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Introduction:
I'm Sara, I live in the USA and I am the admin of laracroftcosplay.com, I
started the website back in 2007 and have been a cosplayer since late 2005. I started with
Lara Croft, I did not know this would lead to such an epic love affair with this hobby.
It's no secret that i am a massive Tomb Raider fan, no matter what game, book or
movie, i've loved every single incarnation, it's been my whole life and through
this love, i've developed skills that I never thought possible for me and made connections with some incredible
people that i wouldn't have met otherwise.
I worked for over 10 years to make sure that fellow cosplayers had everything they
needed to start their own cosplay, Before this website, it was on a MySpace fan
page.
I worked tirelessly to create costume, prop, hair and makeup tutorials. Also personal
display galleries for them, articles that may help them navigate any troubles
they encounter and not to mention the massive reference archives available here.
I frequently feature cosplayers by interviewing them, either in written form or
via skype call to upload later, I also started the Cosplay Care Package
Initiative where we donate supplies to beginner cosplayers that might need help
getting started.
I also organized a charitable auction where we raised over $1000 for Mc Millain
Cancer Support, thanks to Miss Jenifer Morgan for donating her costumes.
It's now my life mission to feature as many Tomb Raider cosplayers as possible
on my site, maintain our loving community and provide a safe place for them to
share their work. If you need to contact me, please use my public email
tombraidercosplay@yahoo.com.
*On this page you will find my complete Tomb Raider cosplay history, even the
most embarrassing oldest photos, they are important to me, and i don't want to
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My photos and costumes : |
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Photo count: 182 |
organised by release date of game/movie |
Costumes:
(click on the links below to jump down the page)
- Rise of The Tomb Raider Remnant Jacket
- Rise of The Tomb Raider Commando
- Lara Croft Temple of Osiris Godess Isis
- Tomb Raider 2013 Sam Nishimura
- Tomb Raider 2013
- Tomb Raider Underworld
- Tomb Raider Underworld Wetsuit
- Tomb Raider Underworld Camo Swimsuit
- Tomb Raider Anniversary
- Tomb Raider Legend
- Tomb Raider Legend SnowSuit |
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Rise of The Tomb Raider Remnant Jacket
(Costume Made and Photographed March
2016)
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- Why I chose this costume:
This is such an
awesome new look to Lara, faithful to the 2013 outfit but more mature, more
badass, and very weather appropriate, it's not such a huge departure from
the classic Lara if you take into account the outfits available back then
like Tibet , Antarctica and the Russian outfits , just modernized.
- Materials and cost:
I bought
the jacket and modified it, also bought the pants, tank tops , bow and
henley. Had the boots from 2013.
I was not heavy handed with the weathering, I was in the snow, so it did
not make a lot of sense for me to be muddy, I made my quiver, belt, holster,
revolver, rifle pouch, pistol pouch, axe and necklace.
total cost was about $75 .
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Rise of The Tomb Raider Commando
(Costume Made and Photographed Febuary
2016)
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- Why I chose this costume:
I really love the military look to this
outfit, yet somehow retains femininity and sexiness, I love the camo and the
flack jacket too!
It's so reminiscent of the area 51 outfit from TR3 , It came together so
quickly as i already owned most everything, so i cosplayed it before i
cosplayed the default Lara.
- Materials and cost:
I bought the flack jacket, the camo leggings, I
preowned the tank, the boots , the gloves , the necklace, the knife, the
axes and the bow. Also my husband was military so he had the holster just
lying around. and i made the knee pads from craft foam and elastic webbing,
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Godess Isis: Lara Croft and The Temple of Osiris
(Costume Made and Photographed Sept 2015)
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- Why I chose this costume:
Everyone knows i am
completely obsessed with Ancient Egypt, the love came before Tomb Raider,
and i always wished i could do some kind of cosplay inspired by it.
I always considered cosplaying Anck-su-amun from the mummy. although it was
an extremely revealing costume , and i did not feel totally comfy with
dressing like that. Then came Lara Croft and The Temple of Osiris! I finally
had something that was both Egypt and Tomb Raider related! .2
- Materials and cost:
I bough the base white dress, a broom for the
staff, some pleather, black silk, a hat for the chest piece.
Total cost under $70
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Tomb Raider 2013 Sam Nishimura
( Made /Photographed Auguest
2014 - 2015 by
EAT Photography)
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- Why I chose this costume:
This costume sort
of fell into my lap really, I never intended on cosplaying it but I was Sam
for a fan film and so ended up taking a few shots in costume .
