Resident Evil Afterlife: Alice's Holster Rig

[dwrd]

Here are some pictures of the Resident Evil Afterlife holster rig that I was commissioned to make for RPF member agirlcalledbob for Dragon*Con.

I had reference pictures from the prop auction of the screen used item, which I will post here for reference. The whole rig is made from 7-8 ounce vegetable tanned leather, a conway buckle, and brass screw rivets. Stitching was done with my industrial sewing machine with nylon thread.

Leather was treated with neatsfoot oil, and then dyed with a mixture of two dyes to get the right coloring to the reference images. After final fitting, I will be adding 2 - 3 more layers of sealer to all of the leather to prevent it from bleeding if it gets wet.

Full gallery of reference and progress pictures can be seen at
Resident Evil Afterlife Holster « dwrd.net

I will have better images of her wearing it with the full costume after Dragon*Con taken with my real camera vs phone pictures.

 

[Ryan]

Nice holster, but you gotta work on the ass she has! It looks great though... The holster!

 

[Spaz]

Hey, I know that guy holding the rig in that picture!

 

[ONEYE]

I LOVE how that came out! Outstanding talent!

 

[agirlcalledbob]

I'm the lucky lady who gets to wear this amazing piece of leather. dwrd is doing an amazing job on this rig, pictures don't do it justice.

With the holster rig added to her, Alice is looking better than I had hoped. Thanks to Laura's beautiful bodice (Aradani Studios) and dwrd's holster rig, Alice will be ready to slaughter some zombie butt should we be invaded at D*C.

Still on my to-do list is to weather the bodice, paint the shotguns (primered in the pic) and "scabbard", and get the pleather wrap for the bracers... and continue to p90x the hell out of myself for the next 26 days.

 

[ONEYE]

Really nice costume. Should be a contest winner.

 

[agirlcalledbob]

I wanted to add a picture of the rig's back with the finished double-barrels and scabbard. This is the best pic of the back while on Alice- http://www.millaj.com/pics/resident4-wallpaper3-1920x1080.jpg

DWRD did such an amazing job on the holsters. I can't wait to post some good pictures of the final costume.

 

[Carenix]

The holster rig looks awesome. I know a bunch of friends who do "Resident Evil" costumes who would drool over this too, so great job.

agirlcalledbob: The costume looks great. I wish I could see it in person at Dragon*Con, but I look forward to more pictures.

 

[agirlcalledbob]

I'm still adding shots of the costume but since the movie is out today I figured I would post the link to the album.

Here she is in all her butt-kicking glory- Alice, RE:A Flickr Set

 

[ONEYE]

Amazing, looks amazing!

 

[ONEYE]

Great costume!

 

[baypistolman]

Alice and the holster look awesome. I like stuff that could be functional. :thumbsup

 

[charlie30]

Very, very nice work there, oh and th holster rig looks good too!

 

[trooper1m]

Looks great

 

[PsychoJoe]

First off that looks Bad Ass! My wife wants me to make her that costume. May I ask where you got the vest or bodice? I went to that site and couldn't find it? Is it a one off custom?

Thanks for your help.

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"With the holster rig added to her, Alice is looking better than I had hoped. Thanks to Laura's beautiful bodice (Aradani Studios) and dwrd's holster rig, Alice will be ready to slaughter some zombie butt should we be invaded at D*C."

 

[agirlcalledbob]

First off that looks Bad Ass! My wife wants me to make her that costume. May I ask where you got the vest or bodice? I went to that site and couldn't find it? Is it a one off custom?

Thanks for your help.

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Thanks Psycho! Both the holsters and bodice were custom commissions.

Laura at Aradani Studios made the bodice based off a handful of pictures that were released by July (there are a ton out there now, lol). I've seen Aradani's work at Dragon Con the last few years and have always been impressed. Even though we did everything via email it was very seamless. I can't say enough good things about Laura's work on this piece

 

[kirstenwants]

Here are some pictures of the Resident Evil Afterlife holster rig that I was commissioned to make for RPF member agirlcalledbob for Dragon*Con.

I had reference pictures from the prop auction of the screen used item, which I will post here for reference. The whole rig is made from 7-8 ounce vegetable tanned leather, a conway buckle, and brass screw rivets. Stitching was done with my industrial sewing machine with nylon thread.

Leather was treated with neatsfoot oil, and then dyed with a mixture of two dyes to get the right coloring to the reference images. After final fitting, I will be adding 2 - 3 more layers of sealer to all of the leather to prevent it from bleeding if it gets wet.

Full gallery of reference and progress pictures can be seen at
Resident Evil Afterlife Holster « dwrd.net

I will have better images of her wearing it with the full costume after Dragon*Con taken with my real camera vs phone pictures.

Could you replicate this same thing again? if so, how much would that cost? Thank you.

 

[dwrd]

Yes I will accept commissions for more holster rigs. If you are interested, shoot me an email to deweese at dwrd.net

 

[philip7]

very nice and very cute

 

[RaptorAdapter]

Congrats on this again! The whole thing looks pimp. Looking forward to seeing it in person next year. Dwrd, contacted you about a possible commission...