Pulled this bad boy out of storage and despite the 6 year old now being 8, and having gained some vertical (and horizontal) inches, the suit still fits!
Built my daughter a yautja costume for last Halloween, and there's a Con down the road from us this weekend so I'm tuning up/upgrading the mini-xeno so they can dress up together. It'll be a mini AVP weekend.
(Which I have some questions you guys about.)
Here's the yautja!
First step on the xeno was fixing the deteriorated jaw tendons. Got some new Trojans and baby powder this time to help deal with the latex.
Same method as last time. Cleaned condoms, cut both ends and then one cut down the middle. This time after cleaning and drying the condoms, I sprinkled baby powder inside and out. So much easier to handle. Then crazy glued little strips of EVA for anchors.
Cut in the anchor points.
Cut tendons to shape and glued in with hot glue. I'll fill in the gaps and paint over to finalize.
Next I'm going to upgrade the ribbed features of his arms and thighs. Also going to add that forearm blade.
I used a thick corduroy last time, but wanted something with slightly more depth, after ruminating and searching for something to use, I ended up just cutting strips if EVA.
Measured and drew up templates, all cut out but ran out of EVA. Off to the store ...
I'm also making new feet this time with upholstery foam and latex. Same method I used for the yautja feet.
Meanwhile, any tips on cosplaying with a 6 and an 8 year old? I'm used to a designated room where us Stormtroopers do our thing, but I'm thinking when you show up in costume like this it's to each their own. So change by the car? Go to the bathroom first. And be prepared with snack and water.
Any other tips?