- Materials and cost:
Both costumes were extremely easy to excecute,
the sacrificial dress was just a piece of fabric and the headress was a few
dead branches and fake flowers.
The casual sam costume is just clothes i already owned and a shirt i painted
with white acrylic.
That's it!
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Tomb Raider 2013
(Costume Made and Photographed
2013)
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- Why I chose this costume:
Everyone knows Lara
is my hero, I have loved her since discovering Angel Of Darkness, and ever since
then, I really could not imagine her not being part of my every day life, i mean
i run this site for god's sake haha!
As for this costume, I chose it because it was the reboot costume, I love the
cargo pants and tank tops, it looks like what any explorer / researcher would
wear while on an expedition, I went for battle hardened Lara, because she
is most like the lara we all know and love towards the end of the game.
I made the
competition bow and haven't seen any other cosplayer do it before.
- Materials and cost:
I bought some stuff from Kristen for around 50
dollars, but the rest I made myself and bought from ebay, i used pleather for
the belt, sewed cargo pockets on my pants, made my bow and axe out of foam board
and used PVC pipe to fashion a silencer for my pistol. I would say overall this
cost me around 100 dollars.
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Tomb Raider Underworld
(Costume
Made and Photographed
2009) |
- Why I chose this costume:
This costume was amazing to me in terms of complexity, Lara's past costumes
were very simple, this one had so many details in the belt and holsters, the
backpack alone was darn near impossible to replicate, I just loved it!, the
shirt and shots had these patterns on them too, just beautiful detail!
I was super happy with the fit because it made me feel really comfortable, I
feel like i have a curvy body and the clothes were very flattering,
especially love the front fastened backpack strap.
- Materials and cost:
I bought the shirt and shorts, but i already had the straps
and backpack, then all i had to do was take apart an old backpack and recycle
the leather from it, to make the triangular piece on the backpack itself.
The pistols are real life size airsofts, that cost me 60
dollars (I think? It was so long ago), and already owned the boots, so total
cost was around 80 Dollars.
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2008
: before the game came out, a bunch of cosplays including myself cosplayed
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Tomb Raider Underworld Wetsuit
(Costume Made and
Photographed
2009
and
2014)
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- Why I chose this costume:
I chose this costume because my mother's house was right by a lake
and i could not resist a water photo shoot! I picked this particular wetsuit
because i was broke and it was the easiest to replicate, it is actually a long
sleeved shirt with yellow ribbon on it that i sewed on. So you really can
cosplay if you have no money :)
Underworld had just
come out and i thought it was perfect timing when i visited my mom
- Materials and cost:
In the location shoot you can see i used the backpack and belt
from the standard underworld outfit, but further below in the recent photos i
actually made the appropriate backpack and holsters, those were made from
remenants of old backpacks and pleather i bought, soda cans for the oxygen
tanks, and the suit itself was made out of a catsuit from www.halloweencostumes.com.
So all in all the first suit cost me 20 dollars and the new one
cost around 50 dollars.
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2014 |
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Tomb Raider Underworld Camo Swimsuit
(Costume Made and Photographed
2012) |
- Why I chose this costume:
Ok, this one is really not
exactly my usual choice in costumes, i always pick the more conservative yet
sexy costumes, I chose this because i had JUST lost 35lbs and i was feeling
really great, but was still scared, So i needed to cosplay something out of the ordinary to prove to
myself that i can.
I chose Lara's XBox camo swim suit because it is Lara , and i had the underworld
accessories and bought the swimsuit for 10 dollars from an army surplus store.
- Materials and cost:
I did not
make the swimsuiit, It was bought from a store for 10 dollars
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Tomb Raider Anniversary
(Costume
Made and Photographed
2006) |
- Why I chose this costume:
Wow this brings back
memories, This is from 2006, I was so excited that they made a next generation
version of the original game and i thought i would cosplay it to celebrate the
launch
- Materials and cost:
I made my belt and
holsters from recycled backpack straps, i cut my brown jeans into short shorts,
i cut sleeves my ribbed blue top, bought gloves and toy guns, total was about 20
dollars
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Tomb Raider Legend
(Costume Made and
Photographed
2006 -2012) |
- Why I chose this costume:
I decided to do this
costume because i had to make a tutorial about the tomb raider legend top, I did
this costume back in 2006 but i was never happy with how they turned out, so i
redid it for the tutorial and remade my belt and holsters, i already had the
guns and the backpack is from ebay, i bought it in 2008 back before i was
serious about making my own stuff.
