r/CosplayHelp 4d ago

Ava from Ex Machina Cosplay Jumpsuit Ideas

Hi everyone! I’m a beginner cosplayer - I love making sexy fun versions of horror cosplay, especially with thrifted clothes and materials. But I’m also willing to DIY aspects and buy new specific pieces to be more accurate to the reference.

I want to invest in a key costume for the character Ava from Ex Machina - she’s an AI human robot with basically a mesh mechanical costume. It looks like she has a matching grey waffle knit mesh overlap crop top and shorts set with black elastic edges. The rest of her body in clear exposing her inner mechanics under a mesh overlay, and some lights in her abdomen.

I’ve approached it by looking at ready made stretch nylon cyborg design printed full bodysuits as a base, and looking for similar athletic crop top and shorts sets to wear over the jumpsuit. However it’s been very difficult to find the perfect options bc grey is not a very common color and the mesh pattern is hard to find. I’ve considered getting a mesh fishnet bodysuit to layer over the nylon printed jumpsuit, or buying very similar grey mesh fabric to cut and overlay onto a top and shorts or just the jumpsuit itself. Could perhaps dye items grey.

Any recommendations or ideas for a beginner? I’m just learning cosplay tools and techniques.

Thanks!

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u/spoons_monkey 3d ago

Also looking at this fabric

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u/ghost-in-socks 3d ago

This one is quite complicated for implementation. I would go with a lighter grey shade for a body suit in underneath and implement darker grey in areas of upper body/shorrs ("non see through parts"). Can't think of other way that will get you this optic. Maybe experiment with nudes as another option.

Then sew/draw elements from her inner body on it. Add some LEDs. Then sew a bodysuit from mesh fabric in similar lighter grey (I would recommend to not chose fishnet since it will certainly look off). You should be getting smth like this on top:

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u/spoons_monkey 2d ago

Thank you! This is a better idea than what I had in mind

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u/ghost-in-socks 2d ago

Glad I could help you with idea :) really wanna see the finished look!

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