Integral - Hellsing Ultimate
Cost: $65
Time to Make: 5 hours
Timeline of Construction: March 2006
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I've been a huge fan of Hellsing for many years. I loved the first Anime and I enjoyed collecting
the Manga. I was really thrilled when I heard that the series was going to be redone to follow the Manga
more closely. I've always liked Integral because she's a great female protagonist with a lot of
appeal so I was thinking about Cosplaying her for a long time. I originally wanted to Cosplay her olive green outfit from the first Anime, but after
reading the Manga, I figured the black suit that she wears would but easier to make and look better to
wear. The costume was a closet one. I used an old suit jacket of my brother's and just modified
it to suit me. I bought a ton of gold buttons at Fabricland and sewed them onto the sleeves and
to the front of the jacket. My jacket actually only had one functional front button and the rest
were just added to suit the design. The shirt, pants and shoes were ones that I own and wear on
a regular basis. Pam found the glasses for me which were really accurate for the character but
looked really off on my face. I wear glasses on a regular basis so I figured Cosplaying a
character with glasses would suit my quite well but the size of Integral's glasses really
consumed my face. XD I probably won't wear this costume again unless I find a nice, but small
round pair of glasses. The wig was an eBay find. It was cheap but I loved all the waves and
curls. It's not very accurate for the Anime version of the character but in the Manga Integral's
hair sometimes has a lot of flair to it. Due to the cheap quality, the wig sort of died by the time I wore this costume in 2007. (^^);; My silver cross was from a cross pendant that I inherited from my aunt's late mother (we weren't related). It was a very weird thing for me to inherit but it was perfect for the costume. XD I painted it and glued on a brooch backing so it would stay in place. The only challenging part of this costume was the giant red tie. The best material that I could find for it was a bit flimsy so it was challenging to work with. When I first wore this costume in 2006 the tie was way too big and looked really off but when I fixed it for the following year, it looked a lot better. I enjoyed Cosplaying Integral because I love Hellsing. I wish I could have done the character better justice but it was still a great experience. I even met Crispin Freeman while Cosplaying Integral in 2006, which made Cosplaying Integral all worth it. :D
Events/Conventions this costume was worn to
March Toronto AnimeCON 2006 (Sunday) & March Toronto AnimeCON 2007 (Saturday)
Photo Credits
Kevin (Stillvisions) and Kevin (SolarTempest)
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