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UppCon Soon!

I still have two days sewing left so perhaps I will be done, perhaps. But here comes my lineup, so if you see me come and say hello. :)

By the way. I'm doing the in-game-design for Rosa. So I won't have all of the goodie details that is on the picture. But I will try to upload some of my in progress work here as I continue towards done.

Bye!

Busy and more busy

You might have noticed that I haven't been here so much and it has it's reasons. I am at the moment writhing my final essay and it demands a lot of time. But I can let you in on a few starters of my Rosa cosplay.

So far I've only started on her top, one of her millions sashes, the cape and the shoulderpads.
First I had to decided which fabrics I would use for the top. In the end I go a white thin cotton, two layers of old lace curtain, a thick green cotton and the lining. 

Cutting out fabric. This is actually the thing about sewing that I find the most boring and usually the fabric lays on my floor a couple of days before I measure and finally cut out the patterns. 

The lining complete with 'shim'?
Well, I still have to sew it together. 

The parts all put together, now I just have to sew it together. 
Well that's all I have photos of so far. Bye!

Rikku - A start

A week ago I was at KodachiCon were me and my group entered the cosplay contest with one of our better skits.It was my debut as Rikku from Final Fantasy X, and my costume isn't done yet but I felt that I could bring it anyway, specially since we did a Final Fantasy vs Naruto skit.
The best detailed picture I had. :)

It sparkled! It was gold, of course Rikku the Thief wanted it. ^^

Battlepose! And major muscle pain after posing a whole weekend.  
A bigger convention rapport is coming up this weekend. So until then. Bye bye!

Featuring: Breaking Down Cosplay

A couple of weeks ago I got contacted by Jordan from Breaking Down to let me know of this really great documentary of cosplay. It's in six episodes and I hope you will enjoy this as much as I did watching it.


Breaking Down | Cosplay | Episode 1/6 from Think Switch on Vimeo.


Breaking Down | Cosplay | Episode 2/6 from Think Switch on Vimeo.


Breaking Down | Cosplay | Episode 3/6 from Think Switch on Vimeo.


Breaking Down | Cosplay | Episode 4/6 from Think Switch on Vimeo.


Breaking Down | Cosplay | Episode 5/6 from Think Switch on Vimeo.


Breaking Down | Cosplay | Episode 6/6 (FINAL) from Think Switch on Vimeo.

More from Breaking Down can be found here.

Sailor Moon R Brooch

Sailor Moon R Brooch
A few weeks ago I ordered a couple of craft foam sheets in various of colours, to see whether or not they would work for my cosplay. After realising how fun and easy it is to work with, I wanted to show you mine new Sailor Moon brooch. It is huge and if you want it, check out my give away here!

Now back to the brooch. It is made of craft foam in three layers, not perfect but good for a first try, various pearls I could find at home and glued together with school glue.
Blueprint :)
Second layer in cutting process.
Second layer done.
I cut the craft foam with my kitchen scissor and it was easy to correct mistake, as long as it was something to cut away. 
It ended up a bit larger than my last brooch. :)

ConFusion, we can't meet this time

I was planning on going to ConFusion, a new convention for japanese pop culture in Sweden, but now I can't attend it. The day after the convention I am supposed to be in Hungary so it is kind of impossible. I'm going there to attend a big international library conference, and it is sort of a once-in-a-lifetime-moment so will skip the japanese pop culture for once. Well with the exception that I will try to wear lolita at least one day at the conference, I really think lolita fashion fits the librarians profession.

It also means I have to get to cosplay Sheryl Nome at some other time. Perhaps at OkashiiCon, since all the other cons are busy.

  • OkashiiCon, March
  • KodachiCon, April-May
    • Final Fantasy
  • UppCon, June
    • Sheryl Nome - Macross Frontier
    • Secret - Will attend the cosplay contest for the first time :)
    • Odette - the Swan Princess
  • EuroCon, Jun
    • Don't know if I will cosplay, but it is a sf and fantasy literature convention. 
Well, now I should finish my friends patterns so bye!

