I carefully wrapped it in plastic wrap and stuck it into my carry-on bag. I got up at 4 AM, checked the bayard, and, as expected, it was still a little tacky to the touch.

I finished the last coat of paint at around 2 AM and went to sleep for two hours. Once the PlastiDip had dried (but probably not enough) I masked it off again and sprayed the high gloss white areas, then masked it off a third time to do the high gloss red areas. This not only gave it a nice thick coat, but it also made it a little spongy like the grip of a weapon should be. Because I felt like the black under area and grip should be a bit more organic, I used black PlastiDip again. I started off by masking all the white and red areas. With only one day left, I set to work on the final paint job. Needless to say, I spent another day refilling and primering and sanding the bayard. And then I dropped it down a flight of cement stairs. With two days left until SDCC, I was going to be right under the wire getting three different masking and painting jobs in. I did a base coat of plain brown followed by a mix of green, rust, purple, and black for weathering and in the crevices.Īfter a final coat of Bondo and 2-in-1 Filler & Sandable Primer, I was ready to start painting my bayard. I finished it off by using some acrylic paint for the straps to make it a little more realistic looking. For the blade, I did a couple of coats of Rust-oleum Metallic spray paint followed by a little bit of DecoArt Silver Spark Metallic Lustre Wax for the blade edge. I followed that with more heat sealing and more PlastiDip. I then took some leftover fleather strips I had from my old Steampunk cosplay and wrapped the hilt. I heat sealed it, sanded off the rough bits, and then coated it with black PlastiDip. I took my scrap foam dagger to my belt sander and free-hand sanded it down to the shape I wanted. I lined the collar and cuffs where untidy seams might be noticeable, but I left the rest of the jacket unlined (for now). Also, I try to always line my clothes to give them a nice finish, but since I knew I’d be wearing this at SDCC and later at DragonCon, I wanted to keep it on the cooler side. I aim for function over form if I can help it, so I made it a zippable jacket. Well, I didn’t have to, but Keith’s jacket has what looks like white trim down the center of the jacket. I was really down to the wire on this cosplay–I literally was still working on it 2 AM before I left for the airport at 5 AM the day before the con started!Īfter assembling the base jacket pieces and test fitting it (it fit perfectly!), I had to do my first zipper. For a recap of my work in progress up to this point, you can read my previous article. Keith is the pilot of the Red Lion in the all-new Voltron: Legendary Defender show from Netflix and DreamWorks. Against all odds, I managed to finish my plain clothes Keith Voltron cosplay for SDCC 2016 last week.

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