I really loved making this costume because it required thinking outside the box and coming up with a technique that would allow the armor to be lightweight but still sturdy. originally I had wanted to sculpt the pieces and cast them in resin but that would have been expensive and heavy. I decided instead to make the pieces out of Wonderflex and cover them. I had the best reference which was the figure itself, and using it I made paper templates for every piece of the armor from shoulder pad to shin guards, shield, gauntlets, headpiece and breastplate. I painstakingly cut the pieces out, shaped them and covered them, then went back and did the same thing with the ornate gold borders. It was a time-consuming process but only cost $60 in materials, a fraction of what resin and rubber would have cost. I structured the breastplate over a steel-boned corset which I built. The loincloth is blue dupioni silk with fabric stars hand cut out and heat-n-bonded to the silk. The shoulder pad and lasso are both attached via straps which I made to be accurate to the figure's design. The wig is actually two wigs sewn together plus extensions for the ponytail. Thank you to Brian Boling and Jeremy Keast for their assistance with handling scary power tools to make the wooden sword.