That looks like a great custom build, Shadowbat. I like that long cape.
This looks like a good thread to continue as a general Batman costume thread, since I can't seem to find one. With all the interest in the Joker costumes (Understandable since it's a great new design for TDK, and most are making theirs from scratch), I was hoping to pick up some pointers from some fellow Bat-men, and show off what I've come up with myself so far.
With the help and urging of a friend (incidentally doing an excellent Joker getup), I've assembled a costume using costume parts from several sources. The main costume is the "Batman Begins" outfit - I got mine from buysuperheros.com. I wasn't particularly fond of the built-in mask, so I got the "Batman Deluxe Mask" from the same place, as well as the BB belt, to replace the foam one that was included. A pair of Superhero Boots from buycostumes.com were also purchased. I liked the gloves I got from buycostumes, but my friend suggested some motorcycle gloves, as they had a much better TDK look, so I got those, and was able to combine them with the gloves I had by cutting off the wrist and attaching them to the biker gloves. I was really happy with that experiment. Buycostumes.com now has TDK gloves that are similar to what I put together I just noticed, but I still like mine better - and I can return them to motorcycle use after.
Some of the difficulties I ran into were that the zippers on the boots seemed rather fragile, and would jam. I rubbed some bar soap on them, and that loosened them up nicely. The back of the chest part of the costume is open (like a surgical gown), and with the integral sculptured foam chest piece, the chest tended to stick out flat (you can see it in the photo). I'll need to either sew some velcro, or add a tie near the bottom to cinch up the lower part of the torso - and maybe get the belt to ride a bit higher. The ears on the mask had a bend in them, in fact one was almost flat with the top of the head. A little rolled up paper towel straightened them out. And the costume itself is pretty thin. I am wearing black jeans under it in the photo, but it's kind of bulky. I'll need to work on that a bit too.
Anybody else getting a Batman costume geared up for the premier?
