Handsome Spike from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Debuted: Brony Fest 2013. Worn also at Brony Fan Fair 2013.

Awards: N/A

Skit: N/A

My Little Ponies: Friendship is Magic is the newest reincarnation of the My Little Pony franchise. It's a cute show with a good morale and amazing friendships between many characters.

 How I Made It

I already had the original Spike costume (see construction notes here), so I needed to make his tux, shirt, and accessories. The hat was bought off Amazon and I found a large red feather, which I painted the rachis (the main stem of a vaned feather) in gold to mock the phoenix feathers that Spike uses as his quills when writing to Princess Celestia. I bought the red bowtie off of Amazon as well. The tux coat and dress shirt were found at my local thrift store and I heavily altered them both. The shirt had both sleeves removed and I cut the cuffs of them as well. I hemmed and sewed the shirt to be very shirt and more fitted to my Spike costume. The coat had both sleeves hemmed and I sewed the cuffs from the white shirt to the sleeves of the jacket as well. I modified the jacket from being a simple tux to being a fancy tux with tails. I cut the front of the jacket up to the bottom of the front pockets and then sewed the whole front. I formed the tails in the back of the jacket by cutting the backside a bit and then cutting and hemming up the slit so the tails would hang perfectly around Spike's tail. I then cut a small piece of red satin and made my own pocket handkerchief, folded it to be in triple triangles, and then added that to the front pocket of the jacket for a pop of color.

Handsome Spike is so handsome! He's adorable in anything he wears, but I really wanted him to be fancy for this convention and I'm excited that the coat and shirt came out as well as they did!

 Images taken by Chinako's Cosplay and convention-goers