Jenrawr

Costume :	Jak
Variant :	Dark Precursor Jak
Source :	Jak 3
Progress :	In Progress
Worn At :	None

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Description
So. I'm planning to get a Jak and Dax cosplay group together for October MCM Expo 2013. I was recently thinking about what other J&D cosplay's I would like to do and Dark Jak sprang to mind. To begin with I couldn't decide between the Prison Dark Jak, or the J2/J3 versions. So I got talking to Nomes to see if she was interested and thought of the idea of her doing Maia Acheron from Precursor Legacy. Now when we get together with J&D cosplays, awesome always seems to happen so the more I thought about it the more I decided on doing a Dark Precursor Jak to match Maia's outfit, to make it seem like Jak has gone super Dark Side and has found Maia trapped in the catacombs and is now in league with her... You see how much I have thought about this and we literally only had the conversation about an hour ago! So because our last attempt to get a group together only ended up being the two of us I've decided to really get behind it this time and get a group together! So if you're reading this and are interested or know someone who is a total J&D nut and has always said about doing a cosplay but has never got round to it, send them my way!! and spread the word. I'm going to try and get a thread together on the forum, once I do the link will be here.

Description

So. I'm planning to get a Jak and Dax cosplay group together for October MCM Expo 2013. I was recently thinking about what other J&D cosplay's I would like to do and Dark Jak sprang to mind. To begin with I couldn't decide between the Prison Dark Jak, or the J2/J3 versions. So I got talking to Nomes to see if she was interested and thought of the idea of her doing Maia Acheron from Precursor Legacy. Now when we get together with J&D cosplays, awesome always seems to happen so the more I thought about it the more I decided on doing a Dark Precursor Jak to match Maia's outfit, to make it seem like Jak has gone super Dark Side and has found Maia trapped in the catacombs and is now in league with her... You see how much I have thought about this and we literally only had the conversation about an hour ago!
So because our last attempt to get a group together only ended up being the two of us I've decided to really get behind it this time and get a group together! So if you're reading this and are interested or know someone who is a total J&D nut and has always said about doing a cosplay but has never got round to it, send them my way!! and spread the word. I'm going to try and get a thread together on the forum, once I do the link will be here.

Comments

by Nomes on Sunday, 20 January, 2013 - 11:26

Really looking forward to seeing this! Jak and Daxter need more love :)

by Whatsername on Sunday, 10 February, 2013 - 01:47

Best of luck with this. I'll be watching eagerly, Jak & Dax needs more cosplayers! :D

by V_Ortenzi on Monday, 11 March, 2013 - 20:41

To-Do List

Buy some Worbla	High	Complete
Craft armour with Worbla	High	In Progress
Buy Wig	Medium	Complete
Make horns	Medium	Complete
Join wig, ears, goggles and horns into one single 'headdress'	Medium	Planned
Remake goggles	Medium	Planned
Craft some new ears	Medium	Planned
Make claws	Medium	Planned
Get body paint	Low	Complete
Modify some old boots into Jak's boots	Low	In Progress
Find Material for sleeveless shirt and finger less gloves, leather?	Low	Planned
Buy new trousers or lose some weight...	Low	Planned
Buy black Sclera contacts if budget allows	Low	Planned

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Journal

Finished horns and progress on precursor orbs (Posted 1st April 2013)

So here's the horns finally at a stage where I like the paint finish. You can also see how I'll be attaching them to my wig, progress on that will be shown in a few days hopefully. I like how they look like some alien shrimp creatures at the moment XD
And in the background are my precursor orbs in progress. Made out of polystyrene shaped eggs, I've had to carve the tops a bit rounder so they don't look so much like eggs and more like the orbs. But I'm not sure I like the finish on them yet, they are still looking quite rough even with plenty of layers of gesso. There's a fair few blemishes and dents in them but I have had them lying around for about a year and I did buy them from the bargain bin in Hobby Craft... SO we'll see if I still use them or try something else. I'm glad I've given myself a year to work on this cosplay, I actually have the time to try lots of things and can get it all looking how I want it.

Painting horns (Posted 22nd March 2013)

So here's the first paint try. Not sure if I like it or not, the paint dries too shiny for one, is there a matte varnish that you can put on acrylic so it isn't so shiny? its really annoying... Anyway, I also put in the ref I'm using to paint them. I'm not sticking to it 100% because they don't even look like that in game anyway so I'm gonna make them look something in between. I'm gonna keep going for now, see if I can make them look any better.

EDIT. So I've already repainted them about 3 times and its only been a couple hours since posting this. I really cant settle on a design I like... ugggggghhhhh I hate being so indecisive! Its a good job I don't need these until October XD

Horn progress (Posted 17th March 2013)

The clay is finished and I'm now in the process of sanding them, hopefully the photo shows the difference between the 2, the bottom one is sanded.
They shouldn't be too heavy for the wig, I have a few ideas on how I'm going to fix them on so they should be quite sturdy with what I have planned. I'll make sure to photograph my progress so you can see how I do it.

Progress so far (Posted 9th March 2013)

1. BOOTS. Got the base of the covers done, I used craft foam and gallons of paint. Craft foam doesn't like paint. Will be sorting out the material soon, I've just got to find where I've put it. Had a huge sort and clear out just before Christmas and its all been put away somewhere safe...
2. ARMOUR. First practice with Worbla. Takes a bit of getting used to like knowing how much heat to apply to form it. I kept heating it too much and it would keep deforming but I'm getting there.
3 and 4. HORNS. The base frame made with cardboard and started filling it in with Fimo Light Clay. Its in the name, its very light weight and air dries. Though I've just run out of it and I am going to have to use some heavy weight clay I had lying around to finish them. Still deciding how I'm gonna fix them to the wig, I've got several ideas so far....