Ash
Sr Member
Hey everyone-
So this is going to serve as my build/feedback thread for the original mashup character I'm going to be premiering at C2E2 this year. I really want to get more involved in the convention circuit, cosplay community and maybe become a recognizable cosplayer someday down the road. While I do have a couple "regular" characters I think I portray fairly well, as far as looks and costumes go, I've always wanted to do something that I become known for and I think it's really cool when characters get mashed together, I find it really creative and unique. So after racking my brain and thinking of ideas I have finally come up with what I think could be that cosplay.
One of the characters I have already dressed up as multiple times for Halloween and the other is one that I'm well on the way to completing, so I sat down and messed around with photoshop a bit and everything started to become clear and my vision began taking shape...So without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, may I present... GastHan. A mashup of two of the greatest scoundrels in the Disney Universe, Gaston from Beauty and The Beast and everyone's favorite scruffy looking nerfherder Han Solo.
After messing around with turning Han into Gaston and than turning the animated Gaston into Han, I personally feel it works better with animated Gaston into Han, as you'll see from the pictures I worked on, Han's outfit looks okay but just not quite right and seeing as how the animated Gaston is the costume I have dressed up for previously it's easier to work with.
It'll be the red and yellow shirt and black pants that Gaston worn in the animated movie and I am already in the process of having custom Corellian Blood Stripes made that will alternate between red and yellow like Gaston's shirt as well as pay homage to the blood stripes Han has previously worn. I will than be adding Han's black boots, holster, 3 hole belt, and his vest. I'm also looking into creating leather gauntlets that are like the yellow ones I normally wear with Gaston, but feature some of the elements of Han's famous racing gloves. Finally, if time permits and it's allowed at C2E2 I'd like to create a DL-44 Blunderbuss out of a plastic airsoft Mauser I had lying around. I've seen the Mauser with stocks on them before and it sort of served as inspiration for that particular idea, but we'll see if I can figure something out or not in time.
So here are the photos I've tossed together, I apologize for their crudeness, as I'm self teaching my way through each one but at least they give you a sense of the over all idea.
It'd be great to hear some feedback, comments, or suggestion if you got em' cause I've been really excited to share this idea with everyone and I really like to hear what you all think about it. Can I really be the first person who's mashed up Gaston and Han Solo? Anyway... sing along with me.... "NO one... shoots first like GastHan..."
-Ash
So this is going to serve as my build/feedback thread for the original mashup character I'm going to be premiering at C2E2 this year. I really want to get more involved in the convention circuit, cosplay community and maybe become a recognizable cosplayer someday down the road. While I do have a couple "regular" characters I think I portray fairly well, as far as looks and costumes go, I've always wanted to do something that I become known for and I think it's really cool when characters get mashed together, I find it really creative and unique. So after racking my brain and thinking of ideas I have finally come up with what I think could be that cosplay.
One of the characters I have already dressed up as multiple times for Halloween and the other is one that I'm well on the way to completing, so I sat down and messed around with photoshop a bit and everything started to become clear and my vision began taking shape...So without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, may I present... GastHan. A mashup of two of the greatest scoundrels in the Disney Universe, Gaston from Beauty and The Beast and everyone's favorite scruffy looking nerfherder Han Solo.
After messing around with turning Han into Gaston and than turning the animated Gaston into Han, I personally feel it works better with animated Gaston into Han, as you'll see from the pictures I worked on, Han's outfit looks okay but just not quite right and seeing as how the animated Gaston is the costume I have dressed up for previously it's easier to work with.
It'll be the red and yellow shirt and black pants that Gaston worn in the animated movie and I am already in the process of having custom Corellian Blood Stripes made that will alternate between red and yellow like Gaston's shirt as well as pay homage to the blood stripes Han has previously worn. I will than be adding Han's black boots, holster, 3 hole belt, and his vest. I'm also looking into creating leather gauntlets that are like the yellow ones I normally wear with Gaston, but feature some of the elements of Han's famous racing gloves. Finally, if time permits and it's allowed at C2E2 I'd like to create a DL-44 Blunderbuss out of a plastic airsoft Mauser I had lying around. I've seen the Mauser with stocks on them before and it sort of served as inspiration for that particular idea, but we'll see if I can figure something out or not in time.
So here are the photos I've tossed together, I apologize for their crudeness, as I'm self teaching my way through each one but at least they give you a sense of the over all idea.
It'd be great to hear some feedback, comments, or suggestion if you got em' cause I've been really excited to share this idea with everyone and I really like to hear what you all think about it. Can I really be the first person who's mashed up Gaston and Han Solo? Anyway... sing along with me.... "NO one... shoots first like GastHan..."
-Ash
