Hey guyse!
I just want to ask your opinion on the issue of wearing skin colored pantyhose with a leg bearing cosumte. See?


WITH pantyhose


WITHOUT pantyhose

Lay it on me folks, this is an important issue for me.

*EDIT*
Please be advised by butt WILL be doing this:

I am so super excited about the cosplay, it's ridiculous. Today I walked in Teri's house to get working on the props and I noticed that she had her staff roughly perched up next to the wall. It's only the wooden pole and the wood cutout of the top design but I couldn't stop omg-ing about it. Suddenly I could see it; my dream realized: WE CAN DO THIS!

At this moment I am extremely thankful for the reduction of my work hours and ample amounts of days off. It looks like the plan is going right on schedule.

This week I finished my dressform after a failed attempt to create the paper mache mold (super fail waste of 4+ hours). At least I already had the sturdy-ish plaster cast which I ended sealing back up, filling up with newspapers, and wrapping in duct tape. Only thing is that it has to wear a bra since the boobies got squished with the paper mache paste. Finally I can say that one of things on my checklist is DONE.

Today we managed super duper progress on the props. We were able to cut the poles to fit into my sword and Teri's staff. It was so super exciting to actually hold my sword up and point it at things, strike a few poses. Also re-realizing that the dammed thing is so effing huuuugee...

I've tested out several spray paints and finally settled on which to use. At this point I have to pick a day to go back to Home Depot and Pearl's to return a shitload of stuff >_< Thank god I live in Miami and not some small town where going to these places would be a field trip.

Pics coming up for reals... I thought the LJ gallery system would work from the hotel computers but it didnt :(

Remember those pics on the progress of my awesomely huge sword?? Well, I went ahead and drew the thing, took it to Aysha's house to have Kolin show us how to cut it, returned to Teri's house with what happens to be not the most appropiate tool for the job, have Juankie give me a superior bit for faster cutting, and get to work!
Well, the darned thing was cut and then Moo and Juankie are going "it's just not quite right..." and it wasn't, but I had drawn and re-drawn the design so many times I was quite stubborn about doing it over or changing it.
In any case I had decided to go in and vector the intricate design on the middle of the sword when it dawned on me: I COULDA VECTOR THE WHOLE THING! DURH! Tracing the sword in illustrator will enable me to neatly print it even it it needs to be 8 feet high, so of course I go in and trace the darned thing only to find how completely inaccurate my original draft had been. At least with my previous experience I was able to fisnish much faster and get the sanding done too. Only issue now is putting in the dowel... but that I will worry about once we gather the right tools.

And so I move on to other parts of my costume... all the items that I could possibly think I would be needing to order online have been ordered. I received my boxes with yards of foamies, plaster bandages, Cocona in her PVC flesh, I drove 40 minutes to a plastics warehouse to acquire precious styrene sheets and if all goes well wigs and contacts will arrive in time to even do tryouts.

I had even started to make a budget to track my already exorbitant expenses in this venture, but left that in the backburner since with each passing day feel like I'm not gonna make it on time =_=.

I decided it was time to get my hands drity and start crossing some stuff off my list. We squeezed in making Teri's ductape dressform on Monday and Moo helped me in making a plaster cast for mine. That's still only 50% done cuz the dressforms still have to be filled and made to stand in some sort of way...

After that I got inspired to try my hand at making the shoes (cuz they be some crazy shoes yo!), I stayed up until 3am just to barely figure out how I was gonna go about certain parts of the shoe, tried to go to sleep at 3 while my mind still thought of 20 different ways to make a heel, and my body still feeling like it was going thru the motions of hot glueing, cutting, tracing, and heat gunning. I took some nyquil to knock myself out and clear my nostrils, fell officially asleep at 6am and woke up 10:30 thinking I was gonna make myself gym with Teri.
Needless to say I found whatever I was doing for the shoe inappropiate to the point I almost had to start them over for scratch.

At least I feel better about actually trying to get started on the costume, even if failing at most of my attempts. I took another trip down to Pearl's before work today and should be better stocked to make more progress.

Right now I just one to be able to say *one* thing is 100% done. Be it one shoe, one breastplate, one accessorie or smth.

Rawr... pics later cuz I'm at work.

A million thanks to Angel, Mecha Chris and the other Chris (p00t too) for pointing this out to me:

The 9 levels of cosplay hell
Circle Two – The Lustful

Dante’s Hell: Those who made the most natural of sins, choosing carnal pleasures over God, are forced to spend eternity being blown about wildly. Inexplicably, this happens in pairs.

Cosplay Hell: The Attention Whores



Ladies, there’s such a thing as overkill. You’re an attractive woman that likes video games enough to dress up as a character out of one for fun. You don’t need to walk around the convention letting your labia breathe to get all the attention you could dream of. They bait nerd traps with girls like you, so showing up ninety percent naked is kind of like showing up at a bar absolutely naked. Sure, we appreciate it, but you probably could’ve gotten laid with a lot more on.

Full article: http://gameist.com/articles/the-9-levels-of-cosplay-hell/

One more goal to scratch off my anime-whoring to-do list.
Now to surpass this brief e-fame with my next project!!

I'm still not over the fact that Puru quit the cosplay group (most likely cuz she didn't get her way in costume choice), but putting that aside I am still extremely excited about the cosplay!
I've been acquiring materials slowly and just last week I was able to purchase some pretty nice (and light! and cheap!) oakwood to make the props/swords.

Today I finally got down to actually drawing the design on the darned thing and it has been quite a challenge. I'm so happy I'm actually doing it myself. I look at this piece of wood and get so excited! This is gonna rock!!



Muahahahahaha~
So yea, all youse girls gotta pick up some wood from me =3

If u guys didn't know yet...

Ha! My tush is famous on the intrawebs~ sorta.
I have to do more sexy cosplay.

Ugh~ you guys got me all into this now...
It's been really hard to find reference pics for this woman, but I found a handy dandy site with very detailed pics of the costumes. Take note boys and girls.

Also, I'm not one to take the time or effort to put together an ensemble like this, so I've already found a suitable costume maker for the part, he'll make anything!. That's right the chan comissions her stuff...

I was testing out the makeup (will need loads more black eyeshadow =_= ) and getting into the character mood, considering I've never seen this show or read the manga...



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This is the casual version, ne?

Too giddy to keep it to myself:



( Red kimono and obi arrived today! )

Hey! tewibewi and tanpopo_chan, is this ok?

( Show some more leg, girlie! )