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May 2006
for Wonderfest 2006

Debuted: Wonderfest 2006
History: Wonderfest 2006
Status: Active

Related Costumes:
Marion Ravenwood
Princess Leia v.3.0
Anna Valerious
Imperial Officer

Previous Costume:
Leia Animated Dress

Next Costume:
Dark Phoenix (Red)

Ellen Ripley - Aliens
Quite honestly, I'm not all that familar with Aliens. Skip and Loki in my garrison both have Alien costumes, though, I wanted a Ripley with them at Wonderfest. I put this together in about a week, and it ended up being a lot of fun to wear around with the guys.

Construction Notes: My first place to pick up stuff for this costume? Goodwill! I found a white turtleneck a couple of sizes too big, and a pair of hightop Reebok. I picked up a pair of pants on ebay, as well as a super cheap wig.

I took the shirt in a little, took the turtleneck off and cut the sleeves off shorter. Then I weathered the whole thing with dye and left it out in the sun... it made some interesting effects that I really liked. The pants didn't take to the dye as well, so I weathered them with paint. For the shoes, I repainted parts of them red, and made the upper sections out of vinyl. That was the hardest part, since I had to hand-sew most of it because it was too thick to go through the machine. The wig I cut (and I hate it! Oh well, haha), and the belt and suspenders I bought straps for and sewed them together. The pulse rifle was on loan from Skip.








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