Here we go in the Ant-Man write up!
I’m working on this project in collaboration with one of my frequent partners, Jordan from Jordan’s Ironic Armory and I’ll be sharing images from both of us.
The first step, like most of my builds, was to put together a mock up of the costume for an initial fitting. The general shapes were sketched onto the mock up to check the proportions and alignment of the base shapes.
The top of this costume is created in three main pieces: the torso vest, the shirt and sleeves and the neck band. I began with the vest.
For the red areas, we decided to create a vector pattern and have the fabric printed onto spandex. Here are a couple of sewing test images of the printed samples as well as some early coating tests. The plan is to coat the fabric and then give it some paint treatments to create a more metallic look.
Once the actual fabric yardage came in from the printer, I got started on the vest. I began with the chest and worked my way down and around to the back.
I broke the front of the vest into three main sections and attacked each one in order: the chest, the abs and the lower sides.
The chest was created using a base of headliner foam. I added the black base areas by mounting perforated faux leather to the foam with Super 77. 2mm craft foam chest plates were then added and the fabric areas were built on top of the base incorporating piping and other details from our reference images.
With the chest together, I moved on to the abs. I assembled the abs using the same method of layering headliner, 2mm eva and fabric and working all the sections together from the base black and details to the ‘armored’ red abs.
The side front sections were then made by using a muslin base and assembling the layers of detail on top of that.
Once the front pieces were assembled, I was able to move to the back. The back was assembled in much the same way as the front, except with out all of the padding.
The vest was then finished on all the edges and completed with side zippers and a small zipper at the back of the neck that will be covered by the backpack.
I’m working on this project in collaboration with one of my frequent partners, Jordan from Jordan’s Ironic Armory and I’ll be sharing images from both of us.
The first step, like most of my builds, was to put together a mock up of the costume for an initial fitting. The general shapes were sketched onto the mock up to check the proportions and alignment of the base shapes.
The top of this costume is created in three main pieces: the torso vest, the shirt and sleeves and the neck band. I began with the vest.
For the red areas, we decided to create a vector pattern and have the fabric printed onto spandex. Here are a couple of sewing test images of the printed samples as well as some early coating tests. The plan is to coat the fabric and then give it some paint treatments to create a more metallic look.
Once the actual fabric yardage came in from the printer, I got started on the vest. I began with the chest and worked my way down and around to the back.
I broke the front of the vest into three main sections and attacked each one in order: the chest, the abs and the lower sides.
The chest was created using a base of headliner foam. I added the black base areas by mounting perforated faux leather to the foam with Super 77. 2mm craft foam chest plates were then added and the fabric areas were built on top of the base incorporating piping and other details from our reference images.
With the chest together, I moved on to the abs. I assembled the abs using the same method of layering headliner, 2mm eva and fabric and working all the sections together from the base black and details to the ‘armored’ red abs.
The side front sections were then made by using a muslin base and assembling the layers of detail on top of that.
Once the front pieces were assembled, I was able to move to the back. The back was assembled in much the same way as the front, except with out all of the padding.
The vest was then finished on all the edges and completed with side zippers and a small zipper at the back of the neck that will be covered by the backpack.
