Aku

I'm reasonably proud of my work on this one.  My kids really enjoy the cartoon "Samurai Jack", so they asked to be Jack and Aku for Halloween in 2013.  I have another post about the Samurai Jack costume, you may want to check that out, too.

Aku is a menacing black demon with fiery eyes.  His signature colors are black, red and green, and they are always prominent in the many forms he can take.  Aku's default look is tall and thin, which suits the build of my younger son admirably.

I particularly liked this series of images, which actually has approximately correct proportions between Aku and Jack.  Google even turned them into an animated .gif for me, which I'll see if I can embed.

The head and body covers were all made from whole cloth.  I learned quite a bit in the process, as this was my first attempt at sewing a costume from scratch.  The flaming eyebrows and beard are made like stuffed animals and sewn to the hood.  The horns and projections on the shoulders and elbows are made the same way.  The gloves were an interesting challenge, and it took me a couple of tries to get them to fit right.

My wife handled the makeup duties, and the teeth are just ordinary plastic vampire teeth available at any costume shop.