laurend
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Since my Iron Man project has been shelved due mostly to losing my work space, I've decided to take a new approach and make a female version of Captain America. I've seen it done before but for the most part they seem to go one of two ways, either the female part is a little too emphasized and the practicality and Cap's personality flies out the window (ie: exposed bellies, no sleeves, deep v-necks) or they are direct translations of the costumes out there so they're not really made with a female in mind. I wanted to do something that's both feminine and practical, it has been done before yes, and I love them, but they seem to be a minority.
So, to start out I mad a few (very quick, not-so-great) sketches to try and flush out my ideas and see if I could decide on a few things. I've narrowed it down to two possible ideas and i'm going to try and get to a fabric store sometime this week to see what I can find before I go for sure in either direction.
(And sorry about the huge pics)
The first one is kind of mix and match from a bunch of different Cap uniforms, obviously relying heavily on TFA but with the coloring of the comics. I love the way the TFA uniform looks but I feel like I wouldn't be able to do everything I'm hoping to and have it look that great with the fabric types needed for that look. I noticed in one of the screen shots of the USO shows in that movie that he's actually wearing blue opaque tights/leggings with some blue shorts over them so I decided to add a short little flowy skirt, which I think add some obvious femininity to it. I also moved from the drop holster to a thigh holster both to accomodate for the skirt and because for some reason I see it as something more often utilized by women. I took the shoulder straps from the TFA suit (which I think I would continue in to the 'Y' shape on the back) but used the more traditional strip look for the abdominal area and made the pouches on the belt a little smaller than most seem to be, though I'm still thinking I may change that. I also borrowed the red gloves from the comics but kept the combat-type boots, mostly because I think it will be easier to get a good looking set of military boots than some bright red fold overs.
The other is quite obviously modled after the Commander uniform, which seems to be where they're headed for TWS. It's less iconically "Captain America" since well, technically he wasn't at the time, but I freakin love the uniform, particularly the leatherwork and the boots. This one is a little more directly pulled from the original uniform though I did add the skirt of course. This one is a lot longer and has a slimmer line than the first but in order to make moving/(theoretically) fighting easier it would be paneled in the front, specifically, the front on either side-where the red and white stripes are-would be cut all the way up with the panel between them extending under so when standing it would be complete coverage but when I moved my legs it would open up and allow for pretty much any movement. And again, there would be opaque leggings underneath, probably made from the same fabric as the rest of the uniform. I also moved the red/white striping up from the legs and put it to the waist, made it wider. I thought this would accentuate the whole 'hourglass' thing and would balance things out with the skirt some. The other real major changer too was to add te white undershirt/shorter sleeved. There's less justification here, I just thought it would look good to break up the blue a little more. My brother could also get me some of the military issue black and grey flag shoulder patches that were in the recent concept art that's been posted for the new movie which might look cool in place of the stars on the shoulder.
Either way I'm probably going to use some kind of heavyweight fabric with a little bit of stretch to it, similar to stretch denim maybe. I thought about trying to add the 'scales' in the more traditional uniforms but it seems like they just wouldn't sit right in reality, especially on a girl.
I'm still going back and forth on the cowl, I really hate wearing things like that but I realize it's definitely an iconic part of Cap, though he does seem to lose it pretty much all the time. Though I've thought that if I do decide to go without I will do some wing hair clips and put one on either side to at least hint at it.
And of course I would have a shield, at this point I'm looking at aluminum but may have to go with a steel saucer depending on where my budget goes.
Ugh, too many words. Hoping to get to the fabric store soon to look at options and get started on something tangible to show. I'd love any input on anything here, especially if there's any criticisms/things you think I could change to make them work better.
So, to start out I mad a few (very quick, not-so-great) sketches to try and flush out my ideas and see if I could decide on a few things. I've narrowed it down to two possible ideas and i'm going to try and get to a fabric store sometime this week to see what I can find before I go for sure in either direction.
(And sorry about the huge pics)
The first one is kind of mix and match from a bunch of different Cap uniforms, obviously relying heavily on TFA but with the coloring of the comics. I love the way the TFA uniform looks but I feel like I wouldn't be able to do everything I'm hoping to and have it look that great with the fabric types needed for that look. I noticed in one of the screen shots of the USO shows in that movie that he's actually wearing blue opaque tights/leggings with some blue shorts over them so I decided to add a short little flowy skirt, which I think add some obvious femininity to it. I also moved from the drop holster to a thigh holster both to accomodate for the skirt and because for some reason I see it as something more often utilized by women. I took the shoulder straps from the TFA suit (which I think I would continue in to the 'Y' shape on the back) but used the more traditional strip look for the abdominal area and made the pouches on the belt a little smaller than most seem to be, though I'm still thinking I may change that. I also borrowed the red gloves from the comics but kept the combat-type boots, mostly because I think it will be easier to get a good looking set of military boots than some bright red fold overs.
The other is quite obviously modled after the Commander uniform, which seems to be where they're headed for TWS. It's less iconically "Captain America" since well, technically he wasn't at the time, but I freakin love the uniform, particularly the leatherwork and the boots. This one is a little more directly pulled from the original uniform though I did add the skirt of course. This one is a lot longer and has a slimmer line than the first but in order to make moving/(theoretically) fighting easier it would be paneled in the front, specifically, the front on either side-where the red and white stripes are-would be cut all the way up with the panel between them extending under so when standing it would be complete coverage but when I moved my legs it would open up and allow for pretty much any movement. And again, there would be opaque leggings underneath, probably made from the same fabric as the rest of the uniform. I also moved the red/white striping up from the legs and put it to the waist, made it wider. I thought this would accentuate the whole 'hourglass' thing and would balance things out with the skirt some. The other real major changer too was to add te white undershirt/shorter sleeved. There's less justification here, I just thought it would look good to break up the blue a little more. My brother could also get me some of the military issue black and grey flag shoulder patches that were in the recent concept art that's been posted for the new movie which might look cool in place of the stars on the shoulder.
Either way I'm probably going to use some kind of heavyweight fabric with a little bit of stretch to it, similar to stretch denim maybe. I thought about trying to add the 'scales' in the more traditional uniforms but it seems like they just wouldn't sit right in reality, especially on a girl.
I'm still going back and forth on the cowl, I really hate wearing things like that but I realize it's definitely an iconic part of Cap, though he does seem to lose it pretty much all the time. Though I've thought that if I do decide to go without I will do some wing hair clips and put one on either side to at least hint at it.
And of course I would have a shield, at this point I'm looking at aluminum but may have to go with a steel saucer depending on where my budget goes.
Ugh, too many words. Hoping to get to the fabric store soon to look at options and get started on something tangible to show. I'd love any input on anything here, especially if there's any criticisms/things you think I could change to make them work better.
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