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WW2 Captain America costume not good enough for Instructables
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, so I’m taking this very personally....
Captain America Wants You To Vote!
It’s election day, and time for all Americans to do their patriotic duty....
Captain America Costume - The 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 triangular shape with a field of stars and vertical stripe...
Captain America Costume - The Jacket
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 together the vest (with lined right and left panels)...
Captain America Costume - Helmet & Anklets
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 spray paint (blue and white). I first painted the ...
Captain America Costume - Belt & Mask
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 little compartments. I decided to limit the number of...
Captain America Costume - Design & Materials
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 reading Fuller some of the Captain America comics we bo...
