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How to Dress Like Finn from Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Hair:
Finn has short-cropped curly black hair and arched black eyebrows. If you don’t already have naturally curly hair, you can either get a perm or wear a wig to nail Finn’s memorable look. Use an eyebrow pencil to get the right shape if you want.
Outfit:
Finn wears a cream-colored v-neck shirt underneath a very faded brown and red jacket which he got from Poe. His jacket also includes metal components, giving his clothing a high-tech sort of look. If you want to create your own vintage jacket, you can use bleach to fade an old red jacket of your own, or you can buy an old jacket from a thrift store that fits this style.
Stormtrooper Gear:
If you’d prefer to dress up as Finn when he was still known by his serial number, you can always instead opt to wear a Stormtrooper outfit instead. Stormtroopers wear full-on helmets and armor made of a white material resembling plastic over thick black cloth. They’ve been trained as killing machines for battle even though some of them choose not to be involved with it.
You can easily buy a Stormtrooper outfit pre-made at a costume shop. Smear some fake blood on the helmet to recreate the bloody handprint on Finn’s helmet in The Force Awakens.
Accessories:
Even though Finn isn’t a Jedi he did attempt to wield a lightsaber in a short-lived battle with Kylo Ren on Starkiller Base. He was ultimately no match for Kylo, but he did manage to hold his own for a few minutes before Rey took over. Buy a replica lightsaber to complete this cosplay look.
Get your friends to dress up as other Star Wars characters and go together as a fun activity!
About Finn
Quotes:
I’m not Resistance. I’m not a hero. I’m a stormtrooper. Like all of them, I was taken from a family I’ll never know. And raised to do one thing. But my first battle, I made a choice. I wasn’t gonna kill for them. So I ran. Right into you. And you looked at me like no one ever had. I was ashamed of what I was. But I’m done with the First Order. I’m never going back. Rey, come with me.
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