Assassins' Creed IV Cosplay Begins With This McFarlane Toys Creation

Okay, any Assassins' Creed cosplay is going to start with a white hood, but soon after that you're going to need a weapon. Comic book legend Todd McFarlane provides, with a replica of Edward Kenway's Hidden Blade Gauntlet so pretty you can barely tell it's plastic.

McFarlane Toys is doing lovely things with the Assassin's Creed license, using up all the white paint to create some really sexy assassin figures, as seen at Toy Fair earlier this year. McFarlane has been a champion of franchises traditional toy companies wouldn't touch, catering to the adult collector with stunning original and licensed works. His company's work is so distinctive that I knew where this replica Hidden Blade Guantlet came from the moment I saw it.

"You think it's leather until you actually touch it," McFarlane told me during an interview earlier this week, obviously proud of what his company has created. "We're simulating the look of leather on it, down to where it tightens around your wrist... there are wrinkles. We were looking at real leather when we sculpted it.

Looking at these images I curse my giant size and massive forearms — one size fits most does not apply to me. Then again, were I to dress all in white I'd look less like an assassin, more like a slow-moving cloud bank. At least I would be a well-armed cloud bank. This thing look downright dangerous.

"It does," agrees McFarlane. "I think from a distance people will go 'Whoa, what is that?' When you press the spring it actually shoots out, like a blade should. There's a snap to it. Then you get to the end and realize you can curl the tip on it, so it's not going to do any real damage." Awww.

McFarlane Toys' Hidden Wrist Blade is an incredibly detailed piece of role-play gear that's sure to have countless Edward Kenway cosplayers checking weaponry off of their list and moving on to making vests and hoods. A GameStop exclusive shipping in the fall, it'll be available for preorder soon at the retailer's website for $ 39.99.

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At The End Of The Experiment, This Portal Cosplay Will Be Baked

If you're against the use of photoshop in cosplay photos, I can understand where you're coming from. But then, if there was no photoshop in cosplay photos, we wouldn't get amazing pictures like the one up top.

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The Best Star Wars Cosplay You'll See This Week

Reader Jules is from Ireland. He's cosplaying here as Old Republic's enormous Darth Malgus, which might seem ambitious, but when you consider Jules stands 6' 6" himself - 6' 8" in the costume - you start to realise how perfect this is.

He built the costume entirely himself; the other people you see in the video below are only there to help him get dressed.

While we're talking about the video, isn't it awesome? Cosplay photos are great, don't get me wrong, but a video like this really helps you get a sense of how complete and detailed the costume is, because you can see it standing up to his range of movement (and looking good from all angles).

Darth Malgus Costume Test [YouTube]

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