A Real Wonder Woman Spent 50 Hours Making This Costume From A Cheap Yoga Mat And Duct Tape, And The Result Will Amaze You
Some superheroes inspire people to get super crafty. Australian makeup artist and children’s party entertainer Rhylee Passfield took inspiration from everyone’s now-favorite female superhero, Wonder Woman, and using a yoga mat, duct tape, and a little magic from a heat gun, she created a wonderful costume.
“Basically, I started by duct-taping myself”, the artist explained the process to the Daily Mail Australia. “Then I cut out a pattern from the duct tape form, copied it onto a Kmart yoga mat and glued it together using contact adhesive.”
Then, using a heat gun, the woman curved the corset, and made the breastplate pattern using fake nails. The eagle, belt, leg armor, gauntlets, and the headpiece were all made from thin craft foam, scrap vinyl and boyleg underwear were used to make the skirt, and the shoes are a painted thrift shop find.
“All up the costume cost me about $30 and took about 50 hours as it was my first time making anything like it.”
The artist said that drawing has been her passion since she was a little kid, and now she wants to branch out into more areas. This costume was a way for her to challenge herself and test her artistic abilities. See what she did and how she did it in the pictures and videos below.
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Australian makeup artist Rhylee Passfield made herself an impressive Gal Gadot-style Wonder Woman costume from scratch
At first, the artist duct-taped herself, then used a pattern to cut out the shape from a $6 yoga mat
She curved the form with a heat gun and made the breastplate pattern using fake nails
Using thin craft foam, she formed the eagle and belt
Then she spray painted the piece and hand painted the details
To make the skirt she used scraps of vinyl glued onto boyleg underwear
The shoes are a thrift shop find that the artist also spray painted
She used the same crafting method to make the headpiece, gauntlets, and leg armor
An impressive makeup finished off the look
The costume surely looks impressive in motion
The artist, who has over 13k followers on instagram, often shares pictures of her other impressive transformations too
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Share on FacebookI like that you actually see some of the steps instead of just the before and after.
That second to last picture.... Well I wasn't planning on sleeping anyway...
Agree, I am way to aroused to sleep now.. what? Isn't that what you where thinking?
Load More Replies...How does it fasten in the back? :/ That's the big thing I've been trying to find out with these foam costumes... how do you get them on and off, and fastened? It's not like I can sew in a zipper...
Yeah uhm... This called 'cosplay'. Lots of people do it, she's not the first one to do this. Not saying she didn't do a good job though, just kind of sucks that the only reason this got attention is the fact that she has tons of followers, while this really isn't anything special and alot of cosplayers, like myself, do it too (because we're too broke to like, afford materials) Seriously, this is basic cosplay. People create amazing things with the same materials, like, much more detailed and awesome things.
This woman has great skills as an artist. But it is important to remember that Gal Gadot is also a Wonder Woman in real life, too.
She's phenomenal! I'm curious how you remove the duct tape and kept it in one piece?
The same as when you make your own body form (see YouTube for tuts if interested). You wear a tight piece of clothing underneath (I suspect she's wearing a lycra vest top) and then cut through both the top and duct tape to get it off.
Load More Replies...I know a friend that is currently doing exactly this. It was supposed to be for Halloween tho, but she hadn't finished it yet
Yarp - like a pair of shorts cut similar to men's boxers
Load More Replies...Nice. I also like how much it looks like new 52 Wonder Woman before she painted it.
I like that you actually see some of the steps instead of just the before and after.
That second to last picture.... Well I wasn't planning on sleeping anyway...
Agree, I am way to aroused to sleep now.. what? Isn't that what you where thinking?
Load More Replies...How does it fasten in the back? :/ That's the big thing I've been trying to find out with these foam costumes... how do you get them on and off, and fastened? It's not like I can sew in a zipper...
Yeah uhm... This called 'cosplay'. Lots of people do it, she's not the first one to do this. Not saying she didn't do a good job though, just kind of sucks that the only reason this got attention is the fact that she has tons of followers, while this really isn't anything special and alot of cosplayers, like myself, do it too (because we're too broke to like, afford materials) Seriously, this is basic cosplay. People create amazing things with the same materials, like, much more detailed and awesome things.
This woman has great skills as an artist. But it is important to remember that Gal Gadot is also a Wonder Woman in real life, too.
She's phenomenal! I'm curious how you remove the duct tape and kept it in one piece?
The same as when you make your own body form (see YouTube for tuts if interested). You wear a tight piece of clothing underneath (I suspect she's wearing a lycra vest top) and then cut through both the top and duct tape to get it off.
Load More Replies...I know a friend that is currently doing exactly this. It was supposed to be for Halloween tho, but she hadn't finished it yet
Yarp - like a pair of shorts cut similar to men's boxers
Load More Replies...Nice. I also like how much it looks like new 52 Wonder Woman before she painted it.
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