So I've lurked and dropped in a few times here over the years, but this is my first time sort of blogging on a costume build.
My wife and I are putting together a group cosplay with some good friends (another couple) to do a Quidditch Team. Of course, it won't be a complete team (obviously, since there's only four of us ;P ) and we all look a bit old to be students at Hogwart's, so our idea is to create an impression of "Hogwart's Alummni that were part of a Championship Quidditch Team." The '91 Ravenclaw Championship Team to be exact. There doesn't seem to be anything in the HP Wiki to suggest that the '91 team *couldn't* have been Ravenclaw, and our friends are MUCH bigger Potter fans than we are and want to be Ravenclaw, so that's cool with us. Plus, we're big Game of Thrones fans, and having our House emblem be a raven makes a mild connection to GoT that I like... Sooo...
Each of us is taking on different parts of the costume for the whole group; our friend Krys knits, so she'll be doing our sweaters and socks; Christopher is great with props and has already almost finished a protoype "Nimbus 2000" broom, which is looking awesome(!) My wife and I specialize in leather, so we're going to make the pads, gloves and probably do permanent shoe covers to get the right look of what the quidditch players are wearing. Not looking terribly forward to the gloves, but the pads are already exciting!
Would love to hear what you HP Peeps think! Please feel free to chime in! Picks to follow soon . . . .
My wife and I are putting together a group cosplay with some good friends (another couple) to do a Quidditch Team. Of course, it won't be a complete team (obviously, since there's only four of us ;P ) and we all look a bit old to be students at Hogwart's, so our idea is to create an impression of "Hogwart's Alummni that were part of a Championship Quidditch Team." The '91 Ravenclaw Championship Team to be exact. There doesn't seem to be anything in the HP Wiki to suggest that the '91 team *couldn't* have been Ravenclaw, and our friends are MUCH bigger Potter fans than we are and want to be Ravenclaw, so that's cool with us. Plus, we're big Game of Thrones fans, and having our House emblem be a raven makes a mild connection to GoT that I like... Sooo...
Each of us is taking on different parts of the costume for the whole group; our friend Krys knits, so she'll be doing our sweaters and socks; Christopher is great with props and has already almost finished a protoype "Nimbus 2000" broom, which is looking awesome(!) My wife and I specialize in leather, so we're going to make the pads, gloves and probably do permanent shoe covers to get the right look of what the quidditch players are wearing. Not looking terribly forward to the gloves, but the pads are already exciting!
Would love to hear what you HP Peeps think! Please feel free to chime in! Picks to follow soon . . . .