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Over that I put ‘beams’ of foam much like interlocking Lincoln logs. With suggested help from my Father he recommended using an old round snow sled and put straps on that to make it the base of the back pack. I saw many other previous examples and knew what I wanted, and what I wanted to stay away from. I first decided to work on the shell, being the largest and strangest piece to make. After re-skinning repairs to the ‘boots’ and the bodysuit, it is now a total of $375. The first calculation of price spent was nearly $300. **All materials listed will be referenced from in the process in which they are used. And the pipe insulation foam was bought from Lowe’s home improvement store. I bought most fabric and foam from Jo-Ann fabric store. Oh and polyfil was used for the tail, and hair. The black fabric on those bands where crudely sewn by hand taffeta. later it turned out to be the ‘metal’ spikes on the collar, forearms, and wrists. I got fabric from the remnants bin when possible to save a few dollars.Ī year before I was strangely attracted to the silver fabric that was in a remnant bin and had to have it. 4-6 yards of dark green, 3 yards of Ivory, and one and a half yards of white.
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I got a full bolt ( 8 yards) of Yellow, but only used about 5-7 yards of it. Yellow, white, cream/Ivory, dark green, gold, and orange. Also easily gave a ‘smooth cartoon-ish’ look to it. Other materials in this order included a pair of shoes, floor mat foam, pipe insulation foam, Scrap fabric, elastic, sewing necessities (thread, needle, scissors, sewing machine, serger) Balaklava ski mask, fabric paint, acrylic paint, clear casting resin supplies & kit, and Crayola model magic foam clay.Īs for fabric I chose to deal with fleece, having previous experience sewing it on machine and by hand. The main structure is made out of a body suit, round snow sled (shell), lots of Upholstery foam, and tons of hot glue. So I just went with what I could get my hands on and see what matched well with each other.
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I had to debate what colors of fabric would be suitable since I’m not familiar with dyes to get the ‘exact’ color and plus the fact there was a lot of debate already made what exactly is the ‘right’ color. I did gain a reference form Riley’s CanineHybrid’s Groundon costume that also shared stubby legs and it hlepd me a lot with making Bowser.Īfter much research I began to calculate what necessary materials I would need to make this costume. I also looked up Turtles for the shell, Bull horns for Bowser’s horns, and stubby legged creatures. I tried to find a well made 3-D model of Bowser, or a toy of some sort but I found nothing I would be willing to buy as a reference. I also take still shots of animation and videogame animations to get a understanding. This gave me an understanding what Nintendo wanted the character to be portrayed as and what the fans saw Bowser as. As well as Fan art from devoted fans of the franchise and games, also fans of King Koopa himself. I also looked up and gathered original art form Nintendo. With a mix of Gijinka, poorly built, well built, and intriguing designed ones I gained an understanding what I’d be faced up against trying to build such a monstrosity. I also did a lot of research on the internet and looked over Deviant art,, and Google images to find ANY and all previous Bowser costumes I could find. This ended up being a bit of a ritual but the time spent on putting it on is quite easy if no steps are skipped.
During the designing process I also tried to visually putting it on and what process I would take to do so. Head, shell, suit, Left hand, Right hand, Left foot, Right foot, and tail. This suit ended up being 8 detachable pieces.
But thanks to my father it hangs in an open closet stand quite nicely but still takes up a chunk of space in my room. Not because I’m a big person and this suit makes me even ‘bigger’ the largest piece is the shell and it’s awkward to pack around and store. This suit of mine takes up A LOT of room and space. I wondered how many ‘pieces’ this suit will take and how much space it will take in a room or car. So the body suit would have a open back like a ‘smock’ or ‘scrubs’ where it would tie in the back, this design also helped with air ventilation.
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I decided how to ware the shell as a ‘backpack’. I drew the head and as I draw I sketch, and draw ‘layers’ this helps my brain figure out what I should do and how I should put it together. First thing I did right from the start is draw possibilities of designs.