I cut the bottom edges so they looked torn and frayed. The original costume had a brown cape that looked good with the new additions so I decided to leave it attached and added a piece of black fabric as a second layer of cape. I drizzled hot glue to add detail…bolts, decoration, etc… Once I had the chest armor base where I wanted it, I added elastic straps that wrapped and tied around the back. I formed the raised areas and spikes out of aluminum foil covered in duck tape. I just began building on top of the chest, using a variety of materials…cardboard, aluminum foil, craft foam sheets and lots and lots of duck tape! I wasn’t too concerned with the details, I was more focused on the larger shapes and overall design. It was on sale so I didn’t mind cutting it up. I saw a “Watchmen” costume and thought it would be a good base for the chest armor. After gathering lots of pictures I began to hunt for possible materials. He had some pretty severe armor and I needed to really research how things fit together. My designing journey for this project, began with a lot of Internet surfing and data collecting. I created two slide shows of the process step by step but here is a brief written description. When my son asked to be Sauron, The Dark Lord, from The Lord of the Rings, I said “sure, no problem…what does he look like?” Then I saw the picture…oh, no. Our family loves to dress up in costumes and I am always up for a creative challenge.
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