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| Photo by April Miller |
For the Dallas Comic Con this year, I was asked to be in a Marvel vs Capcom group! I chose to make a Thor cosplay because he's one of my favorite superheroes, and I really like his new design. At first I had a hard time deciding how to tackle this. After brainstorming for several weeks I finally figured out a pretty easy way to make the outfit. I hope this tutorial helps anyone that may be interested in cosplaying as Thor!!
This is the image of Thor that I based my costume on.
I began by making his helmet. I looked up other helmets online and drew some shapes that I liked. Don't laugh at my drawings :P
Next I cut my shapes out of paper first to make a pattern.
Then I measured my head and created a wire base for the helmet.
Using a large sheet of craft foam, I cut a strip that would go all around the wire. I also cut out the front details from foam, too.
Here you can see that the inside of the wire base is sandwiched between craft foam.
For the wings I cut out 10 "feathers" .. this took forever!
I laid them on top of each other in a design that I liked and glued them together.
Then I glued everything to the base.
Before painting your helmet be sure to prime it. I used two coats of Gesso.
Then I spray painted my helmet metallic silver.
To give it a more rustic look, I added some bronze weathering with acrylic paint.
And that's a finished helmet!
For the silver discs on Thor's tunic, I used craft foam and cotton balls.
I wanted the discs to have a bevel look so I put a cotton ball in-between the foam then glued around the edges.
I also made the belt buckle and ankle discs out of foam. You actually need 4 ankle discs (the smaller circles in the pic) .. I forgot there's two per ankle and had to make more. Prime everything before you paint them!
Originally I wanted to glue the brown cord (which is just a brown ribbon) and the silver discs to a black skater dress. But I realized I would lose a lot of the stretch in the dress and have trouble getting it on and off since there wasn't a zipper in the back. So I sewed my ribbon onto a black halter corset that zipped up the front. Then I glued the silver discs to the corset and the bottom of the skater dress. The shoulder discs have a brooch backing so I could safety pin them onto my cape. The cape is just a red cloak I had from a Halloween store with the hood tucked under. And the brown belts are from Walmart.
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| Photo by Alan Tijerina |
My "chain mail" shirt is actually a silver sweater I bought at the mall that I thought resembled chain mail. I try to buy random things when I see them just in case I'll need it for a costume. ;) Same goes for the leggings - they are sold silver metallic leggings with fishnets over them! My boots are from Walmart with brown ribbon velcro'd around the ankle and calf. And I also used black ribbon for my bracelets.
I would have loved to make a hammer myself, but I didn't have the time. I was actually very impressed with the hammer I bought from Amazon. It was sturdy and colored well, and for the price I didn't feel bad if I were to drop it or let someone else hold it. My wig is an Imaldris from Arda Wigs in the color Titanium Blonde.
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| Photo by Alan Tijerina |
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| Photo by Ed Steele |
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| Photo by Jack Teague Our Marvel vs Capcom group! |
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| Photo by Mineralblu |
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| Photo by Mineralblu |
Overall, I would say this costume is pretty easy! It requires some assembly, but the skills I used to make the items weren't too hard. The helmet and hammer look cool on a shelf in my room, too! :D
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Who is your favorite Marvel superhero?
If you cosplay as Thor please send me photos! :)