As with the sphinx costume, I had to make another one I could wear comfortably at work all day. I had a hard time deciding, since I didn’t have a lot of time to work on it, but still wanted to do something unique.
Half-Skeleton Costume
Category: Older Costumes
These are costumes, mostly done for Halloween, that I did several years ago… decades in some cases. I keep them around so that others can see my progress, and to remind myself how far I’ve come!
Grecian Sphinx Costume
For this Halloween, I had a bit of a challenge to come up with a costume that was fairly elaborate, but still comfortable enough to wear all day long at work. I had to be able to drive in it, to sit in a chair, and to free my hands to be able to type. This was what I came up with. (Mind, I couldn’t wear the wings while driving, and had to don them once I got there!)
Iksar Costume – Ataraxia
In 2004, Robbie came over to visit around Halloween time. We’d talked about making him an iksar costume – a lizardman like the character he was playing in Everquest at the time. The trick was, we would only have a few days once he got here to complete the costume!
Raven Costume – Nevar
Okay, so it’s not the most original name for a raven! I made this lovely bird back in 2000, and I’m quite pleased with this costume on several counts.
Grey Werewolf Costume – Ashitare
2000 was the only year I went to Anime Expo, which is kind of a shame, because it was quite fun. A couple of my friends were enamored of Fushigi Yuugi, and had decided to cosplay as characters from it, so I joined in.
Demon Dog Costume – Callisto
Around the same time as I started working on the Eclipse costume, this creature popped into my mind. At the time, I had never heard the phrase “quadsuit”, so I wasn’t sure if what I had in mind could even be done!
White Werewolf Costume – Eclipse
Eclipse, created in 1999, was the first of my costumes to actually get a name. I’d been pretty fascinated with the werewolf costumes of Verdun Manor at the time, so I decided to try my hand at a horror-style mask.
White Werewolf Costume
So why was my 1997 costume a wolf and this one, made a year later, a werewolf? I’m not actually sure, but that’s always how I’ve thought of them. This one was designed to wear clothing though, so perhaps that has something to do with it.
Grey Wolf Costume
In 1997, I finally got confident enough to try out a fully furred costume!
Red Dragon Costume
In 1996, I made what I would consider to be my first reasonably successful costume.
