Beware of the Warlock!

This Halloween I decided to get more involved than I usually do construct a costume from my favorite MMORPG World of Warcraft. Specifically a warlock in the tier 5 armor set Corruptor Rainment. I went on a 72-hour construction spree with very little sleep in between (approximately only 6 hours), and I have to say I’m very pleased with the final results. Sure I need to do some more slight modifications and improvements, but given the time restraint it went really well. Here are some pictures of the final result. I’m thinking of making a tutorial on how to make some Mantle of the Corruptor shoulders so others can make some themselves. Give me your thoughts by sending an email to me at franklid (at) gmail (dot) com or just commenting on this post. If there’s enough interest I’ll get right on the tutorial and maybe even submit it to instructables.com! Enjoy.

These are the shoulders that I made. They mostly consist of cardboard, duct-tape, and a ton of hot glue. This is what took most of the 72-hours to create, seeing as how they are the most detail-intensive part of the costume. The strips of cloth in between the two shoulder pieces are used to tie around my neck when I put them on, because they are so large that they start to slide down my arms if I don’t have them anchored to something (in this case: my neck).

I wired in red LEDs into the eye sockets of each of the 3 skulls to give them a nice, menacing glow. These were then hooked up to a small battery and switch so I could easily turn them on or off on each shoulder. I’ll go more in depth in the tutorial (if one is made).

These were simple LED eyes that I got from a “Phantom spirit” costume at my local halloween store. The costume came complete with robe, veiled hood, and these electric eyes with faded in and out. The eyes were originally round, so I just wrapped electrical tape around them to form triangles for a meaner, narrowed-eyes look.

Here is the costume in its entirety:

^^Casting Immolate^^

^^Casting Shadow Bolt^^

What it would look like in the dark (sort of).

If there are any questions or you want more photos (or request that I do a tutorial on how I made the shoulders) send me an email at Franklid (at) gmail (dot) com.