Carbon Costume

The iconic plumber Mario gets a bit of a makeover in the Super Mario Maker video games.  The eighteenth addition to the Super Mario catalog, Super Mario Maker allows players to create their own Super Mario courses as well as play those made by other users.  Builder Mario in the game wears a yellow hard hat with his signature “M” emblem.  He also wears a yellow long-sleeved shirt beneath a pair of red overalls.  Finish your costume with brown boots, white gloves, a brown utility belt, and a bushy mustache.

Cosmo is a talented inventor from the Space Kingdom in the webcomic Cucumber Quest.  They help Cucumber and Almond occasionally throughout their quest.  Cosmo has black hair and grey skin with pink freckles, which you can recreate with body paint and an eyeliner pen.  They also have a pair of grey rabbit-like ears.  Their clothes consist of a light purple shirt and black leggings under dark blue star-and-planet-themed shortalls.  You can add the cosmic design with some fabric paint yourself.  Accessorize with pink gloves, blue polarized glasses, and some star pins; a black one at your throat and two silver ones on the straps of your overall shorts.

Penelope Blossom (played by Nathalie Boltt) is a recurring character in the CW series Riverdale.  The mother of Cheryl and Jason, Penelope is manipulative and cunning, with a penchant for poisons.  She has copper hair and favors the color red in nearly all of her ensembles.  She wears a glove on her left hand to cover scars after receiving third-degree burns.  When crafting your costume, focus on chic silhouettes, carefully styled hair, and crimson pieces that really pop.

The Pirate Captain (voiced by Hugh Grant) is the main character in the stop-motion animation feature film The Pirates! Band of Misfits.  The Captain leads his crew on an adventure to try and steal enough gold to win the Pirate of the Year award, but is plagued by bad luck as they strike ships without the bounty they seek, eventually coming in contact with Charles Darwin on the HMS Beagle.  The Pirate Captain has a bushy red beard and wears a long red coat with gold details.  His shirt and sash are different shades of yellow, while his pants are tan and his boots brown.  He also carries a sword.

Brad Armstrong is the broody protagonist of the RPG game LISA: THE PAINFUL.  Brad is a tormented character trying to do his best to protect Buddy from the Rando Army.  He is also addicted to the drug Joy, which is a blue pill.  To recreate his look from the game, you’ll need a balding head, a black beard, and a scar over your right eye.  Brad wears a brown poncho, dark pants and shoes, and has brown cuffs on his wrists.  To mimic Joy, you can use blue candy.

Shino Aburame (voiced by Shinji Kawada and Darek Stephen Prince) is a character from the anime and manga series Naruto.  He is a member of Team 8, under Kurenai Yuhi, alongside Hinata Hyuga and Kiba Inuzuka.  He can control bugs that live inside his body as part of his clan’s special technique.  Members of the Aburame clan are known for wearing dark glasses that obscure their eyes, and Shino is no exception.  In the original series, he also wears brown pants and a grey-green jacket with a high collar that covers his mouth.  When creating your costume, try to find a jacket with a high-stand collar.  In the later episodes of Shippuden, Shino wears a green hooded jacket with a black shirt beneath instead having the collar that covers the lower portion of his face. A cowl neck zip-up can serve this purpose well.  During the Fourth Shinobi War, he also wears a Konoha standard-issue flak vest.  No matter which version you choose, don’t forget your forehead protector, kunai pouch, sandals, and round sunglasses.

J. Robert Oppenheimer (played by Cillian Murphy) is the titular protagonist at the heart of Christopher Nolan’s film Oppenheimer. The primary physicist responsible for the creation of the atomic bomb, Oppenheimer’s life included no shortage of drama including an affair with Jean Tatlock during his marriage to Kitty, and many inquiries into his political affiliations and ideologies.  The Manhattan Project of which Oppenheimer was a part took place in the 1940s, so your costume should evoke a vintage silhouette as much as possible.  Oppenheimer wears several different suits throughout the movie, often favoring grey and brown shades.  He also owns a rather unique belt buckle that is silver with turquoise.  To recreate his look from the film, choose a brown or tan suit, with a matching tie, shoes, and flat-brimmed hat.  Add a belt with a fancy buckle, a pipe, and a wedding ring.  Lastly, you can recreate his round identification badge by writing “K-6” on a plain white button.

Miss Hattie (voiced by Kristen Wiig) is a minor antagonist in the Illumination film Despicable Me.  She is the cruel operator of Miss Hattie’s Home for Girls where Margo, Edith, and Agnes live before they are adopted by Gru.  Miss Hattie has brown hair and wears a pink cardigan with a red plaid skirt.  The ruffled collar of her blouse sticks out over the collar of her sweater, and she wears a red gem brooch at her throat.  Complete your costume with a coiffed wig, sheer stockings, and red shoes.