Guild Wars Halloween Costume

I didn't buy it (except for the sword that came from a flea market for about $20), me and a friend constructed it using foam rubber (the stuff they make rubber shoes from), a glue gun, and different kinds of cloth, and paint. Took more than two weeks to construct (the last two nights without sleep). The cost in materials excluding labor is a little less than $150.

It's actually very light-weight, being made from rubber (except for the metal sword). Most of the stuff is pretty durable except the paint chips off sometimes, but that can be touched up easily.

The reason the cape is there is because I didn't want to do all the detail for the back part of the armor so it's hidden. The armor comes in pieces so if ever I want another type of armor, I can convert it by just constructing different parts rather than the whole thing from scratch.

I have done costumes for company mascots locally that run from $100 to $300 usually depending on complexity. This was just the single hardest costume to do because of all the detailing.

The stuff in the background like the posters and standee aren't mine. I was invited to wear the costume at the offices of the local distributor of Guild Wars here in the Philippines for a photo shoot.
Good Job man! Heh, you might think about putting up a website and starting a business in the field.

Good Job man! Heh, you might think about putting up a website and starting a business in the field. It's an interesting idea, but I'm not sure if people would pay for a costume like this since it's a bit bulky. I'm also worried about damage that can occur while transporting it. Also, paypal has banned the Philippines hehe.

I could do it locally here, but not a lot of people here are into costumes. I've been asked by the local distributor of Guild Wars, but they may feel the costume is too expensive for their tours (I asked around $270 for a similar costume for their models to pay off the labor, materials, including the sword, shield, etc.)

Right now, they do have costumes, however. Here's a picture of the official Guild Wars models here in the Philippines:

Here's an earlier version of the armor (before the painting was finished) with my GF who decided to make a mesmer costume (it cost her very little in comparison to mine... around $50 USD). Still it was a lot of fun walking around in the mall like this .



She's wearing the same outfit as the Mesmer model in the other picture, btw But, I like hers better.

Had to redo part of the helmet and the chestplate (which was done badly). That is awesome dude
If you made a fissure warrior outfit now that would be the bomb

A friend of mine actually wanted to do the popular Necromancer costume. I think she's voluptuous enough to do it justice. I would like to have an entire party of Guild Wars people in costume, but I'm trying to get them to play the game first
I actually wanted to make the Necro costume as well or just one of the necro outfits.. but I hadn't decided which one yet.

Btw, those costumes look awesome!

I didn't buy it (except for the sword that came from a flea market for about $20) Is it 15>50%? What are it's mods? "Flea-Market", I dont have that town. Can you get it in Lion's Arch?

Seriously, very cool costume.

what sword is that? It's the OMG I PWNT YOU sword.

Did you get it infused?

Didn't even make it into Honorable Mention

Anyways, congratulations to the guild wars halloween contest winners Here's a link to the winners found below:

http://www.guildwars.com/events/hall...t-winners.html wow... thats sad that you didnt win, i would have picked yours over ANY of the costumes that were chosen.. they looked pretty blah compared to yours