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Costume :	Pang Tong
Variant :	Dynasty Warriors 6
Source :	Dynasty Warriors
Progress :	In Progress

Worn At :

London MCM Expo October 2008

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Pang Tong

Pang Tong Hair

Headdress

Shawl and fur collar

Pang Tong's Boots

Costume Information

Description
I fell in love with the character design the moment I saw him…I mean Pang Tong just looks so awesome and who couldn’t resist cosplaying as a giant moth lol COSTUME ELEMENTS Hair - Done Headdress - Done Mask - Fur Collar - Done Fringed Shawl - Done Coat - Tunic - In progress Gloves - Trousers -Done Boots - Done Weapon - Started Hair/Headdress My first task was to create a under ‘hat’ upon which to fix Pang Tong’s hair. I decided to make the ‘hat’ from fleece as I thought this fabric would have more stretch and fit the head more snugly then the fun fur which I intended to use to create the effect of hair. I started by cutting a four inch strip of fleece to make a headband for the ‘hat’. I folded this in half and machine stitched down the raw long edges. After turning the tube of fleece the right side out I measured it around my forehead then pinned it in place at the raw edges and finally machine stitched it together to form the headband. Next I measure a rectangle of fleece that would fit the headband and would cover the top of my head remembering to include a generous hem at the top to finish things off. The raw edges were machine stitched together to form a tube which I then sewed again with the sewing machine to the top edge of the headband. After trying the ‘hat’ on for size I finished it by hand sewing the top closed by gathering the raw edge together and over sewing it firmly in place. The ‘hair’ was created from several pieces of white fun fur which I cut to cover the ‘hat’. I started with a piece that was stitched from the front headband seam and finished at the back of the ‘hat’. The excess of fabric at the sides of this piece I pinned close to my head while wearing the ‘hat’ and then once the surplus was cut off I folded the raw edges in and sewed into place. I made a double sided upside down arch shape that I sewed to the back headband seam so that it hung down to cover my neck. To make the long bobble plats I cut two long lengths of fun fur and machine stitched then into tubes sewing the long and short edges together. I gathered together what would be the bottoms of the tubes and over sewed them into place and then turned them right side out. To achieve Pang Tong crazy plats I stuffed a section of the tube with wadding then over sewed it to create a bobble. I repeated this process until I have achieved the desired number of bobbles. One I had the six bobbles I cuts off the remaining fabric but making sure that I had allowed enough to sew to the ‘hat’ and finish it off neatly. The headband I made from a piece of funky foam that I traced from a cardboard template that I had made before hand in order to judge the size and shape without wasting foam. I cut two pieces of foam using the template then cut four wide slits from the centre of the first piece. This was then stuck with copdex to the remaining piece to create the indentations either side of the centre shield shape on the headband. Next the foam was covered in white cotton fabric, the front stuck ontp the foam with copdex glue so I could push the fabric taunt into the indentations and the back where it would be seen I secured by hand sewing the raw edges together. Once the glue had dried I painted the whole headband with several coats of light green (the shade mixed myself) fabric paint and the indentations with a much darker green fabric paint. When the final coat of fabric paint was dry I then hand sewed the headband at the sides and the centre point to the front headband of the ‘hat’ hiding the seam where the fun fur and the fleece met. The fern antennas were made from felt and wire. I enlarged a high quality picture of Pang Tong’s headband and then using this as a guide hand draw a template of the antenna onto thin cardboard. Placing the template onto a square of cream felt I traced out two fern shapes and cut them out. Each of these fern shapes I placed upon another square of cream felt and glued them in place with a piece of thick garden wire running between the two pieces in the centre of the ferns. While the fern pieces were drying under the weigh of several heavy books I cut two thin strips from the remaining felt and hand stitched them into long thin tubes. Once the fern pieces were dry I cut the excess away using the felt shape as a guide and then stuck the thin strip of felt down the centre to give the effect of the spin of the fern. When the antennas were completely dry I gave both sides of them several coats of yellow-green fabric paint this not only made them the desired colour but also help stiffen the felt. Finally I shaped the antenna by bending the wire in between the layers before I hand sewed each antenna to the back of the headband and the ‘hat’ itself so as long as no one tries to pill them off them should be pretty sturdy. The shield form at the centre of the headband I made from shaping a left over lump of expanding foam (that I was using to make the staff) covering it with tissue paper Mache, painting with white and red acrylics and spraying with satin clear varnish. The round shapes at the side of the headband I made from cutting a small polystyrene ball in half, covering with tissue paper Mache, painting with white and silver acrylics and spraying with satin clear varnish. All the details of the headband were then stuck onto it using a hot glue gun. Boots The base boot was created from a cheap fake sheepskin boot purchased from the Shoe Zone. I brought the lightest colour boot which was beige so that colouring it pale grey with fabric paint would be easier. I set about creating the binding effect on the middle section of Pang Tong’s boots by using half a metre of rusty brown cotton which I cut into several 4 inch strips that I machined stitched into tubes of fabric. I pinned these strips to the front or outward side of the boot three each side at a slant and interlacing them to give the appearance of a weave effect as if they had been woven about the legs. These strips I hand sewed together and to the boot along the outer edge of the top strip. I repeated this method at the back or the inter side of the boot, tucking the raw ends in and sewing them so that they would show or fray. The fur edging at the top of the boot was created by cutting two 6 inch strips of long white fun fur which I machined stitched with the right sides together making a tube. I hand stitched one short edge and then turned the tube right side out, fluffed up the fur and finally stitched the tube to the top of each boot. To make the fringe effect I first tried just cutting a strip of the rusty brown fabric in half that this proved to look far to thick and clumsy. So I decided to get a strip of the fabric and frayed it roughly an inch and a half by hand which took a while but gave a much more pleasing effect and finished of the binding perfectly. I hand stitched the frayed strips of material to the bottom section of the binding, folding the raw top edge over to neaten the finished boot. The toe of the boot I made from fun foam, I cut the shape and then covered it in cotton fabric which I then hand stitched to the front of the boot. This was a slow and painful process as I did not a curved needle and it was pretty awkward getting the needle through the boot and the foam. Once I had sewed the toe to the boot I stuck a strip of fabric to the front of the toe to cover the stitching and give a little shape. This was then painted grey with fabric paint (that I mixed myself to get the shade I needed) along with three strips of fabric like I had stuck to the toe of the boot. The base of the boot was then painted pale grey, dark grey and mid-grey fabric paint (again mixed by myself) in four sections that were all separated by the three grey strips that I had stuck with a hot glue gun running around the top surface of the boot.

