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New Costume, Who Dis?

Image © nate_takes

Been awhile, eh?

As is typical for me, I'm incredibly slow to put out new costumes, and after three years of hush-hush work, I finally had my newest in a wearable enough state to toss it on for C2E2 a couple weekends ago.

I'm a D&D nerd at my core, and I've griped about the impracticality of various armor and weapon designs in video games for years, so I decided to roll up my sleeves and design an armor set from scratch(or nearly entirely from scratch, taking design influence from a 16th century Italian cavalry harness displayed at The Met) for my first Dungeons & Dragons character back when I started in 2002, Robert Moonbrow, a half-elven cleric of Pelor.

Shoutout to my buddy Steve at SKS Props for creating what I feel is the best EVA foam on the market. This stuff sands incredibly well, cuts super cleanly(assuming you maintain a sharp knife), and is always a pleasure to work with. I’d honestly use this foam even if I wasn’t good friends with him. If you haven’t had a chance to work with it and are looking at giving it a shot, you can pick some up here. After C2E2 at the end of March next year, I'm gonna take it easy and likely build some Fallout armor for my dog because that honestly sounds like a lot of fun. I'll probably build some basic Combat Armor over military fatigues for myself from the game as well, but let's be honest...no one's gonna care what I'm wearing if Caboose is in-costume as Dogmeat. Thanks for stickin' with me in spite of the severe lack of updates, everyone! I'll try my best to not turn into a cosplay ghost again. Here are some more photos that were taken of me during C2E2:

Image © Baki Hanma(Facebook)

Image © Erik JAWS Photo

Image © Michael LeGrand

Images © miltowncosplay

Images © rladao

Additionally, here are a few detail shots I took after tossing it up onto the mannequin in my office(Sorry, Inquisition Alistair. You get the storage box now):

#C2E2 #c2e22022 #cosplay #Dungeons and Dragons #Dungeons & Dragons #D&D #DnD #D&D cosplay #Pelor #armor #mrbob0822

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I’ve barely touched a costume since before the pandemic started, so I was stoked to slap on some Witcher gear with friends this past weekend and stomp around the Bristol Renaissance Faire.

Pardon my sad excuse for scars.  I slapped ‘em on my face in about a third of the time I normally would have, and we were all extremely sweaty by the end of the day, so they were definitely peelin’!

#Witcher #cosplay #Geralt #Ciri #Keira Metz #Eskel #Lambert #Bristol Renaissance Faire

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We’re havin’ some weather, bay-beee!

#Snow is my element

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"...with the mighty power of floral arrangements!"

Hope everyone’s been making the most of fall, considering everything that’s been happening.

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I am bread.

#Hope everyone is getting some quality time in the kitchen with this pandemic situation

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A few photos from C2E2 this weekend. I'll more than likely be in Alistair again tomorrow, so if you're here on Sunday, say hi!

#C2E2 #C2E220 #cosplay #Eskel #Witcher #Alistair #Varric #Merrill

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Gettin’ ready to binge The Witcher on Netflix when it comes out soon.  Although Eskel’s not gonna show up in it, as far as I’m aware, he’s the only Witcher costume I’ve got.

#Eskel #Witcher cosplay #mrbob0822

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Can I interest you in joining the Grey Wardens?

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Happy autumn, everybody. ❤

#We took some fun location photos as well and hopefully I'll have some to post! #Alistair #Alistair Theirin #cosplay #Dragon Age

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Witchering around the Bristol Renaissance Faire today with some friendos.

#Bristol Renaissance Faire #Witcher cosplay

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Well...

Here we go again..

Last minute decision to hit up the Bristol Renaissance Faire. I'll still be going there in Witcher gear next Sunday(July 28th).

#Alistair #cosplay #dragon age #mrbob0822

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hi! just wanted to ask, are y'all going to do the dragon age meet up for bristol ren faire this year?

Yo!

My group's still getting together at Bristol this year, but we're actually not doing Dragon Age there for like...the first time in about 7 years or something like that? Shocking. Devastating. Apologies are probably in order.

That said, if you're into The Witcher, we're gonna be slinking around the Faire in some of that gear on Sunday, July 28th, so if you happen to be there that day and see us skulking about, come chat!

#Anonymous #reply #Itll be weird not fighting the heat and humidity as Alistair for once

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Could you ever date another dragon age cosplayer? I'm asking for a friend, legitimately. She has a love for fine cheeses. Also may help with her fanfiction of Alistair coming out in the fall.

Could I? Yes, although that's not a consideration I really have at the moment, given I'm pretty happily taken. Theoretically speaking, though, I'd consider the two things to be relatively mutually exclusive, so her cosplaying from Dragon Age wouldn't necessarily be a deal breaker, nor would it be an essential thing. The utmost factor to me is that she's doing what she enjoys, and if cosplaying from Dragon Age would happen to fall in line with that, well, there's your answer.

#Or at least I hope that was a satisfactory answer #anonymous #reply

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I tend to roll late to the party and I'm only just getting around to working on a Grey Warden costume so I wanted to thank you really quickly because your video response to another nonny about the Inquisition breastplate is one of the best resources I've come across for specifically the armor! The whole thing is still super daunting to me because it's been a while since I did anything cosplay related but knowing there are helpful people like you makes it feel a little less scary!

Hey!  I’m always super stoked to hear that something I put out there with the intent of helping actually does help, so it’s never too late for that.  Thank you!

As for the armor, if you run into any hurdles that you can’t jump over easily and need a second opinion, my Ask box is always open, and my armor is sitting right by my computer, so it really doesn’t take me much to pull it out and clarify what *I* did, though that’s far from the *only* way to do it, obviously(and honestly, EVA foam probably would have been a more reliable way instead of what I did anyway).

You can do it, and I’m sure it’ll look great!  :D

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Ive seen a few pics of you on Insta that were taken at C2E2 and I'm here to bug you about actually being on Instagram. Get on it and use it mate. I would like to see your face and work more often!!!

At least I can claim I wasn’t falsely advertising, right?  Ha ha.

Jokes aside, I know.  Cosplay’s just a fun hobby to me, and I finally made an Instagram account a year ago in order to make a dedicated cosplay account somewhere and haven’t really done much with it.  The last thing I’m thinking of when I finally put everything on prior to heading out to the con floor, though, is to take a picture, so hopefully I start fixing that going forward instead of it only being a rare occurrence.

#Anonymous #reply #Sorry sorry sorry! D:

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Last day of C2E2!

Dragon Age time!

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You’re like actually Alistair irl with your soft, wholesome, funny personality. Fantastic

Livin’ the doofus life 24/7 over here.

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