Ilpala
 


Costume :Cervantes de Leon
Variant :P1 costume
Source :Soul Calibur 3
Progress :In Progress

Worn At :

AmeCon 2008



Costume Photos

Reference picture

concept artwork

Swords under construction

Purple Pirate hat of Peril

Nirvana 1

Soul Edge progress 2

 


Costume Information

General
Cost : £75+

Description
Undead Pirates FTW!!!

I love the SC games, especially the character designs and Cervantes is not only cool but has a really striking detail filled design.

I also get to make two desticntly different swords, one mechanical and one organic which I'm really looking forward to. Good practice for making a full Soul Edge!

Update 25/03/08

Aha me jimlads! I have bought lots of extreamly purple fabric, so Cervantes is now underway

Tasks:- Boots, Hat, Jacket, Armour, Trousers, Pistol Sword & Female Souledge

Update 03/06/08

I've started making the swords, simple foam sheet and plastic tube core construction but it's going to get interesting with the addition of the pistol hilt and the organic/fleshy look of souledge!

Update 20/06/08

My Pirate boots have arrived, which are cool and err piratey :D

The swords are almost done now. Nirvanas pistol has been made with Foamboard and Soul Edges organicy bits have been built up witha combination of paper mache, craft foam and sealant for the veins. Now it's time for some latex and paint.

Update 24/06/08

Armour, Belt Buckle and swords are all latexed and ready to be painted

Update 20/07/08

Running out of time now but my swords are fully painted, as is my armour. Started making his giant purple hat of doom using felt and material, just the gold triim and details to go on that now.

His trousers are also over half sewn, man thats a long job >_<

Update 23/07/08

I have a hat, with feathers in it. On to the next job >_<

Comments

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JAMES!!!!!!!!

what happened to our team rocket group lol

Cervantes Does kick some hiney

by MangaChild on Tuesday, 4 March, 2008 - 17:45
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:O

SOUL CALIBUR LOVE, YO.

by Odd-One-Out on Tuesday, 4 March, 2008 - 19:00
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Mike...........
you do Jessie and I'll do James!!!!!
(Maybe Amber can do Meowth)

by Ilpala on Wednesday, 5 March, 2008 - 09:47
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Epic Pirate!

by ailsa-chan on Wednesday, 5 March, 2008 - 18:25
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Ah ha!!

Its a costume that doesnt challenge your beardyness...

Mrs James will be pleased

by MangaChild on Monday, 7 April, 2008 - 14:21
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Yep, Mrs James is indeed pleased about that! :-D

by Lunar_Kitten on Monday, 7 April, 2008 - 22:29
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And if you boys DID do the team rocket group - there's nothing stopping this Lunar_Kitten from also doing Meowth (James?!) seeing as a cat costume is another thing on my 'want to do at some point' list ... ?
Just a thought.

by Lunar_Kitten on Monday, 7 April, 2008 - 22:41
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Looking forward to seeing this. SC cosplay rocks.

Sephy x

by Sephirayne on Wednesday, 30 April, 2008 - 04:06
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oww weapons lookin awesome im def gonna have to spend a whole year doing a detailed soul cailbur cos

by timpey on Monday, 16 June, 2008 - 14:54
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awsome progress james its looking fantastic, ahh you always come up with new awsome ideas on how to do things, (i should learn from this notes down)

by ryaoki on Tuesday, 24 June, 2008 - 10:48
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wow james thats looking fantastic, how did you get the basic shape of te hat, its looking awsome

by ryaoki on Wednesday, 23 July, 2008 - 10:18
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It's basicaly 4 large felt pieces arranged and stuck together so that they support each other and fall outwards. The felt is then simply cut to shape and covered.

by Ilpala on Wednesday, 23 July, 2008 - 10:57