Carbon Costume

Enid Mettle (voiced by Mena Suvari and Ashly Burch) is a main character in the animated series OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes.  She works as a cashier at Gar’s Hero Supply and Bodega alongside her friends Kaio Kincaid and Radicles X.  Enid has purple hair she wears in a bun.  She wears brown booties, black compression shorts, and a blue crop top with longer white sleeve-like bandages on her arms.  To build your costume, you’ll need a white shrug and then a blue sleeveless cropped shirt over it along with a purple wig, black bike shorts, and brown boots.

A new TV series has been going viral online for its spot-on live action adaptation of the video game franchise Fallout that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world. This series depicts the aftermath of The Great War of 2077, where survivors take refuge in fallout shelters or Vaults, which are actually all created as different experiments on the people who live in them. It follows a woman named Lucy who leaves Vault 33 to find her father in the dangerous wasteland of what is left of Los Angeles. She runs into a Ghoul bounty hunter, originally named Cooper Howard. He was a film actor before the war. In this guide I’ll be covering Cooper Howard’s cowboy costume in Episode 1.

Although this costume looks complicated to make, this guide is doable for an artist of any level. Starting with the iconic blue and gold western shirt, use a blue western dress shirt or just western-style shirt as the base to build off of. For the gold/ cream section on the top portion of the shirt and the sleeve cuffs, cut either a jacquard patterned or brushed twill fabric to the shape of the top of the shirt and either glue it down (the edges will be covered by the fringe trim but iron and fold edges for a cleaner look) or sew the fabric on top. If you’re skilled in sewing and want to take it even further, seam rip the top section from the collar and sleeves and use the removed blue piece as a pattern for the gold fabric, adding seam allowance to sew back in place. You can also add cream piping/ bias tape along the collar and front button panels.

Next, along the edge of the gold fabric you added, either sew or glue on gold fringe trim, following the edge across the front, over the shoulder, and to the back.

Now for the details on the gold fabric: if you choose a printed jacquard fabric, you can keep as is. It gives the same effect of having variety to the surface. However if you have more time to add detail, choose the solid brushed twill fabric and paint and/or embroider a similar pattern of line drawings of scorpions similar to the photos. Doing a combination of both flat painted and 3-D embroidered icons gives it the same variety as the one from the series. You can also paint or embroider (or both) the icons on the collar.

For the rest of the costume, wear brown pants like these western-style Wrangler pants. Bootcut works better to cover cowboy boots like the ones linked below. On top of those, wear a brown cowboy holster belt. More accessories to complete the look include a cream cattleman’s crease style cowboy hat, a sheriff’s badge and a gold neck scarf. To be even more screen-accurate for the scarf, take a solid cream or white bandana, and tie-dye it yellow.

If you have a kiddo that can match with you, you can also follow my guide for Janey Howard’s costume. Even further, I’ve also created one for Janey’s mother, and Cooper’s wife Barb Howard.

Neferpitou (voiced in Japanese by Ayumi Fujimura and in English by Sarah Williams) is part of the royal guards in the Chimera Ant arc of Hunter x Hunter.

They were the first of the guards to hatch, and put in charge of guarding their new king, Meruem, at the behest of his mother. Pitou is the science specialist of the group, and is in charge of understanding the concept of Nen, and how to use it to the ant’s advantage. Like most of the others, they are a fusion of an animal with the base ant, and have many cat features, in addition to doll looking joints.

Pitou has fluffy chin-length white hair, with a matching cat tail and unmatching light yellow cat ears, and gradiented reddish-yellow eyes. Their outfit consists of a deep blue peacoat with golden buttons, muted orange shorts and matching socks, and blue slip on shoes.

Asuramaru (voiced in Japanese by Hibiku Yamamura and in English by Colleen Clinkenbeard) is a major character in the anime/manga Owari no Seraph/Seraph of the End.

