as i delve deeper into the money pit that is cosplay, i find myself braving increasingly complex costumes. Of course, increasingly complex costumes mean increasingly complex materials. From fabrics + wood to foam, urethane sheets and hot glue to wonderflex and friendly plastic, and now - liquid plastics and rubbers ( Read more... )

i finally got a chance to sit down with the wonderflex i got a month or two ago, and get a start on my haseo costume. wonderflex is incredible material to work with. i managed to hammer out the base construction for my vambraces in just over an hour.

( step-by-step in pictures )

rather short con report this time around, seeing as greymountain and i had a wedding to attend on the saturday of the convention.

( friday )

back home from the weekend romp to dallas with greymountain and kayoko_chan. tired, but had a lot of fun.

( dallas and a-kon 17 report )

a week late, but what the hey.

( thursday night )

another convention under the belt. i'm in the middle of typing up a weekend report, but it's getting pretty lengthy. i tried uploading my photos, but the upload tool i used to get them to my scrapbook totally fscked the picture quality, so i'm going to have to re-upload them manually. should be done getting pics and the report up by the end of the ( Read more... )

anime north countdown: 4 days

progress (in order of completion priority):

( kayoko_chan/ritsuko )

too exhausted to really say much, but here are some of the more notable accomplishments from the long weekend:

( kujibiki cosplay pics )

anime north countdown: 10 days

progress (in order of completion priority):

( kayoko_chan/ritsuko )

second week in a row where i've been unable to do a reasonable amount of work on the costumes, and it's frustrating the hell out of me. 3 of 4 skirts have been mostly constructed, 1 of which needs pleat work done, and waistbands need to go on all three. fabric has been cut for the first of the jackets, and the collar pattern still needs to be ( Read more... )