In 2015 Blizzard Entertainment commissioned me to make a costume from their upcoming game Overwatch to work at their booth at GamesCom that same year. I choose Symmetra as I really loved her style, and her story was excited to build her robotic arm and thought it would be a comfy costume for a crowded convention floor. In addition, Symmetra was a great opportunity to play around with LEDs.
For the dress I used flexible lycra and shiny vinyl fabrics. You might also noticed a little flaw in the costume: I didn’t had much time to finish everything and did a critical mistake at 2am in the morning shortly before the event. After I’ve set the wrong cut, there was no time to fix the dress and it turned out to by mirrored. I still pretend it never happened, ha ha! The armor and head piece was then made with Worbla and a shiny, white spray paint. I also really enjoyed building Symmetra’s iconic Photon Projector.
And even though this cosplay didn’t turned out perfect, I’m still really happy about the result. Symmetra was a super fun project and I always enjoy collaborations with Blizzard Entertainment.
Make sure to read my write-up of how I made the costume and watch my making-of video on YouTube!
Blog – Symmetra Commissioned by Blizzard, Yeah!
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