Cosplay Prop: Dr. Death Defying’s Raygun
20 Jul 2011 Leave a Comment
in Cosplay, Costumery, Painting Tags: cosplay prep, cosplay props, crafting, Danger Days, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, Dr. Death Defying, killjoys, MCR, my chemical romance, Painting, post with pictures, prop design, raygun, san japan, sometimes I cosplay
Quite honestly, this is just going to be a post comprised of pictures, as I’m currently still just in a state of squeeing like a fangirl over finally having this raygun done. XD As with all the other pictures, click on them to full-view them. Now let’s get started! First, the reference:
This lovely little pistol belongs to this guy:
This is Dr. Death Defying. He’s a character in the universe of Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys. He is awesome, and I’ve decided on doing a sexswapped cosplay of him for San Japan. And what’s a Dr. D cosplay without the raygun? After a couple days of work, this is what resulted:
I cannot accurately describe how excited I was upon completion. Ideally, it still needs a clear gloss coat (because the Danger Days guns have a sheen to them which I suspect is due to the idea that they’re supposed to be metallic), and I’ve been trying to find out if the gun has a grip emblem (as the other canon rayguns do, as you’ll see when I post The Individual), but for the most part this is done. And I could not be happier on more than just a cosplayer level. Dr. Death Defying is my favorite character to come out of the universe developed in the music videos and supplementary material (like the Twitter accounts). He’s become my hero of sorts, and I could gush for hours about why, but this is Will Craft for Tuition not Will Fangirl Endlessly for a Fictional Character.
If you want to see the step-by-step process, I have pictures over in the San Japan Costume Preparations folder on Facebook. I actually need to add a few more to the mix, so be sure to keep an eye on that!
