Kubo and the Two Strings: Kubo and Beetle (lots of pics!)

Zlurpo

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• Nov 19, 2016

• #1

For Halloween this year, I was Beetle and my roommate was Kubo, from the movie Kubo and the Two Strings. It's an awesome movie and if you haven't seen it, you should go see it.
For some reason, the best pictures we got ended up being in a garage, so sorry about the odd background.

My Beetle costume is almost all made from craft foam, my roommate sewed, stamped, and embroidered his Kubo kimono and made the wig himself.

 

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Wimismith

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• Nov 19, 2016

• #2

That beetle costume looks awesome, how did you make the patterns?


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Zlurpo

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• Nov 19, 2016

• #3

Wimismith said:

That beetle costume looks awesome, how did you make the patterns?

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No patterns really, I just made it up on the spot. I had to try twice for the helmet, but most of the other pieces I was able to eyeball well enough.

 

Gimpdiggity

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• Nov 19, 2016

• #4

Those are great!!

Where did you get the shamisen instrument from, or did you make it?

 

Zlurpo

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• Nov 20, 2016

• #5

Gimpdiggity said:

Where did you get the shamisen instrument from, or did you make it?

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He bought it on ebay!

 

Seraph77

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• Nov 20, 2016

• #6

Those are so good! I really like how you did the arms and the wig!

 

Zlurpo

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• Nov 20, 2016

• #7

My roommate tweeted our costumes to Shannon Tindle, the character designer from Kubo, and he responded and re-tweeted the picture!