Description

I fell in love with the character design the moment I saw him…I mean Pang Tong just looks so awesome and who couldn’t resist cosplaying as a giant moth lol

COSTUME ELEMENTS

Hair - Done
Headdress - Done
Mask -
Fur Collar - Done
Fringed Shawl - Done
Coat -
Tunic - In progress
Gloves -
Trousers -Done
Boots - Done
Weapon - Started

Hair/Headdress

My first task was to create a under ‘hat’ upon which to fix Pang Tong’s hair. I decided to make the ‘hat’ from fleece as I thought this fabric would have more stretch and fit the head more snugly then the fun fur which I intended to use to create the effect of hair.
I started by cutting a four inch strip of fleece to make a headband for the ‘hat’. I folded this in half and machine stitched down the raw long edges. After turning the tube of fleece the right side out I measured it around my forehead then pinned it in place at the raw edges and finally machine stitched it together to form the headband.
Next I measure a rectangle of fleece that would fit the headband and would cover the top of my head remembering to include a generous hem at the top to finish things off.
The raw edges were machine stitched together to form a tube which I then sewed again with the sewing machine to the top edge of the headband. After trying the ‘hat’ on for size I finished it by hand sewing the top closed by gathering the raw edge together and over sewing it firmly in place.
The ‘hair’ was created from several pieces of white fun fur which I cut to cover the ‘hat’. I started with a piece that was stitched from the front headband seam and finished at the back of the ‘hat’. The excess of fabric at the sides of this piece I pinned close to my head while wearing the ‘hat’ and then once the surplus was cut off I folded the raw edges in and sewed into place. I made a double sided upside down arch shape that I sewed to the back headband seam so that it hung down to cover my neck.
To make the long bobble plats I cut two long lengths of fun fur and machine stitched then into tubes sewing the long and short edges together. I gathered together what would be the bottoms of the tubes and over sewed them into place and then turned them right side out. To achieve Pang Tong crazy plats I stuffed a section of the tube with wadding then over sewed it to create a bobble. I repeated this process until I have achieved the desired number of bobbles. One I had the six bobbles I cuts off the remaining fabric but making sure that I had allowed enough to sew to the ‘hat’ and finish it off neatly.
The headband I made from a piece of funky foam that I traced from a cardboard template that I had made before hand in order to judge the size and shape without wasting foam. I cut two pieces of foam using the template then cut four wide slits from the centre of the first piece. This was then stuck with copdex to the remaining piece to create the indentations either side of the centre shield shape on the headband. Next the foam was covered in white cotton fabric, the front stuck ontp the foam with copdex glue so I could push the fabric taunt into the indentations and the back where it would be seen I secured by hand sewing the raw edges together. Once the glue had dried I painted the whole headband with several coats of light green (the shade mixed myself) fabric paint and the indentations with a much darker green fabric paint. When the final coat of fabric paint was dry I then hand sewed the headband at the sides and the centre point to the front headband of the ‘hat’ hiding the seam where the fun fur and the fleece met.
The fern antennas were made from felt and wire. I enlarged a high quality picture of Pang Tong’s headband and then using this as a guide hand draw a template of the antenna onto thin cardboard. Placing the template onto a square of cream felt I traced out two fern shapes and cut them out. Each of these fern shapes I placed upon another square of cream felt and glued them in place with a piece of thick garden wire running between the two pieces in the centre of the ferns. While the fern pieces were drying under the weigh of several heavy books I cut two thin strips from the remaining felt and hand stitched them into long thin tubes. Once the fern pieces were dry I cut the excess away using the felt shape as a guide and then stuck the thin strip of felt down the centre to give the effect of the spin of the fern. When the antennas were completely dry I gave both sides of them several coats of yellow-green fabric paint this not only made them the desired colour but also help stiffen the felt. Finally I shaped the antenna by bending the wire in between the layers before I hand sewed each antenna to the back of the headband and the ‘hat’ itself so as long as no one tries to pill them off them should be pretty sturdy.
The shield form at the centre of the headband I made from shaping a left over lump of expanding foam (that I was using to make the staff) covering it with tissue paper Mache, painting with white and red acrylics and spraying with satin clear varnish. The round shapes at the side of the headband I made from cutting a small polystyrene ball in half, covering with tissue paper Mache, painting with white and silver acrylics and spraying with satin clear varnish. All the details of the headband were then stuck onto it using a hot glue gun.

