User blog:ChozoBoy/Cosplay

First blog post! My girl and I are planning some Metroid-themed cosplay for next year's Otakon, in Baltimore. This is going to be our third together, but I haven't done a serious cosplay since the only other one I did without her. That was the year that they first showed Ordon Link at E3, and I made one of him the day before my first Otakon. (You wouldn't be able to tell though! It looks great!)

She tried getting a blue catsuit for last year, but we weren't able to find one very cheap. This year, a friend of ours suggested liquid latexing her for a non-permanent costume. That may be the path she takes, but we've got some unique ideas for how to approach the costume, in general. I'll write more on it as we get closer to the con.

I've had another idea in my head for awhile... I'd like to do a Super Metroid styled Torizo statue. I think it would be recognizable enough and pretty popular. The way I hope to approach it would be to wear a black suit and mask to hide my form, then paint all of the body segments onto cardboard and attach them on both sides of me. Arms and legs would be done twice for each, so it looks convincing on both sides. I'd like them to also have attached joints on those parts to get the feel of their movement in the game. I'm thinking it would also help if they were connected (the two sides of cardboard on a single arm, for example) by wood, wire, or maybe black PVC pipe.

Other ideas include lights in the eyes and blasting Metroid music. I'm a pretty good painter, so that part should be easy. If the Samus costume falls through, I'm going to be kind of discouraged, though....