This panel will teach you how to make fantastic costumes out of stuff you can find in your GARAGE. Whether you are out of this world Aliens or Mutants here on Planet Earth. Be you Hero or Villain, you have found a home. Go ahead and be who or what you have always wanted to be. We're here to help you create that alter-ego with materials at a fraction of the cost. The Creative Fun Has Just Begun!!! Brothers in laws Mitchell Caldwell and Jason Fowers have been creating art since they were kids. The majority of that art is inspired by comics and the notion of a Hero or Heroine. Most everyone wants to be a Hero to someone. So why not get the chance to dress up like one every once in a while? Jason and Mitchell wanted to make sure anyone could have that chance so they started "Garage FX". The concept is this: Teach others how to simply make great Cosplay (Costume Play) works of art using everyday items you can find in your garage or hardware store. Since they began this effort, they have created projects from Venom to Predator to Spawn (in many forms). Inspired by huge demand at past comicons their latest efforts have been making movie-prop worthy sets of Halo Spartan Armor as well as those pizza eating Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. All pieces are made from the foam floor mats (EVA foam) you step on in your garage, old plastic buckets, pool floats, PVC pipe, burlap bags, Elmer's glue, chicken wire, packing Styrofoam and more. For the more intense student they even teach how to cast latex and silicon masks and props. From Mitchell and Jason: We love what we do at Garage FX, feel free to stop by our booth and learn how to make something from nearly nothing at one of the many free workshops we will be hosting each day at Las Cruces Comic Con!!!
