Cosplay Creation! Demon Hunter Day 1

Convention time is about a month away, and I am ready!  Well, mentally I am.  But costume wise, I've just started.  For one day, I'll be re-using my Death cosplay from last year.  It was fun and easy, and it gives me a freebie costume for one day.  

For a second day though, I plan on doing something more elaborate.  After much agonizing and debating, I decided to go with the Demon Hunter from Blizzard's Diablo III.  I don't plan on doing a specific set, more of a rendition based on both official and fan art.

Mostly, this is a learning opportunity.  I've made costumes before, but armor is new to me.  This will be on a budget.  Eventually I want to break into some of the specialty materials I've been seeing around, but that will have to wait.  So for this creation, it'll be about stuff I've got around the house and things that can be found thrifting.

Last night I started on the chest piece.  I actually used taping methods I've seen for everything from corset making to dressmaking form creation.  I slapped some plastic wrap on myself, used some masking tape to secure it, then got to work with duct tape.  This was the end result.

I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.  It was my first time to do this, and it was simpler than I thought it might be.  I took my time, worked carefully around the bust to retain the shape, and only accidentally stuck the duct tape to my skin once.  Now I just need to trim the neckline and bottom to the right shape, and then it's on to the next step!