This. Took. For. Ever.

I loved this game to death!
My first armored costume!
It isn't as perfect as I'd liked, but a week before con I gave up on perfection and just tried for completion.
The one thing I'm missing is the bow didn't finish on time.

Wings were SO HEAVY. I only wore them for about 5 minutes. Not very many pics of it. Once I fix it up + make the bow I'll do a private shoot at the Kabuto japanese garden.

It took me about 2-3 months to make. I used wood, pvc, for the wings,.... abs plastic + craftfoam + tape + 300 sticks of hotglue + clay + modgepodge for the armor. The decoration on the skirt took me the longest time to make because I had to draw the design on the plastic, cut it out of craft foam, realign it on the plastic, glue each piece in, then paint all the edges. Legs took even longer b/c of measurement and fitting issues. Breastplate was the most awkward to make b/c my friend padded me up, and then had to tape me over my chest for the base XD
Wings took me 2 days. But the harness and the connector piece took much longer. Thanks to panda for the help! And thank you all my wonderful friends that gave me motivation and HELPED ME CARRY THE WINGS AND ATTACH IT AND ALL
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Sakuracon 2009


edit//changed the category to be under "cosplay"