Welcome to the Obscurus Crusade board, everyone! Tell us a bit about yourself- your name, what other boards and websites you visit, your army, your interests, what costume you've always wanted to make, and anything else you deem important. If you've already started cosplaying, post a picture of yourself in costume!

I'll start off:

Name: Alison
Alternate handles: SisterofSilence, Vividwings
Other boards: Bolter and Chainsword, Black Library forums,
Age: 19
Army: none
Costumes: Inquisitor, Saint Sabbat
Outside Interests: Reading, writing, RPGs, archeology, drawing, historical costuming.
Website: www.vividwings.deviantart.com

Name: Daniel
Alternate handles: Daitou (DeviantART), Daniel (910CMX Boards), Lord Timor (Livejournal)
Age: 21
Army: Imperial Guard (converted Catachans) and Space Marines (Crimson Fists)
Costumes: None yet. Commissar in progress.
Outside Interests: Writing, drawing, D&D, sleeping. I'm new to costuming, but I've had the idea of making my own Commissar outfit for a while. Seems like a cool prop to bring to my next game, so I figured, "Why not?"
Website: http://daitou.deviantart.com

Name : Nate
Alternate Handles: Adrastos (greek for courage)
Age: 18
Army: None (Hoping to start Grey Knights)
Costumes: None but want to make an Imperial Guardsman
Interests: Reading, writing, gaming, debating, role playing.

Welcome to the board, Daniel! I'm working on a Commissar costume, too, so hopefully there will be some tutorials up on the subject soon. If you want help staying motivated, make a thread for your costume in the IG section and post your progress. What regiment are you thinking of?

I'm not sure of the regiment, but it's likely going to be based on Commissar Holt's costume from the old Final Liberation game. If I were pressed, I'd say Valhallan - it would explain why I'm sweating like like crazy when it's above freezing.

Ooh, I know Commissar Holt. :) If you go Valhallan, look at the covers of the Ciaphas Cain books- they have some good Valhallan-influenced commissar art.

Name: Jack
Alternate handles: Entlassen, Big0Jack (my old Westwood online name. ah, the glory days)
Other boards: 4chan, mostly.
Age: 18
Army: Imperial Guard. Developan a sweet story for my regiment (even though they're just Cadians painted a different color).
Costumes: Death Korps of Krieg Trooper, Tubalcain Alhambra (Hellsing)
Outside Interests: Internet, vidya games, trollan, history (particularly of the military variety), music, and biking.
Website: www.big0jack.deviantart.com

Name: Hopkins, Jacob R. C.
Age: 19
Army: Colonel Rico of the 6th Mobile Infantry, Cadian 10th Battle Group, Mistress Ophelia from the Order of the Blodied Cloth, High Marshel Jacobus of the Black Templar. That pretty much comes to one guard, one whitch hunter and one space marine army hehe. I also have Fantasy Goblins
Costume: Inquisitor Baraborus, I am also in the works on a Guardsmens outfit and I would Love to do a few others.
Outside Interests: When I am not either at work or in college classes you can find me playing video games, reading a book, watching the tube (Tv children, not youtube), hanging out at the pub, doing homework.. ok thats not much of an interest but its something I have to do. Hikeing Is fun as well, Paintballing. Anything like that realy.
Website: http://chaplainhopkins.deviantart.com/

Welcome to the board, Adrastos, Korpsman, and Jacobus! I hope to see all three of you in the Imperial Guard section. :)

Name: Richard
Alternate handles: Arcade Swan (for on-line gaming, TF2 and L4D mostly)
Country of residence: Ireland
Other boards: www.theoc-gaming.com (my on-line gaming community... and good friends :) )
Age: 31 :huh:
Army: Orks and Space Marines (Space Wolves and Angels of Redemption)
Costumes: Space Marine - WIP
Outside Interests: All things 40K, Video gaming, Rugby, Going to the pub.... America's Next Top Model :rolleyes:
Website: www.richardlynch77.deviantart.com

Welcome, Richard! Have you seen Kaaskop's How to Make a Space Marine costume guide? It's a great place to start, if you haven't already.

Yeah, I've seen Kaaskop's guide, some excellent stuff there. Between his guide and a few tips I've picked up on the Star-wars based 501st and the Halo-based 405th websites, I'm hoping to make 3 full suits by this Halloween.
Just 'slightly' ambitious :P

You're not planning on sleeping between now and then, are you?

