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[anderpol]

Is anyone into costuming? I'm a new member and from what I've seen in some discussion threads and several topics it looks like nobody seems to be (except Sid with his cool looking SnakeEyes and StormShadow costumes). I have a few costumes left from the time I was doing amateur feature length action videos based on some of my self published comics influenced and inspired by my love for the G.I.Joe series of toys, comics and cartoons and I like to wear some of those costumes at conventions (like Toronto Trek and Anime North where a lot of people like to make and wear costumes inspired by their favorite characters from movies, TV shows, comics or other). I've done that from time to time just to show them off and have fun. I look at those conventions as big Halloween parties. However it seems I might be an odd ball in this group. Is there anybody else who made a costume of his or her favorite G.I.Joe character? I'm thinking of making a Kamakura costume sometime just for the heck of it. I even got enough fabric to make my young son a matching costume. I'm still toying with the idea.

[SID]

Is anyone into costuming? I'm a new member and from what I've seen in some discussion threads and several topics it looks like nobody seems to be (except Sid with his cool looking SnakeEyes and StormShadow costumes). I have a few costumes left from the time I was doing amateur feature length action videos based on some of my self published comics influenced and inspired by my love for the G.I.Joe series of toys, comics and cartoons and I like to wear some of those costumes at conventions (like Toronto Trek and Anime North where a lot of people like to make and wear costumes inspired by their favorite characters from movies, TV shows, comics or other). I've done that from time to time just to show them off and have fun. I look at those conventions as big Halloween parties. However it seems I might be an odd ball in this group. Is there anybody else who made a costume of his or her favorite G.I.Joe character? I'm thinking of making a Kamakura costume sometime just for the heck of it. I even got enough fabric to make my young son a matching costume. I'm still toying with the idea.

Thanks for the compliment

FWIW I saw GIJoe costumers when I was at DragonCon in Atlanta, you can check out my photo gallery for more pics there.

However I haven't really seen much else in the Toronto/Ontario area.  There's a cool WIP on a life size Snake-Eyes model made my another fellow who posts here.

Now that I recall, a younder guy made a Snake-Eyes costume based on Sigma6 at last year's Anime North.

I know of folks from New York who have done the costuming thing too for SnakeEyes, I lost touch with them and thus don't know if I have permission to post a pic of a child as mini-snakeeyes.

There is of course www.gijoecostumers.com

[SnakeEyesOnAPlane]

I was thinking of making a Snake-Eyes costume for Halloween this year.  Any tips on how to make the visor?

Oh, and Sid, kick ass work, mate! :thumbsup:

[anderpol]

FWIW I saw GIJoe costumers when I was at DragonCon in Atlanta, you can check out my photo gallery for more pics there.

However I haven't really seen much else in the Toronto/Ontario area.  

There is of course www.gijoecostumers.com

Thanks for the response and for the links. I checked your website a second time and I'll have to find more time to take a better look because there's a lot to see there (great site by the way).  I got a kick seeing the pictures from previous conventions (you actualy have some of me and my wife there). The guy with the 1982 Cobra Commander costume is just like I remember the action figure to be. I wonder how he made the helmet, it looks so neat it's like it was manufactured that way.

I took a look at that G.I.Joe costumers group website and some of the members there really have some interesting costumes. I got a kick out of Shockwave (I had forgotten the character but the costume jugged my memory and I remembered the action figure immediately), BeachHead, Scarlet and, of course, the two SnakeEyes. I was expecting to see you there. Is it that they didn't want a third SnakeEyes or that you didn't really want to join or something else? Just wondering. On the other hand it doesn't seem like they do much more than post a picture and short file of the members.

Have you ever been to one of the Joe Meets up here?

[SID]

Hey, I have pics of you and your wife on my site?  Point out the pic (copy/paste the url here and give me a heads up) so I can put face to a name

I haven't posted to that  costumer site much lately, but when I do, it's under my website name of 'neoengel' ... I shoulda just stuck with 'Sid".  They haven't done much with me there.  A while back I offered up a buttload of tips for costuming and what kinds of materials I use.  I just haven't had the time as of late to follow up.

I never got told not to do my costume, however there was a debate that popped up about doubles over there.  I flatly told them that I do the costumes I like and encourage others to do the same.  Hell, when I go to cons and see two people do the same costume, they spend more time complimenting and trading info with each other than I've ever seen them compare and criticize.  So, I don't know, nor care if they don;t like doubles or multiples, but when I presented my stuff - they liked it, and my attitude

I met a few of the people you mentioned in person at DragonCon where I saw that awesome C.C. '82 costume (I almost wanted to check out the back for the semi-backpack thing there his blaster connected)

Glad you liked the site (To anderpol & SEOaP ... I love that userID)  Thansk so much again for the compliments folks

[SnakeEyesOnAPlane]

Sorry to trouble you, Sid, but how did you make Snake-Eyes' visor?  I'm planning on making a Snake-Eyes costume for my college's Halloween contest, but I wasn't sure how to make the trademark headgear.

