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Kamen Rider Custom — Description
Back in 2005, I decided to get a costume based on my favorite superhero series, Kamen Rider. Lacking the funds for a full costume replica, I created my own Rider. I have dubbed it Kamen Rider Custom.

While I love the new series Riders armor, there's always been something about the plain clothes armor Riders of the past that I thought was awesome.

These are pictures of the costume when it was first created, and during the second year I had it. I unfortunately do not have any recent photos of the costume which show off the new, longer antennae, new gloves, and the newer, larger belt. I am hoping to rectify this sometime in the coming weeks depending on when I can get help in taking the photos.

The helmet is a modified Sky Rider helmet, painted dark green because I liked how it looked compared to the bright green it was originally painted when I purchased it. I replaced the mirrored lenses with wiremesh for better visibility and airflow.

The muffler-scarf, jacket, boots, and pants I already owned. I simply added spikes to the shoulders to make it better looking. The scarf was sewn by my friend Amanda Berman.

Originally, I was using the DX Kamen Rider Faiz Faiz-Driver for my belt. I have since bought the 1/1 scale (And very expensive) Adult Sized Orga Driver to replace it. The Orga Driver is much nicer as it has leather and die-cast.

The chest plate is a Star Wars stormtrooper chest that I spraypainted silver. It's the one piece right now that I'm looking to replace to make it a bit more Riderish, but at the same time have no idea what with.

This costume has won 2 awards.
-Best Armor, 2006 OMGcon
-Best Novice Recreation, 2006 Midsouth Comic-con

Badge art by and when flipped around displays Off-Duty mode (Seen here [link] )