I made a newer version of the B v S Wonder Woman costume. It is foam over a corset base. The boots and accessories were made or worbla (still getting the hang of working with this.) My Steve was just a thrown together outfit and some tee shirt leg wraps 😉 it rained so we didn’t do the Wild Rumpus Athens Parade. 
Here are some scenic shots of my still in progress original design Wonder Woman armor. Thanks to Deborah for taking them. Â Sunset on the cove at Fort Clinch on Amelia Island was perfect. I now have a hooded cape to go with this outfit, so will add on photos with that at a later date.
As an end of the school year gift to the kids (and ourselves, ) we took a weekend trip to the beach; our first visit to Myrtle Beach and their Xcon convention. It was also bike week there, which my husband describes as “so relaxing.” 😉
I am in the process of finishing up my own armor design for a warrior Wonder Woman. Â It still needs a little work, but was wearable. I took inspiration from several different designs incorporating the eagle, star, and olive branches. Â Here is the armor:
This is my first attempt at using Worbla, a moldable plastic. Â It has to be heated up to be shaped, then after it hardens back can be painted. Â I am shooting for a battle worn, distressed look. Â I wore heels and hair down some of the day, then a high ponytail and gladiator sandals for a beach trip and walking comfort the rest of the day. Â In the promo shots for the new Wonder Woman movie coming out in 2017, this seems to be the look (hair back and sandals.)
Paul brought his Jedi Robes, but ended up sticking to his Cuban “beach shirt” 🙂  I made two last minute costumes for the girls..Kiki from “Kiki’s Delivery Service” for the older one and Supergirl for the younger.  Only Supergirl was worn.  The elder opted for the old Pokemon trainer!
All in all, a fun weekend! Â We got to meet some cool folks and even got to chat with Brian Krause (Leo from Charmed.) Â I am horrible at recognizing people, so that one took me a while to realize!
Here is the pretty amazing Bombshell Batwoman statue by Ant Lucia and Tim Miller. I do love this Character from the DC Comics Bombshells series. Â This version is Kate Kane, a lesbian, baseball playing protector of the home front during World War 2 . Sorry to not have the photo credit for this collage, it was a huge help in making my design!
A lot of this costume ended up having to be store bought. Â The socks, gloves, and cleats were each around 7$, and the hat was 3$. Â I shortened the gloves and added cording to the wrists. Â I painted the cleats black and added red bat emblems on the back. The hat just needed some ears and vinyl emblem added. Â I pieced together the dress and made the belt myself…I am lucky enough to own a silhouette vinyl cutting machine, so I printed out the bat for the font of the top and the team/number for the back onto heat transfer vinyl. Last step was to add red accent trim around the sleeves and collar. Â Oh, and the bat! Â We inherited an old wooden bat when we bought our house, so I regripped the handle then added the little end bat and Batwoman wordage to the side. Â A little black makeup for the mask and a red wig, and it is done!!
I hope to get some field shots soon, but for now… here are some pics from SC Comic Con taken by my 11 year old. Â This is going to be my comfy-est go-to costume for a while, I think!
I will probably end up making a new, more screen accurate version of this once I get the hang of some new materials. Â This is my first attempt made in the summer of 2015 based on the preview shot of her costume. Â I have worn it several times now, and love that it is so comfortable (for a corset and heels.)
It is made of faux leather, craft foam and modge podge mostly. Â The leg armor is one piece attached to knee highs and worn over wedge heels. Â The corset is steel boned with a separate skirt/belt. Â The sword is just a plastic one I repainted and weathered attached to a leather strap. Â My hair is brown, just brown 
and doesn’t take color well, so I have given up on trying to dye it black.  I don’t really mind… it is more me as Wonder Woman, which I love 🙂
The above photos were from SC Comicon in Greenville April 2016.
Below is a shot of the costume when I first made it..(on my mannequin and showing the sword.) Â Since then, the skirt has been shortened a bit, but all else the same.
This is one of my favorite shots, taken by my six year old.  It shows my other daughter (11) in a rare picture as my professional corset lacer 🙂  The older one is normally my photographer and does an outstanding job!
In an alternate universe, Gwen Stacy (the girlfriend of Peter Parker) becomes the ultimate Spidey Heroine!
Picture above is my first version.  It was a frankensteined/ ad-lib pattern and ended up being too restrictive to do much in although I loved the color of the pink accents, perfect blue puffy paint webbing, and huge hood 😦  Drafting and sewing spandex is definitely NOT my favorite thing, but since I loved this character I ended up purchasing a cheapish pre-made suit to play around in.
The new suit was worn to Ath-Con 2016 along with an old wig my daughter had used for Nine Tales a few years earlier.
Some paint on a pair of black flats was all that I really did to go with the new suit.
