DIY Star Lord Costume Tutorial

My friends and I attended Gen Con  several months ago, and for the first time ever we cosplayed!  Gen Con is a huge 4 day tabletop gaming convention located in Indianapolis, Indiana.  On Friday of the convention we dressed up as members of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy.  It was a fun experience and I want to share with you the details behind creating the costumes.  Previously, I described the steps I took to create Rocket Raccoon’s costume.  Today, let’s talk about details behind Star Lord’s costume!

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Star Lord’s Clothing

For Star Lord’s clothing, I purchased the following items:

• Greyish blue t-shirt
• Star Lord Leather Jacket
• Brown half chaps

My husband carried a khaki messenger bag he owned that was similiar in appearance to Star Lord’s bag.

Star Lord’s Leather Jacket

 

I was really happy to find a leather jacket very similar in appearance to the leather jacket Star Lord wore in the movie.  I purchased the jacket off Amazon.  It runs large.  I ordered the small size and my husband was swimming in it.  He’s about 150 lbs and 5’8″.  Fortunately, returns were really easy, and I ordered a x-small .  I think if an xx-small existed, that would have been the perfect fit.

 

Star Lord’s Quad Blasters

For Star Lord’s Quad Blasters, I had most of my work cut out for me.  Nerf released a Quad Blaster gun.   I purchased two blasters from Amazon.  I was not crazy for the bright orange color, so gave the blasters a much needed makeover.

UPDATE: I noticed the Nerf Quad Blaster gun is no longer available on Amazon (for a reasonable price anyway). Here’s a decent alternative: Star Lord Elemental Blaster.

Here’s how I did it:

Step 1:  Disassemble the nerf gun.

Grab a jewelers precision screwdriver set and remove the screws holding the orange pieces in place.  I recommend taking pictures as you disassemble the gun.  This will help you once it is time to reassemble the gun.

Step 2:  Spray paint the individual pieces.

Spray paint the main body of the gun with black spray paint.  Spray paint the orange pieces with a silver or gray spray paint.

Step 3:  Reassemble the nerf gun

Reattach the pieces of the nerf gun.  This step can be a little tricky.  I recommend that you take pictures while disassembling the gun to use as a reference for putting it all back together.

Step 4:  Paint in the extra details

For the final step, I grabbed some acrylic craft paints and painted in a few details.   I also applied a black wash to give the blaster a more grungy, worn look.

I also rubbed in a bit of silver leaf Rub’n Buff.

DIY Star Lord Costume

Star Lord’s costume was pretty easy to put together.  If I had the time, I would have loved to make his mask.