Last of Us: Cosplay!!!

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Check out my CLICKER cosplay shoot here: jwbeyond.deviantart.com/galler… !!!

Years ago while watching the BBC show Planet Earth I saw this clip: youtu.be/XuKjBIBBAL8 about a killer Cordyceps fungi that infected jungle Ants. The thought of this Cordyceps infecting a human host was so scary that I thought it would make an amazing Film! And in 2008 M' Night Shyamalan made that film!

"WHAT?! What film is this!" I hear you cry. Well it is called The Happening and it is terrible. No cool Fungus growth or murderous rage, Its basically a movie about pollen that makes you commit suicide…… :doh:

 

So that dream was dead.....

Until Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley from Naughty Dog studios decided to turn a Cordyceps infection into an action adventure computer Game!!! www.naughtydog.com/games/the_l…

As soon as I saw this Trailer for the game youtu.be/qLGxubfC1Ik  in 2011 I have been planning to do a Cosplay based on the Infected. Took a while to get clear concept images but as soon as I could, I started making fungus. Then I had to find a site to shoot in that fit the post-apocalyptic scene. Luckily only 15mins away from me by Bus is Barrow Gurney, a mental hospital that was abandoned in 2008. The site is perfect and you can see why in these images I took in my Bristol gallery: jwbeyond.deviantart.com/galler…

I picked my favourite Model www.modelmayhem.com/2667169  and Photographer www.facebook.com/InnershadowsP… and after a couple of delays we finally did the Clicker shoot on Sunday the 16th of June 2013, two days after the release of the Game!

It's a combination of my 3D studies at Uni and everything I've learnt from Body Painting over the last couple of years and is affectively my last solo body paint pro-shoot. So I hope you Enjoy the images as much as I enjoyed working on them!

The Last of Us. Live Action UK by JWBeyond HUSH by JWBeyond Cordyceps by JWBeyond The Mask by JWBeyond Nightmare Edits 1 by JWBeyond

Total cost of materials for this shoot was £49. That's not including travel, any materials I used that I already owned or any of the Photographers/Models costs. Plus I was so sure the game would be Epic I also brought a PS3 a week before the games release, glad I was right! But yep, I'm totally in debt now so I cant spend any money or go out for a couple of months but lucky I don't have to because now I have to complete Survivor mode and build up my Faction in The Last of Us :dance:

 

===UPDATE===

THE INFECTION HAS SPREAD!!!

Tumblr Attention: jwbeyond.tumblr.com/

FuckYeahTheLastOfUs Tumblr: fuckyeahthelastofus.com/post/5… 

fuckyeahthelastofus.com/post/5… 

fuckyeahthelastofus.com/post/5…

Kotaku The Gamers Guide: kotaku.com/turning-a-beautiful…

LazyGamer: www.lazygamer.net/24/this-the-…

Bloody Disgusting: bloody-disgusting.com/news/323…

Daily Cosplay: dailycosplay.com/2013/June/27b…

InnerShadows: innershadowsblog.wordpress.com…

Clicker hit the front page of Reddit: www.reddit.com/search?q=clicke…

One of Katatu's Top Cosplays of 2013 kotaku.com/the-best-cosplay-of…

The Arcade's Spooky Cosplay www.the-arcade.ie/2016/10/spoo…

Bloody Disgusting bloody-disgusting.com/news/323…

Game Spark (JP) www.gamespark.jp/article/2013/…

Terra (SP) www.terra.com.br/diversao/game…

 

===ART UPDATE===

Lucid-Concept lucid-concept.deviantart.com/ has very kindly done a Photo manipulation of one of my Clicker Images. It is Stunning! Check out his Amazing work Now! FaceBook: www.facebook.com/Erick.Zombie
:thumb380564412: :iconlucid-concept:
MysteryMan1984 has used this Clicker pic in his own Awesome image so check it out!
The last of Us Cosplay by MysteryMan1984 :iconmysteryman1984:
Darxen made this Great shadow Clicker using our images!
The Last of Us: Clicker. by Darxen :icondarxen:





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amazing work. Professional