HOWTO make a leather rockabilly Batman cowl

Trevor sends us, "An imgur gallery of how I constructed my leather Rockabilly Batman headgear, based on the artworks of Denis Medri, in 7 easy steps (some easier than others), as part of the Gotham City Rockers group forming for the upcoming Portsmouth Halloween Parade in NH.."

Batman Cowl Process - Imgur (Thanks, Trevor!)

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Angryjim

rockabilly? Am I missing something?
- http://jackfear.blogspot.com Jack Feerick
  
  ”Rockabilly” is the new “steampunk,” I guess. It’s hard to keep up.
  - nixiebunny
    
    Yeah, that’s it. No other interpretation makes sense.
- http://www.nathanhornby.com/ Nathan Hornby
  
  After googling it appears to be an early rock movement. Think Johnny Depp in Cry Baby.
  
  I’m not sure where leather batman masks fit in though, I’ll be honest.
  
  Awesome either way.
- http://www.jimdraws.com Thorzdad
  
  No. You’re not missing anything. The mask has nothing to do with rockabilly. Nice mask, though.
- http://twitter.com/greatnsecret Great and Secret
  
  Rockabilly-Batman-Denis-Medri.jpg And yes, I’m growing a pompadour for the Bruce Wayne leg of the journey. (October’s a big month in Portsmouth, multiple personas are often necessary.)
Angryjim

oh right. google.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1072420205 Mala Bissoon

I so wanted this to be available as a motorcycle helmet.
- http://twitter.com/greatnsecret Great and Secret
  
  It’s tougher than most aviator helmets I’ve seen, but I don’t know if I’d want to crash a bike in it.
John Herman

Rockabilly Batman.
- http://twitter.com/greatnsecret Great and Secret
  
  I see you there, Superman.
http://www.jjsaul.com Jim Saul

Hopefully there will be a catwoman on stage to slink her way through the “Stray Cat Strut” cover.
- http://twitter.com/greatnsecret Great and Secret
  
  Indeed! The Gotham City Rockers have a Catwoman. And 30-odd other characters, too. We’ve even got a logo for t-shirts to raise money for the Parade. Can you tell I’m a little excited?
  - http://www.jjsaul.com Jim Saul
    
    Sounds awesome. Don’t be discouraged by those who have never heard of rockabilly… they’re not only missing out on the concept, they’re missing out on an archetypal cool music genre.
    
    Got a batmobile for “Greased Lightning”?
    - http://twitter.com/greatnsecret Great and Secret
      
      Working on it. We’ve provoked two new bands to form for a Gothambilly show in October, hoping to rope off some parking spots and have a little motorshow to go with it. Not sure if we can pull that off, though (the Parking Nazis in Portsmouth are nasty), but we’ve got drive.
rtresco

Rockabilly Batman looks like non-Rockabilly Catwoman
http://comicbookdb.com/graphics/comic_graphics/1/93/50421_20060710153356_large.jpg
http://echofox3.blogspot.com efergus3

I wonder which trailer park Wayne Manor is in?
PrettyBoyTim

Ah. Here we go – fifties Batman:

http://www.bitrebels.com/geek/10-rockabilly-batman-sketches-batman-reimagined-in-the-50s/

Awesome stuff. It amuses me however that Gordon looks basically unchanged.

The only thing that doesn’t quite work is that Bruce Wayne appears to be an auto mechanic, which doesn’t quite fit in with the ‘rich boy’ Batman backstory.