Ready to take over Midgard!

My Loki cosplay is done! At least, as done as it's gonna get for Halloween! (I might make a helmet at some point.

Wow this was crazy and actually kinda fun. Pretty much everything is Goodwill finds except for the boots and one of the belts.

Layers are as follows:

Under layer:

- Long-sleeved green shirt. Parts of the sleeves and the collar of a gold sweater are added on for the vambraces and the pectoral piece.

- Tights. Heavy-duty black tights with the silver plates painted on (which sadly you can't see in this shot). These were painted while I was wearing the tights to prevent stretching issues.

- Boots. Good insoles are a must.

Middle Layer:

- Tunic. This was where I took the most liberty- this is a black waistcoat-style vest with a textured black skirt sewn to the bottom. The fabric of the skirt actually looks a bit like Celtic or Nordic knotwork, which was why I grabbed it even though it's like two or three sizes too small. It originally had a front panel edged by two zippers- removing one of the zippers was easy enough to open up the skirt and give it that slit sort of thing. Another important reason for the heavy duty tights- since the skirt doesn't go all the way around, it's open clear up to my hip.

Top Layer:

- Coat. This was a weird long vest/robe thing I found. It was a bit big, so I took in the sides to make the lines flow better. Then I slit and lined a hole in the back for the cross-chest belt, then painted the lapels and gold detailing.

Armor:

- Vambraces: these were stitched right onto the sleeves of the shirt. I will probably do proper ones at some point, this will do for Halloween. 

- Chest and shoulder piece- I accidentally stumbled upon a gold pleather placemat at Goodwill. A bit of sewing and trimming later, and ta-da! Easy armor. These got slid right onto the belt that loops over my chest and shoulder. 

Scepter:

I used to make boffers when I was with the SCA. It's amazing what you can do with foam, pipe, and duct tape. The base of the scepter is actually a Grim Reaper scythe prop- again from Goodwill (and I had a hilarious time toting it all around downtown Seattle on my way home XD) with the blade taken off the pole and rotated 90 degrees to stick straight out rather than to the side and hot-glued in place. I used mat board (which I had lying around because I'm an artist) to block out the general silhouette of the blade and the shaft of the scepter, then layered on craft foam. Silver and gold duct tape hold the entire thing together. The Mind Stone is actually crumpled aluminum foil wadded up as tight as it will go and then burnished by rubbing it with a spoon, then painted with iridescent blue and white acrylic paint. Simple and effective!

Not seen:

-Belt purse: This costume had no pockets, so I made a simple envelope-folded belt purse from a black pleather placemat. I have more of these placemats that may get added to the armor on the coat.

Actually a lot of fun in spite of the swearing and only took a couple of weeks to put together once I had all my bits and pieces.

My roommates think we need to hang the scepter up on the wall like a trophy. I like this idea.