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Published: 2014-10-26 19:35:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 26909; Favourites: 510; Downloads: 0
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I decided to do a visual Thief 4 costume process from the beginning until the end from my selfmade costume. It was hell of work and time, but finally I did it.In a few days I will post more photos of the final costume in action. If you have questions, don't be shy to ask.
© Original Character by Square Enix and Eidos Montreal
© 2014 Artisan craft of the costume by me
© 2014 Photos taken by Samuel Kümmel and Keja Blank
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OHmygod as Garretts fangirl and fellow cosplayer, I salute you sooo much!
This is really incredible how much detail you put into it, the weathering also...
I bet everyone tell you this so my comment is nothing new, but really, I love the character for how he was portrayed and I must say that seeing such perfect cosplay of him... is one of better things I could see before going to sleep!
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Thank you very much! When I do somethiing, I try to come as close as I can to the Original character. And it is a pleasure to read, when someone thinks, I nailed it! It was one of my most complicated projects ever. And sleep well 
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Das ist wirklich ein ungleublich gutes Cosplay und ich in echt beeindruckt. Hab deine Seite mal durchgestöbert und gesehen, dass du deine Cosplays selber nähst, dass ist echt unglaublich cool. Respekt vor Leder, dass ist nicht so einfach zu handhaben...
Dieses Cosplay finde ich super, so eins hätte ich auch gerne.
Also mach weiter so und ich hoffe ich sehe noch weitere sooo coole Bilder von dir in deinen hammer Outfits.
Aska Long
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Danke dir! Ja, solche Kostüme mache ich nicht oft, ist sehr viel Arbeit. Da muss mich der Ehrgeiz und die Passion packen. Wenn es nur eine vorrübergehende kleine Phase ist, reciht es nicht aus, um sowas zu machen. Aber wenn, dann mit allem was dazu gehört!
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Bei einer solch guten Cosplayerin muss man einfach ein Kommentar schreiben.
Ich bin gespannt auf deine nächsten Werke^^
Viel Spaß bei deinem nächsten Projekt
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The photo at the bottom is my favourite of your outfit. Why isn't it in your gallery?
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I have around 200 photos of this costume. I can't post every single one of it. I just posted my favourite pictures. I find it a bit senseless to post more than 6 photos from the same costume. This photo at the buttom was just to show the costume in general. And as you know, people think different of what is the favourite photo.
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Absolutely astounding piece of work and a great tribute for Garrett, my only wish would be to see the finished product in person!
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I know it is incredibly rude of me to ask, but I'm a horseback archer and I want to make my own quiver. However, all quiver patterns I've found look dull except for yours, which looks AMAZING. Is there a possibility to get the pattern, or maybe a custom made one? I am willing to pay for it, no problem!
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The pattern for this one are incredibly bad to sew an own quiver. I stitched it by hand (every hole one by one) and it was tough work for me, because I am no leatherworker in general. Regretfully I have no time to make custom quivers. I am very sorry. Even the leather was a special one. I bought it at an oulet and the seller offered me to feel the leather and explained to me the peculiarities of it. It is a kind of cowskin, when you fold or bow it, then the folded edges become lighter and have a a great effect. I never saw that kind of leather again.
I can take a photo of the pattern, but I don't know, if that is enough that you can make exactly the same quiver, because some things I changed meanwhile stitching together all the parts. And for real archery I would suggest you to make that quiver in a bigger size, because my quiver can contain just around 6 wooden arrows. And I guess, that is not many. When I do traditional Recurve archery, I need a quiver, which can contain around 12 arrows.
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If you could be in the opportunity to take a picture of the pattern, it would be amazing! The size doesn't really matter, for with mounted archery you hold 3 arrows in you hand, and if I can store 6 it would be perfect for a competitional run (3 turns of 3 arrows). I am not a professional, but I do stitch and repair my own saddles so I will probably come around quite ok.
Thank you so much for the reply!
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When I find it, I'll take a photo. It is somewhere at the loft *^__^*.
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This costume looks so awesome and it's definitely the best Thief costume I have seen by far (Even better than the one commissioned for the game by the makers)!! The corset doesn't really fit with the rest of the costume though, I think it kind of lets the rest of the awesomeness down.
Apart from that, everything is so perfect, the details are amazing, and the colour of the leather is spot on, and I can't get over how exact and precise everything is. The hood and face scarf are so great, and the leather makes it look all the more realistic, as if Garrett himself had just jumped out of the game into real life. The cloak and hood are perfect, the lock picks are a really awesome part of the costume too.
All in all, I think it's a great costume!
By the way, if you haven't seen the commissioned costume (which I assume you have) the link is here. Yours is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better though!
