continuing the red/black/silver color motif! |
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| Above three images: Some small puffy paint containers were cut and shaped and painted, to be placed upon the belt center! |
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| Above two images: The finished belt, with silver trim added to distinguish it from the black trunks! |
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| Above two images: For Ant-Man's front-and-center communications device, the detergent bottle cap (with a bunch of modifications) was prepped! |
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| Above five images: A look at the rough helmet! It's getting there! |
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| Above five images: The helmet with mandibles magnetically attached! It took a ton of engineering and fitting (and re-fitting and more re-fitting) to make it happen! |
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| Above: The complete cosplay! |
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| Above: All the helmet accessories are magnetically snapped into place! |
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| Above: I outlined and expanded the outer portions of the exposed eye areas to create a more defined look! |
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| Above: Ant-Man goes to the dogs! |
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| Above four images: I crafted a new visor, using foam board and adhesive lens tinting film! |
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| Above: I'm king of the (ant)hill! |
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| Above three images: Using my Ant-Man cosplay, I created a cool custom card and action figure! See more here! |
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| Above: Adding some custom COVID masks to the look, for convention appearances... |
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| Above four images: Turnabout is fair play, right? A little fun, based on my Hawkeye cosplay! |
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| Above images: Some modified (to be a bit more comics-centric) headgear! |
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| Above thirteen images: I had a mini-statue made of me as Ant-Man! I added a few painted touches and improvements, but it's fun having a 3D printed version of yourself hanging around! |
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| "Wait. There's an Ant-Man and a Spider-Man?!?" |
BONUS! Learn all about the creation of this classic cosplay here:
BONUS BONUS! Wanna see (and hear) Ant-Man in action, in an exciting
storytime video (done in the style of the 1966 MARVEL
SUPERHEROES cartoon)? Sure ya do! Just click below!
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1 comment:
Al, you've outdone yourself. Outstanding costume. That helmet turned out fantastic!
Congrats!! Say hi to the queen ant for me.
Bret
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