Chad Lesher
New Member
Hey guys! Usually I do batman builds and I've spent quite a few years over at the brotherhood of the bat forums. I will be attending my first comic con this July. I've always wanted to go, just never went. Don't really know why. Fair warning - this post has a backstory.
In 2011, my baby girl came into my life and changed it forever. She has a rare form of hearing loss called bilateral, sensory-neural hearing loss. From birth, we were told she was deaf. Both my wife and I are "hearing" parents and this came as a shocker to is with no known history of deafness in either of our families. My little girl has been through a lot and overcome a lot. Now she is almost 3. Thanks to help from the Children's Hospital, our community here, and friends and family - she has hearing aids that bring her to near "normal" hearing, her speech is developing, and she knows quite a few signs to boot.
Here in Denver, comic con is Father's Day weekend. I'm going to take my little girl with me and I would like to go as a Daredevil/Echo pair. I know it sounds cheesy but this means a lot to me and I hope to help other children with disabilities learn about superheroes with disabilities and how they overcome their disadvantages and how their disabilities give them other advantages or "superpowers."
I have a few ideas I want to share with you guys and get some feedback on. I'd love to hear from someone else who has accomplished a daredevil build as well as to how to approach this. I've done some searching on the site and it seems that most people either make comic daredevil suits or purchase a movie inspired suit from a cosplay website or UD replicas. In a perfect world, I would find a way to get one of those sold out UD Replicas suits. I work a lot and I'm no Bruce Wayne or Tony Stark... I'm working off of a Peter Parker budget.
My first idea is to use an adult Racer-X costume as a base. Just the normal costume you can find on Amazon.
I've worked with vinyl and fabric spray paint before and I think I can paint the fabric and still keep it flexible enough to wear. Duplicolor makes a burgundy.
With some added padding/armor and some nicely placed stitches, I think I can at least use this costume as a solid starting point without breaking the bank. For the daredevil mask/cowl I could just paint the cap from the racer x costume and get some red sunglasses... I've also considered making a foam version using the pep files for a captain america helmet as a base - which there are plenty of references for that around here.
My profession is weird, lol. I went to an art school and have a degree in Visual Effects and Motion Graphics which is really complicated and hard to explain... Yet for my day job I actually build, wire, repair, and fabricate equipment for Ambulance, Police, and Fire vehicles... So I do have a decent knowledge of "crafting." Don't be afraid to suggest any ideas my way.
I'm kinda drawing a blank for my little girl's costume. Really, from what I can tell, the only consistent feature of Echo's many costumes and alias's is the handprint on her face. That will be easy - I really want to give her a costume that will be comfortable and fun for a 3 year old to wear, but really cool to make her feel really special - because she is.
She does have hearing aids and they are visible - I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to feature her hearing aids as part of the costume and make them look "cool."
Thanks guys! I can't wait to get started!
In 2011, my baby girl came into my life and changed it forever. She has a rare form of hearing loss called bilateral, sensory-neural hearing loss. From birth, we were told she was deaf. Both my wife and I are "hearing" parents and this came as a shocker to is with no known history of deafness in either of our families. My little girl has been through a lot and overcome a lot. Now she is almost 3. Thanks to help from the Children's Hospital, our community here, and friends and family - she has hearing aids that bring her to near "normal" hearing, her speech is developing, and she knows quite a few signs to boot.
Here in Denver, comic con is Father's Day weekend. I'm going to take my little girl with me and I would like to go as a Daredevil/Echo pair. I know it sounds cheesy but this means a lot to me and I hope to help other children with disabilities learn about superheroes with disabilities and how they overcome their disadvantages and how their disabilities give them other advantages or "superpowers."
I have a few ideas I want to share with you guys and get some feedback on. I'd love to hear from someone else who has accomplished a daredevil build as well as to how to approach this. I've done some searching on the site and it seems that most people either make comic daredevil suits or purchase a movie inspired suit from a cosplay website or UD replicas. In a perfect world, I would find a way to get one of those sold out UD Replicas suits. I work a lot and I'm no Bruce Wayne or Tony Stark... I'm working off of a Peter Parker budget.
My first idea is to use an adult Racer-X costume as a base. Just the normal costume you can find on Amazon.
I've worked with vinyl and fabric spray paint before and I think I can paint the fabric and still keep it flexible enough to wear. Duplicolor makes a burgundy.
With some added padding/armor and some nicely placed stitches, I think I can at least use this costume as a solid starting point without breaking the bank. For the daredevil mask/cowl I could just paint the cap from the racer x costume and get some red sunglasses... I've also considered making a foam version using the pep files for a captain america helmet as a base - which there are plenty of references for that around here.
My profession is weird, lol. I went to an art school and have a degree in Visual Effects and Motion Graphics which is really complicated and hard to explain... Yet for my day job I actually build, wire, repair, and fabricate equipment for Ambulance, Police, and Fire vehicles... So I do have a decent knowledge of "crafting." Don't be afraid to suggest any ideas my way.
I'm kinda drawing a blank for my little girl's costume. Really, from what I can tell, the only consistent feature of Echo's many costumes and alias's is the handprint on her face. That will be easy - I really want to give her a costume that will be comfortable and fun for a 3 year old to wear, but really cool to make her feel really special - because she is.
She does have hearing aids and they are visible - I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to feature her hearing aids as part of the costume and make them look "cool."Thanks guys! I can't wait to get started!
