Mikhail Blanc from Macross Frontier
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Costume Inspiration
Macross frontier was another anime series that I throurally enjoyed watching. I felt that none of the female character really suited me that well, so it was back to crossplaying. I loved mikhail as a character and picked his school uniform costume as a nice casual cosplay that I could fit around my other costumes during a convention.
Costume Debuted at: Minami con 16
Also worn at: Auchinawa 2010
Construction Details
Cost: £60
Time: 40 hours
All of this costume was bought and altered. I managed to find a nice blue pair of formal trousers on Ebay which were perfect. The shirt and belt were bought from primark. I sewed blue fabric onto the shoulders and used a fabric pen to draw the pattern onto the shirt. I designed and embroidered the flight academy badge using my embroidery machine. It was the first time that I had used my machine so it took several attempts to learn how to use the software.
I bought a set of small elf ears from Aradani costumes, together with spirit gum, remover and flesh toned latex. These ears where perfect for mikhail and gave a really natural result in photographs.
I bought the same style of wig that I used for schneizel and created mikhail’s iconic hair line using loose hair extensions. I make the false hairline in a same way that I made jessies, using PVA glue set set strands of hair into a point and hot glue to securen them onto the base wig.
Photos
Group Details
I was lucky enought to be able to take photos with some great Macross frontier cosplayers, Please fine their details below:
Macross frontier group at Minamicon 16; Me as Mikhail, Analth as Alto, Uni as Ranka and Special pleb as Sheryl.
Macross frontier shoot at Auchinawa 2010; Me as Mikhail, Yaya han as Sheryl and Yuka as Ranka.
Photographers & Locations
Photos taken at the Novotel in Southampton during Minamicon 16 (2010) by:
- Elidth McMillain
- Redkun of Cosplay Snap
Photos taken at the Hilton Hotel in Edinburgh during Auchinawa 2010 by:
- Nert of Many Lemons