Fanime in progress pics~
I’ll post my Fanime report later, when I get a few pics. :> Might as well post in progress pics, right? I never did post pics from ALA or other shoots…oh well. XD
So many things went wrong…I had to remake all this stuff, so I originally had enough time to finish everything, but ended up not. I so did not want to work on cosplay at con…
Left: Firi from Lamento: Beyond the Void. Right: Shinkouhyou from Houshin Engi.
Shinkouhyou: Looked easy and fast to make, ended up...not so. TOO MUCH DETAIL. Patterning this wasn’t too horrific, at least. Sewing stripes together and then making them into pants was tedious. Luckily, I didn’t have any problems, it just took a long time, and I spent the entire time afraid I’d screw up. The cockroach cape isn’t completely correct, but eff it. I had to remake gloves since the first time they were too small for my fingers. I can't do anything with those gloves on, not even a thumbs up cause of the claws. XD;;;;; I ended up having the wig to style, claws on gloves, neck thing, and uh…screw things? on the cape to deal with at con. The outfit wasn’t hard, just really tedious and time consuming. I cut the wig, and ihito styled the weird knot things (thank youuu ♥). I need to figure out how to do this better…lol. Ended up only having enough time to finish part of the prop…oh well. I forgot to make the neck thing though, so I rolled up my fabric and tied it around my neck. No one could tell. 8D;
I lined the pants (if you can tell in the last pic) since the stripes were fraying. =_=;
Firi: Nightmare. LOLOL.
I had to remake the gloves since I made them too small the first time. I need help putting them on since they're tight, and I can't answer my phone with them on. xD; It gets disgusting if I wear them too long. ;;;
I bought the wrong color pleather for the red part of the outfit, so I had to order red vinyl spray paint (Twice! I ran out because the effing wind screwed up my paint job and I had to re-cut some pieces DX), and got nauseous from that. I did a mock up of the top (which I never do since I think it wastes time and fabric..and I'm lazy), since I didn’t want to screw up. Sewed stripes together again, made shit up as I went... this outfit made me want to kill something. u_u Pleather is so not my friend. I made half of the outfit day 0…ugh.
mock up -> painted stripes before everything went to hell and I had to redo -> sewing them together
Shinkouhyou's hat is in the background. XD I felt like I was making a dunce hat...
I made my pants in 10 min, the tail in 5 (I nearly forgot I had to make it OTL)right before driving to Evanae's place. My machine ate the pleather, so the top of my pants looks like I don’t know how to sew. Q__Q Since I was sleep deprived, I cut out the collar too small, so I should’ve been done with the cape thing before con, but wasn’t. UGH. I didn’t have time to cut out and spray a new collar, so I had to add a seam to the middle of the back of the existing collar with what little sprayed pleather I had left at con. Cut out a million diamonds and sewed them on…tedious as hell.
My prop, the one thing that I took time on and finished way before con, broke in the car ride up…so I temporarily fixed it at con, and during the shoot, it broke cause it hit the wall, so I had to fix it again to continue shooting. The one thing I thought I wouldn't have to redo. T__T
Thank you evalime for helping me.
My makeup looked good until I started moving around…lol. I couldn’t find any pyramid studs in the right size in time, but oh well…I don’t know if I care enough to make or buy the ones in the right size now. =_=; I found a belt to take all the studs off of for $5. 8) I did all the stud work in the car ride up and in the hotel. My finger nail is rough, stubby and gross looking now. xD;; At con, all I had left was the wig to style, sew on collar, taper the pants, and make the belt.
I HATE STRIPES AND GLOVES YOU GUYS. Firi and Shinkouhyou look nothing alike, yet I had to do so many similar things for both. I had to do a lot of experimenting for both outfits, so it took longer than I wanted. Super glue is not as awesome as I thought it was. I need epoxy or e-3000. >_< Stupid costume malfunctions. I have to remake stuff for the next time I wear these..sigh. =_=
I had hot glue burns on my hands and super glue on my hands and arms when I arrived at Fanime. My fingers were pretty sensitive. XD My work area is a warzone, and I have yet to clean it...
