Symmetra

Saffron and Original Symmetra costumes were both part of a joint commission Rainyia Cosplay (Lorraine Torres) and I worked on for celebration of the release of Overwatch in May 2016! We completed both costumes in about 3-4 weeks, and our Saffron Symmetra was displayed in one of the buildings at Blizzard campus. This was an enjoyable project as we involved a number of other members of community to help bring this alive with some publicity.

I worked primarily on the sewing portions of both of our dresses + weapon prop, and Rainyia Cosplay made all the worbla armor parts.

All the armor parts laid out

Year: 2016
First debut: Overwatch Release 2016, Blizzard campus
Time spent: 3-4 weeks

We thank the following:

Honeyboba Cosplay for helping us out with our wig transaction at Epic Cosplay Wigs
Serephitic Embroidery for the patch embroidery
Illumi-Nation for our custom visors per our preferred specifications
Volde Cosplay for compiling our slide show and display at Blizzard HQ
Blizzard for inviting us to wear Symmetra on campus

I also wore this to Twitchcon and the grand opening of the UC Irvine Esports arena!

Rainyia Cosplay made a turret!

LED wiring schematic for the Photon Projector, using 9 LEDs powered by a single 9v battery.

References:
Overwatch Symmetra Cosplay

Want to make your own Symmetra cosplay? Click here to download her Photon Projector pattern!

We were also featured in Blizzard’s Video with us at Hollywood!

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Symmetra’s Photon Projector Pattern

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