Buying everything will leave you with a lot of material for future projects Total: $430 / I spent $205 as I already had a lot of this stuff. 04 3/16" pop rivets 1/8" pop rivets Open ring snap buttons 1" hook & loop non-adhesive velcro Speaker grille Acrylic caulk Plasti-dip spray paint (2) cans Rustoleum spray paint (1) can each (6 total): metallic silver, flat black, flat brown, flat white, flat beige, gloss black Acrylic paints: black, brown, silver Purchase List (paid links): Ninja pants Life size plastic skull Mini plastic skull 25' of black plastic chain (didn't use) Wrestling shoes ( ninja shoes would be more accurate) 1" poly webbing Aviator sunglasses (6'-0") 2/0 Welded Zinc Plated Steel Chain (1) Dye stripper (project dependent) (1) 1.5” o ring (4) 1.5” d rings (4) buckles/2 each arm (opted for plastic tri-glides instead) 6 yards of twisted rope for shoulder cord/tassel (1) black dye (1) golden yellow dye (1) scarlet dye (1) dark brown dye (project dependent) EVA foam floor mats (4 pack) Craft foam Leather scraps Muslin perm press material Styrene plastic. It's baffling as I've dyed reds and burgundys in the utility sink before with fine results. I don't know if was the heat, detergent or both that made a difference, but my blacks were gray/purple in the utility sink and vivid black on the cooktop. On the cooktop I used just under boiling water with a bit of dish detergent per instructions. In the utility sink the dye seemed to be half effective. I ended up dyeing on a stove which produced great results. While I've dyed material with good results in a utility sink with just hot water in the past, that did not work this time around. I did have one scrap of leather for which this did nothing and it didn't dye at all. For leather, be sure to prepare it by scrubbing aggressively with acetone. I sketch almost everything first to understand how it works, then I create a paper template to determine the correct size. Next I begin detailing the items, noting colors, materials, and individual items. My first step is listing all of the costume pieces. Plus, I usually don't have the time anyway. I typically don't build weapons, while Scorpion does have two tantos on his belt, I'm not going to build those. In addition to adding sleeves, I'm modifying the belt so it has a skull buckle that's part of an alternate in-game Scorpion.
Because of that I decided to make Scorpion's face a skull which pays homage to one of his finishing moves in the original game. I think Halloween costumes should be creepy and I like to mask my identity. I unknowingly decided on the MK11 version as that has a lot of details that lend itself to costuming.
I googled Scorpion Mortal Kombat and started picking out looks I liked. I realized the latest version has a lot of detail apt for costuming and I could just add sleeves. My hesitancy with the costume was the simplicity and that I don't have the arms for it. I didn't even know there were so many games. I played the first couple of Mortal Kombat games, always as Scorpion, but I haven't played the latest iterations. Scorpion has been on my costume list for a while, finally I built it.
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