kataelli as Edward Kenway

Edward Kenway

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

Cosplayer: kataelli
I wasn't going to do it. I thought it would be crazy and foolish and even though I was in love with the character design and the series, I knew I'd be insane to take on Edward Kenway's design a week before SDCC. Then Ubisoft had to go and announce that they were bringing the Jackdaw to SDCC and I just couldn't say no. Between working on 3 other costumes for friends, I somehow managed to take on a fem Edward (Elizabeth?) Kenway costume about 4 or 5 days before SDCC.
While it wasn't perfect, I was so incredibly proud to have finished it, as this was one of my first sewing-heavy projects, and I was working with limited reference pictures (the game came out later that year in November). There's a lot I want to add/change/perfect about this costume and I definitely think I'll keep working on it, but I absolutely LOVE wearing it and walking around as an assassin. (Even though I forgot my pants at home and realized it the morning of SDCC. Oops. Had to make Edward a little more scandalous that day)
My pride and joy is definitely the vest. I beat and battered and sanded and painted a lot of brown pleather before I was finally ready to tackle that monstrous beast. And after a couple broken needles, a lot of yelling, and many, many hours, I finally produced a piece I'm in love with. Least happy with the belt pieces as they're not canon and I'd love to perfect them in the future and add the swords. I also really would like to remake the guns.