I didn't ever think of myself as a "Cosplayer" but apparently taking on this challenge makes me one. I have one of my favorite people Rachel (or as I love to call her "The Lycanyon!") helping me, even though she is also new to making costumes, she's pretty gifted and I love hanging out with her so it's a win win all around.
I should give some history as to why I am doing this. I am in a long distance relationship and even though I have a lot of work and son, I find that I have a lot of free time that let's me dwell on missing my main squeeze. And I am in love with Halloween, and all things nerdy, so I am taking my free time to make something I love.
My boyfriend and I went to a large Halloween block party here in good ole Big D' and agreed that we wanted to do theme costumes for next Halloween. I immediately started hunting for a concept that would be interesting/ fun/ flattering and also suited our persona's. To no one's surprise I figured we'd be best as Barbarians (which he agreed). In the hunt for a good Barbarian concept that didn't leave me half naked I found the concept art for the new Diablo game (which is great because I do love Blizzard's games). So the goal is to have this costume seen below done by Dallas Comic Conn.
This is going to be the main look with a couple adjustments. I don't think I'll use a helm at all and instead of this collar she is wearing I think I'll use the collar from the picture below.
I also prefer the weapons on this concept. The lore of the barbarians in Diablo is that they are masters of duel wielding some heavy weapons so, the bigger the weapons the better.
It's a pretty large challenge, I'm going to have to learn to make scalemail, sew, and make armor from expanding insulation foam.... Wish me luck!
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