Cable, real name Nathan Summers, is a popular member of Marvel’s X-Force or X-Men. He was created by created by Louise Simonson and Rob Liefeld, with his true identity first appearing in January 1986, featured in the comic Uncanny X-Men number 201. His character remained limited until his super hero identity was revealed with his origin story explored in March 1990 in the comic New Mutants number 87. He is the son of Scott Summers, or Cyclops and Madelyne Pryor, a clone of Jean Grey. His mutation gives him the power of telepathy and telekinesis, similar to that of his mother. Similar to his father, he was written into the X-Men universe when the addition of a leader character was requested to work with Xavier in a future timeline where the mutants were at war.
Cable is a widely recognized X-Men character because of his frequent confrontations with Deadpool. The classic version of his character is very similar to Bishop, Cyclops, and other older X-Men male characters. Cable’s comic outfit is comprised of a sleeveless or long-sleeve black muscle shirt, compression pants, a variety of yellow straps and yellow painted tactical gear. Below we have provided a flat all-purpose yellow spray paint that you can use to create comic accurate DIY pieces for the Cable costume. His more modern, militarized version uses many of the same base back compression material layers as the classic version, but with added tactical gear. These can also be found in the sections below. Regarding weapons, please note that when creating scifi weapons as those seen with Cable, it is often necessary to take nerf guns and paint them to the source weapons likeness. For this, we have added options of base nerf weapons and the paint necessary to create his classic black with a blue light plasma handguns and rifle.
Cable Costume: Classic Version
X-Men Red and Black Patch.
White Hair Spray.
Cable Costume Silver Arm Pieces.
Silver Metallic Paint.
Cable Costume Eye Patch.
Scar Putty (for eye scars).
Black Sleeveless Muscle Tee.
Black Compression Shirt.
Black Compression Pants.
Cable Costume Dark Blue Bodysuit.
Yellow Fabric Paint.
Yellow Mankini.
Yellow Wrap Belt.
Yellow Chest Straps.
Yellow Wrist Sweatband Set.
Sun Yellow Spray Paint.
Tactical Belt with Pouches.
White Boots.
Cable Costume: Military Version
Black Tactical Gloves.
Thigh Gun Holster.
Tactical Belt.
Black Boots.
Cable Costume: Accessories
X-Men Belt Buckle.
Black Leather Belt No Buckle.
Prop Scar Rifle.
Large Nerf Handgun.
Flat Black Spray Paint.
Bright Blue Model Paint.
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