Hotline: Miami Cosplay ("Jacket")

[Eightball]

Hello,

In an effort to not recycle costumes too much, I'm thinking about doing a new, fairly simple costume for ACEN 2013. Those of you who have played Hotline Miami know of the unnamed protagonist (who people just call "Jacket"). If not, here's a few pictures to give reference:




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In short, he's a mass murderer of questionable sanity, distinguished mainly by his animal masks and his letterman jacket. Think this is a decent cosplay to try to execute?


Materials
Animal mask - While this could be accomplished ala "Don Juan" with my old horsehead mask, I think that mask in particular is too recognizeable for uses in other contexts. I'd probably want to get a chicken or pig mask.
Letterman jacket - Jacket aptly wears a letterman jacket with brown body, cream sleeves, and a golden "B" on the left chest. I found a website where I could custom order such a jacket to near-exact specifications. But, it'd be $200. Worth it?

• Custom design from here
  

Cyan shirt - Most of the official artwork (including the soundtrack cover) depict him wearing a cyan or turquoise shirt. This'll just be an Amazon pickup, but still gotta list it.

• This in medium
  

Jeans - Yeah, see above. I'm going to splatter these with fake blood though.

• [li]Just re-use some that I already have[/url]
  

Sneakers - There is no official artwork showing what sort of kicks Jacket wears. I'll probably just get a $20 pair of sneakers that I can splatter blood all over, but I should probably keep 1989 aesthetic in mind when buying.
Weapons - This is probably the most interesting part. There are countless weapons that would fit canon, but the concern is selecting one that looks good and will get past GAYCEN cosplay standards. I don't think I'd want to do a gun if it means having the stupid orange warning tip. But I'm virtually certain fire axes, golf glubs, knives, baseball bats, and lead pipes are against their policies as well. Whatever I get, I'm splattering with blood.

I'm going to splatter everything except the expensive-ass jacket with blood, actually. Another concept I've been toying with for a long time is local soundtrack broadcasting. Probably one of the most evocative aspects of Hotline miami is its very distinctive soundtrack. If I could find a way to transmit the music at short range (ie not too loud)...probably not a great idea though.

Cosplay cancelled due to budget and time constraints

[HeK]

http://www.amazon.com/Marlon-JA5552-Foam...s=foam+bat

And acrylic paint.

[CaffeinePowered]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-MENS-BARE-FO...5d387cb88d

http://compare.ebay.com/like/30066659665...s&var=sbar


Not the right colors but a cursory search...you could buy two used jackets, one with a brown base and one with the light green arms, then cannibalize one.

Im sure there are sites that will do custom patches as well, or you could order that one and recolor it with fabric paint.

As for the jacket pocket accents you could do those cheaply with felt even if there is no pocket.

[Eschatos]

I'd go custom jacket and just keep wearing it casually after the cosplay.

[Eightball]

Nice foam bat HeK, I'll probably use that.

Here are some shots of the custom jacket I'm eyeballing:






It's perfect, except I guess for the script of the lettering. But cost is $229, before shipping. Ouch. Going to save this for when I've exhausted all other options. I've looked for jackets on Amazon/ebay but they always seem to have striped cuffs. I can deal with white or neutral sleeves, but gah.

[MadManatee]

I too am looking to do a hotline miami cosplay. so far this is what i could find: as for the shoes, they appear to be white hi-tops if you look at this pic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hotlin..._cover.png also for the jacket (and i hate that im spreading the word but eh) check out this site http://www.insertcoinclothing.com/blog/2...ine-miami/

[Eightball]

MadManatee,

Nice catch. I'll keep an eye on insertcoin, but I'll probably be canning the cosplay if it doesn't show up on their site for <$100 in the next week. Good luck with your costume!

[Versus]

noob down

[kaese]

Madmanatee? Who?