AthCon2016:
This suit, despite giving exact measurements, was super short on me… so they exchanged for one with longer legs that ended up way to long (easy fix.) Â This was my first venture into spandex, so am still unsure which I hate more…patterning and sewing spandex or dealing with overseas sizing and issues. Â (neither, please). Â It was also a brownish maroon color for the accents, unusable (see through) mask, had an awefully small hood.
May 2016, for Free Comic Book Day and the Twilight bike race in downtown Athens, I got to hang out with a super Spidey. Â He was awesome and was introduced to me by our mutual friend, Dan, who took some great pics.
***How the hell does Gwen keep her white spidey fingers clean? Â We only climbed a few nasty Athens poles***
Photos above are property of Dan Jackson, Â thewebheadedhero. and Miala. Â Please contact for redistribution credits.
Due to the extreme commitment and dedication  of my fellow spiderperson, and because even a superhero with bleach cannot clean stained white gloves, I am experimenting on this suit. I don’t think I am quite dedicated enough to spend hundreds on a new one (yet).  In the works is:
acrylic paint base to lighten up the brown accents, hot pink paint pen to stipple that to match the hood I originally made. Â (that is huge and lovely and will replace the crappy one)
turquoise puffy paint webbing
homemade lenses and maybe a modded faceshell to try to make the mask work
and maybe ..just maybe…if the suit turns out amazing, I will paint the toes and side soles of my favorite black converse style hi tops. Â Having some grip and/or powers would be cool.
PROGRESS: Â The suit turned out great! Â I have hand washed this stuff before and does not bleed, so think we are good! Â From left to right, this shows the original print, then dabbing with paint, then adding the puffy turquoise and the hot pink paint pen.
The face shell and handmade lenses did NOT work . Â Wig it is for this weekend!
Unfortunately, I had just broken my jaw and had surgery to put in plates TWO days before DragonCon2015 began! Â My face looks weird in all of these pictures, but at least I made it. Â I also was on heavy duty painkillers and unable to eat anything except smoothies, so didn’t get to take very many pictures.
Thursday evening was the Replica Prop Forum annual meetup. Â I wore my Hoth Leia with newly completed vest!
Friday, I wore the Warrior Wonder Woman from the upcoming Batman vs. Superman Movie. Â Post here
Saturday, for the parade, it was my new Steampunk Wonder Woman costume. Â This was also worn to the annual Wonder Woman photo shoot where George Perez (WW illustrator) usually participates! We got to chat a little bit, but I don’t remember saying much ;0
Sunday, I had planned to wear Bandit Snow White from Once Upon a Time, but was worn out and went home. Â I am saving this for a cooler weather event.
Finally, Monday, I just took my older daughter and wore street clothes. Â I was lucky enough to have had my Astharoshe Asran costume featured on display for the costuming track, so also had to pick that back up. Â I can’t believe I actually made it through four days!
The girls wore a little mini Starfire from Teen Titans Go! Â and a TARDIS / Dr. Who themed outfit. Â They don’t do very well waiting in all the lines, but had a blast!
Till next year!
Little Elsa and Batgirl walk the “Wild Rumpus” downtown Athens
Photo by Blane Marable
I made this from Duck tape!  It was so fun to be Batgirl.  I will add a tutorial on how I made this soon 🙂
Batgirl and “mean Johnny” from Karate Kid. Â The bodysuit, belt, gloves and boots arrived on Halloween morning. Â Luckily, I had the bat emblems, cape, and cowl ready to go!
Mine and their best friends all wanted to be a “Frozen” troop this year, OF COURSE. Â Here are older Elsa and Anna.
Elsa had a removable glitter painted cape, and my daughter painted the Anna skirt herself!
Olaf. Â She glued all the cotton balls on her “flurry cloud” by herself!
The Whole troop!
Blane Marable also caught a picture of my friend in my Monet Waterlillies painted dress
Young Anna in her green outfit.
Halloween 2014 was the best one yet. Â I had so much fun making all of our costumes, walking in the Wild Rumpus parade, getting a night out on the town, and continuing the celebration the next day with our annual Halloween/Football party.
George Perez gets tied up at the Wonder Woman photo shoot 2014
Wonder Woman Group by Paul Cory
My littlest Wonder Woman by Joseph Mantler
Happy customers love to share photos of themselves with me in their costumes and I love to see them! Â Here are a few that I have received in the last year or two. Â If I have missed any credits, please let me know!
Cosplayer Kuno Yuro
Kuno Yuro as Wonder Woman, with Batman 2014
Nicole Stoufflet with her Steve Trevor 2013
MiaLa bustier made with custom molded chest plate and belt. 2013
Two more great shots of Kuno Yuro
This unnamed customer claims her costume was “A LOT of work.”  Meh.  It wasn’t that hard.  Maybe she meant getting in shape to wear what I made was hard 😉
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