Cosplay blueprints? HELP!

[Voilyn]

Hello everyone!
Lately I have been watching ALOT of videos from KamuiCosplay on YouTube. I decided to give it a try, to make my very first, very own cosplay costume. I have taken loads of pictures in game og my character wearing the Antiquated set for Astrologians. I have barely started and my first issue is already clear. What program(s) can I use to get a good blue print of the Antiquated Atlas weapon? How do I get it life size, and I haven't found a good reference picture of it, since I don't actually have the weapon, just the armor.
Can someone please help me out and give a newbie some advice on the matter???
Thank you so much!

[File2ish]

While I can't point you to any programs to take a good look at the model: If I recall, you can buy the weapon in the Ishgard tavern place (Forgotten Knight?) for a hundred something hunt seals and you can take your own reference pictures of it to your character height so you can estimate how big to make it for your cosplay.

Sorry I can't be more help.

[Voilyn]

Well, it's more than I came up with myself! I have been so caught up in the planning and making a budget for materials, I didn't even think of that! Thank you

[Enkidoh]

The official artbooks The Art of Eorzea ~ Heavensward (which came with the Collector's Edition for HW) and the expanded book FFXIV Heavensward: The Art of Eorzea ~ Stone and Sky includes concept artwork of all the HW AF weapons for all jobs, including AST.

Unfortunately, as it's concept art, it is simply an image and has no measurements to work from, and thus is also potentially liable to degrade if you try copying the image and then blowing it up to a much larger size. It's still the best reference to work from though along with in-game screenshots (failing that, you could also try a website like FF Wiki or FFXIVDB in case they have a scan of it hosted there.).

Either way, good luck with your costume!

[TouchandFeel]

There are also a good amount of reference images available by doing a Google search for "FF14 Antiquated Atlas" or "FF14 Antiquated Pleiades" depending on which one it is you are looking for. I even found some good images of Cosplay costumes that had the HW job set that might give you some ideas by searching for "FF14 Astrologian Cosplay".

[Voilyn]

Thanks for the support! Well I got the costume planned already, I just need the weapon, and I haven't found a concept art picture with less distortion and things going on in the background that im satisfied with. KamuiCosplay has alot of blueprints from Overwatch with the weapons, and it's that kind of picture I'm looking for.

[Voilyn]

There are also a good amount of reference images available by doing a Google search for "FF14 Antiquated Atlas" or "FF14 Antiquated Pleiades" depending on which one it is you are looking for. I even found some good images of Cosplay costumes that had the HW job set that might give you some ideas by searching for "FF14 Astrologian Cosplay".

Do you have any links for the concept art? 'Cause I cannot for the life of me find anything useful -sob sob-

[Enkidoh]

This is the only concept image I know of that I could find (there is another in the artbook of just the star globe in it's 'passive' state as well, but I couldn't find a scan of that alas).