Opinion on Leela costume

[gault]

So Leela is the costume of choice for this Halloween.  I'll be wearing it for three occasions so it has to hold up.
For those who don't watch Futurama, here's what she looks like:



I have boots, pants and tank. I'll buy the wig tonight.

But I need help with the eye.  There are suggestions online for using a simple white mask and a pair of white pantyhose and drawing a pupil in the middle with a sharpie.  And then gluing black cardstock eyelashes onto it. I also see suggestions like making one out of a wire hanger, using a face mask (one that covers your mouth and nose)... what sounds the best and most simple to do? I need to be able to see out of it, obviously.

[Deleted]

love it

[dixienormous]

Honestly, I would just draw an eye in the middle of my forehead.

[exploding people]

Oct 28, 2014 10:54:39 GMT -5 dixienormous said:

Honestly, I would just draw an eye in the middle of my forehead.

This is what I was going to suggest.

[gault]

Yes but then I would have three eyes! They need to be covered up!

[partiallysunny]

Oct 28, 2014 11:12:42 GMT -5 gault said:

Yes but then I would have three eyes! They need to be covered up!

close your eyes when someone goes to take your picture

[dixienormous]

Oct 28, 2014 11:12:42 GMT -5 gault said:

Yes but then I would have three eyes! They need to be covered up!

You could use make up to create the eye over the bridge of your nose and your real eyes. Does that make sense? I can totally see it in my head but I'm not sure I can translate it to words.

[captainmel]

Another paint suggestion. Just paint your whole forehead white and paint your eyelids white too. Close your eyes for pics.

[dixienormous]

Oct 28, 2014 11:16:37 GMT -5 captainmel said:

Another paint suggestion. Just paint your whole forehead white and paint your eyelids white too. Close your eyes for pics.

you explained that better than I did.

[captainmel]

Oct 28, 2014 11:18:40 GMT -5 dixienormous said:

Oct 28, 2014 11:16:37 GMT -5 captainmel said:

Another paint suggestion. Just paint your whole forehead white and paint your eyelids white too. Close your eyes for pics.

you explained that better than I did.

I was just thinking you explained this better than I did! Mwah. Love you Dixie.

[neonpink]

Her mask looks pretty good.

I like the mask or painting your face idea.

I did have a bunch of college friends do this. The girl that went as Bender was awesome. She made a cardboard barrel chest thing that when you opened it she was wearing a silver bathing suit. It was really good.

[neonpink]

Also random Futurama fact. The guy that voices Fry also voiced the cartoon character Doug. I just learned that recently.

[motzie]

I like the mask idea.

[tiramisu]

I was also going to suggest painting the eye on your face. That one photo of a mask looks pretty good though.

[Muddled]

I thought you did her a few years ago, no?

[spindle92]

of course I have no idea who this is gault but good choice.

[gault]

Oct 28, 2014 21:30:32 GMT -5 Muddled said:

I thought you did her a few years ago, no?

I was going to last year. And then Horrible Breakup of 2013 happened the night before and I was crying all of Halloween. lol.  I didn't feel very Leela-esque.

[gault]

The wine helped.

[spindle92]

Oct 28, 2014 21:45:37 GMT -5 gault said:

The wine helped.

Is that a bad ass glue gun or part of your costume?

Remember I have no idea who this Leela person is. 

[gault]

She is a spaceship captain who carried a blaster thing sometimes... and this thing is AMAZING, it lights up and makes noises. I had to get it.

The show is called Futurama and was created by the guy who made the Simpsons It has a big fanbase, and when the show was cancelled on Fox the fans petitioned for another network to bring it back, and it went to Comedy Central for awhile. The show just ended last year, I think, and I hope it gets picked up somewhere else, but not sure if that will happen.

[spindle92]

Oct 28, 2014 21:52:03 GMT -5 gault said:

She is a spaceship captain who carried a blaster thing sometimes... and this thing is AMAZING, it lights up and makes noises. I had to get it.

The show is called Futurama and was created by the guy who made the Simpsons It has a big fanbase, and when the show was cancelled on Fox the fans petitioned for another network to bring it back, and it went to Comedy Central for awhile. The show just ended last year, I think, and I hope it gets picked up somewhere else, but not sure if that will happen.

and did you watch the show will laying in bed in your Dungeon and Dragon sheets?  

[smock]

Your Leela swag looks awesome!

And hey, Futurama isn't in the same league as D&D.

[dixienormous]

Next year I totally want to be Fry, Leela, Bender and the baby can be Nibbler.