Julia's Costume halloween 2014

Decided to write up this year's halloween costume builds.  Before I do that, I want to post about some of the previous costume builds.  I didn't document them as well as I hope to document this year's builds.

Julia decided she wanted to be a viking, which is pretty simple, we build a shield, Axe and helmet.  Then we buy some fake fur cloth to make a cloak and we're done.  So the helmet was made from a Costco goldfish crackers box with a hot glue gun and Rub-n-Buff paint.

Spray painted it black first, the silver and bronze rub.

The cracking and gaps that let the black show through turned out pretty good.  The 'rivets' are pieces of the hot glue gun sticks.  They didn't stick too well, next time I'll find something better to simulate rivets.

Helmet done, next came a round shield and an axe.  The shield came out great, the axe was a disaster.   Way over sized and the proportions are awful.  Oh well, lesson learned.

The finished costume, complete with fur cloak and boots:

Renee was a storm trooper (we bought the costume) and I was Vader.

A very successful halloween.