Boots

The base boot was created from a cheap fake sheepskin boot purchased from the Shoe Zone. I brought the lightest colour boot which was beige so that colouring it pale grey with fabric paint would be easier.
I set about creating the binding effect on the middle section of Pang Tong’s boots by using half a metre of rusty brown cotton which I cut into several 4 inch strips that I machined stitched into tubes of fabric. I pinned these strips to the front or outward side of the boot three each side at a slant and interlacing them to give the appearance of a weave effect as if they had been woven about the legs. These strips I hand sewed together and to the boot along the outer edge of the top strip. I repeated this method at the back or the inter side of the boot, tucking the raw ends in and sewing them so that they would show or fray.
The fur edging at the top of the boot was created by cutting two 6 inch strips of long white fun fur which I machined stitched with the right sides together making a tube. I hand stitched one short edge and then turned the tube right side out, fluffed up the fur and finally stitched the tube to the top of each boot.
To make the fringe effect I first tried just cutting a strip of the rusty brown fabric in half that this proved to look far to thick and clumsy. So I decided to get a strip of the fabric and frayed it roughly an inch and a half by hand which took a while but gave a much more pleasing effect and finished of the binding perfectly. I hand stitched the frayed strips of material to the bottom section of the binding, folding the raw top edge over to neaten the finished boot.
The toe of the boot I made from fun foam, I cut the shape and then covered it in cotton fabric which I then hand stitched to the front of the boot. This was a slow and painful process as I did not a curved needle and it was pretty awkward getting the needle through the boot and the foam. Once I had sewed the toe to the boot I stuck a strip of fabric to the front of the toe to cover the stitching and give a little shape. This was then painted grey with fabric paint (that I mixed myself to get the shade I needed) along with three strips of fabric like I had stuck to the toe of the boot. The base of the boot was then painted pale grey, dark grey and mid-grey fabric paint (again mixed by myself) in four sections that were all separated by the three grey strips that I had stuck with a hot glue gun running around the top surface of the boot.

Comments

HARVEYYY BIRDMANSSS BROTHER IN LAWWWWW

cant wait to see this hun hope you get it done in time, i need pang to skip round with in october

by ryaoki on Tuesday, 22 April, 2008 - 20:34

Yeah I have started planning him already...I so love this costume, he is like a huge moth ^^

by hakuloveszabuza on Tuesday, 22 April, 2008 - 20:45

haha ive started planning mine too hun but its on hault for now due to gcse and sowing machine

by ryaoki on Tuesday, 22 April, 2008 - 20:47

wow that gonna be one crazy costume cant wait to see ^_^

by Haynes84 on Tuesday, 22 April, 2008 - 22:40

put DW 6 hun

by ryaoki on Thursday, 1 May, 2008 - 14:52

HOLY THIS IS CRAZY!!!

by inspchin on Tuesday, 27 May, 2008 - 23:18

*MEGA GLOMP* LOVING IT!

by Kaka Extreme on Friday, 13 June, 2008 - 23:22

Cant wait for our DW group! ^^

by stripey_dani on Friday, 20 June, 2008 - 01:03

lookin fan fucing fabbo

by ryaoki on Thursday, 3 July, 2008 - 00:59

Amazing Rach!

by inspchin on Monday, 14 July, 2008 - 23:39

wow that looks really interesting, id love to see the finished outfit

by timpey on Tuesday, 15 July, 2008 - 01:00

This will be epic when its finished! Hopefully the weather won't be boiling in October, so you won't roast.
The headgear looks amazing! And I love the detailing on the boots!

by Silver on Friday, 1 August, 2008 - 18:00