Geek Syndicate
Kneepads That Make the Point & Mismatched Armbands
Spiked knee pads: I bought a pair of regular knee
pads for about £3, put some paper cones and
Modroc on them, then spray painted them. It’s
that easy. Atomic Wonder Woman has a different armband for each arm: one leather and one
a sports sock. The sports sock I bought as a pair
for £2, cut the foot off one, left it in a flower bed
to get rained on over a couple of days then left
it to dry. For the other armband, I took a strip of
fake leather from the piece my flatmate gave me,
doubled it over and sewed it into a tube shape.
A Wonderful Tie Skirt
The tie skirt was more expensive than I was expecting it to be. I knew I was going to raid the
charity shops, as that was the cheapest way. But
it turns out that charity shops in London are way
more expensive than back home in the South
West of England. The best deal I got was three
ties for £5. It still meant I had to spend around
£20 on the skirt, which was more than I would
have liked to!
Deadly knee pads
Essential Extras for an Amazonian Warrior
Separate stand-alone items I bought were:
• yellow scarf for the front of the top from Beyond Retro, £2;
• brown belt from a charity shop back home,
£2.50;
• blue tights, £4;
• red gloves, £4;
• red top from H&M, £3;
• 1m of thick chain I wrapped around my arm,
about £6.50. My left arm was dead by the end
of the day.
I also spent a bit on arty stuff like spray paint,
regular paint and tape, but I personally don’t see
these as a huge waste of money. I’m an art student so I can use these things for future projects.
I bought:
Battling with tie skirt
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