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Vaan cosplay from Final Fantasy XII

Costume made and worn by
:iconamenokitarou:

Wig styled by
:iconcescat:

Photography:
:iconsorceressmoonblader:

This costume was worn to attend Supanova Brisbane 2011, and won Runner-Up Best Costume~! Yeaaahhh~!

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Costume production notes:

First things first... before anyone starts asking if I SHAVE MY ARMPITS like they did when I posted up my Luffy photo... NO i do not shave them regularly, but YES I shaved them for this character.

Also, I had been frequenting the gym 4 times per week for 3 weeks at the time this photo was taken.
I'm hoping it paid off.

Also..... I oiled myself with massage oil for this character... :iconnojoyplz:
The oil was provided kindly by :iconjkale:

Now let's actually talk about the costume.
Vaan was made in 4 working days :iconotlplz:
I want to kill myself for rushing it, there are many MANY details missing which I will finish at a later time, but he turned out so nice that it's almost unfair.

His jacket and pants are all sewn from black pleather.
The silver trimmings were originally black pleather as well. I dried brush them with good acrylic silver paint to get the silver armour-like trims. It made a good effect and looks like real leather.
All armour details on his jacket are made from EVA rubber skins, sealed with contact adhesive then hand painted.

All other armour (gauntlets, knee pads, leg armour) are a combination of hard PVC plastic and yoga mat foam, shaped by applying heat, assembled with contact adhesive, then sealed with PVA glue, then painted by hand with acrylic paints.

I'm pretty proud to say that I only spent $15 making this costume, and that was used to buy the aqua patch of fabric and red rope on the side of his pants. :XD:
The rest of the costume was born entirely from scrap materials under my bed...it is slightly frightening.

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More photos will follow~!
Enjoy this for now :)
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~anrili Jan 30, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
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And people say that Vaan could not exist here, he'd be thrown out by the no-awesome-men-in-real-life rule.
Q.Q
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*AmenoKitarou Feb 4, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
haha!
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:icondbzchick27:
~DBZchick27 Aug 19, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
You make a PERFECT Vaan!! :squee:

:iconclapplz: Your cute too ^-^
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*AmenoKitarou Aug 20, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
aw thank you :P
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:icondbzchick27:
~DBZchick27 Aug 20, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
Oh yw :D
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:iconlady-platinum:
Absolutely perfect. Well done~
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:iconamenokitarou:
*AmenoKitarou Jul 7, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
aw thanks so much!
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Mood: Love *Caim-The-Order Apr 16, 2012  Hobbyist Artist
WOW oh my gosh O o O the details are awesome XO !
WOAAAA VAN your awesome now dont go stealing things okey~ XD
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:iconamenokitarou:
*AmenoKitarou Apr 18, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Haha... well... considering he's made of leftovers, I consider him already stolen.
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Mood: Love *Caim-The-Order Apr 20, 2012  Hobbyist Artist
O x O you have a point XD that is true XD MORE VAN!!!! FFXII rocks!
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