SkunkyArt | SefieDA — FF8 Edea

I modified an existing dress pattern and drafted the gloves, and did all the sewing and prop-making (helmet and back-fan) myself.

Makeup involved drawing the veins on with white kohl pencil, enhancing with white gel eyeliner, gold eyeshadow and rust-brown eyeshadow to add dimension. Eyes were done in 3 shades of purple, including a shimmering lilac duochrome mineral eyeshadow. Lipstick was a purple-based lipstick, with the same mineral eyeshadow pigment as used on the eyes. False lashes and yellow circle lenses finish the look.

The base of the helmet is a child's pirate hat, the horns are furniture foam offcuts, beads and spirals are air-dry clay, and the rest of the details are foamcore or craft foam, all painted with acrylic paint.

I originally made the horns with air-dry clay, which brought the weight of the helmet to roughly 1 kilogram. Needless to say, the horns broke two nights before the shoot, meaning I had to re-make from foam and paint them in one day.

The main part of the back-fan (not shown in this picture) is made of a single piece of 1000x800x5mm piece of foamcore, with the spikes adding an extra 500mm each, for a total span of about 2m. The fan was assembled at the studio, as it would not fit inside my car otherwise.

Estimated cost of the costume: ~$200AUD, most expensive item being the foamcore and various prop materials. I did not include the cost of makeup purchased, as I would have bought it anyway.

Estimate time to make the costume: 4 weeks, under immense pressure.

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