Xenosaga Episode I

This was such a pleasure to remake a decade after my first attempt, Xenosaga is one of my absolute favorite game series with a lot of depth and quintessential space opera references, so it was incredibly nostalgic while working with materials and skills I didn’t have back in the day. Now that I’ve done it a second time, I feel the need to remake it again… it’ll never be perfect. Funny story: I had to remake the arm armor the night before because guess who forgot costume pieces at home before the event? It’s literally a nightmare every cosplayer has dreamed of at least once.

The leotard base was from a double lined jumbo spandex, with the gold accents, abs, and spine pieces made from Thibra-covered EVA foam. The spine has several steel boning strips running down the back, to stabilize the silver spine pieces but also allow the flexibility to bend with my body movement. The hip arches were a lucky find, I re-purposed children’s foam swords and heated them to shape, sealed, and painted; this was really a fortunate idea because shaping such an awkward piece of thermoplastic wouldn’t have gotten as smooth result. The butt rockets – as that’s the only name I can possibly think of for them – are EVA foam covered in Thibra, and make standing too close to any wall or sitting a real work of gymnastics. 
Headpiece made from EVA foam, with a strip of LED’s that I split the connection to an external battery that sits under a “floating” spinal piece. I connected it to an IR receiver through a control board, so the LED’s can actually change color and frequency by remote control, convenient for changes in mood during our skit. 
It seemed like every color of powder blue I wanted was out of stock at ArdaWigs at the time, so I settled on a light blue (her hair color changes in every reference anyway). 
Gun was a 3D print purchased from Etsy, it was actually a hand cannon from Destiny II, then repainted by me to look her more generic space pistol.