I was thinking about a post-pinball-ring newly promoted Kim who was halfway between back then and now, probably still rocking the medium length hair, just before the twink death. (I think he’s hotter when he’s older, for the record.) I needed a badge for my Halloween cosplay, the first time I’m dressing up in several years, so I went all out because I might as well, lol.
The portrait was of course based on the amazing portrait from Disco Elysium of Kim Kitsuragi, but I needed a picture of my version (I look too youthful to cosplay him as he looks in the game, however I’m around the age he was during the last part of his undercover years), so I mostly based it on me.
The thought behind the background is that at this point he probably saw things more in black and white, metaphorically, given his admiration for both the moralists and the revolutionary pilots. The expression is subtly annoyed / determined in that sort of ‘I’ll prove you wrong’ way, because thats how he felt after the pinball nonsense lol. The blue is like the moralist views he held, ‘a blue forget-me-not’, a ‘piece of the sky’, and the outfit is because its for his badge so he’s wearing the uniform.
I ended up not going with this one as the final badge picture, since I’ll be wearing the jacket, the cargo pants and the boots, but this painting is nice, lol.
The hat is a Greek fisherman’s hat, because of the maritime setting / I thought it looked good and mildly like a patrol hat of the RCM / maybe he wears it in his civilian fit at this time / I found it in my room after years, I love it, and I am wearing it for the cosplay. I love my dumb hat and it brings me joy.
Here’s the images of my actual cosplay!! I’m so happy with how it came out <3
Harry took the following pictures for me 💚💚💚
By the way, the jacket I am wearing in these was not made by ZA/UM, I commissioned it. When it’s cold outside, it’s very cozy <3
I took advantage of the atmosphere and asked Harry to take pictures of me before it really started pouring. It was raining only a little bit but about an hour after this it got dark and rained much harder LOL. Below is the ID card that I made and printed out with some help from internet sources for the writing and Jamrock map watermark.
I painted the card’s texture and portrait myself, and added the map of Revachol West that I got from this thread. I got the information for Kim’s card from this thread, as I was unsure of the content (the game only tells us Harry’s badge information).
I think I did a pretty good job portraying my headcanon of a slightly younger post-pinball Kim. The other side of my ID card had the standard portrait of Kim.
Overall I’m happy with how the cosplay and everything turned out 🙂
