{"id":939,"date":"2022-12-12T19:47:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T19:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eliebberts.com\/?page_id=939"},"modified":"2022-12-12T19:47:42","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T19:47:42","slug":"the-rising-of-shield-hero-raphtalia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eliebberts.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/the-rising-of-shield-hero-raphtalia\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rising of Shield Hero – Raphtalia"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Raphtalia<\/span><\/h1>\n

Series: The Rising of Shield Hero
\nVersion: First Armor
\nCreated: June 2019
\nWorn to: Anime Expo 2019 & Kuronekocon 2019
\nAwards: N\/A<\/p>\n

The moment I saw Raphtalia I knew I had to make her costume. Not only do I love Isakai as a genre but I also love sword slinging babes! After watching the first few episodes of Shield Hero I was on a trip to Joanns and found the most incredible ribbed knit that I knew would be perfect for her undershirt, and thus this costume was born!<\/p>\n

I started by drafting a pattern for the main dress, it’s a pretty standard princess seam dress so this process went rather quickly! I really loved playing around with textures on this costume! The dress is made of a brown twill and red dupioni with gold pleather trim. The armor is all different shades and weights of pleather and of course the underdress is a super soft knit. The trail features a hand painted gradient and the ears have a thermoplastic core. <\/p>\n

Raphtalia’s armor was made of craft foam covered in pleather! This was my first time making soft armor and while it was fun and a good skill to learn, I’m not sure if it’s a technique I would use again! I found it really challenging to manipulate the material in the ways I wanted. <\/p>\n

My favorite part of this costume is probably the underdress, it’s just so comfortable! My wig is a Venus in Warm Light Brown from Arda Wigs. The gloves were found on Amazon and the sword was modified from a larp base.<\/p>\n

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