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OH WOW! Thank you for your comment.
I don't know, what Eidos did pay for the costume to present it. Leatherwork always is an expensive thing.
It also costs me a slight disc prolapse because of the months of work. It was defenitely my most expensive and most challenging work so far. I also wantd to make the real corset, but in the end I hadn't have the nerve to do it. In the meantime I have another corset for this costume, what fits better, but iwasn't that complicated. Sometimes I just want to test me, if I am able to do a costume like that, for example. If a friend of mine hadn't have the leather machine, I would have been not able to do this costume.
So again, thanks a lot for your words, I really appreciate it!
By the way, I also ddidn't create the bow, because I wanted to do a traditional archery and I wanted to wear it on medieval markets. This is the reson, why I changed some things. THIEF is more steampunk than medieval, but for I am just a cosplayer in the broadest snse and I want to wear just real weapons), I did a few things different.
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i apologize highly for asking this question. but have you ever considered possibly selling custom costumes? i love how you did this. and honestly i couldnt imagine a better version. please let me know if you have a price for making such costumes for others. again i apologize and thank you
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I won't sell costumes. It is a made to measure costume. And it is too timeconsuming. I never woul have the time to sew such a costume for others. And it would be really expensive, in every case around a four-digit price.
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Awesome! I admire the work and commitment you put into your costume 
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Thank you! Yes, it literally was hell of work!
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Holy kittens! That is a lot of work and commitment you put into the costume! It looks so professionally made and as mentioned, realistic! Some of the photos really blur the line between CGI and real life.
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Thank you.....oh yes, it is amazing to wear the costume!
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respekt...! war auch mal an cosplay interessiert.. aber na ja.. die zeit und das geld fehlte mir damals.. deswgen.. blieb auf gamen und animes.
thief ist vor allem wirklich ein super spiel.. und düster...
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That is the best cosplay i have ever seen! It is very realistic, and i love the atmosphere!
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Das kostüm ist ja Großartig ich habe ja auch ein jämmerlich profisorisches Garrett Cosplay in arbeit. Aber deins ist einfach nur großartig. Da bekomme ich große augen und mir fällt die Kinnlade herunter. Das ist wunderbar und detailverliebt gemacht. Du musst da wirklich irrsinnig viel arbeit reingesteckt haben.
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Danke dir.
Ja, es war Arbeit. Aber auch viel Nervenarbeit. Ich bin immer wieder erstaunt, wie Leute, die es nicht beruflich gelernt haben, trotzdem so in Gewand hinbekommen, weil ein THIEF Kostüm wirklich eine Herausforderung ist, allein wegen dem Leder. Stoff ist ja eine Sache, aber bei Leder muss es exakt passen. Einmal falsch genäht und man sieht nach der Korrktur die Stichlöcher für immer. Wenn ich dir irgendwie helfen kann, lass es mich wissen.
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Das mit Leder kann ich nur bestätigen. Und die Tatsache das nicht jede Nähmaschine Leder packt (zumindest das Ömchen das ich besitze hat riesige Probleme damit). Danke für das Angebot, aber glaub mir. Allein die Inspiration (und das bisselchen Mut) die mir das gegeben hat sind schon Hilfe genug
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Das freut mich! Viel Erfolg!
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You look absolutely amazing. The work you put into this....Wow. I am in awe.
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Holy shit that's ridiculous! All six months of work paid off in a big way, this is the best Garrett I've ever seen.
Maybe one day, when I make my Haunt, we can meet up in an old abandoned factory. xD
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I'll take you up on that! Thank you!
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I'm in awe of this costume and your photos of it and you! WOW!!
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Outstanding.
With my Garrett costume I tried to reach as high as I could in terms of realism/detail - and I never came anywhere near this.
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I appreciate your comment very much! I saw your cosplay on The Thief Facebook Fansite and was amazed. I have to admit, it was my first profession to do such costumes. So now and then - if I have great ambitions - then I precipitate into such an insane project. It is really hell of work. I guess you agree with me! YOurs was also a hell of work. Thanks for your comment!
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You're welcome! I don't think I will ever see a better Garrett costume than yours though. I put all my effort into mine but I'm not primarily a costume maker - you clearly have the talent for it, and reached the pinnacle of what's possible 
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Medieval events! I mostly do costumes for medieval Fantasy spectaculms, which are all over the year in Germany, so I can also wear real weapons. I began with archery this year. I guess, a few games have influence on new hobbies
And just for photo shoots it would have been to much work, right? SO my next medieval event will be in December. Soooooo long time to wait ... but I love each moment in that costume. I assume, you also feel badass, when you wear it, don't you?
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