BioShock
Splicer
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Early in 2012, Chibik3r0 made himself a splicer costume. Somehow that one costume snowballed into having a 10-person group of splicers terrorizing Anime North on Sunday a few months later. While everyone's mask designs and clothing are based on the game designs, none of us were direct recreations of the in-game models. I used concept art from the BioShock 2 "Baby Jane" model as my starting point for the outfit.
It was a relatively easy costume since the dress is an altered thrift store find, but it was a lot of fun to be part of a big group - I tend to cosplay on my own - and I hope to do more group stuff in the future. While I'm really happy with how the dress turned out, when I wore the costume at Anime North, I still wanted to do more distressing on it (I ran out of time for for AN), and I really wanted to upgrade the costume with FX makeup the next time I wore it. Fortunately, I had the opportunity to really raise the bar for the makeup at Halloween. Although the makeup took me 5 hours to do (and that's not including my face or the time it took to style my hair), I think it was totally worth the effort. The mutated skin effect was achieved with only gelatin and Snazaroo makeup, building up the bubbly spots with cotton balls. I loved the reaction that the makeup got at the party; everyone told me that I looked disgusting! I really hope that I have the time and opportunity to do the makeup again for a formal photo shoot, since the lighting at the party wasn't great for photos. Current status: in storage. |
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Splicers behind the Scenes
Some of Rapture's deranged citizens hanging out during our shoot with Solartempest; in my Anime North vlog. You can also catch my Splicer costume in the Video Ninja's ConBravo Retrospective video. |
Events:
2012 Anime North, ConBravo, Silver Snail Halloween party
Awards:
small prize for my makeup from the Silver Snail
2012 Anime North, ConBravo, Silver Snail Halloween party
Awards:
small prize for my makeup from the Silver Snail
Each photo in the gallery is labeled with its photographer; please visit their websites!
Elemental: http://www.elemental-photography.net/
Paul Hillier: http://www.paulhillier.com/
Solar Tempest: http://photography.solartempest.net/
Stillvisions: http://www.stillvisions.net/
All photos are property of their respective owners and may not be used without permission.
Elemental: http://www.elemental-photography.net/
Paul Hillier: http://www.paulhillier.com/
Solar Tempest: http://photography.solartempest.net/
Stillvisions: http://www.stillvisions.net/
All photos are property of their respective owners and may not be used without permission.
