The thing that I wanted more than anything on this costume was to make it durable. While I had made wonderflex armour before with Ganondorf, usually after a full day at a convention I would have to do some repairing. I didn't want to do this with Hawke so I made a conscious effort to ensure that I wouldn't have to do this with this costume. This meant that I spent a LOT more time on the armour; doubling up on the seams, using Chicago screws, and leather. I also played around with real fur for the belt (not for the pelt on the back) and boy did I learn how tricky that was to work with.
I competed in my first ever Master's cosplay competition with this guy and ended up winning!! It's weirdly still not the easiest thing to believe quite frankly. I also learned a lot about myself and cosplay as a hobby thanks to this costume!
One day at the Edmonton Expo 2016, there were, shall we say, several of us that randomly all dressed up as Hawke. Photo by Athane Photography.
Yes, I sometimes use the Staff of Parthalan as a selfie stick... what of it? Photo by Athane Photography.
Since there were so many of us that dressed up as the same character, we decided that we should all go and visit the BioWare booth as a collective. Photo by Athane Photography.
Hooray for random hallway shots with judges and fellow Masters contestants.
The two judges' choices, 3rd, 2nd, and 1st place (from left to right) at Norther FanCon 2016.
One of the most fun things with this character is that you can play him in game in a ton of different ways. That means that photoshoots can involve changing character personalities throughout the shoot. Photo by Murasaki Cosplay Photography.
... seriously... there was a gross amount of bugs in that flower... and eventually I'd get attacked by a bee :S Photo by Murasaki Cosplay Photography.
... no the blood isn't real.... yet.... haha Photo by Murasaki Cosplay Photography.
More playing around with the blood effects inherit to the game. Photo by Murasaki Cosplay Photography. Photo by Murasaki Cosplay Photography.
So my staff's orb thingy actually broke, but that's not really a big deal (you can always spin things around in photos :D)
...I seriously love this shot... it's probably one of my favourites of all my cosplays honestly. Photo by Murasaki Cosplay Photography.
If you ever need a reaction shot for a comment thread or anything; here you go :) Photo by Murasaki Cosplay Photography.
So much fun yelling from at the top of your lungs. Don't fake scream in photos... just let a real one out... especially at random passerbys :) haha Photo by Murasaki Cosplay Photography.
Love this shot so so much. The sun was shining through the orb... Love it! Photo by Murasaki Cosplay Photography.
Love the blue lighting. Love it when photographers know their stuff. Photo by Murasaki Cosplay Photography.
My skit from Northern FanCon was a rewrite of the "before the final battle" scene in Dragon Age 2. Acting is fun :)
It's always fun getting stopped in the hallways at a convention.
Sometimes when you're just sitting around and waiting for a specific area to be clear, your photographer just sees a pose and goes for it! Photo by Murasaki Cosplay Photography.
Yay stage shots after the contest. Still hard to believe that I won it :)
Backstage shot at the cosplay contest at Northern FanCon 2016.
Hawke Cosplay Explained
Dragon Age is such an awesome game... it brought me back to the good Baldur's Gate days. So when I moved to Edmonton, where the game itself was made, I pretty much had to get on this costume. I had actually planned on - and bought - some of the materials for this costume years ago but I ended up trashing a lot of that, the most notable of which was some fake leather.
This costume was my first one that used leather. I already had my hand held and was taught what to do when making a belt for Anakin, but this was the first time that I really used it as a focal point of a cosplay.
Hawke - Mantle of the Champion Armour
Step 1 in making the Hawke cosplay: Make templates for the shoulder armour out of cardstock. Step 2: Cry
Oh yes, all the real life geometry in order to make the shoulder armour for Hawke. Made out of wonderflex.
Full costume is done!!!!
Step 1 in making the Hawke cosplay: Make templates for the shoulder armour out of cardstock. Step 2: Cry