![]() ![]() Once everything looked suitably battered, Chris drybrushed black and brown acrylic paint on, layering it heavier in places that would gather more dirt, like hemlines, armpits, shoulders etc. We started by using a low grit sandpaper on both the faux leather, and in specific places on the fabric. Weathering is one of the last things to do, but it always makes such a difference. The airbrush was brought out for the majority of the paintjob, with brown acrylics being used for the wooden handle. We used a standard spray on primer, and it worked wonderfully. Many, many hours later, we had a disassembled handcannon, which needed priming and painting, but was otherwise ready to go. We found this file on MyMiniFactory, and promptly started printing. ![]() We were very lucky that shortly before lockdown, a friend of ours had offered to foster out her 3d printer due to lack of space at her place, and we were itching to have a play with it. Chris then added D-Rings for details, and the harness was finished. The holsters were created the same way – the ammunition cases were just boxes of foam, and the holster shaped around the handcannon, before contact cement was used to attach them to the harness. Once he was mostly satisfied, he swapped the pattern onto craft foam, before wrapping the foam in faux leather, a technique we’ve used frequently, as it adds a sturdiness to the piece. There was enough give in the fabric that Chris could just drop it over his head, which is very good for consistency’s sake.Ĭhris did most of the work on the harness, creating a pattern with printer paper and hope. Then I heat sealed the edges and tied it in what Google told me was a Gordian knot. The cravat was also simple, I took a length of red viscose (also Fabricland) and shaped the corners so it looked like a regular tie-if both ends were the same width. Some iterations of Booker have white cuffs as well, but Chris preferred the look of plain black, and so the shirt was finished. The shirt was really simple, as I just removed the collar from a black shirt, and replaced it with a white collar from the scrap fabric pile. I added 8 golden buttons (they have tiny anchors on them, which felt like a nice touch) and somewhat matching buttonholes, as well as tacking the lapels down, so they cannot flip in the wind and ruin photos. Finishing up the waistcoat took another couple of days, mostly due to laziness. Once the lapels were embroidered, they could be attached to the rest of the waistcoat, which had been left on the mannequin for the past month. Also switching to an embroidery needle helped. The second lapel, after the purchase of an embroidery hoop, took 1 day. This had the benefit of making it really hard to sew in the wrong place, and added some volume. ![]() After combing through dozens of youtube tutorials and phoning my mother (a much more accomplished sewist), I established I needed to use a satin stitch, and we decided to hurry the process along by drawing the outline in puff paint first. An aside, I am strictly a machine sewist, and I dabbled in cross stitch as a youth, but embroidery was totally new to me. Once I was happy with the mock up, I cut out all of my pattern pieces and began pinning everything together, before remembering the embroidery. I modified the Simplicity 4762 pattern, changing the shape of the lapels and squaring off the bottom hem to better match the reference pictures. ![]() For the waistcoat, we found a medium grey suiting, and some black lining fabric (both from Fabricland). Unfortunately for us and our fabric decisions, it appears that every reference image of Booker has different colours and textures, but after scrounging through our local fabric store, we decided to go with a bit of a mash up. Luckily, Chris already had a pair of pinstriped black trousers from when he cosplayed Gomez Addams last year he could also use his own belt and shoes, and I could make everything else. I had been eyeing up the Big Sister designs for some time and due to the limited vision and movement restrictions, Chris would need to act as my handler, so making him a Booker DeWitt costume would be perfect.Īs always, we started by gathering as many references as possible, and breaking the costume down into its constituent parts: shirt, waistcoat, cravat, gun harness, belt, trousers and shoes. When our friend Amy told us she was working on an Elizabeth Comstock cosplay, it seemed like a perfect chance to group up. ![]()
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