Black Spiderman: The Costume
by Cookster on Apr.28, 2010, under Costumes
Anyone who does crafts that require the use of superglue knows that they will eventually glue their fingers together. Spiderman wranglers are no exception. Of course I am not officially a wrangler, but at the moment I have been made in charge of gluing the “hard to reach” webs on my son Todd’s costume. Luckily we were prepared with acetone for me to place adhesive where it shouldn’t belong.
This is a project that has been in the works for over three years and it looks like it may just come to completion for the annual “Free Comic Book Day” on Saturday, May 1st. Months of research and testing has gone into the right combination of silicone, dye, graphite, and mold release to get to where we are today. The actual one-piece spandex bodysuit was constructed in 2007 complete with gloves and covered shoes. While Todd was responsible for printing the pattern on the fabric, I did the sewing per his instructions. He created molds by laser cutting Plexiglas sheets for all the webbing he needed. When this costume is complete it will probably only be worn for two events, but with all the work that went into it, one has to remember that it is not necessarily about the end result, but what we learned along the way.



Gluing was tedious as each web corner needed to be pulled out and tacked while the bodysuit was being worn. Later the entire web was glued with the suit over a duct tape body double.





All the shots here are of the unfinished project. Stay tuned for pictures of the completed costume sometime in May.
Special thanks to David Stipes (www.davidstipes.com) for helping to document this process.
April 28th, 2010 on 11:51 pm
Hey Diane,
Lookin’ good! Todd is very blessed to have you to assist him with his projects. The suit looks excellent.
April 29th, 2010 on 5:07 am
David,
Thanks always for your support. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that Todd gets this done before Saturday!
April 29th, 2010 on 6:04 am
WOW!!!!!!! That looks GREAT! What a wonderful project.
Thanks so much for sharing!
April 29th, 2010 on 7:14 am
Hey Dave!
Thanks for hanging in there with me! I know the posts are few and far between, but hopefully I can get more done now that taxes and big holidays are out of the way. Check in later to see if Todd gets it finished by Free Comic Book Day.
October 15th, 2011 on 10:35 am
Hi,
My name is David and I have been looking for a spiderman replica custome. If you are stilling making customes, I am intersted for a 5′6 with a 10 1/2 shoe size. What is your rate for your service
October 20th, 2011 on 3:56 pm
Hi David,
Thank you for viewing my blog. I’m sorry I don’t make costumes for the general public. This was a costume my son, Todd, wanted to make so I did the sewing on it. It took over three years to make and was a “one time” thing. Todd did all the rest of the work. He doesn’t make costumes for anyone but himself and has actually moved onto other things at this time.
If you ever get a Spiderman costume and need a faceshell for it, Todd makes those. You can find him at http://www.therpf.com in the “junkyard” as AZspidey. Plan ahead if you want one, he only sells them at certain times of the year.