Fire Emblem Awakening : Lucina

[SpecialK]

Hello everyone! I'm fairly new here and haven't really posted on here much, so let's see how this goes.

I'm relatively new to the world of costume making (I made my first full cosplay earlier this year, and so other props in years prior), and just to the world of Halo in general as well. I do plan on making a set Spartan armour, but I want to play that game a bit more so I have a better idea of what is what. In the mean time, I'll be making Lucina from Fire Emblem : Awakening.

I wanted to be more active on here so I figured I'd share the 'making of' for this project.

Lucina is going to be mostly a sewing based project but there are a couple armour pieces; her shoulder pieces, knee guards, diadem, custom buckles, and a fairly iconic sword from Fire Emblem, Parallel Falchion.

Since she's a more well known character from the series I've been able to find some good references and break downs of the components.

The following 4 images are from --> here <--

The main sewing components, Cape, Tunic, Belt Harness, Gloves, and Boot Covers

Then each component laid out further.

Tunic and Boot Covers

Cowled Cape

Belt Harness and Gloves

An now Armour and Props

Falchion Sword and Scabbard

Shoulder pieces

Knee guards

I've already have a template for the sword and I'll be templating for the tunic so I should be starting on those within the next couple days!

Well that's it for now, I'll try and update as much as I can on progress. I'm awful at remembering to take progress photos so fingers crossed.

If you have any tips and /or suggestions on how to do something, let me know! I am still figuring things out so I'd be very grateful for the help.

 

[Dirtdives2424]

This should be a magnificent build. I wish I took the time to learn how to use a sewing machine.........I have 2 of them, Singers, sitting in my basement, both of them heirlooms from my mother and her mother before her. Collecting dust.......

 

[SpecialK]

This should be a magnificent build. I wish I took the time to learn how to use a sewing machine.........I have 2 of them, Singers, sitting in my basement, both of them heirlooms from my mother and her mother before her. Collecting dust.......

I've been using my mom's sewing machine from high school up until this point. I've just got a new one last week as an early Christmas present so that's made things a little easier.

 

[TurboCharizard]

I've been using my mom's sewing machine from high school up until this point. I've just got a new one last week as an early Christmas present so that's made things a little easier.

Shiny new sewing machine! What's its name?

Also did you start over on the Parallel Falchion that you started earlier this year?

 

[SpecialK]

Shiny new sewing machine! What's its name?

Also did you start over on the Parallel Falchion that you started earlier this year?

I haven't named it yet.

I planned on starting it over yeah. It ended up being a little lopsided and I might use something else for the core so it's more ridgid.

 

[Dirtdives2424]

Shiny new sewing machine! What's its name?

You've named yours already....haven't you.

 

[TurboCharizard]

You've named yours already....haven't you.

SpecialK and I name things. Cars, printers, sewing machines, power tools. It might just be a Vancouver Island thing.

 

[Dirtdives2424]

What's the name of your duct tape mannequin?

 

[TurboCharizard]

What's the name of your duct tape mannequin?

I don't have a duct tape mannequin. The dummy that gets wrapped in duct tape is named Chris though.

 

[Dirtdives2424]

Why am I not surprised?

 

[SpecialK]

SpecialK and I name things. Cars, printers, sewing machines, power tools. It might just be a Vancouver Island thing.

I've only ever really named my vehicles.... And stuffies...

 

[Dirtdives2424]

Baby TurboCharizard?

 

[TurboCharizard]

Baby TurboCharizard?

His name is Elliot the Pillbug!

 

[SpecialK]

Baby TurboCharizard?

I was holding Turbo's helmet and just decided to put it on the stuffie I bought and it ended up looking and feeling like I was carrying a baby.

 

[Dirtdives2424]

Oh God!!!! I feel sorry for you......Now you have a stuffie that has TurboCharizard breath infused in it!!!!

 

[SpecialK]

Oh God!!!! I feel sorry for you......Now you have a stuffie that has TurboCharizard breath infused in it!!!!

He only really has it on for photos so it's not bad

 

[Dirtdives2424]

Breath infused photos? Is that anything like scratch and sniff or 4D Smell-a-vision perhaps?

 

[SpecialK]

It's been a week, and I finally got to work on this project besides just mental planning. I started with the shoulder pieces.
I ended up finding a pretty good reference on the cover of the official art book that actually shows both pieces.

My initial idea was to make the base shape for the inner piece with 6mm foam then do the different layers with 2mm. I realized though that it would
1) end up being too thick
2) be too stiff and extremely limit the range of motion in my shoulders.

So I decided to make all 5 parts separately and attach them together with magnetic snaps so they can pivot and move individual from each other.
There rest of the night was making templates. I started with one of Kamui Cosplay's armour patterns and adapted it to be the rough shape I needed

I then fiddled around with sizing and placement for awhile until it got to a spot that I was happy with, and how everything lined up

Once I was done with that I started working on the templates for the outer piece.

I then transferred that onto a foam, and made it a bit larger so I can play around with sizing a bit easier.
(it's not the cleanest seam, I know, but it is just a mock-up )

And that's as far as I got tonight. I'm going to try and work on it as much as I can this week since my family and I will be spending Christmas with my grandma next week, so I won't be able to work on it. I'll continue to try my best to remember take pictures and update as I go so there's not a huge leap in progress but I can't make any promises.

Again if you have and suggestions or tips on better ways to template/build and do attachment, they would be greatly appreciated!

 

[TurboCharizard]

It's been a week, and I finally got to work on this project besides just mental planning. I started with the shoulder pieces.
I ended up finding a pretty good reference on the cover of the official art book that actually shows both pieces.
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My initial idea was to make the base shape for the inner piece with 6mm foam then do the different layers with 2mm. I realized though that it would
1) end up being too thick
2) be too stiff and extremely limit the range of motion in my shoulders.

So I decided to make all 5 parts separately and attach them together with magnetic snaps so they can pivot and move individual from each other.
There rest of the night was making templates. I started with one of Kamui Cosplay's armour patterns and adapted it to be the rough shape I needed
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I then fiddled around with sizing and placement for awhile until it got to a spot that I was happy with, and how everything lined up
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Once I was done with that I started working on the templates for the outer piece.
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I then transferred that onto a foam, and made it a bit larger so I can play around with sizing a bit easier.
(it's not the cleanest seam, I know, but it is just a mock-up )
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And that's as far as I got tonight. I'm going to try and work on it as much as I can this week since my family and I will be spending Christmas with my grandma next week, so I won't be able to work on it. I'll continue to try my best to remember take pictures and update as I go so there's not a huge leap in progress but I can't make any promises.

Again if you have and suggestions or tips on better ways to template/build and do attachment, they would be greatly appreciated!

I need to find the video that I found for Lonk armour (14th century Gothic German plate armour) that uses a riveted strap on the underside of the plates to make a flexible connection between the plates of the spaulder.

 

[SpecialK]

I need to find the video that I found for Lonk armour (14th century Gothic German plate armour) that uses a riveted strap on the underside of the plates to make a flexible connection between the plates of the spaulder.

I actually was thinking about that after the fact. My mind was running away with ideas, I had a hard time falling asleep.