My Green Lantern Costume

Welcome to my costume page, here you'll find entries related to the Hal Jordan costume I'm building from scratch, this is all provided as documentation for those who are curious, and those who'd like to learn, and perhaps make their own version. Wherever possible, I'll include links to materials I've used, and pictures. Thanks for taking an interest in my project!

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My Hal Jordan "Rebirth" Costume

Submitted by Interesting John on January 5, 2010 - 4:16pm
 

So my wife and I are starting a Hal costume for Emerald City ComiCon. I'm doing a slightly different take on the construction of the costume. My biggest pet-peeve with "store-bought" GL costumes is that the green parts rarely match each-other, so to remedy this, I'll be using acrylic airbrush paint to paint the mask, boots and torso. For a consistent texture, I'll be making the green torso section out of black stretch pleather.

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Emblem Construction - Part 1

Submitted by Interesting John on January 5, 2010 - 4:36pm
 

Alright, here's a quick update on my progress, I printed out some templates that I made in illustrator to begin on the emblem. The design I'm using for inspiration is from the cover of Blackest Night #6 which can be seen to the left.

I used thin black foamies to cut out 3 layers of the emblem, the first layer, the back, is simply round, the second layer is the emblem cutout with a round border (slightly smaller diameter that back layer). The third layer is the same as the second, but with a smaller diameter.

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Mask Construction

Submitted by Interesting John on February 10, 2010 - 9:45pm
 

Well, the mask is finished, I painted it this weekend and the results are fantastic, I used the Createx airbrush paint as I had intended, It took around 3-4 coats of paint to cover it all sufficiently (no primer). The green color is perfect, and the metallic sheen comes across great.

I modified the mask slightly, the default nose piece covers the bottom of your nose, so using some utility scissors I was able to cut-out the bottom portion to make the mask more comic-like.

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Boot Construction

Submitted by Interesting John on February 26, 2010 - 7:35pm
 

The boots are finished. I took them to a local shoe shop, and for $35 they trimmed the top edge to a more angular shape and then stitched the lining to the rubber upper. After I got the boots back I proceeded to tape off the black soles and paint the upper with the same Createx paint that I used for the mask. The results were remarkable, not to mention incredibly permanent. The only final step that I may take is coating them in a sealer to avoid any potential water damage, but I have to say, I'm quite happy with the result. In the end I coated each boot around 3-4 times.