Strider Hiryu Ｓひりゅう Marvel Vs. Capcom/Strider マーヴル VS. カプコン , Ｓひりゅう

Designer: Wayne Worn By: Wayne Conception: October 1, 1998 Picture Date: July 22, 2000 Appearances: San Diego Comicon 2000 Components: Cypher, Grappling Hook, Grappling Hook Case and Straps, Purple Kimono, Black Undershirt, White Belt, Purple Baggy Pants, Purple Shoes, Taped Arm Wraps, Taped Shin Wraps, Red Cummerbund, Red Mask and Scarf Powers Gained: 1. Long Range Cypher 2. Ouroboros (provided by my Orbitty) 3. Legion (from my metal sabertooth tiger and hawks) 4. Ragnarok 5. A masked costume, and no fangirl will glomp me with Cypher and the Grappling Hook Drawbacks: 1. Must take very good care of Cypher lest it skewer someone on it's own 2. Difficult to talk and breathe 3. White Belt doesn't like to stay where it is 4. Look at the Baroque Satin and it wrinkles. Story: As you can see from the time, I've been itching to dress up as this character for quite some time. Him, Captain Commando and Jin Saotome were all drafted at similar times, but Strider's Cypher blade was a puzzle to make. So I put Strider on hold. Also that thing he carries on his back, I had no idea what it was until I got hold of the cheapo Strider Action Figure they put out, and found it was his grappling hook that he uses to scale walls. Gee. I would have to make that too. After conveniently acquiring some metal joints, and applying my katana knowledge I decided with a weeks worth of time to get Strider on the way. This is one of the few costumes that I got more of the costume done than the prop first since I'm more comfortable with baroque satin and kimonos. Even though I knew what to do, actually getting the aluminum to behave for Cypher was a different story. As well as the painting the red streak on it. It had to be done twice cos it was very finicky. I'm quite familiar with all of Strider Hiryu (highest class Strider mind you) MvsC moves so posing for the camera is easy, lest I stab someone with Cypher.