Creating a Zombie Hunter Costume

Got a call today for an emergency zombie hunter costume from my sister, Tonia. This is what I get for being creative and loving zombie stuff.

I am now going to create a Zombie Hunter costume! Bwaha! She's actually making her own but I thought it would be fun to show others how I would do it.

The one thing that doing for her is sewing a Health Pack that looks just like the Left 4 Dead ones (hence the reason for the call). I googled patterns for this and decided that I would buy one rather than make one because of the weird zippers and shape. For this project, if the shape is wrong that whole "coolness" of the pack is lost. The pattern that I bought was $10 and it is the most authentic looking one that I found. I didn't mind spending money on this because I will be able to reuse it and Tonia will use this bag after her party because its from one of her favorite video games.

Picture that came with pattern.

This is the bag from the actual game.

Tonia specifically asked to be Zoey from the first Left 4 Dead. I'm going to use that and also the figurine that I sculpted of her for her birthday cake topper. I like all of the stuff that I used for that Zombie hunter version of her.

Here is the figurine that I made. It stands about 5" tall.

Zoey from the game, Left 4 Dead.

Actual Zoey costume that I found.

Things that we have

1. Tons of air soft guns
2. Thigh holster
3. Ammo pack
4. Make-up
5. Chucks :)
6. Jeans

What to make from the things we have:

1. She will probably only carry one of these in her thigh holster because she will be at a party and she wont want to be carrying crap around.
2. Explained above
3. She can add a couple of these to her belt to make her BA.
4. With the make-up she can add dirt smears to her face, maybe blood splatter and scratches. Also, the wrap gauze around her arm and add red paint to make it look like blood is soaking thru.
5. As seen in the photo above, Zoey is also a chuck fan. We would have gotten along great. :)
6. Old pair of jeans + ripping + dirt = amazing!

Stuff to buy:

The first thing to do would be to locate a similar red jacket. It looks sporty so I'm thinking that there would be something at like walmart.

Also the fabric for the bag as well as the cost for the pattern.

She may need an awesome chunky leather belt to put everything on.


Some other ideas (if there is extra time) would be making these items to go onto her belt.

Thanks!!