If you've been following my cosplay articles in the past, you might have noticed my Brother Warth and Captain Cold
costumes. I love these costumes because I love gimmicks. Brother Warth had a light-up LED power ring
and parts of the costume lit up under camera flashes because of
retro-reflective vinyl. Captain Cold is
slightly different: it had a cold gun that had a bright blue LED, which was also a
miniature fog machine.
I thought to myself, maybe I should introduce a fresh new
gimmick that’s very visually exciting, and just plain looks like fun. Being a fan of action figures and miniatures,
it is always a treat to have toys with translucent parts, and even cooler,
add-on transparent parts. I started noticing that SH Figuarts even starts
selling effect parts either specifically for certain toys SEPARATELY or just awesome
general effect parts. I, being myself,
who doesn’t have a filter, thought it would be nice to have life-sized effect
parts for my costumes.