Name: Keith Eastman
Age: 19
Occupation: Enlisted Military
Outside Interests: Reading, RPGs(DnD 3.5 and 4e, RT, when it actually gets to stores, Dark Heresy), Computers, Warhammer 40,000 tabletop (Orks), Woodworking.

IRL friend of Alison's. Joining mostly to keep an eye on her work, but I'll be away for the next 9 weeks (For Basic). Perhaps one day I'll be in the mindframe to make something on my own.

Ah, welcome, Eastman!

What cosplay do you plan on doing?

Oh hai Keith!

No plans right now, I'll mostly be lurking. I had grandiose impressions of doing a 'marine, but it's on hold for now.

Hi there, someone at Deviantart pointed me towards this forum!

I'll start with the same stuff you've done

Name: Daniel
Occupation: I'm studying to become a Pedagogue, and I have a nack for prop making in my sparetime..
Location: I live in Denmark
Other boards: Bolter and Chainsword, Warseer
Age: 22
Army: Chaos Marines, Grey Knights, Space Marines, Primarchs, Warhammer fantasy
Costumes: 40k based costumes: Rogue Inquisitor, Inquisitorial Stormtrooper Sergeant, Sister of Battle (Made for a specific event, to a very talented woman), Adeptus Arbeites Enforcer, Adeptus Mechanicus Tech Priest, Chaos Cultist, Imperial Guard and finally a Death Watch marine in progress...
Other: Wolf Predator costume, Various Fantasy costumes, Darth Vader, Storm Trooper and Clone Trooper..

Outside Interests: Reading, Watching movies, being with my girlfriend and friends, drawing, roleplaying, LARPing and more
Website: http://dezelith.deviantart.com/

I've been the main drive behind a danish warhammer 40k LARP event. The campaign is called Imperial Gothic and features between 50-100 players. I've recently detached myself from the group because I feel we need new ideas and more "go" in the society. I'm working on a new WAR based 40k larp called "Kill team"

I'm just the usual guy who has too much spare time and too much stuff. I like to visit CONs and show off my personal costumes, though many of them are usually lent out to persons who don't have their own costumes..

Daniel Out

Hey there Daniel, it was me who pointed you to our lil' forums, glad you've come for a look.
I noticed a few different 40k costumes in your gallery and I thought it'd be great to get some insight from someone who has been 40k cosplaying/LARPing for a while. Hope you like the look of what you see :)

*whistles*

That's an impressive Résumé right there.

Anyway, welcome to this forum. The more the better!

Hello Daniel, and welcome to the board! I think you have the rest of us beat on number of costumes produced. :) I hope you'll share some of your making-of tips with us.

Ehlo all :)

Name: Tiffany
Age: 29
Location: USA
Army: Sisters of Battle & Grey Knights
Website: http://www.shivathedestroyer.deviantart.com

Jacobus drew my attention to this site so I figured I'd come check it out. I was hoping I could get some good ideas for a Sister of Battle costume :)

Welcome to the forum Shiva/Tiffany!
Hope you like what you see here. I'm presuming you've seen Kommissar's SoB costume... hope you get inspired and start your own :)

SHHHHIIIVVVVAAAA!!!!!

*snuggle Glomp*

Hello Shiva, and welcome to the board! Kommissar has am amazing Sister of Battle costume, your should pick his brains about that.

By the way, did you post on Damage, Inc before it imploded?

Name: Roland
Alternate handles: lorded, Bolterboy, Social Pariah
Other boards: miniwargaming.com forums cosplay.com
Age: 31
Army: witch hunters. Space Marines. Deamon hunters WIP,
Costumes: Inquisitor and Commissar both WIP,
Outside Interests: Reading, Table top gaming / RPG, War-gaming, Just about any type of gaming you can think of. Airsoft/ any military simulations

Thanks for the welcome richardlynch77 :) And yes.....Kommissar's SoB costume absolutely blew my mind! I'm definately gonna have to see if he'll put up with me picking his brain a bit for ideas :D

JACOBUUUUUSSSSSS! :P

Hi Seraphim! And yeah, that was me on Damage Inc. I still check in there every now and then....but it's always the same....a whole lotta nothin :(

:( Yeah... hopefully this forum will fare better, though!

