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So I'm going to Otakon this year, and cosplaying definately as Lulu, and possibly as Ed Elric or Vash the Stampede (the manga version).

Lulu (FFX):
http://www.armchairempire.com/images/fe ... tasy-x.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/R ... X_28-1.jpg

Ed (FMA):
http://images.stage6.com/channel_images ... d19d60.jpg

Vash the Stampede (Trigun):
http://www.lovelovesugar.com/vash/main.jpg
no good manga pics of the coat, but you get the idea
http://www.yale.edu/anime/imgarchive/Tr ... wanted.jpg
vash gun:
http://www.geocities.com/arwen_lite/Gun ... r_Vash.jpg
http://www.d3.dion.ne.jp/~iwase_m/impulse/vash_gun2.jpg
http://www.d3.dion.ne.jp/~iwase_m/impulse/vash_gun3.jpg

I have the base dress for Lulu made, but any ideas on the lace-y trim around the edges? and also I need help on the hair pieces. I'm just gonna buy a bunch of belts from a thrift store for the front

I also have Ed's coat made, but I need help with the automail. I have ready access to sheet metal, and little to no access to the appropriate tools =\ I have the pants and some combat boots, and the shirt/vest thing will be relatively easy.

For Vash, it's all an idea at this point, but I found the glasses cheap as hell, and I'm gonna get these:
http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/store/ ... 3461172892
boots, and I need help with the pants and gloves. Also, if it's not overly hard , I'd like to do the outfit that he wears under the trench (sorry, couldn't find pics)
ooh, and also anyone know how to make a gun? if not, where to buy Vash's gun cheap?

Any ideas on patterns I could alter for the Vash coat? (I'm decent at altering patterns, just nothing TOO complex)

Thanks in advance for any and all help =D

For lulu's trim I would go with apliques. you can get them in major fashion districts and ebay, give them a light dye job and good to go.

for hair pieces just glam-ify chops sticks with beads from you local craft stores jewely sections. and sclupty to get just the right look if need be. The sclupty though will make the pieces heavy

I believe you can buy the hair sticks off ebay, probably cosplaymagic.com, qqcosplay.com or other stores, premade and very accurate.

The Matrix Trench can be reworked. Simplicity Costumes

thanks everybody =]
I'm starting as soon as I can get some fabric

This may be a bit late, but I saw this and it reminded me of this post. I'm not sure if this would be easier to work with than the matrix coat or not, but it kinda looks like Vash...

http://www.burdastyle.com/patterns/show/3587

for vash's guns you could use the same technique i used for the yuna guns *attached tutorial* just for the round part at the back of the gun you could make that out of modelmagic and attach it to the base of the gun

Gunner Yuna Guns Tutorial

So ya this is what we are trying to make
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Materials:
about 2 or 3 sheets of Foamboard
Model magic
Boxcutter
1 sheet Craft foam
Sandpaper
Primer
Silver spraypaint
Gold and black acrylic paint
Clear gloss or sealer

1. You will need to make a schematic for the guns. (I found them to be approximatly 11" long ) *note you will need a good side view of the gun)
Once you deciede on a length either print a picture of the gun to a desired length.
or print a small picture and use a projector to blow up the image and trace it.

2. choose where you want the layers of the gun to be
For this one i choose to have 5 layers of foamboard for the main body of the gun. The fisrt layer was the entire gun, the 2nd and 3rd (one on either side) werethe whole gun less the pinwheel thing on the back. Finally the 4th and 5th layers i took the third and cut off another knotch near the pinwheel, the point at the top of the gun, the whole closer to the top of the gun, the hole just below the barrel of the gun and the trigger.

here is a reference picture of all the layers
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3. glue the layers together. *beware some glues will melt foamboard so I would suggest using gorilla glue or you can also use liquid nails*

4. once dry lightly sand the edges and then apply modelmagic to the edges to round them out and make them look neater. *note it doesn't have to be perfect you will sand it later*
let it dry it will dry fully in a couple of days from what i have found.

5. while that is drying begin to cutout the detail piecesout of craft foam. this would be the gold part of the gun, the black handle piece, and the pinwheel.

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6. sand the model magic til smooth and even w/ the edges.

7. now glue on the craft foam pieces either with your gorilla glue or for this part i used regular white school glue

8. now your done with the construction so now you need to prime the gun before you spraypaint it bc the spraypaint will eat the foamboard.

9. spraypaint

10. add gold and black paint

11. paint on the gloss

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The End your done lol

Some more notes

* draw out the pieces from largest to smallest and cut the pieces as you go so that way you can cut apart you schematic without fear of messing up a piece when you cut it .

* you can never have too much primer so do multiple coats

* always test your glue to make sure it doesn't eat the foam

but ya i hope this helps and if you have any questions feel free to pm me and ask