Quick change in plans

I had planed to cosplay Velvet this Saturday at KodachiKun. But as time went a bit faster than I thought I don't have the time to finish her outfit as I want it. Like hand embroider her headgear and making her sphere weapon. But since I have started her and I want to finish I will continue as soon as I have the effort again. Probably sometime next week.

So instead as Velvet I will go as Usagi. Which means I will finally get Usagi's school uniform 100 % finish. And I also have the time to make a new brosh.

And that's all I have to say. Tomorrow I will begin my journey towards Kodachi, with a stop at my folks house. Bye!

PS. It could be another cosplay. I'm not 100 % sure just yet.

Cosplay Fall/Winter in Colour

Yes, I was bored. And my plans changes :D

Odin's Sphere - Velvet: For KodachiKun in October I hope that I will finish Velvet, and hope for good weather as well.

Velvet is one of the character in Odin's Sphere and I haven't even gotten as far to play with her yet but I still like her design, even thou this is less revealing side. And I love the idea of cosplaying a princess that can take care of her self.

Now I just have to get started since there is less than a month before the con. The hard part will be the sphere, or the weapon. I have to get myself some transparent acrylic or similar.

Macross Frontier - Sheryl Nome: I have two Sheryl Nome cosplays planned and in progress. The first is a casual red dress that is used in episodes 2 and 3. The second one is here on the right. It is from the Diamond Crevasse booklet and I really like the design. In the booklet there isn't anymore to see than this, but I have found the official picture for the whole dress and is at the moment sketching up the pattern.

The red dress is in the making and all I really have to get my hands on are a wig. The hard part about getting an matching wig for Sheryl is that her hair is blonde in the sun but gets pink in the shade.

Black Butler - Elizabeth: Since I saw Lizzy's dress I wanted to have it. It is so pretty and not pink like all the others. I use enough pink causally and this dress is just so cute. Not to stop with the fact that I have a friend doing Ciel. :D

Some more small cosplays in progress are:

* Fullmetal Alchemist - Winry Rockbell: I've loved the Fullmetal Alchemist series since I started to see and read it. And I could side with Edward since I know how it is to be in chibi-size. But I started on Winry because she is a good character and the design was not to hard as well. I can use the clothes in my casual wear, always a good thing.

* Hetalia - Seychelles: I had the wig and a similar dress in progress. Let's go!

* Cardcaptor Sakura - Sakura Kinomoto: It's been four years since I started cosplaying and then it was with Sakura. So this spring I got the wig, since I didn't feel like cutting it off this time, and everything is cut out. Now all I have to do is sew it and make myself a key to the Clow-cards. :)

There are some more, but since the time is ticking and I should have been asleep three hours ago I just leave them for now. Bye! :)

Cosplay Plans Fall and Winter

Here is some of what I have planned for this fall. Conventions and events to attend and cosplays to sew, as soon as I get money. 
This is what I have planned:
KodachiKun, 1-day
? Seychelles - Hetalia
? Sheryl Nome - Macross Frontier

J-popcon, 3-days
Friday: Sheryl Nome - Macross Frontier (Casual red dress - ep 2-3)
Saturday: Elizabeth - Black Butler/Kuroshitsuji (Valentine-dress)
Sunday: ?

ConFusion, 3-days
?

And I'm sure there will be changes as I talk with my cosplay group as well, since most part of it is going crazy with cosplay events this summer, while I lay low. 

Styling Ame-Warashi's Wig

To get Ame-Warashi's hairstyle I decided to get a wig. Since I had no idea how to make my own hair that style and the idea of colouring it light blue wasn't that appealing. 

This page is from were Ame-Warashi shows up the second time in the manga, and yes, I am going to make that outfit too since it's so good looking. I love it. Anyway here you can see that her hair is coloured blue in the manga, and not red as in the anime. I wonder why they even did that, it's too different colours, and I think blue fits a rain-maker more than red. But enough of the rambling.

I started and ended my search for a wig at ebay.com. In the end I thought a wig styled for Miku Hatsune would be a good start, so I search out the bluest I could find and tried to make sure that it would be in good quality. The rewiev of the wig can be found here: Charissa-KIDS @ ebay.com. 

Unfortunate I don't have that many photos of how I styled the wig. But I will try to explain it in words. First I cut the bang, so I could see what I was doing vile wearing the wig. It was done messy so I could get an idea of how long it would be and figure out how much of the wig that was going to be in the side curls. 

