Recent Posts Tagged With 'captain america'

• WW2 Captain America costume not good enough for Instructables

  Posted on Wednesday December 3rd, 2008 at 14:09 in best. dad. ever., captain america, costume, fuller

  Well, the winners for the Instructables Halloween contest were announced and I was shocked stunned depressed to find my entry wasn’t among them. Unlike most of you, I don’t enjoy losing, s...

• Captain America Wants You To Vote!

  Posted on Tuesday November 4th, 2008 at 06:23 in captain america, vote

  It’s election day, and time for all Americans to do their patriotic duty....

• Captain America Costume - The Shield

  Posted on Friday October 10th, 2008 at 10:24 in best. dad. ever., captain america, costume, shield

  The final part of the WW2 Captain America costume is the shield. Now, observant readers will notice that the shield Cap used in WW2 (in the retold story, from which this costume is from) is a triangul...

• Captain America Costume - The Jacket

  Posted on Sunday October 5th, 2008 at 18:51 in best. dad. ever., captain america, costume, fuller

  The jacket is the most important part of Fuller’s WWII Captain America Costume. I began by eye-balling a pattern from one of Fuller’s winter jackets. Then I cut out the pieces and sewed to...

• Captain America Costume - Helmet & Anklets

  Posted on Monday September 29th, 2008 at 22:08 in best. dad. ever., captain america, costume, fuller

  The next part of the costume is the helmet. I found a $3 plastic army helmet at Walmart that fit Fuller perfectly. It was olive drab, so it needed to be painted. I picked up two cans of Krylon Fusion ...

• Captain America Costume - Belt & Mask

  Posted on Thursday September 18th, 2008 at 21:36 in best. dad. ever., captain america, costume, fuller

  Now that I have most of my materials, I set about actually making the costume. The first part is the belt. You’ll notice in the pictures, Cap’s WW2 outfit has a lot of ammo pouches and lit...

• Captain America Costume - Design & Materials

  Posted on Tuesday September 16th, 2008 at 10:00 in best. dad. ever., captain america, costume, fuller

  As we’ve blogged before, I’m steadily taking Fuller through the world of superheroes. Recently, with the elections and all, I’ve been feeling kinda patriotic so I’ve been readi...