Some people do cross-stitch as a hobby, others like gardening, while this game designer from Switzerland is making costumes. While Martina is just on her third, the video of her in the costume which she shared on Reddit instantly received over 100k likes and numerous comments. The passionate cosplayer sure did receive a lot of attention and we think that it’s only fair since the costume really does look majestic. Scroll down below to see photos and a video of it in action.
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“I worked on it for a year”
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“The character is a statue that I found online, designed by Hui Zou and built by R-one studio. I immediately fell in love with the design and asked the artist if I could make a cosplay from it. My idea was to make my own lowpoly version of the character and they agreed. Lowpoly means I want the costume to look digital and artificial instead of realistic, like an early stylized 3D computer graphic come to life. So I started making my own templates in Blender, a 3D software,” Martina told Bored Panda.
“It’s my third costume”
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What is most amazing is that, as the heading indicates, it is only the third costume that this game designer has made. “I don’t consider myself a master at costume making. I still have a ton to learn. Love doing it tho,” she said. The designer also added that making costumes is just a hobby of hers while she is still working full-time. “It took a year from planning to finish, I spent around 1000 hours on it. I’m still rather new to making costumes so sometimes it takes many tries to make something work. For example, I’ve never cast epoxy resin before, so it took four attempts to get the heart gem right. I spent a lot of time planning on how to attach all the floating armor pieces. I built the costume with PVC which is rigid, so I had to figure out how to be able to move at all, how I can get in and out of the armor on my own, and how to make the pieces detachable for transport because they’re huge – the scythe in particular,” Martina shared with us.
“The shiny stuff is mirror vinyl”
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She got the necessary materials from a local hardware store. “I mostly used 3mm sheets and some 1&2mm ones for details. You can easily cut them by hand up to 4-5mm.”
“I see through the throat which is window tint foil”
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“The blue piece on the throat is see-through reflective vinyl. It’s like looking through sunglasses,” the designer said.
“I don’t spend any time with it in the sun, it would get too hot”
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“Also, to pass doors you need to crabwalk because of the shoulders.” Another thing about the costume is that it gets dirty very easily if not handled with care but “if you handle it with relatively clean fingers it’s no problem.”
Watch the video of the amazing costume in action
“I don’t consider myself a master at costume making”
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“I’ve always loved crafting. During the day I work behind a computer screen so I itch to build something tangible as a balance. Cosplay is a wonderful hobby to me that combines my passion for art, animation, design, 3D software, and crafting. Last but not least, I met a lot of wonderful people through making costumes,” Martina told Bored Panda. People were so impressed with this woman’s skills, they asked if the costume will ever be available for sale. However, the designer replied that she is not intending on selling the piece just yet and should she ever consider doing it, it would be rather expensive because of all the meticulous work that went into making it.
“I would have never thought it would blow up like this”
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The Swiss game designer entered a Fantasy Basel Comic-Con in Switzerland and landed the second place. When asked about the overwhelming amount of attention she received, she humbly replied: “The response has been overwhelming, especially since it’s not a well-known character from a specific game or movie that has a big fandom. I knew from my previous costumes that people seem to appreciate the polygonal aesthetic but I would have never thought it [would] blow up like this.”
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