Legion Commander: More Pictures

So, as promised, here are some more picture of my cosplay as Tresdin, the Legion Commander at the Anaheim Covention Center Wondercon 2014. Tons of amazing people both cosplaying and working the stalls. I bought the Bayonetta artbook (because the angle designs are crazy amazing) and some sticker swag for my car.

Legion Commander: Armor

So here the the bulk of the armor. It took a long time, but every time I work with this material, its a new, great learn experience. Also got to shop around for a lot of cheap materials. Weave is amazing.

The Sketches.

I did the wrapping-you-chest-with-tape-trick. It actually works really well. At least for the pattern.

The pattern cut out of the foam.

Rounding out them boobies.

The torso pieces. It was tricky to figure out how I wanted this to work because Legion Commander has a pretty small waist. But I think I got it close enough.

All together

Chest piece and shoulder pieces (before to the asymmetry)

Here's that left shoulder piece add on.

I prime the foam first...

Then add a bit of black spray paint to break up the monotone

A special blend of gold and bronze paint.

All together

Starting the armlets.

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Starting the calf pieces.

The lower body armor

LOIN CLOTH

The victim

I'm not a huge fan of the fur, but thats what she has, so thats what going to happen

So here it is! All finished! I'll make a separate post with photo shoot pictures.

Legion Commander: Banners

One of the most distinctive parts of Legion Commander are her awesome banners. So here's steps on how I made and attached them.

Backpack: The way to go

Everything starts out as a block...

Much carving later...

TaDa! They are pretty light too. Which is important.

Legion Commander: Helmet

Here is the helmet part of the Legion Commander cosplay I'm working on. I really liked how this one turned out. Its a bit heavy, so I might add a strap when I go to the con.

The pattern. Its kind of like those types of world maps that are a flattened sphere.

Glued and taped together.

Cut out the face opening.

Added the second part

This part was a real pain. Yes, it is a broom, but I cut it a bit so it would curve to the wood base.

Both sides all glued and nailed down.

Added the wood and broom part on and ready to add those wings.

After I attached these, I was so happy because it was actually starting to look awesome and cool

Getting ready for that paint job. And my right hand man makes an appearance!

So shiny. Used a mixed of bronze and gold paint.

Finished! Those wings are pretty tall. Luckily, I still have an inch or 2 when I walk through doors.