Our most recent custom orders came from some American soldiers stationed all the way in Afghanistan. They wanted some custom Gears of War costumes from Gears 3. We’ve done a lot of custom work, but this is our first gears of war costume and we wanted to let our loyal fans follow along to see what goes into every custom cosplay order.
We're turning this into a functional costume.
We start with as many photos of the character as possible. Then we draw a c basic draft of the items that we’ll be fabricating. This way, we can work off of drawings with clearly defined lines and boundaries. This makes getting every little detail right a lot easier.
Drawing the costumes is vital to getting the details right.
Here is the completed drawing with notes.
Getting all the details right from the beginning makes it a lot easier.
After that we begin production. We start the fabrication process by determining the best materials to use. In the case of Clay Carmine from Gears of War, we’re going with aluminum and polymer over a moldable vest.
Here is the roughed chest armor.
We start by roughing out the details. Here you can see the original piece we started with and how it ended up.
We’ll provide more updates as the process continues! To order your very own Gears of War cosplay or any other cosplay just email us or look through our massive premade cosplay costume selection.