Tifa is my favorite character from the entire Final Fantasy series, and I think we look somewhat alike, so I decided to attempt her. I was originally going to debut her at Nan Desu Kan 2007, but ended up not going.

The costume itself is mostly insanely simple: white sports bra, black miniskirt, with a belt held up by standard suspenders and black socks/red boots. I think the hardest part about Tifa's original game costume is the hands and arms, since there are layers of wrappings under the actual gloves, as well as an elbow armor piece. I made the elbow and shoe armor out of wonderflex and putty, layered with Friendly Plastic and sanded gesso. The materia is 18mm marble beads embedded into the gloves via string so I can switch them out if I want. I also modified her shoes with an extra top piece to make them a little higher.

The first 10 pictures or so in the gallery are from Anime Boston 2008, when she was only about 80% done. I finished and just wore Tifa for Otakon 2008 and it was a blast!