Boss Raiden Shogun

(Genshin Impact)

Completion date: May 2022

Photographer: Paper Cube

Watch the full costume-making process here! ⤵

This costume was awarded 3rd place in the Crown Championships of Cosplay UK qualifier at MCM London 2022! ⤵

Costume Details

Where to begin with this costume?! When Genshin Impact announced this boss version of Raiden Shogun, I knew that this was going to be my next big armour project. This costume has a crazy amount of detail and I kept noticing more and more of them every day that I worked on it!

Since this build is very larger than life, I spent a long time scaling the model and comparing it to my own body to work out the correct dimensions of armour that I’d need. Unfortunately I am physically incapable of floating, but I tried my best to achieve that godly aura!

The large majority of the armour was made from EVA foam which I wrapped in stretch PVC spandex using contact adhesive. This method is very tricky, but is a great alternative to painting and achieves a shiny, plastic-like finish. It also includes heat transfer vinyl details and numerous resin-printed details which I 3D modelled in Fusion360. I’d highly recommend checking out my try-on video (linked above) which shows how I get in and out of the costume (hint: it’s a lot of layers!).

I debuted this costume at MCM London in May 2022, where I was also awarded 3rd placed in the Crown Champsionships of Cosplay UK qualifiers!

Character reference

Follow the build process here! ⤵