Wonder Woman – DC Comics (Ame-Comi)

Made for: Dragoncon 2008

Background: I loooved this alternate take on the WW costume.

Journal Entries: Read more at my Ame-Comi Wonder Woman tag

Related Costumes: DCNU Wonder Woman, Classic Wonder Woman 2007, Kingdom Come Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman 2009, Queen Hippolyta

Patterns Used:

McCalls 3636 (possibly – altered)

Bodice:

I ordered a hide of really lovely soft red leather for the top – I built the whole thing around a bra, the lower part has built-in boning for structure, and I and changed the back so it would lace up instead of just being the straps across like the figure has. I think I may have used the above pattern as a starting off point, but really not sure.

Skirt:

For the skirt I bought some blue china silk and some iron-on applique stars. The skirt is two layers of the china silk and fastens around the hips with velcro. The gold design at the bottom I did in leftover gold leather from Kingdom Come the year before and it is just glued on.

Armor:

My husband made my shinguards and shoulder piece pretty early on – they’re made of plastic with apoxie sculpt details and I love them. We farmed out the chest piece/side pieces and belt, along with some pieces for one of my husband’s costumes. The weekend before I was debuting this at Dragoncon, we found out the guy making them for us was not going to get them done in time. (And surprise surprise, 17 years later we still have never heard back from him.)

We had to brainstorm to attempt to salvage these two costumes we’d already done a ton of work on. We ended up using wet-formed leather for my Wonder Woman pieces – it’s not 100% the way I wanted, but at least I got to wear my costume! We painted them gold and glued them into place on the bodice.

Weapons:

The sword and shield my husband also made – the sword in particular was made of foam, coated and painted, and the eagles he sculpted and cast. The shield is layers of plastic with apoxie sculpt details like the shinguards. I love these pieces also!

Wig:

The wig was made of two black wigs – The first one I teased the sides and pinned in place, as well as adding some foam for shape & height to the top. The ponytail I made by starting with a foam base attached to the back of the main wig, and sewing the second wig around it. It’s very back heavy and a pain to wear.

Accessories:

The shoes I bought online and repainted the match the rest of my gold, and the wing-spurs were made of foam and glued in place. The tiara was made of plastic, it ties on around my head under the wig.

History:

This is a beast to wear due to the weight of the wig, my hands full with the props, and the spurred shoes, but I do love it despite the obstacles we had to overcome to bring it to fruition.

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