The animated series "Fixies", created by the Russian animation studio "Airplane", has a huge number of fans throughout Russia. Over the years of the cartoon's existence, children have managed to fall in love with the active Simka, the inquisitive Nolik and other equally wonderful characters. Kids love to play with fixie toys, wear clothes with the cartoon logo, draw and color these little people, and sing lively songs along with fixie toys. But since the main characters of the cartoon are Simka and Nolik, the greatest attention of children is focused on them. Therefore, it is not at all surprising that often on the eve of one or another children's holiday, children ask their parents to prepare fixie costumes for them. Boys, as a rule, want to be “Noughts”, and girls “Sims”. That is why today we decided to pay attention to making the costumes of these characters with our own hands.
Fixies Nolik and Simka.
Jumpsuit for Simka and Nolik
Both characters' outfits should consist of overalls, mitts, shoes and a wig cap. We suggest starting to create a costume by preparing the overalls, since this element of the outfit is almost the same for Simka and Nolik. The only difference between the clothes of these characters is the color scheme. So, Nolik’s suit should be blue with blue stripes, and Simka’s suit should be orange with red and yellow stripes.
You can make a jumpsuit in the following two ways:
- Buy a ready-made jumpsuit
in blue or orange (depending on which character the costume is being created for) and sew blue or red “patches” in the appropriate places, and on the chest the corresponding logo - the so-called “Tydysch” sign. - Sew a jumpsuit yourself
. Of course, this method is more labor-intensive and requires special skills, but if you have the necessary knowledge and equipment, then perhaps it will be easier for you to sew a jumpsuit than to look for a ready-made one. And of course, it is important not to forget about additional details, including the logo, belt and patches.
Fixie suit.
In order for the clothes to be as similar as possible to those worn by fixies, when decorating them, you should look at the picture with cartoon characters.
Wig hat for Nolik
The hat-wig for Nolik and Simka's costumes is one of the main details. It is this item that allows you to see a cartoon character in the created costume. However, you will have to work hard to create the right wig cap for Nolik, but nothing is impossible, the main thing is to know how it can be made.
So, let's start with Nolik's hat. To make it you will need foam rubber, 1 cm thick, and scissors. First you need to glue the cap, which will become the basis for the future product. To do this, a rectangle is cut out of foam rubber, the length of which will be equal to the volume of the head of the owner of the suit plus 2 cm for the “seam”. The height of this rectangle should be approximately 20 cm - depending on the size of the head. After the rectangle is cut out, a horizontal line is drawn on it at a distance of 10 cm from the bottom edge. Then, isosceles triangles are drawn from this line to the top edge, which are subsequently cut out. Next, the resulting part is glued into a circle, resulting in a product that resembles a crown. In order to make a hat, the triangles in the upper part of the “crown” must be glued with their sides facing each other. Now the base for the wig is ready!
Nolik's hat.
Now you need to glue pre-prepared elements resembling triangles to the base. To make them you will need thicker (5-7 cm) foam rubber. There should be so many parts that they cover the entire surface of the cap. However, they need to be cut out gradually, since it is necessary to ensure that they fit well together, and for this the elements must be of different sizes. The image of Nolik from the cartoon will help you arrange the blanks so that you get the desired product.
At the final stage of making Nolik’s wig cap, it needs to be painted blue. To do this, you can use either spray paint or gouache.
Fixie costume Nolik.
Foam rubber
Another work is the result of my passion for designing from foam rubber. This is not the first time I have been asked to make hats for fixers, and I have long been planning to film this material so that everyone who needs it can make their own wig for Nolik’s costume. And finally, I brought my plan to life - I made a video clip where I tell in detail and show the process of creating Nolik’s hairstyle
