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[Nahrek]

WIP of my first real cosplay build. Still a good ammount of work to be done before dragoncon but heres what i got so far. (Staff, bracers,gloves, boots, pants, and wigs/mustache/eyebrows not in pic).

Had to adjust/remove a couple armor plates to make it fit better but hopefully i didnt take off too much.

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Will upload staff and complete costume when im done.

[KaienCross]

oh wow. This is SO good! Like great!! Only thing I need to say is the coat at the back and that NEEDS to puff out like fer example something LIKE a petticoat or something to make it bigger cause it won't achieve full potential awesomeness without it.

[ichigo_m.]

This is really awesome!!
I think that making the skirt/cape dirty would add to this, as well as distressing the armor. Unless you want that really clean look. (:

This is really and amazing cosutme! Great work!

[nathancarter]

Wow, nice elaborate construction, and I simply love anything that lights up.

Further distressing/aging will definitely take it up to the next level.

For putting dirt and mud splatters on your hard armor pieces, I had good luck with a little batch of Monster Mud, which is a homemade mixture of about 3 parts drywall mud and 1 part paint (latex or acrylic) - it's very popular on halloweenforums.com. It will dry nice and hard, though it still may shed a little bit of grit and dust, and it's definitely not waterproof. It won't be easily removable/reversible, especially once it's dried.

Also, a dilute paint wash will help to age/distress the hard pieces further. Mix up some black/brown acrylic paint with lots of water so it's very thin, and spritz/sponge/wipe/pour it over the pieces. The dilute wash will collect in any crevices and really give it depth. If you've done any miniatures painting, you're familiar with this technique.

I don't have any good advice on distressing/dirtying/aging the cloth bits. I'm going to embark on that within the next couple of days to get my costume wrapped up in time for Dragon*Con. I'll update my construction thread once I have made more progress there.

For an example of the Monster Mud, see how it looks on my WIP helmet here:
http://www.cosplay.com/showthread.php?t=299805

[logan70]

Insanely awesome!!!

[Nahrek]

Some more progress. The wig and everything isnt on as good as it could be, just threw it on to see how it all looked togeather. Now just gona finish the staff and ill be done.



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