Carbon Costume

Portrayed by Queen Latifah in the Chicago’s film adaptation, Matron “Mama” Morton is the corrupt matriarch of the Cook County Jail. She takes both Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly under her wing, but also fuels the rivalry between them.

In Ultraviolet, set in a world in which vampires exist due to a disease called hemoglophagia, Violet Song Jat Shariff (Milla Jovovich) is part of the underground resistance fighting in the Blood Wars. The government is rounding up the vampires – called homophages – in order to kill or experiment upon them. Violet has a violent and bloody history with those she battles, having lost both a husband and child to them. This guide covers her red leather outfit that nearly covers her from head to toe to protect her from the sun.

In DC Bombshells, Poison Ivy uses her botanist skills to grow plants in winter and feed the Russians during WWII. She also used her skills to create a perfume to defeat the Nazis, but her skin turned green as a result. In this depiction, she is modeled after 1940’s pinups, complete with victory rolls in her hair. The key to her costume is the ivy accents, so get creative with makeup, temporary tattoos, or floral ivy to complete the look.

Teletha Testarossa is the clumsy but beautiful captain and creator of the Tuatha De Danaan submarine in the 2002 anime Full Metal Panic! Teletha was raised living around submarines and military bases for most of her life. She is described as a child prodigy, ranking the role of a captain at age sixteen.

A moniker for the cutting-edge AI system within Umbrella Corporation’s bio-weaponry facility The Hive, the Red Queen causes the entire series of events in the film Resident Evil. After an outbreak of the zombie-causing T-virus occurs within The Hive, the Red Queen initiates a lock-down and will not allow anything living to escape The Hive. She is modeled after the lead programmer’s daughter, appearing as a completely red little girl in the first movie and then as a full-color holographic girl dressed in red in the sequels.

Billy Flynn is the smooth-talking, highly-sought lawyer who defends the women of Murderesses’ Row in the musical, Chicago. Portrayed by Richard Gere in the film adaptation, Billy Flynn ignites the feud between Velma and Roxie when he chooses to represent Roxie.

In Big Mouth, the youngest boy in a violently dysfunctional family, Jay Blizerian (Jason Mantzoukas) is a friend of Andrew, Nick, and Jessi. Jay is passionate about magic tricks, his pillow, and not getting pummeled by his older brothers. Later in the first season, Jay and Jessi start to become closer romantically.

The Heavy in Team Fortress 2 is a big Russian who enjoys killing little men like Scout, and eating sandviches and exclaiming “moist and delicious!” He is the strongest class in the game, having the most health and a minigun. He will usually be backed up by a Medic, ready to uber at a moment’s notice. This is a tutorial for the RED Heavy only. Change shirt color to blue and you’ll have a BLU Heavy. Also, a side note, please use only one of the weapons for the costume.

Ivy (Drew Barrymore) is the sexy teen who seduces her best friend’s father in 1992’s Poison Ivy. Her character set off the rest of the series that would often replace the main female protagonist in each sequel. Ivy is a troubled teen living with her irresponsible Aunt, who is soon pitied by her best friend and taken in. Everyone overlooks her continuously flirting with her friend’s Father, and instead becomes entranced by her beauty and charisma.

Norman Osborn, otherwise known as the villain, Green Goblin, is the main antagonist in the Spider Man series. Portrayed by Willem Dafoe in the Raimi Spider-Man trilogy, Norman Osborn is a capable businessman with a murderous alter ego that manifests itself in the Green Goblin. Since, no commercial costume exists for the film’s rubber suit, save for the mask, you’ll need to get creative with some generic costume armor and metallic green spray paint.