This is were it started to get into real styling. I was going to make a straight wig into curls. I started to read on styling wigs on the internet and different forums to get an idea of what to do and decided that the hot-water-styling-method would be easiest and hopefully not damage the whole wig. So I bought myself some curling rollers in plastic and rolled up the fibres on them. Then I boiled some water and prepared a bowl that could handle the hot water. 

Then I placed the part of the wig that was rolled up in the bowl and pour the hot water on it. I had let the water cool a bit, so that the fibres wouldn't be destroyed. After a few minutes I took up the wig and let it cool down and dry over night. It is important that the wig cools down and dry before the rollers are removed, otherwise the fibres can loose it's shape.

In the morning I trimmed the rest of the wig shorter and it looked something like this, note that I was really tired when I took these: 

My friends told me that I looked like France and England's lovechild without the clips, and I kinda agree with them. That is if you have been watching Hetalia Axel Power, then you would maybe agree as well. :D

I got help by a friend to cut of the length of the clips. She first cut of a bit of the length and then trimmed the clips a bit thinner so that they would not be so thick. She also trimmed the rest of the wig a bit better.

And the finished results is here. Photo by David Rhodin. 

Ludicrous_box's Cosplay Meme

I was a bit bored so I found a cosplay meme at ludicrous_box on LiveJournal (Google is your friend sometimes).

Most Accurate Cosplay: Momo Hinamori. My friend said that it sometimes looked as if I walked out of the musical, yeah there is at the moment eight musicals based on the first two arcs in Bleach.

Most Difficult Cosplay: Ame-Warashi and Usagi Tsukino. Ame-Warashi because it was the first time I had to style a wig, that went fine, but I was so nervous. Usagi's costume had so many details. It took me forever just to pin attach the ribbons on the collar.

Easiest Cosplay: Ranka Lee. I had the wig, or a green that fitted, home and sewed the dress in four hours, that is good for being me as I am so slow when sewing.

Most Out Of Character Cosplay: Haruhi Suzumiya. I was really nervous that time and was sitting quiet in a corner, the total opposite of Haruhi.

Most Fun-to-Cosplay: Ame-Warashi and Usagi in split position. I love Ame-Warashi even if people don't recognise her that well to that point that I can hear her complain about my cosplay in my head. No I'm not crazy, I just have a very clear idea about what she would do if someone would call her a spirit or ghost, and not a rain maker. ^^
Usagi was really fun since people did recognise her. I can still remember being stop every tenth meter so that someone could take a photo. And of cause I have always wanted to cosplay her as well.

Sexiest Cosplay: Well, I guess that until now I have for the most part only cosplayed sweet innocent girls. But I am working on Velvet from Odin's Sphere, and she doesn't have that much clothes on. I just have to train up my muscles in my stomacharea first.

Most Comfortable Cosplay: Momo's shinigami suit. I never thought that a costume held together with pins and a waistband could be so comfortable, but it is.

Least Comfortable Cosplay: Unfortunately it's Usagi. That wig keeps crawling up in my neck. Other then the wig it's comfy.

Costume with longest hotelroom prep time: Usagi. I changed in the toilet in UppCon and it took more than a half-hour time. That wig and all the small pieces of costume.

Costume Garment you wear out of costume: Ranka Lee's dress. I love it. I saw someone cosplay her at DA first and thought: what a nice summer dress. And now I use it as that as well.

Favourite Wig/Hairstyle: Momos. I can use my own hair, even thou I have to dye it dark brown. I sometimes uses the bun outside cosplay since it so comfortable. But I also like the wig to Ame-Warashi. The hair on the clips have a tendency to bounces as I walk. :D

Favourite prop: I have had that many prop, since I've been to lazy on that part. But I have the broach to Usagi that my friend made as I tried and succeeded to sew two cosplays in the night before UppCon.

Favourite accessory: Gloves. It's so fun and it really helps me get in character with at least Ame-Warashi.

Ever been in a group cosplay? Yeah. Me and my friends even started one cosplay group called Pinku no Shoulaceu, or just Pink Shoelaces. So far we have cosplayed Bleach in a huge group along with some other cosplay groups.

