So like what seems to be everyone else this summer, I've found myself avidly following Shingeki No Kyojin. Somewhere in the back of my head I've been thinking I'd like to tackle a cosplay from the show, but I hadn't intend to put any serious thought into it until closer to Anime North.
However, one fateful value village trip later, I walked out with a pair of white jeans and a perfect base jacket, which I promptly hacked apart and modified into something that better resembled the military jacket from the show. I've noticed a general trend among Attack on Titan cosplayers to make the jacket out of leather/pleather-like materials, but, and this is the only time you're likely to hear me say this, I just don't like the use of leather in this context. How many military uniforms do you know that include leather jackets? So I ended up with a brown denim jacket that I'm pretty satisfied with.
I hadn't looked at the costume much for the past couple of weeks, until a friend of mine mentioned the possibility of going to ConBravo this weekend. Being housebound with a sprained foot, I decided to accept the challenge of knocking out the rest of the costume in two days. (while blasting Guren no Yumiya and Wings of Freedom on a loop, of course)
While I don't have a picture of the finished costume yet (no one obliging enough to take pictures of me at arms reach right now, sadly) I figured I'd show you some of my progress shots.
However, one fateful value village trip later, I walked out with a pair of white jeans and a perfect base jacket, which I promptly hacked apart and modified into something that better resembled the military jacket from the show. I've noticed a general trend among Attack on Titan cosplayers to make the jacket out of leather/pleather-like materials, but, and this is the only time you're likely to hear me say this, I just don't like the use of leather in this context. How many military uniforms do you know that include leather jackets? So I ended up with a brown denim jacket that I'm pretty satisfied with.
I hadn't looked at the costume much for the past couple of weeks, until a friend of mine mentioned the possibility of going to ConBravo this weekend. Being housebound with a sprained foot, I decided to accept the challenge of knocking out the rest of the costume in two days. (while blasting Guren no Yumiya and Wings of Freedom on a loop, of course)
While I don't have a picture of the finished costume yet (no one obliging enough to take pictures of me at arms reach right now, sadly) I figured I'd show you some of my progress shots.
I only managed to knock out one of the smaller patches in time, as hand embroidery is a time-consuming project and it took me roughly six hours to knock out just the one patch. | I decided to go with the trainee logo instead of the more impressive wings of freedom due to the short time I had to knock this project out (I'm no longer attending con bravo now, however). |
I hope to get photos of the harnesses and the complete uniform sometime in the next couple of days. I did not end up tackling the maneuver gear this week, as I unexpectedly had to replace my cell phone, which took a large bite out of my bank account.