I have been pretty lazy ever since I moved into my new house last November and took a three week vacation. I haven’t had many projects lately, but after going to SOAK last May, I was finally inspired to do something. SOAK is the regional Burning Man event for the Pacific Northwest. I had never been before, but I had a blast while I was there. I noticed that some people had some nifty leather pouches they were using to carry stuff around.

After months of work, I finally got my Nathan Drake costume together. Just in time for Halloween. Luckily, most of the stuff was easily obtainable online. It was really the custom leather work and buckles that took up all the time. Here are a few photos to show the completed costume.

To finish off my Drake costume I also ended up making a belt and a leather cuff. It’s going to be a mishmash of Uncharted 1 Drake and Uncharted 2 Drake. I was able to buy the belt buckles from Uncharted 1 and 3, but the Uncharted 2 buckle doesn’t actually exist in real-life and I didn’t have time to make something. So I went with the Uncharted 1 buckle and made the belt look the same as the Uncharted 2 belt.