[anderpol]

Hey, I have pics of you and your wife on my site?  Point out the pic (copy/paste the url here and give me a heads up) so I can put face to a name

I think I'll pass, first, the picture I'm on is a group shot and you wouldn't recognize me that much with the costume and second it's not my most flattering look (my wife had made the costumes for competition before we got married many years ago). We had a lot of fun doing the presentation on stage but people still remember me from that silly outfit. Man, I even remember the stupid song (we had rehearsed that much). She's in another picture along side you, however, as Vansen from SAB.

I haven't posted to that  costumer site much lately, but when I do, it's under my website name of 'neoengel' ... I shoulda just stuck with 'Sid".  
I never got told not to do my costume, however there was a debate that popped up about doubles over there.  I flatly told them that I do the costumes I like and encourage others to do the same.

I didn't see the posting which I assume are only visible to members. That and I didn't know about your other user name. I agree with your point of view, we do these costumes for fun and everyone definitely should make the one or the ones they're interested in even if it's been done by others. That said I might make a TigerClaw costume (even if SnakeEyes as always been my favorite character) because I don't feel like making a costume that others have made much better than I could afford to make, time-wise and money-wise. that and I have the figure as a reference and found some fabric in the kaki/green color the character wears (I just don't like the orange so I might switch it to red as a personal preference) and because I've never seen anyone make that costume before and the character is still a ninja (always liked ninjas).  

I met a few of the people you mentioned in person at DragonCon where I saw that awesome C.C. '82 costume (I almost wanted to check out the back for the semi-backpack thing there his blaster connected)

I had forgotten about the action figure having that backpack thing to hook up his blaster. That jugged my memory.

Thanks for the response Sid. We might see each other at T-Trek next year. My wife and I are thinking of going. I'll try to have that TigerClaw costume ready. So, if you see that character (along with a tiny 2 year old double) that should be me.  

[Redmao]

Bring back Nightshade! That character is cool.
Any Delta squadron development?
Any new Nightshade stories coming up?

[anderpol]

Bring back Nightshade! That character is cool.
Any Delta squadron development?
Any new Nightshade stories coming up?

Nightshade? Do you mean Darkshade, the black clad ninja (also wearing a Shadow like costume as well as a SnakeEyes like outfit in certain scenes) in my first two Delta Squadron movies I made in 1992 and 1995? Or do you mean Nightshade, the female psychic witch from my Delta Squadron comic book from 1988? I'm not sure how much of my stuff you're familiar with.

I made a comic back in 1995 recreating the origins of Delta Squadron (created in 1984) that was followed by a mini series of comic fanzines published between 1997 and 2001 where Darkshade (or Ombre in french) is developped along with the other characters of the Delta Squadron team.

Newest development is a work in progress of the last adventure of Delta Squadron (last as in LAST) but even though the pencils are done I have no idea when I'll find the time to ink the story. No other video projects planned (simply don't have the time anymore).

Thanks for asking.  

[Redmao]

oups sorry, I meant Darkshade, the black clad ninja.
I saw your 4 movies and read a few pages here and there.
I own the 2nd and 4th movie.

Well for all its worth, you have a fan right here.
I you had a few "planche" scanned, I'd be delighted to check 'em out

 :thumbsup:

[anderpol]

oups sorry, I meant Darkshade, the black clad ninja.
I saw your 4 movies and read a few pages here and there.
I own the 2nd and 4th movie.

Well for all its worth, you have a fan right here.
I you had a few "planche" scanned, I'd be delighted to check 'em out

 :thumbsup:

Thanks for the interest in my work, I appreciate it. If you're interested, a friend of my owns a comic book store where he has most of my stuff on consigment (Studio 9, 5835 Saint-Hubert, Mtl, near Rosemont subway station, tel.: 514-272-6043).

As for having a few "planches" scanned I don't and they probably wouldn't scan well anyway since I use a very light pencil (4H) so that I don't have a hard time erasing the pencil lines after I'm done inking. I'm hoping to find the time to ink the story in the next couple of years and publish it in a special issue of my friend's old fanzine where he ran several of my series in years past.

Thanks again.  

[Redmao]

cool, I'll check it out :thumbsup: