/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>7835052
I'll be Eliwood, from Fire Emblem. I'll most likely be with a Meepo from Dota and a Stalker from, well, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. So if you see that strange hodgepodge, you'll know.

Hello /cgl/, I'd like to ask for some advice. I'm putting together an Eliwood cosplay, and I wanted to ask if anybody had any tips or recommendations for his upper-garment.

My general plan so far has been to get either a bathrobe or oversized coat or button-up, cut off any extra tails and what-not, trim the thing to fit, and attach fabric ribbon as the trim. After that, I was going to use velcro or some other attachment method to just stick the shoulder pads on whenever I need them.

I'm pretty sure that with some effort (and finding a coat or robe that I can use), I can make this work fairly well, but I wanted to ask if anybody more experienced with cosplay could offer any better ideas or tips, as this is the first cosplay I've ever done.