/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

What colour would work for Smiley? Most people draw him as red but he's actually a weird sort of orange.

I'm gonna start with something easy.

I'm trying to figure out the exact pattern I would use for this guys coat/cape/body thing. The most obvious would be something like a semicircle in the way that you do a cloak, but I feel like it would drape too much. I'd prefer to figure out a pattern that keeps it mostly smooth. At this point in time I think I'm also going to make the neck and head separately, because there's no way I can keep the whole thing smooth-ish in one piece.

So, for the most part this should be easy enough with just a big piece of red fabric, but what should I be doing to shape it properly? The ring around the neck and the fact that it doesn't collect or fold anywhere makes it seem like I might have to use wires or something.