Completed May 2005

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I normally don’t include pictures of myself wearing other people’s costumes, but these photos that my friend Zach took are just so awesomely stupid that I have to put them in my gallery. (Plus I helped make the costume, so I guess it belongs. :P) Anyway, Zach and I were driving to Anime Iowa and drove past this ridiculous animal pyramid. It’s the perfect photo setting for a feral wild child who lives with animals.

Inspiration
This costume was a labor of love for my best friend Matt. He’s not a cosplayer, but decided to get in the spirit one year so my friends and I made him this costume of his choice. (He has excellent taste in characters.) Since he only wore it once and it was sitting in his closet, I stole it from him to wear out.

Construction
This was a joint effort for the studio I was working with at the time. I made the rattail wig by gluing extensions onto a piece of upholstry cording that I attached to the base of a green wig. The whole project was amazingly fun, and I had just as much fun stealing it from him to take these goofy pictures.

Photos by StripperVash