- Materials and cost:
The shirt was
actually white cotton long sleeved then i hemmed the sleeves, dyed it tan and
sewed the white triangle on it. and bought the shorts and backpack long ago ,
everything else i had, so total cost was about 30 dollars
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Tomb Raider Legend Snowsuit
(Costume Made and
Photographed
2014) |
- Why I chose this costume:
I absolutely adore Tomb
Raider Legend, and i just about lost my mind when i saw all 33 unlockable
outfits, it's like playing badass barbie dress up, so i am trying to do all of
them, This one was an accident , because i bought the suit for another
character, Miranda Lawson from Mass Effect 2 and 3, but i found a company that
sells the fabric with the pattern already on it, so then i had this suit and
nothing to do with it, so i decided to do tthis costume
- Materials and cost:
I already had my
backpack, belt , holsters, guns and boots, I bought the suit for 12.99 from
Ebay, that was it.
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Tomb Raider Legend Tokyo Dress
(Costume
Made and Photographed 2009
then
2015) |
- Why I chose this costume:
How can i NOT do this one,
i mean come on! It's my all time favourite tomb raider outfit, and will always
be but more than anything i loved the break they took from the shorts, so i had to make
it
- Materials and cost:
Like before, i
owned the guns and backpacks, all i did was get some pleather to make the belt
and buy a black halter dress and cut its sides. Total cost was around 25 dollars
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2015 |
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Tomb Raider Legend: suit
(Costume Made and
Photographed
2006) |
- Why I chose this costume:
This costume is
just a quickie, that i threw together because i had the suit, and i had the
belt and backpack from my legend Cosplay, so i just wanted to add it to my
list of completed costumes, i think i actually wore it on Halloween,
- Materials and cost:
i made my belt and
holsters out of old backpack straps, and i pre-owned the suit. |
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Tomb Raider Legend: Special Forces
(Costume Made and
Photographed
2006) |
- Why I chose this costume:
This costume is
also another quickie done with clothes i preowned, i only bought the pants.
I chose it cos it was easy to do.
- Materials and cost:
I made everything,
and got the closes from my closet. |
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Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness
(Costume Made and
Photographed
2005 - 2006) |
- Why I chose this costume:
There you go ladies
and gentlemen, My first Tomb Raider cosplay! and the only picture i ever took of
it. I chose it because it was the first game i played.
- Materials and cost:
i made my belt and
holsters out of old backpack straps, cut the sleeves off my shirt, made my cargo
pants into short shorts, and bought toy guns, barely 40 dollars
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Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness: Long Pants
(Costume
Made and Photographed 2006) |
- Why I chose this costume:
There's another
variation of the costume above, it's the long pants from Angel of Darkness,
i believe i mixed and matched from my special forces cosplay.
- Materials and cost:
I made everything,
and got the closes from my closet. |
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Tomb Raider Classic Catsuit
(Costume
Made and Photographed 2013) |
- Why I chose this costume:
My favourite level
out of Tomb Raider Chronicles is the London level, and this outfit was worn in
that game, so as soon as i could , i put the catsuit together and took
some exact replicas of the official renders
- Materials and cost:
This catsuit is
actually not a catsuit, It's made of two pieces, a leotard and leggings, My
friend Xavietta made me the belt a long time ago, and i made the backpack
myself, total cost around 50 dollars |
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Tomb Raider Movie 1 shorts
(Costume
Made and Photographed
2006) |
- Why I chose this costume:
The movie blew me away, i really loved it
and just had to cosplay her.
- Materials and cost:
It's been 11 years, i really don't
remember lol |
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Tomb Raider Movie 1 Long Pants
(Costume
Made and Photographed 2006) |
- Why I chose this costume:
Loved the cambodia scenes in the movie,
and i had leggings, so i just switched them out from the shorts above
- Materials and cost:
It's been 11 years, i really don't
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Other Costumes |
Daenerys Targaryen Season 3 and
4 blue dress
- Why I chose this costume
This is one of the
coolest Daenerys outfits to me, I wanted very desperately to cosplay it even
though i had a hard time making it, because i am no seemstress, but i glued,
sewed and cried till i did lol
- Materials and cost
Less than $50
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Sweetpea - Sucker Punch
- Why I chose this costume
My dear friend and crystal dynamics
senior community manager Meagan Marie was cleaning out her cosplay closet
and i bought this from her.
I am honored to have had the pleasure to wear and own a piece of her cosplay
history.
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Daenerys Targaryen
Dothraki rags
- Why I chose this costume
This was my favorite season one outfit of
Dany's. She looked like a warrior goddess wearing it , it was very unique
and believable as a dothraki queen specific outfit.