Other cosplays were rewears or closet. :3
So many things went wrong…I had to remake all this stuff, so I originally had enough time to finish everything, but ended up not. I so did not want to work on cosplay at con…
Left: Firi from Lamento: Beyond the Void. Right: Shinkouhyou from Houshin Engi.
Shinkouhyou: Looked easy and fast to make, ended up...not so. TOO MUCH DETAIL. Patterning this wasn’t too horrific, at least. Sewing stripes together and then making them into pants was tedious. Luckily, I didn’t have any problems, it just took a long time, and I spent the entire time afraid I’d screw up. The cockroach cape isn’t completely correct, but eff it. I had to remake gloves since the first time they were too small for my fingers. I can't do anything with those gloves on, not even a thumbs up cause of the claws. XD;;;;; I ended up having the wig to style, claws on gloves, neck thing, and uh…screw things? on the cape to deal with at con. The outfit wasn’t hard, just really tedious and time consuming. I cut the wig, and ihito styled the weird knot things (thank youuu ♥). I need to figure out how to do this better…lol. Ended up only having enough time to finish part of the prop…oh well. I forgot to make the neck thing though, so I rolled up my fabric and tied it around my neck. No one could tell. 8D;
I lined the pants (if you can tell in the last pic) since the stripes were fraying. =_=;
Firi: Nightmare. LOLOL.
I had to remake the gloves since I made them too small the first time. I need help putting them on since they're tight, and I can't answer my phone with them on. xD; It gets disgusting if I wear them too long. ;;;
I bought the wrong color pleather for the red part of the outfit, so I had to order red vinyl spray paint (Twice! I ran out because the effing wind screwed up my paint job and I had to re-cut some pieces DX), and got nauseous from that. I did a mock up of the top (which I never do since I think it wastes time and fabric..and I'm lazy), since I didn’t want to screw up. Sewed stripes together again, made shit up as I went... this outfit made me want to kill something. u_u Pleather is so not my friend. I made half of the outfit day 0…ugh.
mock up -> painted stripes before everything went to hell and I had to redo -> sewing them together
Shinkouhyou's hat is in the background. XD I felt like I was making a dunce hat...
I made my pants in 10 min, the tail in 5 (I nearly forgot I had to make it OTL)right before driving to Evanae's place. My machine ate the pleather, so the top of my pants looks like I don’t know how to sew. Q__Q Since I was sleep deprived, I cut out the collar too small, so I should’ve been done with the cape thing before con, but wasn’t. UGH. I didn’t have time to cut out and spray a new collar, so I had to add a seam to the middle of the back of the existing collar with what little sprayed pleather I had left at con. Cut out a million diamonds and sewed them on…tedious as hell.
My prop, the one thing that I took time on and finished way before con, broke in the car ride up…so I temporarily fixed it at con, and during the shoot, it broke cause it hit the wall, so I had to fix it again to continue shooting. The one thing I thought I wouldn't have to redo. T__T
Thank you evalime for helping me.
My makeup looked good until I started moving around…lol. I couldn’t find any pyramid studs in the right size in time, but oh well…I don’t know if I care enough to make or buy the ones in the right size now. =_=; I found a belt to take all the studs off of for $5. 8) I did all the stud work in the car ride up and in the hotel. My finger nail is rough, stubby and gross looking now. xD;; At con, all I had left was the wig to style, sew on collar, taper the pants, and make the belt.
I HATE STRIPES AND GLOVES YOU GUYS. Firi and Shinkouhyou look nothing alike, yet I had to do so many similar things for both. I had to do a lot of experimenting for both outfits, so it took longer than I wanted. Super glue is not as awesome as I thought it was. I need epoxy or e-3000. >_< Stupid costume malfunctions. I have to remake stuff for the next time I wear these..sigh. =_=
I had hot glue burns on my hands and super glue on my hands and arms when I arrived at Fanime. My fingers were pretty sensitive. XD My work area is a warzone, and I have yet to clean it...
Other cosplays were rewears or closet. :3