Hey again! It’s been close to a month since my last update on this costume build. Heroes inc is in the middle of preparing a new costume for one of our volunteers – Captain America!We were joking that after we’re done we’ll need to make a Captain Canada and make them fight!

So progress on this one has been slow as I’m trying to do it as cheaply as possible. We got a cheap Vinyl mask as a place setter until we can figure something else out. It’s far from ideal but will make do.

The most interesting part of the build was trying to figure out how to do the shield. It sounds like it would be simple enough, but there are a Couple factors to concider: first and foremost this thing CANNOT be heavy.The guy using it will have to carry it around for hours. Secondly it needs to be durable or the kids will just RAVAGE it. So with both of those in mind I started looking into what option I had… which wasn’t a lot. I ended up contacting a local foam craft company, http://www.ultimatefoamcreations.com/, and after explaining who we are and what we needed – they offered to take the project on at cost.

The work they have been doing is very well thought out. They are mid way through the build at, but I can already tell this is going to be a work of art!