So I finally finished to rest of the Dragon Knight armor. I can already tell that I learned a LOT from this cosplay compared to Legion Commander. This project had a lot more detail and complicated shapes. Honestly, that why I picked this skin; I'm not a huge Dragon Knight player, but dragons + knights + shield and sword= AWESOME.
Though I skipped documenting some steps, I think most things are self explanatory. (theres a lot of pictures for this post)
 |
| The back of the chest piece.... its kind of like a bra... |
 |
| I really like the high neck line thing |
 |
| I forgot to document the making of the shoulder pads.... which sucks because they would actually quite hard, but fun to make |
 |
| I like to seal the EVA foam with silicon cocking... its messy but cheap and fills gaps pretty well |
 |
| the last part of painting is adding the low and high lights. For the gold, I like using Raw Umber of the low lights. It gives it a slight dirty look. |
 |
| The first plate of the outer thigh armor |
 |
| Cocking |
 |
| silver |
 |
| red and gold (the triangle thing is y belt buckle meant to look a bit like my shield) |
 |
| Butt flap |
 |
| I put this all together and strapped it onto the belt so this all comes off and on in one peice |
 |
| Had to actually break down and buy those tight girly work out pants.... ew |
 |
| A 2 piece guantlet |
 |
| The pieces behind the gauntlets are bicep armor. |
 |
| All the upper body pieces (minus the furry vest) |
 |
| knee pads to stab-eth you with |
 |
| The shin and calf guard are 2 pieces that hinge together at the top and velcro at the bottom... until i find something better, velcro with have to do |
 |
| So I tried everything all put together... and was kind of unsatisfied with the chest piece.... I look like a tug boat. |
 |
| BAck to the drawing board for a chest piece. I liked the top most one, but it didn't look anything like the original, non-gender bent version, so I had to change some things. |
 |
| Before on the left, and after o the right |
 |
| The idea of adding fur to costumes is fun... until you actually have to do it. Then it just looks like some furry animal molted in your work space.. |
 |
| Even with my stomach showing.... this thing is hot... maybe in need to install a cooling system.... how ever the hell people do that |
 |
| The while shi-bang! front |
 |
| back |
So This is just a process post. I'll be sure to post some awesome action shots when I can!
