The Dark Knight: This is a darker version of Batman that began to appear after the Batman Begins movie. This portrayed Batman as more of a dark outcast in Gotham city, a vigilante who lives outside the law. Alfred Pennyworth said it best, in the movie The Dark Knight when he said, “Endure, Master Wayne. Take it. They’ll hate you for it, but that’s the point of Batman, he can be the outcast. He can make the choice that no one else can make. The right choice. " The World’s Greatest Detective: This is the iconic comic-book version of Batman. This batman costume is more playful and colorful (with the bright yellow accents) and follows a more detective-style way of fighting crime. This costume best depicts a Batman character who is witty enough to yell “freeze!” to Arnold as Mr. Freeze.
Start with full-body pant suit or unitard. It should be all black fabric and long sleeve. It should be extremely fitted and stretchy for optimal mobility. You can find them at stores that sell ballet clothing, or if you will be spending time outside when the weather is colder, you can go for neoprene body suit like those that divers, surfers, and paddlers use (and which may be a little more forgiving if you’re not fresh from training with Ra’s al Ghul and the League of Shadows. Add on armour. Use a black paintball armor to create the hard shell of the bat suit. Every part of your body should have this hard shell on it, but you especially want to cover the chest and upper arms. Pump it up. Batman’s suit clearly indicates how big each and everyone of his ab muscles are, to strike fear into the hearts of villains and scoundrels. You can pad the abs by adding large amounts of Puffy Paint (available at Walmart) to the armour, or use dense, paintable styrofoam (available at craft stores) to build up muscles. Add the Batman crest. The Batman crest covers the center of your chest. It should be the all-black bat symbol and there should be nothing around it. You can use this template: just print it as large as you need, trace it onto cardboard, and carefully cut out with a box cutter. Add the gloves. The gloves should be elbow length, all black and should have three “fins” attached to the sides. These fins should be stiff and angling backwards towards Batman.
Use black make up to “black-out” the skin surrounding your eyes so that the mask makes you look more like the Dark Knight.
Start with full-body pant suit or unitard. It should be neutral or slightly bluish-gray, with long sleeves. Unless you’re already ripped, it should fitted loosely so that you can pad. You can find them at stores that sell ballet clothing, or if you will be spending time outside when the weather is colder, you can go for neoprene body suit like those that divers, surfers, and paddlers use. Don’t worry about getting a unitard if you can’t find one—the utility belt will make the suit look continuous. Do make sure your pants are not loose at the bottom—they need to tuck into your boots.
Catwoman. Friend, or foe? Who’s to know. Whichever she is, there’s not much that needs to be said about this costume. Be prepared to meet your match, Caped Crusader: Robin, the Boy Wonder. Make sure Robin is appropriate for the Bat-era you have chosen. The Dark Knight’s Robin’s costume is black with red accents, whereas the traditional Robin is a little more colorful: The Joker. Green hair, white face, blackened eyes, smeared red lipstick, and a purple suit will get you most of the way there. Just how ragged you make the makeup and how flamboyant the suit will determine if you’re early Joker, or later Joker. Other great foes that make for great costume opportunities could be The Riddler, Catwoman, Poison Ivy, Two-Face, the Penguin, Mr. Freeze, or Bane.
