The Fancy Witcher! Original and Unisex DIY Tutorial (see the videos on my Youtube channel)
Wanna cosplay as geralt? My original Fancy-Witcher tutorial videos are a great way to start!
Not into my fancy design? I demonstrate how to measure your body and precisely draw/cut your uniquely shaped armor pieces, its your choice how to decorate them!
Absorb my knowledge, I linked my youtube channel at the end if you wanna watch how I made it and follow my instructions! :D
I got the idea while thrift shopping for materials to make a normal Geralt costume. My boi Colby, who doesn't do cosplay, was helping my hunt and he pointed out the suit jackets. At first I was like "nah man, lol", then I saw this in my head. Months later, here I am! And here it is!
I cut the sleeves off a thrift shop jacket, then trimmed the edges with strips of scrap leather. I also covered the pocket flaps with leather. I added bigger buttons and painted them gold. To make it fit my sides, I moved the button locations inward on the jacket. This drew the sides of the vest in nicely, like a corset. I'll prolly do that with my real jackets now xD
The spaulders are the easiest armor piece. After we cut the shape, use the sleeve fabric from the jacket to wrap the outside (same with all of the armor pieces, the inside is hidden), then trim the armor with scrap leather from the leather coat (used for leggings as well). Glue it to the shoulders of the vest and your good to go!
The gauntlets are easy, I show you how to draw the design on cardboard and shape it to your arms, then wrap them with suit jacket sleeve material and trim with scrap leather. My favorite detail is the cuff buttons! Drill holes and lace them with leather string.
Like the other armor, I wrapped rerebracers with the suit jacket sleeve material then trimmed them with leather. As before, I glued the belts on and drilled holes over them, then laced them with leather string to hold them down.
I modeled this off the shield/scabbard Geralt uses in his fight with the striga, episode 3. You see it when he meets the king on the bridge and when he's in the bedroom. I made a cardboard frame and wrapped it in dress shirt-style cloth from a fabric store, I trimmed it with scrap leather then drilled holes and laced them with leather string.
I made the leather boot leggings from a thrift shop leather coat. I cut the sleeves off, then cut them down the middle so they'd wrap around my leg. I made belts from the scrap leather and buckles from coat hanger wire (see my tutorial on youtube to learn how). I oriented the cuff end of the sleeve to be at the knee, so there's a cool half-cuff at the top the leggings. The bottom covers the top of my shoes, making it look like I'm wearing knee high boots. I came up with this idea in 2014 for my steampunk costume, in fact I used those leggings for this photo.
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