With little time, I decided to be a Khajiit from the role-playing game Skyrim -- by just adding armour on top of my Munkustrap costume (with claws and making a different tail) -- as fantasy-based characters tend to be just as common at this convention. I was able to borrow a tunic from a friend, so the challenge was to make the lower fur armour and accessories like the mana potion and sword harness in time. Here's the character I prepared as reference:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16953609@N07/8556999360/WIP info here:
http://www.theccdb.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=4476
As usual, more pictures here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16953609@N07/ This character was so much fun that I’ll now continue on and make some matching upper armour, albeit at a less hectic pace. I still have a good yard of fake leather that I can use to make the scaled chest piece. I’ll also have to make a couple of shoulder pauldrons, though I’m not sure what to use for the hard shell yet.