He is the demon that is contracted to the main character, Yuichiro, acting as his sword. Not much is known about his past in the anime, but going further into the manga, it is revealed that he ties much more into the story than originally thought, and is also the older brother of Krul Tepes.

Asuramaru has very long dark indigo-purple hair that reaches all the way down to the floor, slitted dark red eyes, and pointed ears. He has a golden headband resting at the top of his head, and little diamond-looking horn like objects just below it. The rest of the outfit is rather simple, consisting of a sleeveless black high-neck top, with gold clasps at the top, black fingerless sleeves, and a white wrap skirt with an extremely high leg slit, and gold button details at the top.

A new TV series has been going viral online for its spot-on live action adaptation of the video game franchise Fallout that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world. This series depicts the aftermath of The Great War of 2077, where survivors take refuge in fallout shelters or Vaults, which are actually all created as different experiments on the people who live in them. It follows a woman named Lucy who leaves Vault 33 to find her father in the dangerous wasteland of what is left of Los Angeles. She runs into a Ghoul bounty hunter, originally named Cooper Howard. He was a film actor before the war. In this guide I’ll be covering her costume from Episode 1, which takes on a transformation itself: going from a clean wedding dress to a bloodied and battle-ready one.

To dress like Lucy in her wedding costume in episode one, wear a 50s style retro white wedding dress as the base. For the one linked here, remove the sleeves for a more screen-accurate look. Adding a white petticoat will also give the skirt that fuller look. With this, pair a white clip-in veil, white retro heels, and a sunflower bouquet.

For the version in the later half of the episode where she gets to fighting, use red fabric paint for the blood stain on her dress. Black acrylic or fabric paint can be added at different layers towards the center for a more realistic look. To mimic the belt across her chest, you can wear a bullet belt/ sash. She also wears a contraption on her wrist that we continue to see throughout the series that in the game is called a Pipboy 3000, and like the one linked below, artists sell various versions of the prop they create online. Either wear a wig or style your hair like Lucy’s and add some red splatters on your face and arms to take the look even further.

Thomas H. Norstein (voiced by Hirofumi Nojima and Crispin Freeman) is a supporting character in the animated series Digimon Data Squad. Thomas is an genius who graduated from the Stockholm Royal University of Science at age 13.  His personality often clashes with Marcus Damon‘s. Thomas has blonde hair.  His Data Squad uniform consists of a blue suit with a silver belt.  His personal clothing tends to favor shades of green and cream or white, including a green v-neck shirt, white pants, and tan shoes as well as a white collared shirt and dark blue pants with a blue tie and green vest he wears open.

Michelle Mallon (played by Jamie-Lee O’Donnell) is a supporting character in the Netflix series Derry Girls. A student at Our Lady Immaculate, she is friends with Erin Quinn, Orla McCool, and Clare Devlin.  Michelle drinks often and has a brash personality.  She is not shy about her sexuality and typically unfazed by others’ opinions of her.  Michelle has dark curly hair she often wears pulled back away from her face.  Her school uniform consists of a plaid skirt, striped tie, and green blazer.  Outside of school, she wears a variety of outfits, though her signature silver hoops remain a staple.

Kite (voiced in Japanese by Christopher Corey Smith and in English by Shuichi Ikeda) is one of the key characters in Gon’s story in the anime/manga Hunter x Hunter.

He studied under Gon’s father, Ging, when he was younger, and subsequently ended up teaching Gon what he knew about the world. Kite, along with his friends, traveled around documenting unknown species, which lead to the discovery of the Chimera Ants and their Queen, culminating in his battle with Neferpitou.

Kite has extremely long white hair that goes down to the backs of his knees, and small brownish-grey eyes. He wears a long sleeved white turtleneck and black slacks, with a light blue layered waistband, and tan slip on shoes. The look is finished off with an oversized mid-toned blue newsboy cap, and whatever form Crazy Slots takes (scythe, etc).