Costuming for Nerds, Part 17
Nov. 4th, 2019 02:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
matrilAnother successful Halloween has come and gone! This year our son Ryan wanted to be Link from Legend of Zelda, and he was quite keen on making it a family theme. We debated our options for a while, both in terms of the meager selection of female characters and the variety of looks depending on the version of the game, but we finally arrived at some satisfying costumes.
Link has rather the same look in every incarnation, but instead of buying a ready-made costume that might be rather pricey, we found some matching green t-shirts at the thrift store that I made into the tunic and hat. We already had a sword from past costumes, and my husband rigged up a belt with duct tape so Ryan could sheathe his sword on his back. He was quite happy with it.
Emma, meanwhile, decided to portray a rather obscure character from the original game, the red fairy who gives Link hearts/lives. There was lots of wiggle room with this one, so all we needed was a red outfit, wings and a red wig. We kept it simple with Luke, getting him what was essentially a Gandalf costume and pinning a sign to it. He's the wizard who gives Link a sword. And now if we ever do a Lord of the Rings theme, we'll have a Gandalf costume on hand. :)
I was to be Zelda, but which costume? I'm not super familiar with the game myself, but I looked through various images for something that could be put together in a month with reasonable effort. The one from Twilight Princess seemed promising. Oh, I didn't include every detail, but with a repurposed purple shirt and a white skirt, I had the general look right. The crown ended up being the most expensive thing (12 bucks) but I'll definitely find multiple uses for that. The hardest part was the detailed panel. I tried fabric markers (too dark) then colored pencils (too light) and finally just painted it.
There was a lot more painting involved for Mark's costume, which was a full set of armor for Ganon. I used a lot of cardboard boxes, and then I cut and trimmed and painted and painted. Then we realized we'd need some way to actually attach the pieces to him! We used velcro straps plus a lot of duct tape. He had the cape leftover from a previous costume, and reworked a "crazy hair" red wig into something more like Ganon's. False beard and eyebrows, green makeup and a scowl completed the look.
A little blurry, but a full view from head to toe:
Now I'm already getting ideas for next year. Halloween should really happen more often.
Link has rather the same look in every incarnation, but instead of buying a ready-made costume that might be rather pricey, we found some matching green t-shirts at the thrift store that I made into the tunic and hat. We already had a sword from past costumes, and my husband rigged up a belt with duct tape so Ryan could sheathe his sword on his back. He was quite happy with it.
Emma, meanwhile, decided to portray a rather obscure character from the original game, the red fairy who gives Link hearts/lives. There was lots of wiggle room with this one, so all we needed was a red outfit, wings and a red wig. We kept it simple with Luke, getting him what was essentially a Gandalf costume and pinning a sign to it. He's the wizard who gives Link a sword. And now if we ever do a Lord of the Rings theme, we'll have a Gandalf costume on hand. :)
I was to be Zelda, but which costume? I'm not super familiar with the game myself, but I looked through various images for something that could be put together in a month with reasonable effort. The one from Twilight Princess seemed promising. Oh, I didn't include every detail, but with a repurposed purple shirt and a white skirt, I had the general look right. The crown ended up being the most expensive thing (12 bucks) but I'll definitely find multiple uses for that. The hardest part was the detailed panel. I tried fabric markers (too dark) then colored pencils (too light) and finally just painted it.
There was a lot more painting involved for Mark's costume, which was a full set of armor for Ganon. I used a lot of cardboard boxes, and then I cut and trimmed and painted and painted. Then we realized we'd need some way to actually attach the pieces to him! We used velcro straps plus a lot of duct tape. He had the cape leftover from a previous costume, and reworked a "crazy hair" red wig into something more like Ganon's. False beard and eyebrows, green makeup and a scowl completed the look.
A little blurry, but a full view from head to toe:
Now I'm already getting ideas for next year. Halloween should really happen more often.
