Batcowl advice
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Costume making, prop building and other '66 Bat-related arts and crafts. Great place for info and helpful tips. Proudly display your latest creation. Please keep it '66 Batman related otherwise it will be moved to OFF-TOPIC.
(NO SOLICITATION). If you're looking to BUY or SELL something, go to the MERCHANDISE SECTION. Even if you're trying to assemble a costume by buying or acquiring different crafted items rather than constructing or customizing them yourself, then it belongs in the MERCHANDISE SECTION. Don't even ask somebody if they're planning on selling something within this section.
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Thank you everyone for interest and support, I will be posting concept art and mini comic strip i have done for costume once I have the costume under way:)
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Hello Everyone! I hope you all are doing well. I am sorry for the late post but here is what I decided to go with for my final 1940's batman/ 1950's design for my costume I still am planning on redoing the cowl as an adam west shell but for now I'll stick with the 1940's serial design. I will also be making a belt built from a ww2 utility belt so it is a more realistic look for the 1940's serial approach and then when I have the 1966 batman cowl style ill switch the belt back to this one:) costume drawing and comic to come real soon along with a real photoshoot at the BAT'S CAVE!
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wow, well done, chum. That project turned out quite nice! Congratulations On the win at Wimbledon!
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Fantastic work BATPRESLEY!!!
WELL DONE!
Chuck...
WELL DONE!
Chuck...
Quick, Everyone, Flee for your lives, into the street!!!!
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Thank you very much!!!
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Thank you very much!
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Great job!
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Thank you!
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This turned out really good. Nice job!
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Just one question...how did you reduced the cowl pattern? I have done this many times, and I am sure that I was wrong the whole time. I reduced it and when I copied the modificated pattern to see it works, it was way bigger than my shell. So I knew that it was wrong. How have you made it?floatinjoe wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 1:41 pm I have used the patterns to make a cowl. I will preface with the fact that the cowl was for my son. He was probably about 3 at the time, maybe a bit older. I reduced the cowl pattern, and then assembled it over an eva foam shell that I made. I'd say, all in all, it came out okay. I've always been tempted to try it again, but honestly I don't have the need to do it. It's possible that I'll make a new cowl for him down the road (he's already outgrown it). I have my WS2 cowl, so I won't need to make one for myself.
Here's the thread I had about making it. The finished pictures are on the second page.
Child/Toddler Cowl
Here's a thread with his first convention cosplay outing. He had a blast walking around as Batman.
Fairfax Comic Con and first outing
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I used a reduce function on the copy machine, but it is trial and error. I wound up having to make two cowls because the first one was way too small. As a note, I didn't have a shell that I was trying to cover. I made the fabric cover, and then fashioned a shell out of eva foam to fit inside of it. It had the correct basic shape, but it didn't look spot on.Bat-fan01 wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 2:20 pm
Just one question...how did you reduced the cowl pattern? I have done this many times, and I am sure that I was wrong the whole time. I reduced it and when I copied the modificated pattern to see it works, it was way bigger than my shell. So I knew that it was wrong. How have you made it?
Thanks
Bat-fan01
Mike
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floatinjoe wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 5:34 amI used a reduce function on the copy machine, but it is trial and error. I wound up having to make two cowls because the first one was way too small. As a note, I didn't have a shell that I was trying to cover. I made the fabric cover, and then fashioned a shell out of eva foam to fit inside of it. It had the correct basic shape, but it didn't look spot on.Bat-fan01 wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 2:20 pm
Just one question...how did you reduced the cowl pattern? I have done this many times, and I am sure that I was wrong the whole time. I reduced it and when I copied the modificated pattern to see it works, it was way bigger than my shell. So I knew that it was wrong. How have you made it?
Thanks
Bat-fan01
Mike
Holy idea! I should have tried out when I changed the size of my cowl pattern. What i have done was different. I will keep that idea somewhere next time I do another cowl.
Thank you kindly!
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VERY well done, Bat Presley! Your cowl actually looks BETTER than it appeared in the 43 and 49 serial! One small item though as regards the 43 belt. It was NOT a WW2 cartridge belt. It was custom made. Finding the right material for it is what is holding my 43 serial belt up.BATPRESLEY wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 11:50 am Hello Everyone! I hope you all are doing well. I am sorry for the late post but here is what I decided to go with for my final 1940's batman/ 1950's design for my costume I still am planning on redoing the cowl as an adam west shell but for now I'll stick with the 1940's serial design. I will also be making a belt built from a ww2 utility belt so it is a more realistic look for the 1940's serial approach and then when I have the 1966 batman cowl style ill switch the belt back to this one:) costume drawing and comic to come real soon along with a real photoshoot at the BAT'S CAVE!
Larry