BloodRayne Pictures (differences in costume)

Before I go any further I want to highlight some of the differences I've found in Rayne's costume between the first and second game (especially the second). Some pictures show some distinct differences within BloodRayne 2.

For example, this three sided picture shows the red material coming up in a v-shape on her backside, and on the gloves there's a red piece on the back of her hand and red dots on the knuckles. In the game, the piece on the back of the hand is there but the red dots aren't (at least the first time you play the game through because there are different outfits to unlock - I'm about 2/3 of the way through the second game now). In the first game, the gloves are different as well.

Back to the buttocks. Now, in the second game you get the costume as in the first picture, but from playing the game first time through at least the shape is different on her backside. Take a look here, and again the same pattern. Unfortunately I can't get the deep v-shape on the back of my wet-look leggings because a.) it'd ruin them completely, and b.) I'm revealing more than I've ever revealed before in my life thus far and the crack of my arse won't be included.

Do note that in the first picture she has stitching on the upper arm section of the gloves, whereas in the second picture from the first game, that stitching isn't there.

In this concept art picture, the red material on Rayne's legs come right up to her waist, but then in this comic version the shape is a bit different. In this censored pic (she's topless in this one), the pattern is different STILL.

With the hair attachments, there are little red pieces at the bottom of them. In this one it's of the Brimstone Society's symbol. However in this one (look under her arm) you can see the hair attachments are in two red stripes. You can see it slightly here too.

Right, we've established that there are quite a few inconsistencies with the costume. So, I'll be doing what I can with what I've got. The hair attachments have the stripes on the bottom from the ones I made. Making them with the Brimstone symbol would be extremely fiddley so I went with the design from BloodRayne 2. The gloves....yet to decide that. I'm seeing if I can get some full length wet-look armwarmers before I decide. If I have to get a shorter pair of armwarmers I'll not stitch the two together but I'll put red stitches on one of them where they overlap.

If I can get full length wet-look armwarmers I won't bother with the sticking and therefore they'll look like the ones from the first game. The hand pieces on the gloves are going to be separate gloves entirely. I found some driver's gloves on eBay with a large hole on the back of the hand and hey presto also open circles on the knuckles. Adding red material underneath will suffice and will just have to stick on red material around the short finger pieces.

The leggings I am going to do pretty much as the latter pictures I put up about them. Not the straight up v-shape, but the more rounded version. That way they're probably going to look better I think.

As for the top, don't get me started. Five tops, sixth on the way....making me want to cry now. There's yet another I've seen on eBay that I'm requesting to buy right away rather than having to damn well bid on it. I hate bidding! If I want an item, I just want to purchase it and not have to faff around waiting for days until it comes to a close frantically bidding every few seconds in a vain attempt to get the item by outrunning someone else's computer by constantly refreshing every couple of seconds.

If I can get this costume right I might as well stick with cosplaying Rayne because this has already cost me well over £100. At this moment in my life I'm not rich, and am not a craft-type person to be perfectly honest. If/when I have more money and time I might consider others, but Rayne really is a hardcore bitch and that's rather my style. Not many other videogame/anime girls out there like her with red hair. My hair is naturally dark brown but I dye it red...prefer it that way. :-p

Oh yeah, and I hope these will be the cuffs (they had better damn fit right). Can't get them made of metal, or silver. They did them in white, but I thought white really wouldn't go to be honest. These are the closest I can find at a cheap price. They'll do. With the straps, dad should be able to attach the mechanism easier for the weapons.