This is my first really thorough cosplay thus far. I made the coat myself with the help of my father. We put our heads together for the pattern design, he did most of the sewing (sadly I'm not too good with a leather sewing machine yet) and I finished up with detail work such as the bullet holes and various snaps and whatnot. The boots are from Hottopic, and I altered them by adding more leather straps and stuff. I altered a pair of chaps and added belts and straps to it to go with the boots. The leather arm is composed of a series of leather straps I altered and glued to a leather gauntlet. The arm was an interesting work in progress, and took a good portion of the summer to put together. the Glasses and wig were purchased off of ebay and I sprayed the wig gold after I got it. The gloves are both modified from their original appearance. This costume has been a heavy investment for me this summer, and I consider it a pretty good accomplishment.

Anime St. Louis

A-Kon

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