Geek Syndicate Issue 8 | Page 32

Geek Syndicate • 3x cans of spray paint, £7 each; • 2x large rolls of coloured/striped tape, about £4 each; • 1x tube of brown acrylic paint from Cass Art, about £2; • Yellow rope, about £4. I also went to Cass Art on a specific day and they gave me a box of free stuff, including red spray paint and blue acrylic paint, which I used on the armour. Emergency Cosplay (On an Even Bigger Budget)! Being a fashion student, I don’t finish projects until the night before they’re due and I had a chainsaw malfunction on the Friday evening before MCM. This called for emergency cosplay. Enter: Shaun of The Dead costume. I found a black skirt, white shirt, long grey socks and brogues. I got a picture of Shaun’s ‘sales adviser’ badge and changed it to my name, printed it off and found the £8 cricket bat I’d bought for Halloween and covered it and myself in the fake blood I’d bought from Claire’s Accessories for £3. My Shaun of the Dead and Pea’s Mime Artist emergency cosplay 32 Shaun/Jess of the dead with Capt. Jack emergency cosplay