My Hal "Rebirth" Costume

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your wife is talented indeed! please, post more pics!

[Guest Close GL Logan]

Can't wait to see how it turns out!

[GreenLantern888 Alpha-Lantern Find all posts View Profile Close GreenLantern888]

I plan on using this paint:

I've already tested it on some black stretch pleather, it works perfect, it stretches with the material, is the perfect shade of green, and as an added bonus, has a metallic sheen.

For the black parts, I intend to use a Black Moleskin Rough Spandex, this will be "football pants" weight, it will be a matte finish. My main goal is that it not look cheap.

Where did you get that airbrush paint?

And the other stuff?

I can't wait to see this.

[InterestingJohn Alpha-Lantern Find all posts View Profile Close InterestingJohn]

Where did you get that airbrush paint?

And the other stuff?

I can't wait to see this.

The paint can generally be found at any Michael's, also online. I highly recommend it, it's latex based and very durable.

The Pleather and Moleskin can be found at Spandex House

The mask is from Extreme Design Fx, the boots are from Adam's Horse Supply.

I'll try and document this as much as possible for anyone who'd like to attempt a costume like this.

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People who are interested in my progress can also follow it on my new green lantern blog (not quite finished yet) http://www.ringcapacity.com/, I'll be updating progress here and there.

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I was looking up at the GL figures on my desk today at work, and realized that my costume will likely end up looking a lot like this:


It'll also look slightly like this:


Basically, the green portions will maintain a metallic look, and the black parts will be very matte (not shiny). Hopefully we'll do more work on the emblem tonight. So expect an update soon.

[TheGoatLantern Beta-Lantern Find all posts View Profile Close TheGoatLantern]

It'll look like Uncle Sam!?!?! Someone didn't like you using their pic...

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I really hate hotlink blocking. Those losers must be too cheap to pay for decent bandwidth...

Whatever, I fixed it. I'm hosting the image on my site now, where I have shit-tons of bandwidth.

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I like the idea of the metallic green and matte black, can't wait to see it!

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Emblem looks awesome. Keep up the good work.

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cant wait to see this when it's done,loving the logo!

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Well, I just got my bonus check from work. So I'm putting in the orders for all the material I need, give me about a week or two and I should have some pics of boots, emblem and maybe a mask

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Well, all the materials have been ordered. I'm going to try and start on the muscle suit sometime this week (fingers crossed)

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I've received confirmation that my mask and boots are both on their way.

[Guest Close sj_hawkins]

Seems like it's coming along nicely.