Welcome to Obscurus Crusade, Roland! I've also got a WIP Commissar costume, though I suspect our finished costumes will look very different. :)

Name:Robert
Alternate handles: Macewolf
Other boards:I poke around just about everywhere
Age: 21
Army: The Suns(My DIY SM) and looking into the Inquisition.
Costumes:V:TM
Outside Interests: Table top RPGs,computers,movies,paintball,reading,photography
Website: www.macewolf.deviantart.com

I am mostly a pen and paper role player but I have all ways liked cosplay.I got into warhammer 40k from my brother but $400 or so later I learned I was more in to the fluff then the game.

Welcome, Robert! I never even started an army- I just started reading the books at was hooked on the fluff, so you're not alone in that regard.

Hi there Macewolf, welcome to the forum!!

I must say that the whole fluff/novels side of the whole hobby.... but it only just pips the converting and painting of models. totally love that too. I also like the game and pretty much every aspect of the hobby, but the novels are my fav :)

Maybe you could invest your next $400 in cosplay and show us the results :P

Howdies.

Alternate handles: Mayhem
Website: http://evilfuzzydoom.deviantart.com/
Age: 22
Country: Australia
Army: Chaos (Khorne Berzerkers), Imerpial Guard (Rythnian 6th), Space Marines (Those who bring Retribution on Wings of Righteous Fury), Fantasy Orcs & Empire. Playing since 1996 or so?
Costumes: None for Warhammer, Barbarian costume, suit of half-plate.
Outside Interests: Fiction writing, Live Role-playing, tabletop role-playing, miniatures wargaming/hobbying, leatherworking, ART.

So yes. Signed up to point someone in the right direction. Figure I'll hang around since THAT IS THE BEST DAMN SISTER COSTUME I'VE EVER SEEN. And 'cause I should write more fluff.

Yeah. :D

Welcome aboard, Evilfuzzydoom!

Any ideas/intentions regarding warhammer cosplay, or just here to (rightly) drool over Kommissar's work? :D

Name: Maxwell
Alternate handles: lord marcus, marcus ascendant
Other boards: Bolter and Chainsword, Black Library forums, boot camp, minus1mod.com, troll forged minis, dakka dakka, etc, etc
Age: 16 (17 in november)
Army: skaven, brets, tomb kings, imperials
Costumes: none, need help...
Outside Interests: Reading, writing, RPGs, history, warhammer
Website: to be edited in.

hey all. came here from boot camp, thought you guys could help me with a pet project = inquisitor maxwell von ressnov. i started this idea becuase every year my high schools video game club goes to megacon (large gaming/manga convention. to my suprise i saw people playing 40k/space hulk.

all i really need for the costume is a big grey coat, a staff, and a holster (staffs are ok, other weapons are banned unless purchased on site - they have foam mauls, barbarian style)

think you guys and gals could help me? megacon is in march and i want my first costuming event to be coolness personified.

Welcome to the Obscurus Crusade, Inquisitor!

We can help you- just drop on by the Inquisition section if you haven't already, and start asking questions! :)

(btw, very few people's first costumes are really good. It's possible, but it's really, really hard. You should have seen my first inquisitor costume... NOT the one that's posted in here. ^^;)

i feel guilt my commissar came out so well when it was my first.. but patience and dedication make a big impact, the fewer corner you cut the better it will be.

Welcome to the forum EvilFuzzyDoom and Inquisitor-Ressnov, hope you like what you see!

It also really depends on how close you cut it time-wise. If you start a year early, it's going to be way better than if you start it a month before con.

My first inquisitor costume was started probably in February or March, for a Con in May. My second one was on and off from the end of con until the beginning of con the next year, and it turned out WAY better.

Ah... yeah, not so much with the GW-themed costumes. I have to finish the costume for the Gypsy Prince LRP character I've been playing for 6yrs first!

That said, I have some experience in (non-cosplay) costuming, as well as 13-14 years steeped in the 40k fluff, so I'm happy to give advice on either!

For my credentials, I provide such:


Steampunk LRP costume- that's a Games Master ribbon pinned to my lapel.


Fantasy LRP costume.

My replacement chainmaille is brass, I think (hand-me-down). It just needs a few more links added around the neck (so it doesn't sag around the shoulders) before I'd call it wearable. I also finished the ring-armor bracer which only has two lines of rings in that photo.

Cool steampunk costume, but I think you got your pics mixed up- they both are the same pic, at least to me.