locker_monster's annual "I need a Halloween costume!" post
Well, I just bought a cheap plastic samurai sword for Halloween.
My sort of plan was to dress up like old!Amy from "The Girl Who Waited". She has the mask, so that would cover my face and the fact that I'm a Chinese girl trying to cosplay as a girl with ginger hair and pale skin. ;-) I also wear black glasses, so even if I don't make the mask, it still fits because I can claim I'm wearing the Doctorcam glasses.
But Halloween is in what? Three weeks? The party I'm attending is on the 29th, so that's close. Too close, maybe, to make the armour. I have made costumes in less time than that before, but this would be a tricky build. It's not like making a med kit out of cardboard and duct tape; that was just a box. This is armour. There are various bits to it and I lack some of the clothing components, too. It might be easier to hold off on the armour for now and make it for the comic book expo in April. I'm sure more people there would recognize it than at the party.
But now I have a samurai sword that's no good until April. I wish I could go as Zoey again. They introduced katanas in Left 4 Dead 2 and they were ported over to Left 4 Dead. It'd make sense. :-)
Any costume suggestions? I have enough stuff to pull together a half decent "The Pandorica Opens"/"The Big Bang" Amy outfit. I'd just need a ginger wig and I would need to buy one anyway. I could also do a female Jayne or "Jane". I have Jayne's yellow t-shirt from Serenity and a Jayne hat. The party host has seen Firefly so I know at least one person would get it.
My sort of plan was to dress up like old!Amy from "The Girl Who Waited". She has the mask, so that would cover my face and the fact that I'm a Chinese girl trying to cosplay as a girl with ginger hair and pale skin. ;-) I also wear black glasses, so even if I don't make the mask, it still fits because I can claim I'm wearing the Doctorcam glasses.
But Halloween is in what? Three weeks? The party I'm attending is on the 29th, so that's close. Too close, maybe, to make the armour. I have made costumes in less time than that before, but this would be a tricky build. It's not like making a med kit out of cardboard and duct tape; that was just a box. This is armour. There are various bits to it and I lack some of the clothing components, too. It might be easier to hold off on the armour for now and make it for the comic book expo in April. I'm sure more people there would recognize it than at the party.
But now I have a samurai sword that's no good until April. I wish I could go as Zoey again. They introduced katanas in Left 4 Dead 2 and they were ported over to Left 4 Dead. It'd make sense. :-)
Any costume suggestions? I have enough stuff to pull together a half decent "The Pandorica Opens"/"The Big Bang" Amy outfit. I'd just need a ginger wig and I would need to buy one anyway. I could also do a female Jayne or "Jane". I have Jayne's yellow t-shirt from Serenity and a Jayne hat. The party host has seen Firefly so I know at least one person would get it.