I am spending a lot of time watching part of the Sengoku Basara anime, looking at art books, and browsing online to study Kojuro's armor. I really want to try for what they have in the game, but I don't know that my braiding will look quite right. I'm gonna pick up EVA foam today, it's on sale, and possibly other craft foams. I need to make sample plates to see which I like the look of better and determine the base for my armor. Sometime, probably tomorrow, I'm gonna go sew Kojuro's pants, dye his socks, and probably modify his under kimono.
I'm also going to sew all of the cloth parts of Parn sometime tomorrow or Sunday. Get all my easy sewing out of the way and leave time for things that I'm not as good at (like armor), for props, and to take my time with Kojuro's jacket.
I'm not sure about swords for Kojuro yet though. Part of me wants to just make Date's broken sword (sense my Date (above poster) has Kojuro's sword from second season), but part of me also wants to make both swords just so I have them for solo pictures. I'll probably make them, but make the broken sword first (provided I have a Hanbei).