Costumes

For a short period several years ago, before it was called "cosplay", I was active in the costuming community.

I had started costuming primarily because of my interest in Doctor Who, and although I did make some reproductions, my desire to flex my own designing skills quickly led me to do original works.

Here are some of my past costumes...

Davros
Davros was the first costume I ever made. I'd been working on a Dalek with a friend but was running out of time for a specific convention and chose Davros as a replacement. I cut the Dalek's "skirt" section down and replaced the side panels with narrower ones.
BackgroundI built the control panel, back brace and head harness in about a week! My friend at that time had a contact with the show's FX crew and got me a Davros mask from the original molds! These photos show me sharing a joke with then-current 'Doctor' Colin Baker.
ComparisonMy Davros compared to the actual prop.

                  
Winner - "Judges' Choice", TARDIScon 1987 (with Bruce Mai as the Dalek Supreme) 
The Knights of Oberon'The Knights of the Grand Order of Oberon' were a group once mentioned in an episode of Doctor Who but never seen. I wanted to create something original and the concept of the Knights seemed perfect.
The Knights of OberonBruce Mai, Dave Ledermann and I bought pre-made vac-formed chest and back armour and I fabricated the rest out of thin aluminum flashing and custom DIY vac-formed plastic pieces.
Concept DesignHere is the original concept art I did for the basic armor design.

                  

                  Winner - "Best Hall Costume", CostumeCon 1992
Winner - "Best in Show" Brits in Space 1989
Winner - "Best Armor" Archon 13 1989
                  
Cybermen'Ace' actress Sophie Aldred had said in interviews that her favorite DW monsters were the Cybermen, so me and my best friend at the time, Bruce Mai, decided to go to the Visons '90 convention that Sophie was appearing at as "Earthshock" style Cybermen and surprise her!
CybermenBruce got some rejected fiberglass parts through his contact on the DW FX crew and I learned a LOT about repairing and finishing fiberglass! For weeks we hand-sewed hoses and all of the other details to jumpsuits. The paint was barely dry by the day of the convention but they came out great!
ComparisonSophie was as lovely as ever and very pleasantly surprised! Here is a comparison of our costumes to the TV originals (I'm the shorter Cyberman).

                  

                  Winner - "Best Scientific", Visions 1990
                  