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Professor Franken Stein from Soul Eater is a beloved character with a heart made for dissecting and scientific experimentation. Where does his charms lay? In his love for stitched items? His unconventional methodologies? Whatever it may be, this guide will have you acting and/or cosplaying exactly like the great Professor with little effort and maximized results.
Steps
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1Go to Goodwill and buy two turtleneck sweaters in two different shades of gray; then, basically dissected them. Use a dark grey sweater, cut one sleeve into a short sleeve, and cut the other sleeve off.
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2Then, cut a light grey sweater's abdomen section and sew that on to the abdomen of the darker sweater at a slight angle.Advertisement
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3Cut the sleeve of the lighter gray sweater off, cut it into a short sleeve, and then sew that sleeve onto the darker grey sweater (on the side that you cut the sleeve off of).
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4Finally, take the widest, thickest black twine or thread you could find and sew the stitches onto the shirt where the three sections of the shirt's torso meet, then hem each section with that same thread. Afterwards, sew the stitches onto the sleeves.
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5Keep sewing until it looks like Stein's shirt. Wear a pair of black pants, once the shirt is completed, to accompany it.
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6Buy a pair of white shoes, and draw stitches all over them with a black sharpie. Do not buy them from Milanoo.com. As other Cosplay articles explain, Milanoo offers lesser-quality items at nearly double the price. They most likely used to be good, but this isn't the case anymore.
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7Wear a pair of clear, no-frame/plastic-frame glasses, and draw black stitches in a huge semicircle around your right eye. If you feel like this character adaptation is going to be a permanent part of your style, why not get the style tattooed onto you? You may want to wear olive green colour contacts and a pale foundation. Don't forget a silver wig with bangs to replicate his hairstyle. Don't forget to droop your eyes to being half closed or 1/4 closed. Stein does this himself.
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8Construct a headband with Stein's head screw; if you can, make the screw head spin and click by integrating metallic parts.
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9If you feel so inclined, you can decorate an office chair to look like Stein's, as well as design a death scythe out of old wrapping paper tubes. Maybe metal if you know people who blacksmith as a hobby/career (they do exist)[1] .
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10To get Stein's voice right it's best to watch the show multiple times through. It's recommended to watch Soul Eater at least ten times through. After this, it's simply a matter of replication and training yourself. It's theoretically possible to replicate someone else's voice. Did you know most people who sing in metal bands had to learn to make their voices deep first[2] ? Same basic principle. The trick is to talk in complete and fluent sentences while doing it in a lowly voice. Kind of like you're bored of everything regardless of how happy you are. Maybe even sounding like you're overly tired from staying up all night. When you laugh try to make it sound like an "eh-heh-heh-heh", fully pronounced and like each "eh" and "heh" is a sigh out (make sure you still smile too so people don't think you're being rude). Finally, talk about science things. Stein specializes, based from the show, in one of History, Chemistry, and Biology. Based on this, take an interest in these.
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11Adopt Stein's mind-frame. He is somewhat insane. Remember when he bashed his face to the screen, rapidly flailed his pupils around, and was laughing? Yeah. Don't do that. That's not healthy. However, you can adopt his mind-frame without excessive laughing and damaging your mind.
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Warnings
- Note that it's legal to call yourself a 'Professor', 'Doctor', or use the initials 'professor', 'Dr', or 'PhD' when you don't have a doctorate certificate or a professor's degree, however, you are not legally allowed to engage in medical practice or scholarly activities under that title without the proper doctorate/professorship. Keep that in mind when signing stuff, sending things out, and calling yourself 'professor' or 'doctor' in public.⧼thumbs_response⧽
- Be careful of sewing machines. One wrong move and your arm may very well be attached to your shirt!⧼thumbs_response⧽
- What's key is adolescent minds are still developing so you don't want to be giving yourself a mental health issue such as insanity by trying to imitate someone (which can happen).⧼thumbs_response⧽
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