Carbon Costume Show
Doc Louis
Jerome “Doc” Louis is an ex-heavyweight boxing champion and Little Mac’s coach in the Nintendo game series Punch-Out!!!. He is also an infamous YouTube Poop meme using a clip of him training Little Mac on a bike and making it look like he is stealing Mac’s bike.
Zotoh Zhaan
A member of the Delvian race, the wise and reasonable Zotoh Zhaan (Virginia Hey) is a 10th level, 800 hundred year old priest on the TV show Farscape. The Delvians evolved from plants, and so Zhaan has a special ability to heal with herbs that leads to her becoming the unofficial doctor of the rowdy Moya crew. A pacifist on the surface, she controls darker tendencies deep within her, occasionally allowing them to surface when the situation demands it. Her skin glows a beautiful blue with white markings and she dresses in shades of blue.
Francisco Scaramanga
Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee) is the primary villain in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun. It is he who carries the titular golden gun, using it as his assassination weapon. As the highest paid assassin in the world at 1 million dollars a hit, he is a very well dressed, well traveled man with an eye for details. No photographs exist of Scaramanga, and so Bond must search for him using his distinctive birth mark – a third nipple.
Quatre Raberba Winner in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
Quatre is the pilot of Sandrock and leader of “G Team.” Along with the four other members: Heero Yuy (Wing Gundam), Duo Maxwell (Deathscythe), Trowa Barton (Heavyarms) and Chang Wufei (Shenlong), he is sent to Earth as part of a plan to take revenge on the OZ military corporation. Quatre believes in the idea of pacifism and is often reluctant to kill an enemy. He is kind and humble, as well as being the best dressed of the group.
Crazy Dave
David Blazing, AKA Crazy Dave, is the deuteragonist in the Plants vs. Zombies video game series. He serves as a narrator for the games and also has a shop called Crazy Dave’s Twiddydinkies that he runs from the back of his car.
Violet Parr
Violet Parr (voiced by Sarah Vowell) is the shy and insecure moody teen in the Disney Pixar 2004 animated film The Incredibles. Slightly cynical at home but withdrawn and quiet in school, she develops a ton of bravery once she uses her invisibility gift to protect her family from villains ought to destroy all their powers.
Firo Prochainezo from Baccano
In Baccano!, Firo Prochainezo is the youngest executive of Manhattan’s Martillo Family camorra. He became a complete immortal in November 1930 after accidentally drinking Szilard Quates’ immortality elixir at a party celebrating his own promotion.
Pyramid Head
A strange, violent, brutal creature in the video game Silent Hill 2, Pyramid Head serves as a mental manifestation of the guilt and anger bottled up inside the main protagonist James Sunderland. The pyramid shaped helmet he wears appears to cause him pain, and he never utters a word except for moans and grunts. His outfit is simple but bloody: a butchers robe, white gloves, a giant knife and the iconic pyramid helmet. Be sure to cover all clothing in a good dose of fake blood. For a detailed DIY guide on how to make your own Pyramid Head prop, check out our advanced cosplay guide.
Running Forrest Gump
In the 1994 film Forrest Gump, the titular Forrest Gump embarks on a lengthy run across America with his trusty Nikes. This guide is for when his iconic running look featured in one of the most memorable scenes of American cinema.
Claudia Wolf from Silent Hill 3
A priestess of The Order in the third installment of the massively popular Silent Hill video game series, Claudia Wolf seeks to birth God through a teenager named Heather. God, in this game, is an evil creature, but Claudia believes it will cleanse the world of sin. She has a violent, disturbing past with much suffering, and truly wishes to rid the world of it so that no one else can suffer like she did. Although a sympathetic character at times, her fanatical devotion to birthing God is her undoing. She dresses in long black clothing with bare feet – make sure to button up all the way and pop the collar. A touch of grey and black makeup will create that distinctive gaunt look.