- Materials and cost
About $100
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Daenerys Targaryen
Quatheen dress.
- Why I chose this costume
My alltime favorite
Daenerys outfit, I love the blue against the blonde hair and the gold
accessories, the mesh belt and shoulders are expecially unique, not to
mention the dress design and how it has a cape built in.
- Materials and cost
About $70 , i
had to buy the fabric, the polymer for the belt beads, craft foam for the
belt and worbla for the shoulders.
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Jessica Sherewat
- Why I chose this costume
I am a huge fan of the resident evil
series but i must confess, that the only reason I cosplayed Jessica is for
the one legged wetsuit!
- Materials and cost
Made everything i am wearing , so it was not as
expensive, total cost woudl be maybe about $50
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The Dark Knight Rises Catwoman
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- Why I chose this costume
Selina Kyle to me is
an amazing character, The way she is portrayed in TDKR is very intriguing,
her outfit is conservative yet unbelievably sexy, so it was right up
my alley, I loved the movie, I would have cosplayed batman, but i didn't
feel like cross-playing, next logical step, do selina kyle, The biggest
reason though, was the head piece, i just about lost my mind when i saw that
the tactical goggles went up and made the shape of cat ears, this cosplay
HAD to happen after that
- Materials and cost
Believe it or
not the suit is a leotard and leggings, the boots were from Ebay, the gloves
also, the headpiece was by Aleena Averly and my utility belt was made from a
piece of pleather and heat shaped and carved pieces of styrofoam, that's
pretty much it, the whole thing cost me 80 dollars
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Excella Gionne - Resident Evil
- Why I chose this costume
Excella is a
complicated character, she's the kind you love and hate at the same time,
she spends most of her time being wesker's lap dog, but at the same time, I
love how strong and independent she is, if you read her bio in the game, she
is also absolutely brilliant. intelligent and accomplished a lot. I
had to cosplay her, for picking my first villain, i think i did pretty well.
- Materials and cost
This was during my first years of
cosplay so i bought my bracelet, earrings and belt, but i also bought fabric
and made that dress from scratch, total cost was about 60 dollars
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Sweetpea - Sucker Punch
- Why I chose this costume
Sweetpea is not
only a strong female character who is an amazing leader and fighter, she is
a big sister who loves her little sister, and i can relate to her immensely
in that aspect, so i had to attempt her outfit.
- Materials and cost
The coat that i bought was awful, i had to inlay the
inner side with pleather to weigh it down as it was all curly, the side
armor was made by me from cardboard and hot glue, i bought the stockings and
attached the ammo straps to them, the gloves were heavily modified too, and
i made the bra piece out of fimo other than that it was just a black bra.
Total cost was about 70 dollars
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Caprica 6 - BattleStar Galactica
- Why I chose this costume
Caprica 6 although
started out as a villan, eventually i grew to love her and feel for her, i fell
in love with her humanity even though she was a cylon, and let's just face it,
this was a challenge as i am a brunette and not stick thin like Tricia Helfer,
so i needed to do this to prove i could to myself
- Materials and cost
This outfit was one of the easiest i ever
accomplished. I modified a red dress that was roughly the same cut as hers, then
made my jewelry out of FIMO clay such as the earrings , the bracelet, bought the
wig and shoes total cost was 30 dollars
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Jill Valentine - Resident Evil
Apocalypse
- Why I chose this costume
Jill from the
apocalypse movie was an amazing character, she was more or less renegade
than play by the rules kind of girl, but she left an impression on me,
i had to cosplay her
- Materials and cost
Bought the tube top, the skirt, and
made the holster and the wig, that was it, total cost was around 25 dollars
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Upcoming Costumes |
Email |
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Rise of the tomb raider Expedition Jacket
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Rise of the tomb raider Henley
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Rise of the tomb raider Desert tank
Only sure of these at the moment!
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My profiles on other networks |
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Publications & Features
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Official Tomb Raider Blog :.
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HalloweenCostumes.com :.
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www.TombRaider.com :.
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Jason's Tomb Raider Blog :.
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Costrader.com :.
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Tomb Raider Game End Credits :.
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All Stars Cosplay :.
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Cosplay
Gamers :.
.: Stella's Tomb Raider Site :.
Jun 2009
.: Stella's Tomb Raider Site :. Oct 2009
.: Stella's Tomb Raider Site :.
Oct 2014
.: Eidos Forums :.
.: GeekShizzle.com :.
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Guns and Grapple 2014 :.
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AlanWake.info -The sudden stop :. |
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