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The Machine was my 13th Amiga related cosplay. The design is my interpretation that mixes the character’s appearance in the intros of Turrican 2 & 3 with inspiration from other sources, mainly the classic Borg.

This is my biggest costume project to date: it took me 980 crafting hours over 1 year. There was no 3D printing involved, just manual armour making with EVA foam and making use of a whole lot of bits and pieces like old computer chips and cellphone parts.

The Turrican helmet prop is from my 2nd Turrican suit that I made back in 2016.

The photo was taken by void256 and edited by me.

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Hi to all my new and old followers and fellow Amiga fans!

I’m back from Amiga40. I’ll post about the event soon, but first I have a lot of photos to go through and thoughts to sort out. Spoiler: the event was fantastic!

In the meantime, here’s a great photo of The Machine, taken by Rudolf Stember. Seeing all the photos and hearing the overwhelmingly positive feedback has been really rewarding. This cosplay took me 980 hours to make, but it was worth it.

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I’m on my way to Amiga40 🥳

I managed to finish The Machine as well as 2 other new Amiga related costumes on time. However, there wasn’t enough time to try on all the finished pieces of The Machine and take pictures of the cosplay. The final look will therefore be a surprise to everyone, including myself.

Here’s hoping for a cool, fun event! Come say hi if you see me.

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Here’s another armour piece of The Machine that I finished recently: the chest armour.

I’m currently working on the helmet. I should be done with the whole costume in about a week.

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I’ve been very busy painting The Machine’s armour. By now there are only 6 more costume parts left to paint. They’re the biggest ones though, like the boots and the helmet. I also still need to make the cloak.

I have less than 3 weeks left to finish this cosplay and two smaller projects for Amiga40. I’m living in serious crunch time now.

Here’s one of my favourite armour pieces: the left thigh armour.


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Lately I’ve been busy priming and painting The Machine’s armour. The costume has 20 armour pieces, 9 of which are now completely finished. Here’s one of them: the neck armour.

It’ll take me a few more weeks to finish this project. I also have two smaller costume projects going on at the same time in preparation for Amiga40, so the remaining 5 weeks before the event are going to be quite hectic.

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The Machine’s pants are finished, which brings the costume to 22/23 parts (minus the paint job).

I’ve started working on the last missing part: the cloak. I’m quite excited about getting to wear one! The pattern is now ready, but I had to order more fabric, so the cloak is paused until I get the missing materials.

In the meantime I’ve also started adding some final, small details on the armour. I should be able to start priming some of the armour pieces later today.


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I’ve been working on The Machine’s undersuit - the shirt and pants that I’ll wear under the armour pieces. The shirt is now completed and I’m hoping to finish the pants today.

I still need to make the cloak and paint the armour. I’m quite a bit behind my original schedule. With some luck, I might still finish this project by the end of August, but in any case not before Gamescom.

The event debut of The Machine is now officially on the Saturday of Amiga40.


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Lately I’ve been working on The Machine’s hands. These armour pieces need to be primed and painted before they’ll be glued on a pair of funky purple gloves, so the hands will have to stay in this disassembled form for a while now.

The Machine is now at 20/23 costume parts. I’m behind schedule again and don’t know if I can catch up. Even if The Machine won’t make it to Gamescom, I’m still hoping to finish the project by the end of August.

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