Well This costume took 2 1/2 months to complete ... though it should have taken much more XP long night LONG NIGHTS!!!!!.about 600 hours in total. It is my first time ever working with armor and by far the most complicated outfit I have ever done. Also in no way could I have completed it without my lovely bride (Beautiful rose). The armor was a new and challenging experience I read a few tutorial just on how to use craft foam but I winged the design and actuall armormaking part. Honestly the pattern drafting for the armor was much harder than the construction of it due to the simple fact that RASLER IS A GIANT MATH PROBLEM!!!! I never though I would be thankful of taking calculus especially in cosplay but I am. So I drafted all the patterns for the arm armor and belt first and then constructed those. The upper arm pieces attached to my lovely blue arm socks (made by Ashe) the actually curve outward like they are suppossed to it was very hard to figure out how to make that work and I actually ended up cutting a slit halfway down from the top in the center of the piece and then inserting a triangle shaped piece of craft foam into the slot. Oh and the elbow pieces were made using the reverse of that technique and taking out the triangle and then gluing the ends together. Oh and there is wire (idk what gauage) in both the round pieces w/ the redic design on them and the elbow pieces. The fleur de lee design on those round pieces on my arms is actually raised if you can't tell and the piece itsself took and hour per arm just to cut out of craft foam not including designing or tracing it XP

Next came the chest plate. Which actually the chest plate does go around my entire body and zips in the back There are many details in the back of the armor that are hidden by the cape. ( I have a butt piece that hangs off the zipper that is installed upside down and the belt actually splits into 2 pieces one end connecting to the bottom of the chest plate and the other the bottom of the butt piece.) For the construction of the chest plate I had to actually make a papertape manquinn of myself to adjust and fit the plate on (His name is zero )

Next came the neckbrace. It actually opens and closes in the front w/ velcro on the backside. Its main body is made of 2 pieces one long rectangle for the neck part and the odd sholder shape part then I attached the 2 together w/ a series of small strips on the inside of the neckbrace. Model magic was used on the edges for the rounded look.

The cape, loincloths (there are 2 one in the back and one in the front), my pants and my lame excuse for a shirt ( its like a 5 inch long rectangle around my body) were all made and painted by Ashe. The capes design was hand drawn by her over a day and then painted inone more 16 hour day I believe. The inside is painted too there are symbols @ they bottom and lines of diamonds that go all the way up the inside of the cape. Oh and the cording on the pants was actually spraypainted to match the color of the pants XD

Finally came the boots. THE ULTIMATE DEVIL OF THIS COSTUME!!! The boots are actually covers if you havn't guessed yet They are mainly made of craft foam and unzip in the back so I can get my feet in oh and the boots I actually wear come out of the cover through a door thing i made on the bottom of the covers. The boots were designed specifically to do the retarded duck foot thing that raslers do and then the many extra pieces were added to the base. Also There is a detail piece on the back of the boot . Oh and here is the big shocker haha now really how many people would guess that im wearing 5 and 1/2 inch boots on the inside of those covers Yep im a shortie O.o;;;

Oh and the wig was styled by me in about 2 hours and I know someone pointed it out the wig actually is darker at the base and gets lighter toward the tips. Also as Ashe said in her description the armor was coated in 2 ifferent types og gold and a gloss and the white was first painted with many coats of glossy white and then topped with a metallic pearl white for a nice sheen. Also if anyone is interested in seeing the sort of construction of the armor I have WIP pics in my progress gallerly,

Fun Fact Time: Each individual belt link has 10 pieces on it and there are 30 belt links so there are over 300 pieces in just the belt O.o Oh and if you didn't guess my range of motion sucks in this costume but If you see me at a con and you ask I will do the robot bc that is about the extent of my motion right there.

Rasler: me

Photo : the master mab