Carbon Costume

Pagan Min (voiced by Troy Baker) is the primary antagonist of Far Cry 4.  Pagan is the self-proclaimed King of Kyrat and the son of a Golden Triangle drug lord.  Pagan is flamboyant with a penchant for extravagance, which is evident even in his clothing.  Pagan wears a burgundy suit with a patterned blazer and lighter-colored dress shirt paired with fancy crocodile-pattern leather shoes.

Colonel Adrian Shephard is the main protagonist of the video game Half-Life: Opposing Force.  Colonel Shephard is a member of the United States Marine Corps sent to Black Mesa Research Facility to help eliminate alien invaders.  Shephard wears white camo with a green tactical vest, camouflage helmet, and a gas mask.  To recreate his mask, you can use some window tint film to update a cosplay mask with clear lenses, which is much easier to find.

Lonewolf is the former military hitman protagonist of the mobile game Lonewolf: A Sniper Story.  A talented marksman, Lonewolf undertakes contracts from The Assembly organization in a bid to get closer to its leader, a man named Mando.  Lonewolf wears a plain bandana tied around the lower half of his face to conceal his identity, as well hide a nasty scar on his left cheek.  The rest of his uniform is practical, with a sturdy jacket, backpack, and slightly distressed jeans.  Though he mostly relies on his sniper rifle, Lonewolf also carries a pistol.

Rookie (also known as the Junior Deputy) is the main character of the video game Far Cry 5.  A new recruit at the Hope County Sherriff’s department, Rookie is the first fully customizable character of the Far Cry series.  The general costume for Rookie consists of their Deputy uniform, with rugged jeans and a green work shirt paired with a stury belt.

In Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Bruce Thomas voices the role of Russell Adler.  Adler is a CIA agent tasked with finding and stopping a Soviet agent named Perseus.  Adler’s look is quintessential ’80s cool, including square aviator glasses and a light brown leather jacket.  If you’re feeling particularly adventurous, you can also use a scar wax kit to recreate Adler’s distinctive facial scarring.

Handsome Jack (voiced by Dameon Clarke) is one of the antagonists in Gearbox Software’s hit franchise Borderlands. He is charasmatic, engaging, and thoroughly evil. Of course everyone loves a good villain and Handsome Jack is no exception. Of course it helps that he is modeled after two other fan favorite characters: Jack Harkness from Doctor Who and Mal from Firefly. Neither man would get along with Handsome Jack, unless of course we’re talking about their style.

There are two keys to getting Handsome Jack’s look: His mask and his layers.

You can buy a premade mask on Etsy. Or, if you want something more pliable, you can use face paint to recreate the look of his mask.

His layers are a little bit easier. Start with a long-sleeve yellow shirt and add a long white collared overshirt on top. Then put on a brown leather vest and finally a short blue coat. Once all that is in place you can finish off the clothes with black jeans and a brown belt with a large buckle, brown sneakers, and a large digital watch. The finishing touch, a brown wig, will have you set to hatch your own schemes in no time.

In Team Fortress 2, Sniper (voiced by John Patrick Lowrie) shows as much mercy to his far-off targets as the Australian Outback gave him in his harsh early years. Don’t mess with the Sniper, especially when you see him armed with a jar filled with yellow fluid. Sniper’s nemesis is the back-stabbing Spy.

Loners are the post-fallout survivors that don’t ascribe to any faction in the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Set an an alternate history and taking place in the area around Chernobyl, each letter in the title stands for one faction of the society in The Zone. And of course Loners, well, work alone.

Loners have many different looks but they all follow a generally militaristic look. This means that most of the pieces for their costume are Army surplus. A tan tactical vest, tan tactical jacket, tan balaclava, camo pants, and tan combat boots make up the body of the costume. Many Loners also wear goggles and fingerless gloves. Accessories can include a gas mask and fake weapon, though be sure to check the costume weapon guidelines at any event you plan on attending!