Bossk
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I posted my first version of this costume previously, but did a major overhaul after I was asked to lead the DragonCon parade this year (since it was a dragon-themed costume and won in the Masquerade the previous year). For this year I finished a much more elaborate suit of armor, based on the real, circa, 1490 armor of the Archduke Sigismund now on display at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, and thought by many to be the most beautiful suit of armor ever made. the gold drim of the armor also looked great with the gold hilted, Kit Rae Sword I used which I thought would look great for a Draconian to carry.
I replaced the rather spindly tail of the original costume with a much thicker one, nearly twice as long, and covered with segmented steel plates. The wings were also consdierably enlarged and now unfurl to a 16 foot wingspan when hidden cords are pulled. I als gave the Draconian a helmet this year, inspired by a horse chamfron of the same period as the armor, and borrowed from one of my horse armors for the ocassion.
This year I also gave the creature a full body of scaly skin seen under the armor, with reptilian, theropod like thighs studded with spines made from Indian craft simulated bear claws, as are the tail spines as well.
The armor is real, battle-weight steel and weighs over 100 pounds combined with all of the dragon wings, head and other parts. The mile long parade and the mile walking to it was a good workout.
Since the old version of the Draconian won the previous year (Best Fantasy Character), I entered my Bossk instead, for the first time, and won thebest Star Wars Category.
I replaced the rather spindly tail of the original costume with a much thicker one, nearly twice as long, and covered with segmented steel plates. The wings were also consdierably enlarged and now unfurl to a 16 foot wingspan when hidden cords are pulled. I als gave the Draconian a helmet this year, inspired by a horse chamfron of the same period as the armor, and borrowed from one of my horse armors for the ocassion.
This year I also gave the creature a full body of scaly skin seen under the armor, with reptilian, theropod like thighs studded with spines made from Indian craft simulated bear claws, as are the tail spines as well.
The armor is real, battle-weight steel and weighs over 100 pounds combined with all of the dragon wings, head and other parts. The mile long parade and the mile walking to it was a good workout.
Since the old version of the Draconian won the previous year (Best Fantasy Character), I entered my Bossk instead, for the first time, and won thebest Star Wars Category.
