February 7, 2014

First off, Emeraldas is probably the coolest female character in the whole Leiji Matsumoto Universe. She makes so many guest appearances in all his series (Captain Harlock, Queen Emeraldas, Maetel Symphony, Galaxy Express 999) and even had her own OVA series.

I had made one other costume for her before, about 7 years ago, however there were things about it I didnt like so I wanted to approach her again from a different angle. I really like her design from the newest series but wanted also to employ some designs from the new Captain Harlock CG movie that came out last year so I borrowed some elements from his costume and grafted them to hers since she has always been his counterpart. (only with a different color scheme of course)

I used dance lycra for the body suit and then braided gold trim for her accents. All belts came from the flea market as well as the gun holster which I found at a toy shop. The cape is 4 meters of black cotton and lined with another 4 yards of red satin. I had to make the pattern for everything myself and used white felt for the skulls on her chest, cape and hair.

All of the photos were done at a professional studio in Tokyo.

Cosplayer: CelestialShadow19

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