The Amazing Spider-Man Costume Replicas?

[Spiderman6592]

Anyone thinking about starting/already started making their own replica costume for TASM? I remember there were some pretty excellent replica costumes floating around the web for the duration of the first trilogy and I'm curious to see whether or not the same thing will happen for the reboot. I personally hope so because I love the new suit and I think it brings an excellent modern and revolutionary design to the table. Much like Batman Begins and The Dark Knight have for Batman's costume. This might also give us something to chat about during this little drought we're having.

Thoughts?

 

[socool]

Anyone thinking about starting/already started making their own replica costume for TASM? I remember there were some pretty excellent replica costumes floating around the web for the duration of the first trilogy and I'm curious to see whether or not the same thing will happen for the reboot. I personally hope so because I love the new suit and I think it brings an excellent modern and revolutionary design to the table. Much like Batman Begins and The Dark Knight have for Batman's costume. This might also give us something to chat about during this little drought we're having.

Thoughts?

No. I doubt it. The costume is too widely hated.

 

[Spiderman6592]

I've heard more people saying that they like it more than I've heard people say they hate it.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

^^ Not from what I see.

 

[Spiderman6592]

When I was on the Sony message boards before they got taken down, it was far more rare to see disapproving posts than approving ones. Besides, I don't get people's beef with it. It's not like they were going to make a carbon copy of Raimi's suit.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Whether people like it or not, it was a change just to change it. There really was no reason to change the entire design. I really really like the suit though, but not as much as Raimi's.

 

[Spiderman6592]

No reason to change the entire design? Aside from everyone that doesn't the follow the movie production intensely thinking this is Spider-Man 4 with a new actor because Tobey got too old or something? A completely revamped costume was absolutely needed.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

So, the entired design that's been used in the comcis for 49 years need an overhaul? They cold have simply changed the texture, the spider and the eyes all slightly just to make it different. I'm not really complaining since I like the suit and those 2 pics of Garfield in it look really cool, but an entire overhaul wasn't 110% needed. They could have whent with the texture of the suit they were using for this film already and use the classic design.

I'm not bashing the new suit, like I said. I'm just saying that it's not on par with Raimi's design, IMO.

 

[Troy_Parker]

I don't get the hate for this suit.

I love it. It's a new twist on a classic design. Suit makers, try your hand at this!

And Spiderman6592, I think they'll start making them once we get a few more shots of the suit, hopefully after the trailer.

EDIT: I seem to recall somebody working with different materials to get the right texture of the suit, he/she posted a picture of it... it looked like the arm or something, I can't remember if it was on here or another board. Hope they've continued with their work.

 

[Spider-Who?]

Here's the post, Troy. From the Suit creation thread:

Just remembered I forgot to post this here: Copypaste from the RPF

Proof of concept:
Scour mesh over lycra, with a layer of latex on top.
In this case, I'm using Tulip's "slick" fabric paint.

Elasticity in the red is *significantly* decreased, however... It does still stretch a bit. If this was the raimi suit, I don't think this method would be viable... but since the reds in the Amazing Spiderman are minimal, I think it could work.

At least, I'm going to proceed with some more variations on the technique to see what results/ Improvements I may yield.

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The scour mesh was the most accessible to me for testing purposes... However I find that the honeycomb pattern is more or less ideally sized for receiving the latex, whereas a stretch lycra mesh or jersey mesh (being thicker), might appear too dense after a latex coating.
That's just conjecture on my part though, I would still like to test it on a variety of meshes.

On the elasticity: stretch is effected by the absorption of latex into the lycra fabric, it does not have so much to do with the mesh put on top of it.
Like I said though, I could see the correlation between the way they sized the reds and the amount of stretch on the AS Suit as being a problem/solution based off of this technique. Knowing hollywood though, they probably used a custom silicone covering and not just 'latex covered mesh'.

 

[Troy_Parker]

Here's the post, Troy. From the Suit creation thread:

Thanks man! It looks good, wonder if he's completed any part of it yet.

I think the talented replica makers on here should try making -at least- the mask, you can't really go wrong with it from looking at all of the images we have.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

I don't get the hate for this suit.

LIke i said, I don't hate it at all. I really like it, just not as much as Raimi's.

 

[Troy_Parker]

LIke i said, I don't hate it at all. I really like it, just not as much as Raimi's.

But there are people that are all "OMG THIS SUIT SUX, LOOKS LIEK A HALLOWEEN COSTUMEE!11."

It's like... seriously?

 

[Spiderman6592]

So, the entired design that's been used in the comcis for 49 years need an overhaul? They cold have simply changed the texture, the spider and the eyes all slightly just to make it different. I'm not really complaining since I like the suit and those 2 pics of Garfield in it look really cool, but an entire overhaul wasn't 110% needed. They could have whent with the texture of the suit they were using for this film already and use the classic design.

I'm not bashing the new suit, like I said. I'm just saying that it's not on par with Raimi's design, IMO.

When used already in a different film series? Yes.


