For Fanime 2012, I'm working on a cosplay of Raiden from the upcoming Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. It's built much like the MGS4 Raiden cosplay I did last year, with some newer, improved methods.
- Suit is a dance leotard over compression tights and shirt.
- Armor is 6mm craft foam. It's been covered in plasti-dip to seal the foam surface and smooth it out, and then sprayed and or handpainted in gloss black.
- Details made with silver sharpie, washers of different sizes, and more 6mm and 3mm craft foam.
TO DO: Shoes, Shoulder pauldrons, gloves, sword, mask/jawpiece
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1. Get a ton of reference photos. Images as large as possible, from every angle.
2. With my photos, I eyeballed patterns for each piece of armor, and cut them out of newspaper or cardstock. I'd hold the patterns against my body and check to see how they looked, making adjustments as I go.
3. Once I finalized the patterns, I traced them onto 6mm craft foam and cut them all out.
4. The foam was formed with heat to be curved where needed, sealed with mod podge or plasti-dip, and then spray painted. Sealing keeps the foam from soaking up the paint on the surface.
5. Once it was all painted, it was glued to a spandex bodysuit. Details were added after.