Wheelchair costumes - Professional Build Board

As our organization grows and we have more and more volunteer teams building costumes around the nation, we knew we needed a group of individuals who can help as mentors. In 2022, we launched our Professional Build Board. The board is made up of seasoned wheelchair costume builders who really help elevate the costume designs to a new level. They also develop plans for some of our past costumes to allow new teams ways to start a project.

Reese Davis
Olathe, Kansas

Reese works on his latest Ant-Man costume with 3D printed helmets from every Ant-Man appearance in the MCU.

Reese originally started out as our main wheelchair costume model at trade shows. While he still does that, he now leads teams in the construction of our costumes, designs some on his own, and has now been involved in the creation of almost 100 different wheelchair costumes himself.

Favorite Costumes: Ant-Man (all three of them)

Chris Rude
City, State

Chris has been building costumes for a few years for his son, Coen. His BB-8 wheelchair costume is what connected us. He has created some very impressive costumes and shared them on his trips to Walt Disney World.

Favorite Costumes: BB-8, AT-ST Walker

Chris fights with the folding wings mechanism for the fighter jet from "Top Gun: Maverick"

Andy Powell
Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Andy works with the team in our workshop to determine the engineering of how to make the wings of a jet, fold upward to fit through a door.

Andy has been creating some amazing costumes for his son, Alex, including Dr. Octopus, Pugsley Addams, and Optimus Prime. He found Walkin' & Rollin' Costumes through social media and started following them for inspiration and build tips. Andy got his start with the organization after attending the Fall 2022 Build Workshop, and looks forward to assisting other teams in creating costumes.

Favorite Costumes: Jurassic Park Jeep, AT-ST, Batmobile

Bill Bernhagen
City, State

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Favorite Costumes: Darth Vader Tie Fighter, Ice Cream Truck

Bill poses with his completed Darth Vader Tie Fighter!

Jake Sharp
Overland Park, Kansas

Jake determines the appropriate size for the Elton John glasses of the costume he was building.

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Favorite Costumes: Toy Story Woody and RC, Toy Story Woody and Bullseye

Angela Rogers Saus
City, State

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Favorite Costumes: Star Wars Costumes for 2 Sisters going to Walt Disney World on their Make-A-Wish

Angela hopes that the two costumes will fit the maximum requirements for a wheelchair costume within Walt Disney World. It was a very small box to make sure these costumes would be allowed in the parks.

Dave Wootan
City, State

Dave performs a final systems check on everything for Lily's Top Gun fighter jet wheelchair costume.

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Favorite Costume: Top Gun Fighter Jet

Jason Farrimond

Kearney, Missouri

I've been building costume bits for cosplay since around 2019. Mostly EVA foam including a 7' scythe for my daughter's RWBY costume. I met Walkin' & Rollin' Costumes through a Facebook post and volunteered for the 2019 (?) fall build. I can't wait to see what the next generation of costumes will look like and get my company and coworkers involved. Pipe is what we do!

Favorite Costumes: RWBY - Ruby and Penny for my daughter