Ever cosplayed a pairing with someone? No, but I will. Me and a friend of mine is planning a Ciel and Elizabeth-cosplay from Black Butler/Kuroshitsuji.

Pairing support? Qwastanja @ DA

If yes, how steamy? The characters are twelve. It just gets cute. :3

Ever been to a photoshoot? Yes. At UppCon 10, I attended a Bleach photoshoot. We were so many in my group that it was difficult to find room for all in the photos. ^.^
And then I have been to photoshoots that me and my friends have done :D

Ever entered a contest? Yes. I've been taking part in three contest so far.

Ever won an award in a contest? No, it's a real shame. But the winners were truly worth it. ^^

The Costume you'll never finish: Sakura Haruno from Naruto. I started sewing the costume at a chance, but I never really sewed on it for more than one day. And it was pink, not red as in the manga/anime.

The Costume you've always wanted to make: Ame-Warashi. Now I can't wait to get started on my second costume for her. That is so gorgous -drools-

The Costume you'd wear if it weren't for your body type: I always wanted Fai's clothes from Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle. But he is so small and tall, and I'm not really that body type.

The Costume that you can't make for lack of money: Madam Red's outfits. I like every one she wears, and yes I am a sucker for the Victorian Era. It's because I want them to be all velvet, since that would fit her. :D

Show us your best cosplay photo:
Shot by CarpeDentum at UppCon 10.

Convention and cosplaygroup

This summer there is two big convention aimed for anime/manga/cosplay in Sweden. Now I just have to chose which I'll be attending. Because as it looks now I can only afford one.

  • Cheap.
  • In July, when it looks as I can.
  • Said to be more like a small convention, cosy.
  • More expensive.
  • In August, the days before I begin school. Could be a trouble.
  • Made by cosplayers for cosplayers. Lots of cosplay.
  • In the middle of Stockholm. The big city.
Oh, the more I think about it, the more confused I get. I really want to go to Meuw, as it is aimed for cosplayers and it looks really fun. But at the same time NärCon has always been one of the conventions that I wanted to go to. I guess I talk with my cosplaygroup and ask what they think.

Yeah, I don't think I have told you. But me and my friends started our own cosplaygroup: Pinku no Shoulasu. Or just pink shoelaces. Not that anything changed as we still do all our own cosplays of the character we like, but now we got ourself a name. And I have appointed myself as Master of Pattern. I guess we will all have our titles as time goes by.

Now I have to make patterns for my group and sew a dress for my mum, so for now. Bye!

Review: Charissa-KIDS @ ebay.com

I ordered two wigs from Charissa-KIDS this time and was happily surprised.

First out is the blue wig I ordered so I could style it to Ame-Warashi. It was originally styled for Vocaloid's Miku Hatsune.



The wig is one short base wig and the ponytails are sewn on two big clips that safety sit attach. The base wig also had a long bang so that you could cut it in your own length, as I did for Ame-Warashi.

The colour looks more like in the store's photo as mine are taken with lighting. The quality of the wig was so fine. It is made of Japanese kanekalon fibres and is really thick, many fibres. The clips most have a least at much fibres as the base wig as they were very thick and heavy, even thou you don't feel it when you wear the wig.

The other wig I purchased was a wig styled as Sakura from Cardcaptor Sakura and Tsubasa RC.

This wig is my way of celebrate myself for 4 year as cosplayer.

But to the wig. It is made of heat resistant fibre and can sustain temperatures up 180-200 degrees Celsius. It is also comfortable to wear and the styling of the wig holds if you turn the wig outside in. The fibres are also fine and easy to cut, as this wig also came with an extra long bang.

Overall: I am really happy with the seller, even thou they didn't say that they had shipped it, ending with me thinking that I wouldn't make the cosplay until the convention. But the shipping was fast and cheap.

The wigs came with hairnet, which I love and are so much more comfortable than nylon knee socks. I also got a wig comb since I purchase two wigs. The wigs were also the most comfortable wigs I have ever worn as they are bigger than the others I have.

