So welcome to my little costume page! These are my costumes from the last four years. I made them all with some help from my mom occasionally. *wink* So yeah, click on a picture to enlarge it. Uh huh huh. Large.
2000: Here is my Chewbacca costume. It was made the few weeks before Halloween. Yes, those are 16-inch stilts that I made to make myself 7'2". Just like Peter Mayhew. The mask was store-bought (well, eBay-bought), but everything else was made from scratch. I know it's not the most accurate thing in the world, but I thought it was funny. Maybe I'll put it on again one day...
2001: This is me and Jess as Jay and Silent Bob. Not much "making" here, just getting clothes for it. The wigs were cheap, but my beard ended up costing over $40. But I think it was worth it. Oh, and Patrick got me that fake cigarette from Gamer's for free. :)
2002: So here's my awesome Jedi costumes! This is me as Plo Koon, and Shelly as Luminara Unduli. My mom sewed the robes, I bought the mask and lightsabers, and made everything else. Luminara was alot more involved until I finished my gloves, but I think they both turned out great. We had alot of fun being Jedi.
2003: I finished my Plo Koon gloves! Yay for meeeee. The mask is store-bought like I said, but the gloves are 100% custom-made by myself. Cool, huh? (The pic on the right is a 2005 updated paint job with new fingernails.)
2003: Michelle Cosco: Tomb Raider. Hot stuff! I made the holsters and belt for Michelle's Lara Croft costume. The boots and guns (with slight modifications) were bought, but the holsters and belt were made from scratch. Real leather, but a plastic buckle. Bang bang!
2004: At long last! Sara is... STARFIRE! I made this thing in its entirety. Boots and all. And I convinced her to be painted orange. Oh, and I couldn't help but have some Photoshop fun.
This is a tutorial I wrote at theforce.net's message boards on how to make a mask. There's progress pics of my Bossk mask on there.