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Nothing is true,
Everything is permitted.
– The Creed
Assassins. Seems like they’re everywhere these days, murdering it up. So for Halloween this year I made my own modern-style Assassin’s Creed costume.
The white hoodie is pretty much standard as far as assassins go these days. The felt patch on the hood is a tribute to Connor Kenway’s patch in AC III. It’s clipped on with safety pins.
And for good measure I’ve got dual hidden blades.
![Costume](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7563/15485905810_8f82c8c8ba_z.jpg)
My hidden blades use a pair of telescoping drawer sliders from a local hardware store. The “blade” is made from a freebie paint stir stick painted gray. It’s held to the slider with fishing wire.
For the wrist straps I bought some old belts at Goodwill, cut them down to size, and bolted them to the opposite side of the slider. I glued a couple excess pieces of belt to this side for extra grip.
The blades pop out with a flick of the wrist and can be held in place with a finger.
![Hidden blade](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3941/15485904150_c1f839ecf2_n.jpg)
![Hidden blades](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7494/15668793701_1fb0996838_n.jpg)
And of course we have an Apple of Eden. You can’t really call yourself an assassin if you don’t go around collecting artifacts from the First Civilization, so I made this one by dremeling out the lines in a styrofoam ball and painting it.
The apples vary from one game to the next, this one’s more or less like the one Ezio found in the second game.
![Apple of Eden](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3947/15485509827_0cd0c2d164.jpg)
And that’s all there is to it! If you spot anyone dressed as a Templar, please let me know.