If you have any questions feel free to ask. :D

KodachiCon 10

So this weekend I went to KodachiCon in lovely Lund. Old towns are always nice, to bad I didn't get to see much of it as I had to much fun at the convention. That is also the reason I forgot to update the blog and twitter since I forgot it.

But what happened then. Me and CarpeDentum got ourself in the hands of some of my friends and we arrived just in time for the introduction to end. We checked what was going on and checked the times that we had to hold.

At some time it was piñata-time. This years piñata was Miku Hatsune. It was really fun to watch and I'm glad I was not one of them who jumped at the floor when she broke. She was full of candy and chocolate was I told. I took the time to play some video games in the other corner.

Of cause there was merchandise. Here is our own maid, Luchida from Mermaid Melody? and Lavi from D.Gray-Man. :D

DcastEye in your very own person. I got to cosplay Ame-Warashi and the wig did not get destroyed when I was styling it. Unfortunately this is the best photo I have at my cosplay so far, but I still like the fact that I almost didn't smile in this photo. It's damn hard for me not to smile a whole convention. Photo by CarpeDentum using my camera.

This was our sleepingspace. I was so tired when I went to sleep that I didn't even feel the hard floor, and got up early cause it was so warm and light in the room at the morning. Even thou that I slept really good.

Whenever we had the time over we played Benrangel, Fotleken or the Foot Game in English. More of it is in the video. :D


This is some of the film I shoot at the convention. I've got much more, but this is some of the best things.


This is the skit that me and my friends took part of. It was decided the night before the con that I was going be in it and I'm happy that I could be in it. It was so much fun, and I admit that I can be an attention whore.

I am already planing the cosplay for next KodachiKun this fall and hope that I will be able to be there. :D

Delays

So I got the flu and then my iron broke down a few days ago. But I seem to be improving my health, and I hope to be able to sew some things this weekend. Including my high waisted skirt for the upcoming tutorial. But here is something to watch until then:

UppCon:10

So I when to UppCon, the biggest convention in Sweden aimed at Japanese Pop Culture. And this is how it went:

Friday: I got up in a decent time this year and met with CarpeDentum and Madiirje on the station. From we got on our train and I finished all the things that had to be finished. And then we finally got to Uppsala, since it takes five hours to go by train. But the line in to UppCon was a bit long and it was about to rain so we occupied a table at the nearest Burger King and sat there a few hours.

By the time we gotten back to UppCon the line was a bit more normal (meaning: you don't have to wait more then two hours) and we only had to wait for an hour and a half before got our waistbands. Then we just had to get in the line to leave the luggage so it would be shipped to our sleeping rooms. But once we got in it was fun, even thou Madiirje was freezing and we were all wet from the rain. But at least we got to see MinxZone when we were standing outside and waiting in the second line.

Friday cosplay: I got ~CarpeDentum to cosplay Rangiku Matsumoto while I did Momo Hinamori from BLEACH. Our lovely ~Madiirje was our own steam punk inspired sky pirate. I got to meet with a Hitsugya and we took some photos together.

Later at the evening we watched the lolita fashion-show. It was much sweet, little gothic and they were all so cute. Hopefully I can take part next year :D After that we went for pizza and the we felt tired and retired to sleep. :la:

Saturday: I went ahead of the others and went for a BLEACH-photoshoot at the con. We managed to get nine of us put in one photo and it was so much fun. After that I watch some of the BLEACHers training for they’re musical skit and I switched cosplay to Usagi Tsukino. By that time it was many who recognised me, sometimes it took me twice the time to get somewhere because of being stopped and asked to be photographed. But in Sweden Sailor Moon used to run at TV when I was little so it may not be so surprising.

After the rest of the people showed up, I went for second breakfast/lunch at the con and drank some lemonade with some strange name that barley tasted anything but was cold so it was enough. The day pasted with peoplewatching and missing things I had planned to do but just didn't since I forgot them.

