State you name! Genterns!

Yep, Genterns baby. Direct to you from Repo! The Genetic Opera.

I used this costume for my friend and I at the Wellington Fetish Ball 2010.
It was a lot of fun and heaps of people recognised us.

Here's the finished product:

Firstly, look at how freaking pale my thighs are here, they're ACTUALLY lilac.
Secondly, yes I realise this is slightly different from the actual Gentern costume.
Obviously when working to a budget you have to work with what you've got and this is what I had.
You can buy the shoes the Genterns wear in Repo! TGO but they cost around $50 US which works out to be over $100 kiwi plus postage so bugger that.

The dress and gloves I bought on Trademe for $9.95 as part of a set. Yes they were originally an "adult nurse costume" but they work for my purpose. I'm sure you could find something similar on Ebay if you aren't in NZ.
The boots I also picked up second hand. These will come in handy later for my hentai Rei Ayanami costume.

There are only two parts of the costume which you will physically make yourself, the mask and the Zydrate. I have yet to perfect a consumable Zydrate which glows noticeably for any decent amount of time therefor DO NOT ACTUALLY ADMINISTER THE ZYDRATE it is poisonous and will most likely make you extremely ill

What you will need:
A see-thru red art folder or some other red bendable plastic the size of your face. Or paint a clear one.
A string of elastic long enough to stretch from ear to ear comfortably.
Hammer and a nail.
12 or so blue glow sticks.
Scissors and a removable marker.
A bowl.
Syringes without needles. These can easily be found at your local chemist or drug store. If you can't see 'em ask at the counter.

If you're using an old art folder as I did (they're made from the best type of plastic for this) then cut it up so each side is separate from the others.
First, hold the plastic up to your face and curve it around so it's shaped like the GenMask.
Find the part of your ear that meets your head, where the arms of your glasses sit, and mark it with a pen. Do this for both sides.
Make another mark about a centimeter in from this first mark.
Find the center of your mask and place another mark there.
Starting from the first mark you made draw down in a curve from this then back up to meet the mark in the center, repeat on the other side. This should make a bum like shape.

Over all the whole thing should look sorta like this.

The middle part will sit on your nose and the dots 1cm in will be where you put the elastic.

Take your scissors and cut from the top of the mask, straight down to the first dot,along your line, to the second dot, then straight back up to the top. You should be left with this:

Now you need your hammer and nail. 

For this step you will also need some surface that you can use to lean on while hammering because the nail will go through onto this surface. I happened to have a polystyrene block I leaned on. 

Take your nail and place it over one of the 1cm in holes. Hammer it through.

You can try pushing it through but the plastic is thick and you may slip and damage it so using a hammer helps you be more exact.

Repeat this on the other side. Now wipe off all traces of marker.
You will now have two holes in your mask ready to have elastic threaded through them. So do just that. Thread the elastic through and tie it in a knot so it wont come loose.

Zydrate!
This part takes awhile and needs to be left as late as possible so as to get the most amount of glow time.
Take a glow stick, crack it so the glow starts.Make sure all the glass inside is completely broken.
Cut both ends off over the bowl and let everything that's inside drain out. You may need to blow on one end to get the last off it out.
Do this with a few of the sticks then use one of your syringes to suck it all up.
To do this, push the plunger all the way into the syringe then place the end in the liquid, pull the plunger out slowly and stop when you start to see bubbles come through with the liquid.
Turn the syringe up so the end is in the air and tap it to separate the air fro the liquid.
Now push the plunger back into the syringe so all the air comes out but stop before the liquid comes out.
Don't completely fill each syringe, go for about 2/3 full.
Keep cracking and emptying your glow sticks until all the glow is used up.
Luckily gravity holds the liquid in place but if you're worried about accidentally pushing the plunger and covering yourself in glow, you can put some hot glue in the end of each syringe.

I didn't get a chance to get photos of this last step but the only way to truly complete this look is by covering yourself in blood.My friend and I had a lot of fun splashing blood on each other making us look post-op.

TADA! Genterns!

Genterns are very sassy and a lot of fun so don't be afraid to go wild.
I recommend wearing a strapless bra and 'good' panties, these dresses don't leave much to the imagination.