The project in mind is an ambitious one, being the Armor of Altaïr from Assassins Creed II. It's a bit daunting, but hopefully I can record the process accurately and provide a decent reference for those of you that desire to undertake this costume (or one like it). This will be spread out over several months, so please bear with me as I go.
Step 1) Identifying the Construction
For a place to begin I looked up plenty of reference photos, and took a few of my own, to get a general idea of how the costume was constructed, focusing primarily on the fabric portions of the costume. The chest-plate, belt and bracers can come later. To supplement these photos, I did a few searches online to see how other people were constructing similar garments and see if any strategies they used would work for me.
I managed to identify one common way to construct the A.C. costumes in general, which is to do it in two main parts - a top part with the shirt and hood, and a separate bottom part; almost like a skirt or kilt where the coattails and bottom part of the robes are attached. While this method is more efficient, and does look nice, I'm a bit of a glutton for punishment at times and decided to actually do full layers. *
I know I wanted something that would look really nice when done, have a decent drape, and move similar to the fabric of the costume in game. The way I saw to achieve this was to try and construct a garment similar to how it would have probably been constructed in the renaissance. This to me means that those neat- floppy bits of fabric are layers of longer garments.
Time to doodle!
(please pardon how faint they are, I tend to draw lightly, and my camera isn't that good)
So now I have an idea of what each layer is to look like, what parts it will contain and what order they go in. Now I need to take the measurements of the person this costume is for, and develop a pattern to make a mock up which can be used for fitting.
Time to assemble materials for Step 2, this will be covered in a later post, so stay tuned!
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*If you would like to pursue this method of construction there are several really good blogs and threads on how to do it. Even if you don't pursue it, its a really good idea to check them out anyways, knowing how others approach problems can offer insight into how to tackle your own projects!
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