Carbon Costume

Bloodsport is a main character in The Suicide Squad, directed by James Gunn. His actual name is Robert DuBois, a mercenary whose technologically advanced suit allows him to create different gadgets and weapons. This is a variation of his comic book ability, which was the manifestation of weapons. Following his conviction of shooting Superman with a Kryptonite bullet, he goes to prison. However, Amanda Waller offers to shorten his sentence if he joins Task Force X. He agrees to join to help his daughter, Tyla. Idris Elba was cast as Bloodsport and not Deadshot so Will Smith could return.

In the hit Netflix show Squid Game, a large group of contestants including Seong Gi-Hun and Kang Sae-Byeok are recruited to participant in a survival game show for a cash prize. As the contestants play creepy children’s games and suffer violent demises, the Squid Game staff keep silent watch. The guards wear uniforms made of red jump-suits and black mesh masks that conceal their faces and display mysterious circle, square, and triangle shapes.

Sir Crocodile (voiced by Ryūzaburō Ōtomo in Japanese and John Swasey in English), is one of the antagonists of the anime series One Piece.  Formerly known as “Mr. 0,” Sir Crocodile once worked alongside Nico Robin.  He’s also the first person to totally defeat Luffy during the course of the series.  Sir Crocodile wears a long coat with fur trim and sports a large gold hook on his left hand.  Use an eyebrow pencil to recreate the long, stitched scar that runs across his face and if you aren’t a cigar smoker, a false one will easily get the job done instead.

Nobody makes it onto the suicide squad without their fair share of problems. For Captain Boomerang – also known as George Harkness (and played by Jai Courtney) – those problems stem from his lack of concern when it comes to beating down, or even killing, anyone who gets between him and what he wants. Unfortunately what he usually wants is the property of other people. He is, after all, an “asset relocation specialist” and he quite enjoys the life of the thief.

Captain Boomerang’s approach to life probably isn’t the best thing to emulate, but his style definitely makes for a great cosplay. Jeans, a blue Henley, a blue sports jacket, and a long fur-lined coat make up the majority of his outfit. Black boots wrapped in duct tape finishes off the look, though actually wrapping boots in duct tape can leave some pretty nasty residue on the boots. Pomade can give your hair a similarly spiky, wild look. And, of course, you need the boomerang.

Brock Rumlow (played by Frank Grillo) is one of the most notorious double agents inside of SHIELD. Far from the loyalty he claims to have for Fury’s organization, Rumlow is an agent of HYDRA, a member of the team that handles the Winter Soldier, and one of the men that tries to take down Captain America. It’s no wonder he ultimately becomes the villain Crossbones.

Before he becomes Crossbones, Rumlow favors black tactical gear for his uniform. A black t-shirt, a set of cross-chest straps, black tactical pants, black combat boots, black fingerless gloves, a tactical belt, a thigh holster, and a costume pistol are all you need for his costume. Most of the pieces also transfer easily to other costumes, making this a great option for a multi-day convention. Though if you do plan on wearing it to a convention, make sure you check their policies on prop weapons.

Seong Gi-Hun (Lee Jung-Jae) is the main character of the South Korean survival drama, Squid Game. He lives with his mother and works as a chauffeur. However, he owes many debts due to his gambling addiction, particularly betting on horse races. His daughter means the world to him, so when he learns she may be taken to the United States, Gi-Hun aims to get the money for custody. At the train station, he is approached man in a business suit, who asks him to play ddjaki. For each slap to the face, the man takes off one-hundred grand from his loss. When a bruised Gi-Hun finally wins, the man hands him a business card with a phone number. His desperation drives him to call and participate in the Game, where he becomes player 456.

A former rich kid, rugby player, underground fighter, and debt collector, David King now uses his tolerance for pain and willingness to fight for others to survive killers in Dead by Daylight.  Born as the only son of a wealthy family, David squandered much of his potential because of his combative nature.  When he mysteriously disappeared, no one who knew him was all that surprised, but they never could have guessed that he was now fighting for his life against killers looking to sacrifice him to the Entity.

Napoleon Marconi (played by Michael Shannon) is the perpetually optimistic patriarch of the Marconi family in the Hulu limited series Nine Perfect Strangers.  The Marconis travel to Masha Dmitrichenko‘s Tranquillum House to work through shared grief, and Napoleon is ecstatic about the possibilities for healing, as well as the fact that Masha has offered them a discounted rate to attend her exclusive retreat.  Napoleon wears a variety of collared button downs and polo shirts with khaki shorts and sensible trousers throughout the show.  In the final episode, he dons a burgundy polo with green tactical pants while he and his family undergo a harrowing spiritual journey (and he sports a gnarly bloody nose).  In another memorable episode, Napoleon–unknowingly under the influence of hallucinogenics–successfully hunts Masha’s pet goat for food.