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Started by El Presidente, Jun 15 2006 11:05 AM

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Posted 15 June 2006 - 11:05 AM

Since there's been a bit of talk about Superhero costumes recently I thought I'd add this link. I've always been slightly peeved about how mainsteam comics seem to imply only boys can be superheroes. If you're a girl you only get to be an adjunct - 'Super'girl, 'Bat'girl etc. So I went a-hunting....

http://www.uncannyxmen.net/db/characters/ - they got girls too!

and for details !!including different costume options!! http://uncannyxmen.net/db/spotlight/

I just wish they weren't all so <beep> tall! laugh.gif

But I do feel a superhero costume creeping onto my To Do list....

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Posted 15 June 2006 - 11:40 AM

Way cool!

I have a few female hero (and villain) costumes on my list:

Batgirl (DC)
Starfire (DC)
X3 Phoenix (Marvel)

I wish so much that I could dress as batman.. but batgirl is cool. Although there are so many incarnations to choose from. I'm seriously considering designing my own with some inspiration from the birds of prey tv series, and the comics.

I love the teen titans, and I'd love to do a starfire costume (though she's not the inspiration for my name). She wears purple!

If I could do the wings, I'd probably do a Hawkgirl costume too wink.gif I love the justice league smile.gif
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Posted 15 June 2006 - 11:43 AM

Hmm so far I like Diamond Lil's green and gold costume and Mystique!!
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Posted 15 June 2006 - 12:56 PM

Catwoman was a cool character in the live action movie. I loved how she made her costume in the movie as sort of the "birth" of catwoman.
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Posted 15 June 2006 - 06:22 PM

Mmmmm... Female Superheroes......

A personal fave of mine, but I have never tried a costume, for obvious reasons.

I was looking at doing a Red Tornado (c1940's DC comics) costume for the ball, that is a female costume, but it doesn't look like a current female costume, quite different. If I could get my pics up here I would show you.

There are some great female superheroes around, there was even a couple of female Phantoms in the early Lee Falk stories. They wore a modified Phantom suit that didnt really look any different from the Phantoms regular suit, except for the body shape. Because the Phantom is revered as a ghost by criminals and the jungle folk, they got away with it, and one ended up marrying the missionary she rescued, in true 50's style!

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Posted 15 June 2006 - 08:27 PM

i like jean aka phoenix in X3. even thou its red it looks good with her red hair so i figure if she can then i can smile.gif
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Posted 16 June 2006 - 02:13 PM

Sometimes it's more fun to be a super-villaness. Batman had plenty of them with Catwomen, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn (my favourite).

But if you ARE keen on the superheroine thing.... Wikipedia has a list of superheroines here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_superheroines
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Posted 16 June 2006 - 02:52 PM

Harley is one of my faves too Cat! smile.gif She's so insane!
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Posted 16 June 2006 - 02:56 PM

When trying to think of what superhero I'd like to do, I instantly thought of Wonder Woman. She's one of the original female superheroes who was actually a superhero and a rolemodel that women can do anything! I also love that she's quite muscular and curvy instead of being stick thin like a lot of other female superheroes. I've got a whole folder full of research pictures, hopeing to get it done for next years nova!

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Posted 16 June 2006 - 06:47 PM

QUOTE(Cat M @ Jun 16 2006, 03:09 PM) View Post
But if you ARE keen on the superheroine thing.... Wikipedia has a list of superheroines here:


Wow, I have to confess I was never really big on comics (and video games in my youth were Pakman and Asteroids Lol) - I never realised there was such a choice.

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Posted 17 June 2006 - 05:40 PM

KOOOOOOl hey heres a crazzy idea why dont we all do a comic them for next yrs Con and stuff what yall think?
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Posted 17 June 2006 - 05:56 PM

I'm planning to take my completed Batgirl costume to Brisbane or Sydney Supanova wink.gif
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Posted 17 June 2006 - 06:07 PM

OOOOOOO kool any pix of it yet ? and are you on yahoo now?
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Posted 17 June 2006 - 06:37 PM

I won't even be starting it until later in the year. Have other costumes to complete in time for the ball, and for Sydney Supanova unfortunately sad.gif
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Posted 19 June 2006 - 02:10 PM

2007 (Sydney?) SupaNova might be a something to aim for though....

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Posted 19 June 2006 - 02:18 PM

The plan is for Brisbane (if I go), and Sydney as well in 2007. Does that mean you will do something for Sydney 07?? smile.gif
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Posted 19 June 2006 - 02:23 PM

Sure. Just remind me to do more sit ups... laugh.gif

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Posted 19 June 2006 - 03:27 PM

can you situp and sew at the same time?... that is the question!
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Posted 20 June 2006 - 01:11 AM

QUOTE(Metanoia @ Jun 19 2006, 05:53 AM) View Post
can you situp and sew at the same time?... that is the question!



Now that is something that i would have to see!!! biggrin.gif tongue.gif
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Posted 31 October 2006 - 03:20 PM

Just got my Catwoman costume done:
http://costumes.glittersweet.com/other/catwoman.htm

I'd love to meet up with some more people brave enough to wear the suits, but that may mean heading across the ditch to a 'Nova sometime.
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