Skull Kid - The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Worn:
Otakuthon 2015 (Montreal, QC)
Photoshoot (Vanderwater Conservation Area (near Tweed, ON)
Quinte Halloween Cosplay Day/Photoshoot VII (Belleville, ON)
Anime North 2016 (Toronto, ON)
Status: Retired
Why Skull Kid?
This cosplay presented me with some challenges. I was not expecting some parts to be so difficult, and others to be so exceedingly simple. A lot of the reasoning I planned on this was because of the challenges that I knew I would face with making this cosplay. I also really love creepy ass characters and he definitely classifies as creepy characters.
The first piece I made was the leggings. I originally considered making a bodysuit, but I wanted to make the cosplay in a way that would not be absolute torture for going to the bathroom and doing other normal everyday things (such as using my phone). They're a custom fit to me made out of a knit fabric. The same as the arm socks. I used a pair of stretchy gloves that I already had as a base for the pattern to get the size and shapes right. I went over all of the seams in both the arm socks and the leggings with a stretch stitch after I made sure that they fit perfectly. There's elastic at the top of the arm socks to help keep them up.
The tunic was next. It was a pretty simple shape. I made a base shape of a t-shirt, and made it flair out some so that I would achieve the right shape and drape at the bottom when I'd wear the belt.
Then the head cover. The head cover is custom to my head. It's super tight and difficult to get on thanks to the neck part of it, as it was sized to fit closely to my neck. I have the face cut out for seeing, breathing, you know... LIVING!
The shorts, collar and gloves are all heritage quilting in moss green. I made the collar using the guidelines of making the capes for God Tier Jake and Dirk last year, modifying to fit with Skull Kid. I hemmed around the neck as it would have the most movement. The shorts I used a pants pattern and modified to shorts, and once sewn together I took the scissors to them and cut up to make the right shapes. I traced around my hand for the gloves and followed closely to what the art showed - where the only fingers were the thumb and index, and the glove stopped just below the other three.
All of the rings on the cosplay are made out of plywood and were cut out on the scroll saw by my mother. I hand painted them and tied them together (giving added security by taking hot glue to the back to make sure they wouldn't come apart). The belt does up using a small piece of wire wrapped around the two end loops.
The shoes... oh god they were crazy to make. I took a base pair from Ardene that covered the majority of the foot. Using a pair of scissors I shaped pieces of upholstery foam to fit with the shoes. They aren't the most accurate shoes but I'm pleased with the outcome. The lip of the shoe is made using solari, and then covered using the heritage quilting. I hand sewed this into the mouth of the shoe. I covered the shoes entirely in the heritage quilting, and sewed the fabric on by hand. I machine sewed along an edge of each piece to make them look more put together. I put a strip at the back of each for added neatness. I tied and hot glued the loops onto the shoes. The cording on them is jute.
The hat was the other nightmare. I took a craft foam safari hat from Michael's as a base and cut strips of foam to make the brim pieces. To help them stay up, I took pieces of sticky backed foam and using hot glue for extra hold, put them at the very edge of the hat and onto the brim. To make sure the brim pieces were stiff I hot glued thin cut dowels onto them. The centre piece on top is also craft foam hot glued into place. I covered the majority of the hat with raffia to give it the look of being made of straw. I painted the entire thing orange and then put the rings on and tied raffia around the base of the centre piece that sticks up. It was a worthy challenge.
The mask is the only part that I didn't make. I commissioned it from my friend Zandreth. He made it out of pink foamboard. I can't see out of the mask, but hey, it looks good.
Photography:
Otakuthon shoot: Anniechie
Location shoot: My dad
Otakuthon 2015 (Montreal, QC)
Photoshoot (Vanderwater Conservation Area (near Tweed, ON)
Quinte Halloween Cosplay Day/Photoshoot VII (Belleville, ON)
Anime North 2016 (Toronto, ON)
Status: Retired
Why Skull Kid?
This cosplay presented me with some challenges. I was not expecting some parts to be so difficult, and others to be so exceedingly simple. A lot of the reasoning I planned on this was because of the challenges that I knew I would face with making this cosplay. I also really love creepy ass characters and he definitely classifies as creepy characters.
The first piece I made was the leggings. I originally considered making a bodysuit, but I wanted to make the cosplay in a way that would not be absolute torture for going to the bathroom and doing other normal everyday things (such as using my phone). They're a custom fit to me made out of a knit fabric. The same as the arm socks. I used a pair of stretchy gloves that I already had as a base for the pattern to get the size and shapes right. I went over all of the seams in both the arm socks and the leggings with a stretch stitch after I made sure that they fit perfectly. There's elastic at the top of the arm socks to help keep them up.
The tunic was next. It was a pretty simple shape. I made a base shape of a t-shirt, and made it flair out some so that I would achieve the right shape and drape at the bottom when I'd wear the belt.
Then the head cover. The head cover is custom to my head. It's super tight and difficult to get on thanks to the neck part of it, as it was sized to fit closely to my neck. I have the face cut out for seeing, breathing, you know... LIVING!
The shorts, collar and gloves are all heritage quilting in moss green. I made the collar using the guidelines of making the capes for God Tier Jake and Dirk last year, modifying to fit with Skull Kid. I hemmed around the neck as it would have the most movement. The shorts I used a pants pattern and modified to shorts, and once sewn together I took the scissors to them and cut up to make the right shapes. I traced around my hand for the gloves and followed closely to what the art showed - where the only fingers were the thumb and index, and the glove stopped just below the other three.
All of the rings on the cosplay are made out of plywood and were cut out on the scroll saw by my mother. I hand painted them and tied them together (giving added security by taking hot glue to the back to make sure they wouldn't come apart). The belt does up using a small piece of wire wrapped around the two end loops.
The shoes... oh god they were crazy to make. I took a base pair from Ardene that covered the majority of the foot. Using a pair of scissors I shaped pieces of upholstery foam to fit with the shoes. They aren't the most accurate shoes but I'm pleased with the outcome. The lip of the shoe is made using solari, and then covered using the heritage quilting. I hand sewed this into the mouth of the shoe. I covered the shoes entirely in the heritage quilting, and sewed the fabric on by hand. I machine sewed along an edge of each piece to make them look more put together. I put a strip at the back of each for added neatness. I tied and hot glued the loops onto the shoes. The cording on them is jute.
The hat was the other nightmare. I took a craft foam safari hat from Michael's as a base and cut strips of foam to make the brim pieces. To help them stay up, I took pieces of sticky backed foam and using hot glue for extra hold, put them at the very edge of the hat and onto the brim. To make sure the brim pieces were stiff I hot glued thin cut dowels onto them. The centre piece on top is also craft foam hot glued into place. I covered the majority of the hat with raffia to give it the look of being made of straw. I painted the entire thing orange and then put the rings on and tied raffia around the base of the centre piece that sticks up. It was a worthy challenge.
The mask is the only part that I didn't make. I commissioned it from my friend Zandreth. He made it out of pink foamboard. I can't see out of the mask, but hey, it looks good.
Photography:
Otakuthon shoot: Anniechie
Location shoot: My dad