Geek Syndicate
The Top
The top of Atomic Wonder Woman’s outfit is the same red as her original costume but in a kind
of stretch jersey, which has no support at all, along with an American football bra, leather straps
and buckles. I bought a £4 bra from Primark and sewed some fake leather my flatmate had
around the back and made two crossover straps.
Then I did a bad thing. I got ill. When I get ill, I do silly things. I needed buckles for the back
straps; either three or four and two of them needed to be fancy ‘D’ shaped ones. This is the one
thing I messed up on for my cosplay on a BUDGET. I went to central London, full of cold and
went to one of the most expensive haberdasheries EVER, where they charge VAT separately. I
spent around £25 on brass buckles. TWENTY-FIVE POUNDS. That’s about three weeks of food. I’m
never going shopping ill again.
Here’s a cheaper way of doing it: Ebay. They have vintage bashed up looking brassy ones too,
which look more aged. You can also buy new ones for a couple of quid each or buy job lots for
around £10. If I’d left more time for postage and had not had a fuzzy head then this is the approach I’d have taken.
I do think, however, that if I were a serious cosplayer with more money to invest in my costumes
I would have bought the pricier buckles anyway. They are a great detail and a wonderful addition
to the costume.
Avoiding my shiny buckles, I plastered the cups of the bra in Modroc and left to set over a day.
The water from the plaster soaks into the bra, meaning that although the Modroc itself may be
dry, inside the bra isn’t, so you have to let it dry fully to keep the shape.
American Football top
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