Avacyn the Purifier Magic the Gathering Cosplay

Finished Product First!

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Starting on the wings, They're motorized and open and close fully. Sketching out the frame shape and feather placement.

Wing frame-PVC cut and flattened down. Hinges are just nuts and bolts. Feathers are made of felt with 16 gauge (I think) wire sandwiched in between.

Fast forward past a lot of felt cutting and wire straightening and motor wiring and battery testing and various other struggles, We have motion! The "motor" here is actually the power window mechanism from a car, its pretty much just a spool that can handle a fair amount of weight.
These babies have a wingspan of over 7 feet, they took up my whole kitchen (which was tiny granted but still)

Ok, sorry if this ends up sideways, I told it to rotate and it said it did but it was still sideways soooo, I'm hoping for the best here.
After a lot more feather cutting and gluing and painting and some more trial and error with the frame, we're almost there! Also notice my house is tiny. In this shot they almost touch both walls, this is the living room/bedroom. When I was working on my wings my boyfriend would have to ask me to close them so he could get to the bathroom. XD
Also, not still in middle school... just still have the shirt.

Moon Silver Spear

I cut this out of some thin plywood with a band-saw, then sanded it down and painted. Attached it to the PVC handle with a synthetic wine cork and used some paper-clay to make the smooth transition.

Last second change

I had heeled boots, but they were ungodly uncomfortable, so the morning of the con I cut the soles off the boots and glued them onto some flats. Worked great and was super comfortable!

Finished boots

Armor parts are made of EVA foam.

Full eye contacts! gotta love that demonic stare.

Body armor. Made with thin EVA foam, detailing with sponge paint and silver sharpie. silver sharpie is the best, new BFF during this project.

Pauldrons

Bracer start

Bracer finished

this was rev 1 gloves, they got better. promise.

Red sharpie dye for the wig

Bladed Whips

I used thermoplastic to mold the shape for the blades, and braided belts with silver spray paint for the rest.

And with that, we're done! Thanks for sticking it out and reading to here.

"She looked at the moon, and the moon whispered such beautiful words. All will burn. All will bleed."

[Self] Avacyn the Purifier, MTG

"Wings the once bore hope are now stained in blood. She is our guardian no longer."

Cosplay by Argalia: https://www.facebook.com/CosplayByArgalia/

Photos by https://www.facebook.com/CharlieLiuPhotography/