Carbon Costume

…oel Miller (played by Pedro Pascal) is one of the main characters in HBO’s video game adaptation The Last of Us. Joel is a smuggler working out of the Boston Quarantine Zone twenty years into the pandemic that resulted in the death of his daughter Sarah. Soon, he is tasked with escorting Ellie Williams out of the QZ. Joel’s clothing is rugged and durable. He wears more than one outfit, but you can’t go wrong with a flannel shirt and jeans, maybe l…

Sarah Miller (played by Nico Parker) is Joel’s daughter in the HBO video game adaptation The Last of Us. Sarah is kind and generous, teasing her father on his birthday while making him breakfast and taking time to have his watch repaired as a gift. Unfortunately, Sarah meets an untimely demise at the very beginning of the pandemic which sets the series in motion. Sarah wears pale jeans with some doodled decorations on the right leg, but the defin…

…k (played by Murray Bartlett) is a survivor of the fungi outbreak in HBO’s video game adaptation The Last of Us. Frank is on his way to Boston from Baltimore when he lands in a trap laid by Bill, who is initially reticent to let Frank stay on his property. Soon enough, though, Bill demonstrates that he’s an excellent chef, and the two bond over their love of Linda Rondstadt. It’s not long until they fall in love and spend the rest of their lives t…

Henry (played by Lamar Johnson) is the older brother of Sam in HBO’s video game adaptation The Last of Us. Henry informed on Kathleen’s brother, the leader of the resistance, to Fedra in exchange for medicine for Sam. When the brothers stumble on Joel and Ellie, the four make their way out of Kansas City together. They don’t get far, though, before tragedy strikes. Henry’s most distinctive piece of clothing is his red coat, which he wears over an…

Perry (played by Jeffrey Pierce who portrayed Tommy in the original video game) is a character from HBO’s The Last of Us. He is Kathleen’s second in command in the uprising against Fedra in Kansas City. Perry has long grey hair and a well-kept beard, and dresses in paramilitary garb, making him a perfectly suited lieutenant as Kathleen searches for Henry. Recreating Perry’s look will require you to stock up on your tactical supplies. Perry wears…

Ashley Mizuki Robbins is the main character of the Another Code video game series, in both Another Code: Two Memories (Trace Memory) and Another Code: R – A Journey into Lost Memories. There won’t be a large feature of character backstory for this article, as I’ve only played the first one and the sequel is available on consoles not available in my region. Will update later once I’m able to acquire a copy! Going on to the actual cosplay though: A…

Professor Sada is a character from the video game Pokémon Scarlet. Alongside her husband Professor Turo, she serves as a main antagonist of the game. She is the primary professor at Naranja Academy. Professor Sada wears a fur-trimmed lab coat over a pair of orange shorts and a matching cropped tank top. She also dons a pair of orange leg warmers and brown sandals. To DIY her fringed attire, take a pair of scissors to an orange tank and shorts. An…

…k t-shirt, a blue biker jacket, black-blue jeans, and black boots….

…ova) are ballerina robots created as bodyguards for Dmitry Sechenov in the video game Atomic Heart. Known as only Left and Right, the humanoid Twins were created with the most advanced technology available, making them as deadly as they are lovely. The twins have smooth silver faces and lithe bodies. To recreate their look, you can start with a full head-to-toe metallic silver bodysuit and layer a black leotard overtop. If you don’t have hair long…

…one of the main characters in 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors in the Zero Escape video game series. She has heavy involvement in the core plot of the game, as well as later parts of the series, along with her brother, Aoi. Akane is also the childhood friend of the main character in 999, Junpei. Akane has long brown, side parted hair worn up in a partial bun with white hair pins/clips, and grey-blue eyes. She wears a light indigo t-shirt dress with loose…