What You’ll Need
Jacky’s design strips construction safety gear down to bold comic proportions: bright red overalls, vibrant purple accents, a yellow hard hat, and her noisy ground-thumping jackhammer. Because her outfit relies on recognizable workwear silhouettes rather than tailored fantasy garments, putting the base pieces together is straightforward, but balancing the bulky work equipment so it stays comfortable to wear across a long day takes some forethought.
The trickiest part of this build usually isn’t sewing; it is getting the headgear pieces to sit comfortably together and deciding how to handle her signature jackhammer without lugging around dead weight.
The Core Workwear: Overalls and Shirt
Jacky’s main outfit centers on a pair of bright red short overalls worn over a basic purple crewneck t-shirt. Sizing up slightly on the overalls gives you that exaggerated, boxy animated silhouette instead of a tight fashion fit, and it leaves plenty of room to move around freely. A standard cotton tee in deep violet or medium purple matches her base layer without requiring any custom alterations.
If your red overalls have silver hardware, you can paint the metal buckles and buttons a matte yellow or muted industrial gray if you want closer alignment with the game artwork. Deep pockets are built right into the bib and hips, giving you built-in storage for your phone and essentials without breaking character.
Hard Hat, Ear Muffs, and Glasses
Jacky piles three distinct safety accessories onto her head: a bright yellow construction hard hat, chunky red hearing-protection ear muffs, and pink safety goggles resting across the brim. Fitting all three onto a wig simultaneously can feel crowded if you try to wear them the standard way.
Standard industrial ear muffs clamp tightly against the skull, which can cause severe tension headaches after an hour over thick wig hair. A practical workaround is unscrewing or popping off the padded ear cups from the headband and bolting, zip-tying, or gluing them directly into the sides of the hard hat. This removes pressure from your temples entirely while keeping the cups positioned exactly over your ears.
For the eye protection, inexpensive pink tinted safety glasses or shop spectacles sit securely just above the helmet brim. A small strip of clear double-sided tape or hook-and-loop fastener under the bridge prevents them from sliding down while you walk.
Wig Styling
Beneath the hard hat, Jacky has vivid dark purple hair framing her face in blunt, choppy bangs and thick side sections. A long dark purple synthetic wig gives you plenty of fiber to work with. Put the wig on a mannequin head, place your hard hat on top to check the line, and trim the bangs so they fall just above your eyebrows.
Gather the remaining back and side fiber into low twin tails or loose low bunches resting on your shoulders. Setting the bangs with a blast of strong-hold hairspray keeps them from getting squished flat or sweaty under the suspension band of the helmet.
Gloves and Footwear
Heavy-duty red welding gloves provide the flared, industrial cuff Jacky wears on her forearms. Real split-cowhide welding gauntlets have the right stiffness and saturated red tone, though they reduce hand dexterity. If you need to type on your phone or handle convention badges, choose unlined work gloves or slit a discreet opening along the inside seam of the index finger.
On her feet, Jacky wears sturdy purple boots with thick tread. A pair of purple hiking boots or trail walking shoes gives you solid traction and ankle support for miles on concrete convention floors. If your boots have black or gray soles, they fit right into the construction site aesthetic without needing repainting.
The Jackhammer Prop
You cannot have Jacky without her drill. A lightweight plastic toy jackhammer gives you an immediate base that convention security will clear without hesitation. You can weather the yellow body and silver chisel bit using watered-down black acrylic paint to give the plastic a grimy, oil-stained machinery look.
For those wanting her full-scale rideable pogo drill, building a lightweight hollow shell out of EVA foam over PVC pipe keeps the carry weight down. If you do construct a larger prop, add a hidden shoulder strap so you can sling it across your back when your arms get tired.
