# Dragon\*Con costume ideas? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 24, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-con-costume-ideas/442608 "2008-03-24T22:52:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-con-costume-ideas/442608/1 "2008-03-24T22:52:21Z")
I’ve been invited to Dragon\*Con this year: it’s Labor Day weekend, so there’s still plenty of time. I’m at a bit of a loss as to what I might do for a costume. My best idea so far is to go as a TOS-era Klingon, since I can do that pretty much just with the costume, a touch of makeup, and a careful beard trimming. I am not the least bit interested in costume contests. I just want to do as the Romans do. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-con-costume-ideas/442608/2 "2008-03-24T23:07:35Z")
Go as a Roman. Bed sheet togas are cheap. For class, make a faux laurel wreath out of plastic ivy, spray paint it gold, & make a phoney lightning bolt from foam sheets, likewise painted gold. Ta-da! Zeus. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-con-costume-ideas/442608/3 "2008-03-24T23:12:44Z")
Walked right into that one, I guess. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-con-costume-ideas/442608/4 "2008-03-25T00:31:25Z")
hmm. Well klingon stuff is easy enough to simulate. Spray your “armor” with rust-oleum HAMMERED black, and silver. Hammered first, then immediately silver. it will give you a lovely battle worn pitted metal surface. See [here](http://adamjprawlocki.googlepages.com/leviathantitle) For the finish done with brass instead of silver. Scrounge the good wills for cool women’s leather belts to use as strappings etc, and a pair of motorcycle boots will suffice. I’m a prop builder so feel free to pick my brain. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-con-costume-ideas/442608/5 "2008-03-25T00:38:01Z")
TOS-era Klingons didn’t wear the armor and other stuff that movie and later era Klingons did. It’s actually one of the reasons I want to go that way. [Here’s a couple.](http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/gallery/stmagazine/koloth1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-con-costume-ideas/442608/6 "2008-03-25T01:30:55Z")
ah nm then! Sorry! ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-con-costume-ideas/442608/7 "2008-03-25T02:49:51Z")
I envy your enthusiasm. I’ve never had the guts to wear a costume to such events. A shame really, since I have the perfect Horta physique. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-con-costume-ideas/442608/8 "2008-03-25T16:11:06Z")
Sandworm. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-con-costume-ideas/442608/9 "2008-03-25T16:15:52Z")
Have you seen me naked? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-con-costume-ideas/442608/10 "2008-03-25T16:17:35Z")
Came across this site recently: > **[Using Paper, Resin, and Fiberglass to Be the Master Chief!](https://www.instructables.com/Using-Paper-Resin-and-Fiberglass-to-be-the-Maste/)** > > Using Paper, Resin, and Fiberglass to Be the Master Chief!: Be Master Chief for a day with your own handmade armor! Follow this tutorial to make fiberglass pieces, and you can be a Spartan II to pwn all your friends' costumes. > > \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*Work in... ---
**Author:** ![Elysium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Elysium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysium)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-con-costume-ideas/442608/11 "2008-03-25T23:34:17Z")
If you need to do something complex, [cosplay.com](http://cosplay.com) has a lot of talented costumers. Of course, there are a lot of 12 year olds who want to dress like NARUTO!1! as well, so when I need construction tips I tend to rely on the search function rather than browsing through. For a simpler idea, a browncoat or Mal from Firefly wouldn’t be too difficult to create using thrift shop items and is fairly recognizable and comfortable. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-con-costume-ideas/442608/12 "2008-03-25T23:39:39Z")
Cool ideas, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-con-costume-ideas/442608/13 "2008-03-26T03:51:17Z")
> [@](#): > > I just want to do as the Romans do. Don’t you mean you want to do as the Romulans do? Anyway, I have the [PERFECT](http://www.boingboing.net/2006/07/30/hello-kitty-darth-va.html)costume idea for you. I dare you to go as this. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-con-costume-ideas/442608/14 "2008-03-26T04:20:26Z")
Oh. Sweet. Heaven. I would, too, that’s the sad part. Because I know I could pull it off. But no. ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-con-costume-ideas/442608/15 "2008-03-26T05:47:15Z")
Well, I hear there’s some guy on the Internet who can show you how to make a Tron costume… ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-con-costume-ideas/442608/16 "2008-03-26T06:07:26Z")
[Here’s something](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEqZkglTVYE) that you should be able to knock up over a couple of weekends.