And that snippet of the arm and stuff looks good. I hope the blue ends up being a bit darker though.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

When used already in a different film series? Yes.

There are things you can change to make it look different. As I said, the texture.

 

[Troy_Parker]

No...no you don't. There are things you can change to make it look different. As I said, the texture.

To be fair, even that would look pretty similar to the original design, and risk confusing audiences into thinking that it's linked to Raimi's movies.

For faithfulness to the source material, there's no doubt that the Raimi Spider-Man suit is the suit.

I like this suit because it's different, the eyes kinda bugged me at first but now I like them, it has a very sleek and modern look to it, something that reflects the overall tone this movie is aiming for.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

I like this suit because it's different.

I like it in terms of being different as well, but if I had to choose whether to go with something that was like the classic suit (such as Raimi's) or a completley new approach, I'd choose osmething close to the classic suit but make the webs part of the suit (like Webb's suit) and change the overal texture and a few other minor things so that people know it's a different series. Raimi's costume is THE costume without a doubt, as you said. Webb could have had the same but with things looking a little different while still remaining true.

 

[spida-man]

the new suit actually feels like when u see those bootleg spider-man action figures that were clearly an original spidey toy done by toy biz but then re-hashed by some random person. thats what the new costume looks like...a bootleg sam raimi spidey suit.

i mean don't get me wrong it still looks cool. but it's still using a variation of the texture, spider symbol and eye frames as the sam raimi suit

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

I think the new suit looks awesome in those 2 official pics, but if you ask me, there's no denying that a suit closer to the comics (like raimi's) should have been used. That's how I honestly feel.

However, if the film is good, I'll definitely overlook the costume seeing how I still like it.

 

[Spiderman6592]

Spider-ManHero12. A suit closer to Sam Raimi's suit, is Sam Raimi's suit. There's no way around it. Sam Raimi got the first stab at a Spidey film, and therefore was able to use the original costume. Surely, if Marc Webb and this crew got the chance first, they would have used a more traditional Spidey costume. However, this costume isn't anything crazy when you think about it. It's red, blue, has a spider on the front and back and has web linings all over. It's a Spider-Man costume, just with modern flair.

 

[Ultra Ham]

They could have used the same fabric and materials and just not have made the little unnecessary changes that they did and the suit would still look different enough from the Raimi movies. They could even keep the strange rid like webs and I would still be happy, just keep the design like the comics!

I hope they do what they do in the nolan films and change the suit in each movie, but instead make the suits better and more comic accurate each time.

 

[chaseter]

I hate it if they are going for classic Spidey stories because that suit is not classic. The only way I will quell my distaste for the design choices on this suit is if it is explained in the movie and it has some functional use. If he just runs out in that suit and that is that, then it will be stupid.

All the greatest moments in Spider-Man's history have him wearing a design that closely mirrors the classic suit with just minor differences. This suit looks more like Spider-Ben.

 

[Spiderman6592]

I disagree. The suit worked with the last films because the original trilogy was very comic-y. It was goofy and quirky at points and the classic suit worked. Just like the Tim Burton Batman suit worked with his films. Chris Nolan changed the Batman suit to fir the style and tone and atmosphere of his movies. The only difference is that Batman's suit is pretty straightforward as it is. It's black which is why a lot of the changes go unacknowledged. However, if you look at the suit in good lighting in a still image, it's pretty insane how different it is from the comics. The same situation applies here. Raimi's suit, at least from the sounds of things, wouldn't fit in with the atmosphere of the movie. Not only that but a change was needed to differentiate from the previous 3 films.


But seriously,

It's not that different. The ONLY differences are the leg stripes, texture, and silver things on his boots. And to me, at least, dwelling on the stripes and silver boot linings is nitpicking.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

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[Spider-ManHero12]

I disagree. The suit worked with the last films because the original trilogy was very comic-y. It was goofy and quirky at points and the classic suit worked. Just like the Tim Burton Batman suit worked with his films. Chris Nolan changed the Batman suit to fir the style and tone and atmosphere of his movies. The only difference is that Batman's suit is pretty straightforward as it is. It's black which is why a lot of the changes go unacknowledged. However, if you look at the suit in good lighting in a still image, it's pretty insane how different it is from the comics. The same situation applies here. Raimi's suit, at least from the sounds of things, wouldn't fit in with the atmosphere of the movie. Not only that but a change was needed to differentiate from the previous 3 films.


But seriously,

It's not that different. The ONLY differences are the leg stripes, texture, and silver things on his boots. And to me, at least, dwelling on the stripes and silver boot linings is nitpicking.

How would it not fit in? There's really no need why it wouldn't. the same color and texture that is being used, but more close to the comics would have made it perfect. Batman is a completley different hero. He doesn't have an iconic look that people think of. How, I really do agree that the new suit still says "Spider-Man", which is a good thing. Like I said, I really like the suit, but I just feel as though they could have whent with something different. It will not affect my veiws on the film if the film is great, btw.