![]() I followed that with more heat sealing and more PlastiDip. I then took some leftover fleather strips I had from my old Steampunk cosplay and wrapped the hilt. I heat sealed it, sanded off the rough bits, and then coated it with black PlastiDip. I took my scrap foam dagger to my belt sander and free-hand sanded it down to the shape I wanted. I lined the collar and cuffs where untidy seams might be noticeable, but I left the rest of the jacket unlined (for now). Also, I try to always line my clothes to give them a nice finish, but since I knew I’d be wearing this at SDCC and later at DragonCon, I wanted to keep it on the cooler side. I aim for function over form if I can help it, so I made it a zippable jacket. Well, I didn’t have to, but Keith’s jacket has what looks like white trim down the center of the jacket. I was really down to the wire on this cosplay–I literally was still working on it 2 AM before I left for the airport at 5 AM the day before the con started!Īfter assembling the base jacket pieces and test fitting it (it fit perfectly!), I had to do my first zipper. For a recap of my work in progress up to this point, you can read my previous article. ![]() Keith is the pilot of the Red Lion in the all-new Voltron: Legendary Defender show from Netflix and DreamWorks. Against all odds, I managed to finish my plain clothes Keith Voltron cosplay for SDCC 2016 last week.
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