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Happy Halloween from Hyrule!!

I’ve played like...wayyyyy too much Breath of the Wild recently and after gallivanting across Hyrule as Link I decided to make this costume inspired by his Hylian Armor (aka one of my personal fave looks from the game)! 

Details on how I made it under the cut so I can look back later and remember what I did ;aldkfja;sd

things i owned/bought that i did not modify:

brown boots (owned)

black leggings (owned)

multitude of brown belts (owned)

brown corset (i used this instead of making leather armor pieces) (owned)

green turtleneck (from thredup)

things i made/modified:

sheikah slate:

i found an old conference name tag/lanyard pouch like this one (from di globals 2011 ;alkdjf;sd) and cut the strings that mine had off

i used a sheikah slate drawing i found online then printed to scale to trace out the pieces in craft foam plus a black base piece (the gold pieces were originally orange craft foam that i painted gold)

i hot glued all that shit together then hot glued it to the back of the conference pouch

it’s not really the right thickness for a sheikah slate BUT the conference pouch 1) could already slide onto a belt due to the velcro flap thing on the top and 2) meant that i had a pocket for my phone

red shirt/tunic:

found a red shirt on thredup with a tunic/lace up neckline

cut the sleeves to length

finished the sleeves with brown bias tape and also added brown bias tape to the hem for the aesthetic

painted triangle/trapezoid pattern along the bottom hem with fabric paint and homemade stencils

cape:

fully homemade, based on the cloak pattern from simplicity #1771

adjusted length and number of gathers, added lining

the pattern called for 5 1/2 yards of fabric, but i found the perfect fabric in the clearance aisle that unfortunately had only 2 1/2 yards left, but i decided to buy it anyways and luckily my mom and i managed to tetris the shit out of the pieces when cutting and we made it work!!!

this is now my new favorite item of clothing and i plan on living in it from now on

bow & arrows (& quiver):

i had bought the bow and arrow set at the ren faire, but the bow was an ugly gray with electrical tape and the arrow fletching was an ugly ass orange plastic

spray painted the bow brown and added brown braided leather lace for a grip

re-painted the arrow fletching to be white “feathers” with red tips

for the quiver (which is not in the photos rip):

i used the sleeves from the red shirt and sewed them so i could tuck them into each other and make a two layer tube.  i left the bottom edge open for the moment

i stuck curved pieces of a cereal box in between the sides to make the sides hold their shape then sewed the bottom shut.

the red shirt initially had a strap and button on each sleeve so you could roll up the sleeves and button the sleeves in place, which i had previously removed. then i re-sewed them onto the tube so they could act as belt loops for the quiver

i spray painted all of it brown, which in hindsight i would not do again but it worked well enough for now

sword:

i basically just followed what this guy did for his medieval fantasy sword

the main difference is that i really only had a dremel tool for all my sanding so i wasn’t able to get as “sharp” of a blade edge as he did with his belt sander (i think that’s what it’s called????)

for paint i did the plasti-spray like he did but i just used a hammered silver spray paint for the blade, cross guard end things, and pommel.  i ended up going back over the cross guard with black acrylic paint afterwards

i also found a carbon fiberglass garage reflector stick thing that i used as the core of the sword.  i did have to cut it down though (and by “i” i mean “my brother hand to cut it down for me bc i didn’t have the right tool”)

also it is worth nothing that spray paint and craft foam can hide a multitude of hot glue sins ;alkdjf;asdkjfs;

shield:

i had leftover eva foam from the sword so i was like hey let’s make a shield in two days

drew a shield shape on the foam and cut it out

painted it like i did the sword (two layers of plasti-spray to seal it, two layers of silver paint), but also misted some black spray paint to add ~dimension~

cut out the outline of the shield and the triforce in black craft foam.  lightly painted the triforce pieces with red acrylic paint

cut out pieces of orange craft foam and painted gold to serve as brackets aka to hide the seams in the black outline ;akdsjfa;sd

hot glued that shit together

used extra brown craft foam to make arm loops and hot glued those to the back

this is the most involved i’ve been in a costume recently and i’d def forgotten how much fun it can be!!  anyways if you’ve read this far please enjoy my fave silly photo in costume