Building Mercy's costume (Overwatch)

I set an impossible deadline for this costume and I got sick while building it on top of that. I did finish it in some degree I might add, but I have several things that both need to be upgraded and added. Here's the tutorial for the wings and the staff. 

Photo: Håvard Staub Nyhus

Never the less, I shall write how I made my first attempt. Because there are several parts I am very pleased with, among others the wings and the staff ;) 

The costume consists of several components and here's the walk through of how they were made.

The halo
I spent a lot of time thinking about how to secure the halo to my head so it would not fall off, but still not have a visible band going over my wig. 

My solution was a broad piece of worbla shaped after a Styrofoam head and with an elastic band in the neck. The halo itself would also be build out of worbla and would adhere perfectly to my base. The Halo is hollow making it both lightweight and with room for electronics. Two red LED were embedded into it. 

Photo: Håvard Staub Nyhus

The neck pieces
I wrapped a Styrofoam head in duct tape and cut it up to get my pattern. 

My tape pattern.

It was sewn togerther as a corset with el strips as boning. 

The larger collar was made with layering a cardboard and foam and then covering it with fabric :)

The collar closes with Velcro in the front. (making it easy to take on and off)

The arms
I dip dyed yellow cotton to a red ombre (for both the arms and the skirt). 

Adding a white pattern

Using iron transfer paper I printed the logo for the arm and ironed it on.

The finished arms. I kept them separate to the suit to easier be able to the clean the suit. 

The skirt
Same dip dye as with arms. (Dylon color)

Foam added to the hem

The foam was covered in wood glue and later painted silver. 

The bodysuit
For the first iteration I tried to integrate the chest plate into the body suit. This did not yield the result I wanted so I made a chest plate out of worbla for the next iteration. 

The rest of the suit parts were sewed on a leotard. 

The "side wings" are made from cardboard and foam and covered in fabric :)

Chest piece
The tutorial for the back piece is covered in the "wings tutorial". I started with two basic mirrored shaps of worbla. 

Using acrylic spheres I shaped the worbla into boob cups (this is not the best photo explaining this, see my Demon Hunter tutorial for more info on making chest armor).

The shoulders were made from layering foam and covering it in worbla. The shoulders were also attched directly to the chest piece. This way I would always be sure that they stayed in the right position. Here you can see the chest piece being covered in wood glue to smooth out the surface. 

After glue it was spray painted white and detail painted with acrylic paint. 

The tutorial for the back piece is covered in the "wings tutorial". 

The leggings
I laser cut the pattern and spray painted a pair of brown leggings with a gold spray.

Leg bracers
Made from worbla with a foam core. 

The shoes
Base shoes with soles painted orange

The gloves
Because I had so little time I used a pair of plain black gloves and glued on pieces of foam painted silver. 

All the finished pieces ;)

And my finished costume

Photo: Håvard Staub Nyhus

Photo: Håvard Staub Nyhus