Crafty Tuesday: Inspiration Hit Hard

[puppetmaker]

This past weekend principle filming finished up on the Doctor Strange movie in New York City. I finally have the photos, probably too many photos, to be able to recreate the costume in puppet form. I also plan to make a Baron Mordo puppet based on the movie version as well. I’d do an Ancient One but there have been no photos of that at all and probably won’t be until SDCC if then.

The people milling around and taking photos has made my life easier as I have front, back and side views of the costume with and without the cape. Same deal with Mordo.

So now what?

Well fabric is next. Now that I know what the actual costume looks like, I have to figure out how to recreate the clothing. Fortunately for me, it looks like mostly cotton which I can do several ways and it is not that expensive.

Then figuring out the patterns of the tunics and the like. I have counted four layers on Strange and at least three on Mordo.

Challenges? Well the belts are woven not leather. The cape is a nightmare of pieces and the interior of the cape is going to be a challenge to find. But it is all things I can do. They just take time. Also I don’t have a picture of the back without the cape however I think I can extrapolate what that might be. Or I might luck out on a photo that someone took.

So here it is, the beginning of a project. I’ll keep updating until I have it done.

I am grateful for the photos I have found which makes my process easier and harder at the sametime.

Behind the cut are some useful photos I have found and, for some, it might be considered spoilery.




(for the VI: This is Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Strange. He is wearing a blue tunic with blue pants and a red cape. The cape is open showing the interior which is a checked pattern)


(for the VI: This is a good front shot of the costumes. Mordo is on the left and is in green tones. Strange is to the right)


(for the VI: back shot of Mordo and ¾ shot of Strange)


(For the VI: The back of the red cloak.)

Comments

[lindadee.livejournal.com]

Have you thought about writing to the costume designers, explaining that you're a puppet designer and what you do, and asking them for either swatches or leftover pieces of material? You never know what materialize.

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

That is a good idea. I just have to figure out who to go to on that and I might have a backdoor on this one.