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Wolverine cosplayer John Wigner of Squall410Cosplay is no stranger to Hugh Jackman’s version of Wolverine after cosplaying as the gruff fan favorite since 2006, but taking inspiration from the comic version of ol’ Wolvie was charting into unknown territory.
Wigner says that while most of the Hugh Jackman roles of Wolverine have been pretty easy to piece together (he’s done four different versions so far), he hadn’t considered a comic version until Marvel’s recent return of the famous character.
Return of Wolverine—an explanatory miniseries following Death of Wolverine (2014) and Hunt for Wolverine (2018)—had a whole new character look unlike anything ever seen before, and not one easily replicated by purchasing on the internet. For Wigner, this meant learning to use a sewing machine to recreate the character’s new “costume”, as well as making a brand new superpower courtesy of Wolvie’s latest nemesis, Soteira, come to life: the hot claws.
Wolverine is known for his shiny metal claws, cigar-smoking, and bad temper, but in this version of Wolverine, when he’s angry, it shows in more than just his face, with red-hot glowing claws that burn as they slice and dice. To recreate the hot claws, Wigner made molds of a pair of toy claws and braces from a former cosplay of Wolverine using a mixture of Sculpey and Mold Star 30 inside a form he made with plexiglass. (The braces go on the top of each hand to hold the claws in place. He wears two pairs of gloves at once; a pair of gloves under and over each brace for protection of his hands and further stability of the claws.)
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