Yuffie – Final Fantasy VII

Made for: A-Kon 2003

Background: One of my all time fav games, so of course I had to do some kind of costume from it. (Header image by Eurobeat King!)

Journal Entries: Read more at my Yuffie tag

Related Costumes: Selphie, Quistis, Lulu

Wig/Headband:

I bought the wig online. The headband I made of vinyl, covered in silver fabric. The “metal” piece on the front I made of painted cardstock, with two painted wooden knobs glued on. The “head arrows” I made of wire, covered in batting, covered in green fabric. They’re wired into the back of the headband.

Clothes:

The sweater I bought off ebay and altered – dyed it green, cut the sleeves off, cropped it and re-hemmed it. The shorts I had, the shoes, socks and fishnets I bought online.

Armor:

The chestpiece/shoulder armour/arm guard is all one piece. I drew up a pattern for the chestpiece and made it out of blue vinyl, with some light blue trim sewn on the edges. It buckles in the front. The armguard is attached to it – I made it out of a pillow form cut in half, and covered in khaki material. The shoulder armour is fiberglass – used a rubber ball as a base, and used plastic tubing and wooden knobs to make the ridges and detail on it. Then I painted it several times – once a coat of base silver, and then a gunmetal grey sponged on to give it an aged look. The other arm armour and leg armour I made of cardboard tape barrels, painted and decorated. The gloves I made of vinyl scraps. The leg straps I made of the same blue vinyl as the chestpiece – it’s rigged to a belt I wear under my shorts that holds all the straps up. They connect to the leg armour with some overall closures.

Shuriken:

The shuriken my dad helped me make – it’s made of gatorboard and the two pieces velcro in the center, so I can take it apart and put it back together for shipping. I used marbles as materia.

History:

This was a fav costume of mine for a long time and I still like it a lot. Must get new photos one day.

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