See How the Dragon Ball Z Vegeta Saiyan Battle Armor Costume Is Made

The official Dragon Ball website is celebrating Saiyan Day on March 18, 2024, and as part of the celebrations the official blog has posted a look at how the Dragon Ball Z Vegeta Saiyan Battle Armor costume is made.

The blog revealed that it took over 160 hours to design and craft the real-life Vegeta’s Saiyan Battle Armor costume. They first began with creating the pattern for the battle armor. The team behind the costume stated on the blog that they referenced illustrations and designs from the original Dragon Ball Z series. They used hard sponge, vinyl leather, and “other materials” that went unlisted for the armor. After applying the vinyl leather, they colored and aged the armor.

After creating the battle armor, the team creating the Dragon Ball Z Vegeta costume worked on the gloves. The blog states that they worked on a pattern for the gloves and used leather as the main material. The gloves were more difficult to make due to having “complicated parts,” so the cutting and sewing was done carefully to make sure it was accurate.

Following the gloves was the creation of the inner suit. The team had to create a custom pattern and chose a thick jersey fabric so it was flexible and comfortable. They wanted whoever would wear the costume to be able to “pull off agile moves like the Saiyan prince himself.” The chest was kept loose to make it look “broad” and the wait was tapered to create a contrast between the upper and lower parts.

Photos of the entire process for creating the DBZ Vegeta Saiyan Battle Armor costume can be viewed below:

The DBZ Vegeta Saiyan Battle Armor costume is also being given away in Japan as part of their Saiyan Day Present Campaign which ends on March 22, 2024.