But I did see the big cosplay contest. This year we barley got in and got to sit as far of the scene that was possible, that was a lie, there was one more row behind us, but we still got to see some really good and some less good cosplay as we sat there and I almost wanted to be a part of it as well. Who know, perhaps next year? :D

The skits this years was as much fun as last year, even thou no one can beat Norrlänsk cosplayfront who did the opening and ending of the whole cosplay contest. And to find out that it was Lulu from Code Geass that had stolen UppCon was fun as well.
After the cosplay contest was done we saw the AMV contest, or at least that was it was suppose to be. But because of technical issues we did some sort of mini disco inside the room instead. The whole room was dancing to Caramelldansen at some point, and think over thousand people dancing in a room that is made for concerts. It was awesome! :XD:

Then it worked and we got to see some amazing AMVs. After that we felt more the tired and got to sleep.

Sunday was not so much convention for me as I had to go to an interview at the other side of Sweden. So there ends my adventure of UppCon 10. Hopefully it will return next year and that the weather might be a little better. :D

Me at the Friday as Hinamori Momo as we were waiting for the Lolita Fashion Show to begin.

Looking out on the square that the public could also come and take a look at. We mostly sat on the inside and looking at all the funny people we could see, and wondering whether they were cosplaying or not.

I found some friends from Sailor Moon. Usagi: me, Jupiter: Rosenguru-sama, Venus: qwastanja and Mercurius: ?
I can also proudly say that I made the patterns for the school uniforms in this photo.

One of the best shoot I got of my Usagi-cosplay. Here is also the lovely stairs of UppCon, as UppCon would be nothing without them. Snapped by Qwastanja

Double-posted on DeviantART, minus the photos.

Vocaloid 2: Hatsune Miku and Kagamine Rin

vocaloid 2 cosplay - hatsune miku and kagamine rinYou know that a character has reached new heights when a fan decides to launch a petition to create a custom made plate of the said character that will be used as a balancing weight for a... spacecraft explorer?!

That is exactly what Sumio "chodensi-P" Morioka did. In November 2009, he started the Hatsune Miku aluminum plate petition for the Japanese Venus spacecraft explorer, Akatsuki, which will be launched in summer of 2010. Dr. Seiichi Sakamoto of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency backed him up but only reached the 10,000 signatures necessary after the original deadline; 20th of December 2009. However, due to the delays in the Akatsuki project, a new deadline, 6th of January 2010 was set, and the project received over 14,000 signatures.

Awesome fanbase with great cosplayers too! It makes me wonder what songs this Miku and Rin are in. Thanks to Riffonliner for emailing the photo!

Vampire Knight: Touya Rima and Souen Ruka

vampire knight cosplay - touya rima and souen ruka

I was quite pleased when Australian cosplayer, ~Rima-kawaii contacted me in my Deviant Art account in order to contribute this lovely photo of her as Touya Rima and her friend ~silverfiction "Mik" as Souen Ruka. It's nice to see a Western twist in the popular series, Vampire Knight by Hino Matsuri. Thanks so much for this, Rima!

If you'd like to see a larger version of the image, go to her Deviant Art account. I know this one doesn't have the VK logos on it, but that's because I asked for the unedited version.

Shakugan no Shana: Shana 03

shakugan no shana cosplay - shana 03

The "flame-haired, fiery-eyed hunter" or Flame Haze, Shana was once solely concentrated on her duty to hunt the Denizens of the Crimson Realm and the Rinne they send to do their bidding. When she meets Sakai Yuji, a Torch created as a temporary replacement for the erased humans, he decides to give her the name Shana in his need to humanize her. She adores Melon Bread and tends to say "Urusai! Urusai! Urusai!" whenever Yuji asks her questions or makes remarks that disturb her original point of view.

Cute Shana and interesting sword, I might add! Thought I wonder why there is a butterfly on her coat... Thanks to 2chMod for sending this in!

Steins;Gate: Makise Kurisu

steins;gate cosplay - makise kurisuMoeHaku 2010 paid host to a fair amount of official cosplayers to accompany the anime-themed cars, bicycles, motorcycles, and even a bus on display for public viewing.

And as usual, it appears my loyal readers are on top of things, as I have a mountain of cosplay photos from the event! Thanks a lot guys!

Unfortunately, one of the first photos that caught my eye was a character I am unfamiliar with. Anyone care to take a guess as to who this cute girl is? Thanks to 2chMod for sending this in!

EDIT: Thanks to anon for mentioning she is Makise Kurisu from the Xbox game, Steins;Gate!