Ed Elric with or without coat

[legionangel04]

Im planning on cosplaying as Edward Elric with the automail arm. Im am obviously ripping off the sleeve on the right arm. What I cant decide on is to whether or not have the coat hanging over my shoulder. If I paint the snake on the cross on it and then hang it over my shoulder you wont be able to see it. So if I hang the coat over my shoulder it will just look like a large piece of red fabric. Any opinions would be nice.

Here are some pics of my automail. Its my first attempt at making costume armor. Just looking for some opinions.

Arm - i964.photobucket.com/albums/ae126/legionangel04/Edward%20Elric%20Cosplay/AutomailArm.jpg

Hand - i964.photobucket.com/albums/ae126/legionangel04/Edward%20Elric%20Cosplay/AutomailHand.jpg

[LotusKitty]

Your automail looks great!! And I would go ahead and paint the symbol on for the sake of completion; whether people see it or not is irrelevant. I have that symbol tattooed inside my wrist and even though only one person that I don't know has ever known what it was by glance, it is still just as awesome. XD

[legionangel04]

I already planned on painting the symbol on the coat if i hung it over my shoulder. Im just looking for opinions as to whether or not to actually have to coat.

[LotusKitty]

Oh I see! Well then it just depends on whether you feel like packing it around all day or not.