Sketch McDraw
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Costume Photos
The Warriors Assemble
Fight On!
In search of the Man in Black
Midgar
Looking to the Skies
Cloud and Tifa
Cosplay Portrait Event Photography Booth
Cosplay Portrait Event Photography Booth
The Debut at Expo! XD
Back of Braces with sword magnet
Belt Detail
Finished Paldron
Costume Information
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| Cost : | Around £80 |
| Awards : | Runner Up in the NEO Cosplay Idol 2011 Award (Was featured in their magazine and 2012 Cosplay Calendar) |
| Time Taken : | 2 Months |
| Description | |
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| I made this Costume for a Dissidia Group Cosplay with memeber sof the Facebook Group, the 'Final Fantasy Round-Up', to partake in the Sunday Masquerade at the October London MCM Expo 2011. This is rundown of the Costume: The Armour: Pauldron - I made the main body from EVA Foam, and then used 5mm thick Craft Foam for the rest of it. The bolts are made from Plastic Water Tank attachments, then i glued some strips of velco underneath it to attach it to the Braces/Straps Gauntlet - The gauntlet is made from a cut down Pringles tube with layers of 5mm Craft Foam to build up the shape and detail, and then used real bolts and washers. The Wig: The wig was given to me, and then my amazing friend styled it for me as i cant style the things to save my life! lol The Costume: The Braces/Straps - Were made from a high quality pleather made to look aged and worn in, with crocodile clips to attach it to the top of the trousers. The 'Magnet' on the back was made from a circular piece of EVA Foam and the for the raised detail i used more of the 5mm Craft Foam. The Belt - Was also made using the same pleather as the straps, whilst the silver belt strip was made using a black leather belt sprayed silver. The Shinra Logo belt buckle was backed onto some thick card and was attached to the belt with velco. The Gloves - The Black glove was a fitted glove bought from womens section at Tescos n i removed the big 'manly' bow that was sewn onto it, whilst the brown fingerless gloves i made from scratch. The Boots - The Boots and the Coverings were from my Zack Fair Coaplay. The Top - I bought it from Primark and cut the sleeves off. The Trousers - Again these were from my Zack Fair Cosplay. | |
Comments
Also can't wait to see this . We are doing. Dissidea group and could do with a cloud for some pics !
Yeah sure thing dude! :)
Are you part of a facebook group called The Final Fantasy Round-up by anychance?
we got a huge Dissidia group going n we got all but 3 characters, are any of your lot going as Garland, Ex Death n Shantoto? :)
We know . Shame about the 3 . But yeah we are part of that round up . Will be nice to meet you sir.
Im really looking forward to getting all the dissidia lot together, its gonna be EPIC! :D
The glove and gauntlet look very cool
Looking awesome!
wow!! realy nice work!
It's all looking really good. Good work. Can't wait to see it all finished ;)
This is looking so epic. Love the shape to the pauldron. How did you manage to get such a great curve to it?
The main body of the paldron is made from EVA foam (the darker coloured one) you can put it in the oven n heat it up n then bend it n hold it into the shape/position you want until its cooled down then it maintians that sape, though to get to bend/tighter i cut a few thin slices out of it n then pushed n glue gunned the edges together, then i covered the joins up with micro tape as its a thin fabric like tape n will let me cover it in watered down pva glue when sealing the foam.
The rest of it is made from 5mm thick craft foam doubled upn just bent into shape n glue gunned on, then the beading /trimming is just thin strips of the same craft foam n thhen went around with the same tape to cover up all the join lines from the different layers of foam.
This is looking fantastic, such great shapes and detail!
Thanks for the input. Must try out this eva foam stuff. It does sound good. I use Cintra for my armour but it is getting expensive to ship. So looking for alternatives. I love what you have done with your Cloud pauldron. Can't wait to see it in person.
My mate gave me a coule of sheets of the stuff, i'll find out what website he got it from n i'll let you know as it was like 10 sheets for £20 n their pretty big.
Awesome. Thank you.
Btw, the finished pieces look amazing. Well done.
Good grief, that armour is phenomenal! Fantastic work!
It is just fantastic. Its hard to keep up with him on this. ;_; Husband why you do this? lol
God, this special armed glove is cool
That gauntlet is fantastic. I love how you used the waste tank attachments for the screw/bolt details, it's good thinking and the result is excellent. I'd wish you luck with the rest of the costume, but I don't think you're going to need it! All very promising.
Stunning!!
This will be epic :D
This looks amazing! It's so useful watching the work in progress. I'm picking up lots of tips and ideas.
How did you do the belt?
looks great so far!
Fantastic work on the armour, sword and leather pieces, they're spot-on and beautifully made. I was impressed with the entire costume at Expo!
Thank you! Im actually really happy with how the armour came out, particularly the pauldron as it was alot more detailed than my Zack Fair pauldrons and how i managed to get the bolts to look right.
Like I said on Saturday, this is a stunning piece of work. No matter what you sat, the stitching looks perfect. All your lines are so clean.
Wow...this is just...wow. Amazing Cloud, it looks fantastic. I love everything about it, especially the armour and the belt/braces. It's just so clean, detailed and realistic.
Sewing Machine for all the visible stitch lines, and then tones of supper glue to stick it all together!! lol
Amazing wig!
My friend styled it for me, she did an amazing job! :D
This looked so fantastic, particularly all the details on things like the pauldron, it's all very crisp and neat.
Indeed- the Best Cloud I have ever seen. Kyle even does a awesome job owning the AC Clouds as well.
Again I've seen all the work up close and at hand, and the craftsmanship on the armour and belt work is beautiful. I can't get enough of it Cosband.
And if you look carefully on the detail at the back of the bracer- the circular section that joins the bracer into a Y has extrusions and little indents. Same thing with the Bustersword. Such beautiful. Craftsmanship in the handle, the tang, and the blade itself
...yeah you totally didn't need luck: this is all pure, deliberate, skill. Really impressed with this costume. Your fine craftsmanship and attention to detail is obvious throughout. Excellent.
This looked fantastic! You did an amazing job ^^
Oh Kyle, you were so totally awesome as Cloud! ^_^
Your Gabranth was just UNREAL! :D
Best Cloud of all time, OF ALL TIME! XD
Will need to pick your brains on how to make the arm metal thingy on your left wrist. Barrett has very similar armour on his hands :)
I made it from a cut down pringles tube n then wrapped strips of 5mm thick craft foam on it to build it up n then used real bolts n washers.
feel free to add me on facebook, i have a whole picture folder with how i made each bit of my cosplay especially the armour :)
yous cool
Such a wonderful Cosplay! Lovely attention to detail and Excellent wig(i don't think I've ever seen such a good cloud wig)Good job ^_^
You make such a good Cloud!! |D