Carbon Costume

Shinobu Kocho is a character from the hit anime, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba. Known as the Insect Pillar, she is one of the nine Hashiras of the Demon Slayer Corps. She creates lethal potions for demons to make up for her swords skills. Despite her laid back and playful personality, she harbors an intense hatred towards demons, because they killed her older sister. However she always smiles because her sister had loved her smile. Her catchphrase is “yoohoo!”

Long before Netflix introduced us to the endearingly flamboyant junkie Klaus Hargreeves on The Umbrella Academy, his comic book counterpart The Seance was wearing all-black, levitating barefoot, and possessing people’s bodies with his soul. This version of The Seance opts for more comfortable, albeit still eccentric, costume and opts for no shoes to enhance his necromancer abilities.

King Candy (voiced by Alan Tudyk) might look like a sweetheart but he’s the biggest villain on the track in Sugar Rush. And his villainy doesn’t stop when the flag drops. When Ralph threatens the sweet setup the King has going, he lets the big guy see the full force of his royal anger.

As the King it makes sense that King Candy’s outfit is one of the most lavish in the game. His crown is narrow but tall, sitting high on the bald dome of his head. It might be hard to find an exact match for the crown but a bald cape and some fake eyebrows repurposed for the wings on the side of his head will at least give you the royal ‘do. A purple coat with tails, a red bow tie, gold pantaloons, gold tights, and purple shoes are the most eye-catching parts of his outfit.

There is a little bit of DIY with this costumes, however. Gold harem pants can be shortened into the King’s pantaloons since finding a pair ready-made is very hard to do and expensive. And the white shirt under the coat can be accented with white paper doilies to recreate the large ruff of the King’s coat. Use a red sharpie to color in the peppermint swirls at the top of the doilies and find yourself a costume cane and you’re ready to go!

Atsumu “Yukiastu” Mastuyuki is a handsome student in an elite school. He seems to have everything together. The only problem is his childhood traumas, including the unresolved grief he holds for the death of his childhood friend years ago. One day he is contacted to meet up with his old group of childhood friends in memory of the mutual friend they lost. Yukiatsu grapples with his grief and his childhood friends in Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (Anohana Bokutachi Mada Minu).

Bea is an epic brawler in the mobile video game Brawl Stars. While her health may be low, her supercharge attacks deal massive damage! Her main attack, Big Sting, does 175% more damage on the next turn if the first shot was successful. Her Gadget is called Honey Molasses, a beehive that forms a large honey puddle that slows enemies down. This costume guide features her Ladybug skin. Get work coveralls altered to be more fitted with short-sleeves and shorts, or go with the separate shirt and shorts instead. Use black, pink, and white paint to create the design on her helmet.

Mortis is a character in the mobile video game Brawl Stars. He is a Mythic Brawler who attacks with movement. Mortis will dash forward and deal damage to enemies he hits. His health is moderate and his damage is low. His two gadgets are the Survival Shovel and Combo Spinner. This costume features his Rockabilly skin. When Mortis was remodeled in 2018, he obtained a Rockabilly Skin, which features a large purple comb sword with fuzzy dice as his weapon.

Sprout is a character in the mobile video game Brawl Stars. Sprout is a Mythic brawler that will attack by throwing a ball that covers the ground with seeds. If the enemies make contact with the ball it will explode and deal damage over time. Its Gadget is the Garden Mulcher which allows Sprout to absorb a nearby bush and boost his health. This is Sprout’s Tropical Skin, added in May 2020. Use the sharpie to draw sunglasses and a smiley face on a yellow Post-It, and attach it with a piece of masking tape to the helmet. You can also use the tape to help adhere the headband to the top of the helmet.

In the Netflix show Stranger Things, the Demogorgon is a faceless monster of the Upside Down that forces its way into Hawkins, Indiana, killing Barbara Holland, and hunting Will Byers. The Demogorgon is eventually killed by Eleven. In the game Dead by Daylight, the Demogorgon debuted in Chapter XIII: Stranger Things and is shown wrapped in chains. It is also the first entirely non-human killer of the game. While finding a Demogorgon costume is certainly not difficult, you may want to take some liberties to dirty up the costume and add liberal amounts of blood to achieve the desired look.

King Harold is a supporting character in the Shrek movies. He is the king of Far Far Away and the father of Princess Fiona. Inspired by “The Princess and the Frog,” Harold was born a frog, and a kiss from Queen Lillian turned him human. In the second movie, it’s clear the king doesn’t like Shrek, prompting a fight at the dinner table. He conspires to kill Shrek with the Fairy Godmother because she wants her son, Prince Charming, to marry Fiona. When he sees his daughter’s unhappiness, the king feels guilty, and makes a last minute decision not to use the magic potion against her. He makes the ultimate sacrifice by jumping in front of her wand blast towards Shrek, which kills the Fairy Godmother but turns him back into a frog. He apologizes to Shrek and gives his blessing to marry Fiona. In the third movie, on his deathbed, Harold tells Shrek to find Arthur Pendragon if he doesn’t want to be the next king. King Harold was voiced by comedian and Monty Python member John Cleese. Use the white face paint to color your brows and draw on a goatee.

The Wraith, whose real name is Philip Ojomo, is one of the original trio of killers introduced in the video game Dead by Daylight. Ojomo was an immigrant fleeing conflict in his homeland of Nigeria who had the misfortune of working at a mob-owned junkyard. Eventually, Ojomo realized the cars he was being asked to crush had people inside and he had been used as a pawn to dispose of their bodies. Horrified, Ojomo put his boss in the crusher and killed him. He then pulled his boss’ head and spine from his body, which became the weapon known as Azarov’s Skull, now used by the Wraith as his primary weapon. If you’re willing to shell out some big bucks, you can find replicas of this weapon for your costume. Otherwise, it may take a little creativity, but with a little patience, you can create a lookalike yourself by disassembling a plastic skeleton and gluing a fake blade into the skull portion. Likewise, you could purchase a pre-made mask or DIY one with a twisted-looking tree mask and some skill with a paintbrush.