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Costume Photos
ginchiyo
ginchiyo
At expo with my friend niccypippy mk2 as Sif
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Body Armor!
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Costume Information
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| Cost : | about £40 |
| Time Taken : | too much but not enough |
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| I have only just realized I haven't got a single photo of the back! :( I'm happy with how this turned out since I had to make a lot of it very last minute (the armor attachments were fixed using duc tape and staples on Thursday night and the sword was made from scratch in an hour and a half on Friday morning.) I think I will re-wear this in October with armor plating and leg and arm bracers made again from scratch as I think I can do much better with different materials. | |
To-Do List
| Make Chest Plate | High | Complete |
| Make body armor | High | Complete |
| find way to attach chest plate, shoulder plates and knee guards! | High | In Progress |
| Make mini-cape-thing | High | Planned |
| Make shoulder plates | High | Planned |
| Make Arm Bracers | Medium | Complete |
| Make Leg Bracers | Medium | Complete |
| Make knee guards | Medium | Complete |
| Make headdress | Medium | Planned |
| Buy Net Top | Low | Complete |
| Make Shoes | Low | In Progress |
| Hand guards | Low | Planned |
| Make sword | Low | Planned |
Shopping List
| net top | £4.00 | Bought |
| Velcro | £0.89 | Bought |
| Camping Mat for Craft Foam | £4.00 | Bought |
| Black fabric for under-sleeves | £0.00 | Bought |
| Wig (using same one from Suki cosplay) | £0.00 | Bought |
| silver spray paint | £0.00 | Bought |
| balsa wood for sword | £1.20 | Bought |
| black gloves | £3.98 | Bought |
| leggings | £0.00 | Bought |
| Silver Ribbon | £5.00 | Bought |
| shoes as base | £0.00 | Bought |
| gold ribbon | £1.20 | Bought |
| gold embossing foil | £7.00 | Bought |
| purple fake leather | £10.00 | Bought |
| Black flat elastic | £1.80 | Bought |
| Belt! | £0.00 | To Buy |
| Total | £39.07 |
Journal
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ARGHHH!! (Posted 22nd May 2011) I'm running so behind and am so busy with other stuff I don't know how I'm going to get this finished to any decent standard by Friday! :( |
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...well this is going to take me a while! (Posted 14th May 2011) Making the armor with sewn pattern is turning out to be pretty time-consuming and I think maybe I should have found a quicker way. |
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Chest plate (Posted 12th March 2011) According to some advice I had, camping mats work pretty well as craft foam. This is an awesome tip! I spent today working on my chest plate and knee pads using a cheap camping mat. It seems to be working pretty well! (Even though cutting the pattern bits is a pain - it would be regardless of what material I was using.) |
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Shoes! (Posted 20th January 2011) Yesterday I spent a couple of hours working on the shoes. They need a gold border which I haven't quite figured out how I'm going to do but I think they're looking pretty good. :) |
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Pattern (Posted 14th December 2010) I experimented with some scraps of the faux leather and some black and grey thread to see if I could imitate the paneled pattern in the armor. I think this works quite well but it's going to take a long time to replicate the sewn pattern over the whole of the body-armor! |
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Bracers (Posted 12th December 2010) bracers are nearly finished. Taking a stupidly long time though; I think I've probably worked at least 6 hours on them. Just need to glue the gold embossing foil to them now. |
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Fabric excessive! (Posted 26th November 2010) The fake leather I ordered for this arrived this morning. I ordered 2 meters as I needed about 1 and a 1/2 for Suki. However, this roll is HUGE! I have about twice as much fabric as I need! Guess I'll have to think of something else I'll want to make out of purple leatherette?! O_o |
Comments
I look forward to seeing this! Ginchiyo is such an underrated character, good luck!!
btw if you want a better look at the costume (the back image is pretty small that you have there) this may be pretty useful http://koeiwarriors.co.uk/sw2-databookscans.php
Thanks! Those pics will be really useful for the detail on the armor too. I hadn't realized there was a pattern on the back of the little cape thing either and it's clearly not bright red like it is in the pic I had. :)
Ginchiyo is an excellent choice!Progress is looking fabulous, really loving the shoes. Good luck with this, can't wait to see it finished ^_^
did u finnish the leg pieces?
Yes I did! Though I need to alter the straps a little. I also have knee pads and breast plate but no way to attach either at the moment!
This is coming along very well! I hope I get to see it at Expo ^^
Final product looks amazing, great job ^^
Thanks! :)
Looks fantastic! Great work ^_^ Unfortunately i missed expo, would've loved to see it in person!
Good to see you last weekend! :) Glad that the armour has worked out, you looked fantastic!
Thanks so much! Was good to meet you! Hope to see you again in October!