Osmethae
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*Not a sexy version.
Captain America is one of my girlfriends favorite superheroes and really wants to cosplay as the WWII version of him. I used to do a lot of WWII reenacting so most of the stuff I had already.
I scoured testors paints referencing back and forth to screenshots from the movie to find the closest blue for the helmet. Painted that, obviously, and then stenciled the A on. This is a bit of a budget build because I've been working on my Judge Dredd which as most of you know, is EXPENSIVE. I didn't want to buy the B7 AN6530 goggles, they're $150++ for reproduction goggles alone. I had some German flight goggles laying around that looked the part except the lenses were orange.
I used a Dr. Pepper 2 liter bottle, traced the orange lenses onto it, cut it out, and put them into the goggles and they fit perfectly. The foam around the lenses needs a little more clean up work that I haven't gotten around to yet.
Next up is to tackle the shield. I found this affordable shield that would be a perfect base for his WWII version, all it needs is some cutting. Here's the link if anyone wants to do the same: Medieval Crafted Knights Red Cross Crusader Shield
Here was a progress picture of all the cutting/grinding. I eyed the shape of his shield and made it just a tad smaller since otherwise it would look huge on her.
The handle and strap it comes with are complete rubbish and don't even fit the damn thing. I modified them, made my own little bracket for the forearm strap and welded them on.
I was almost done painting the shield itself yesterday but didn't like how a few things turned out... which means getting it all off and starting completely over. Which pains me TO NO END.
The other stuff I'm still working on. I'm trying to get all of this done for her by this weekend because there is a B-17 that just landed in town. She definitely wants to take the opportunity to put the costume on and get some pictures with it.
The jacket has been the most expensive part, I found this one one ebay: First Avenger Captain America Cowhide Vintage Biker Leather Jacket Chris Evans | eBay
I talked to the guy and asked if he could create a completely custom one to fit a female. It turned out great, I don't have pictures of it yet, I'm working on slowly weathering it at the moment. I'll update this shortly with more progress.
Captain America is one of my girlfriends favorite superheroes and really wants to cosplay as the WWII version of him. I used to do a lot of WWII reenacting so most of the stuff I had already.
I scoured testors paints referencing back and forth to screenshots from the movie to find the closest blue for the helmet. Painted that, obviously, and then stenciled the A on. This is a bit of a budget build because I've been working on my Judge Dredd which as most of you know, is EXPENSIVE. I didn't want to buy the B7 AN6530 goggles, they're $150++ for reproduction goggles alone. I had some German flight goggles laying around that looked the part except the lenses were orange.
I used a Dr. Pepper 2 liter bottle, traced the orange lenses onto it, cut it out, and put them into the goggles and they fit perfectly. The foam around the lenses needs a little more clean up work that I haven't gotten around to yet.
Next up is to tackle the shield. I found this affordable shield that would be a perfect base for his WWII version, all it needs is some cutting. Here's the link if anyone wants to do the same: Medieval Crafted Knights Red Cross Crusader Shield
Here was a progress picture of all the cutting/grinding. I eyed the shape of his shield and made it just a tad smaller since otherwise it would look huge on her.
The handle and strap it comes with are complete rubbish and don't even fit the damn thing. I modified them, made my own little bracket for the forearm strap and welded them on.
I was almost done painting the shield itself yesterday but didn't like how a few things turned out... which means getting it all off and starting completely over. Which pains me TO NO END.
The other stuff I'm still working on. I'm trying to get all of this done for her by this weekend because there is a B-17 that just landed in town. She definitely wants to take the opportunity to put the costume on and get some pictures with it.
The jacket has been the most expensive part, I found this one one ebay: First Avenger Captain America Cowhide Vintage Biker Leather Jacket Chris Evans | eBay
I talked to the guy and asked if he could create a completely custom one to fit a female. It turned out great, I don't have pictures of it yet, I'm working on slowly weathering it at the moment. I'll update this shortly with more progress.
