Christine (Bloomington, IN)
Medic
I’m cosplaying the RED Medic from Team Fortress 2. I picked him because he’s the character I most often main and I have the most in common with him out of all the playable team members (and thought he had the neatest weapons!) Some friends have also joked that I have a big bent German schnozz, I don’t deny it.
Actually this is my first time cosplaying! I got into it because I have many friends who are regular cosplayers and I’d heard good things from them on the subject so I wanted a piece of the action myself. Up until then all I’ve done are Halloween and theme costumes – I was so enthusiastic about getting my costume JUST right, which was slowly starting to become too much effort for such little payoff.
Scavenging for all the pieces to put it together was about a yearlong process – I had decided to dress as the Medic for Halloween of ‘08 and spent until July of ‘09 finding new things for it and trying to improve on it in any way I could. Some things I had to go to Wal*Mart for, other things warranted a trip to the nearest army/navy surplus store. The gloves I had to order online, I stumbled upon my glasses at an antique shop…
I had a BUNCH of help getting everything to fall together from outside sources – my father (who is better at woodworking than I) made the frame for my medipack, the ubersaw was commissioned (by another Medic cosplayer who also happens to have a very helpful medigun tutorial on his Cosplay.com page) and my coat was done by a friend far more talented at sewing than I am. The patches were probably the only thing I made myself, and evidently, I can’t sew very well, hahaha. For my next con I plan to get them professionally done.
