Thursday, July 11, 2013

Selling wigs: Edward Elric, Kurt Wagner, Stocking AND MORE


Please visit this link to see all the wigs I'm currently selling, I'm picky with quality, so prices are what I think the wigs are worth in resell value, but debateable, go check it out !

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Desucon 8 [2013]

 Left to Right: Radu by aWacko || Ion Fortuna by Kami Renee || Mirka by Mie Rose || Astha by Zuum || Esther by Chikara

Desucon is over for this year, and I attended with loads of amazing friends, and Love Mustache Pro (+Mustacherookie)
The Venue this year was located in Lillestrøm, about 10 minutes outside of Oslo, and even though we could've done without the traveling to and back from our hostel, the venue was just amazing, so big and light, maybe not the most interesting locations for photoshoots, but it was a great place for a convention.


 Saturday of the convention we wore our Trinity Blood costumes, because we were performing and hosting a panel (but not in that order, even though that's what we agreed on.. oh well)

We hosted a panel about how you go through the process of making an act, since Norway doesn't have a big act scene, but people seem fairly interested in it. Personally I felt that the panel was lacking, because it was meant to be hosted AFTER our performance, but we did alright and got positive feedback afterwards.


A few hours later we closed off the Act showcase, CLASSY. Since all of us has been busy with exams, work, finishing the cosplays and not living right next to each other, we were lacking a lot of practice hours, but we went up there and gave it our all. And even though our monologue wasn't on the track and timing was slightly off, the crowd gave us lots of love :D





And of course, after being so serious business on stage, you have to show off your true self.




I can't express how happy and proud and just overall full of feels I am about our group, we all looked so amazing, and I know how tiresome it has been working on this project, and it's just the biggest pay-off seeing all of us together in all our bling and getting so much love from the Norwegian con-goers, you guys. ALL OF YOU GUYS! CAN I JUST HUG YOU COLLECTIVELY!?



Of course we also filmed for Love Mustache Pro, and filled up 30 gb, so expect A LOT of Desucon to come, we can't wait to share it all!

Len Kagamine by Sabrina || Kaito by Isabella

Since we're danish, we see sunday as the chill-out day, so we wore our more comfortable costumes, but also because it's just easier to film in those. I wore Saya Takagi, with Chikara as Rei Miyamoto from Highschool of the dead (with inaccurate stockings, lolololo crimeriders)



Most of the day was just messsing around, filming, hanging with friends and forcing our friendship onto people 8D
Also watched the Craftmanship finale, I'm always impressed by the level of craftmanship in Norway, so many great cosplayers with a good eye for detail and character impersonation.
The winner was a Yuna cosplayer that performed the whole Summoner dance, truly amazing to see!





Ending off the entry with one of my favorite pictures so far (even though there should be many more people there, all our lovely Norwegians <3)

Thank you Desucon for always living up to our expectations, and personally I can't wait to return!
*All pictures by Daniel Erikson

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Jason Todd: Bodysuit, Cape & Mask [Progress]

Some weeks ago, I was out fabric-shopping, for my extra costume for Desucon 2013, but didn't find a type of fabric that I wanted to use, and since I've had a lot of Jason Todd feelings, I decided to 'bring him home' instead.



I'm making the 'cameo' version from the series Young Justice, since it's the Robin version of him that I like the most, I like the details and think they fit his character a lot.
I know I'm not nearly ripped enough to actually imitate the 'boxing athlete' body of Jason, but I my love for the character just makes up for it in my mind. 8D

I wanted to make the whole suit and cape in pleather, but since the store didn't have the right type, I went with the 'generic' lycra/spandex-types, but since it is my first type doing something like this, I thought it was a fair middle-ground!

 
If I can't find a full-body short or licensed design of a character, I make a costume sheet, at least 90% of the times, this really helps, because I don't have to keep the whole design in my head, and remember details.


Most of the base bodysuit was finished by day one, and I realized I should stop slouching so much, haha.
The top is baggy, and that's because I've been unsure about how to make the top part wider (in a maaanly way)

I then started on making the cape, this was a first for me, and I have to say it's been one of the most challenging things ever, one; because I wanted to get it right in the first go. Second; I had no idea what I was doing.
But I'm satisfied with the result, and I like the way that it moves.

 

I bought a full-face mask for the 'cowl' (I wish, haha), just because I wanted to try it, next time I'll make the base myself. I'm still debating weather or not to cover it with pleather and then add some gloss (because I think it looks good when it shines)

Looks sorta uneven here, but I swear it's not XD
The thing I'm working on now is the details on the side, which I realized today is upside down, but unfortunately I have no way to bend my body in a way so I can actually pin them on, so for now (as you can see in on the left picture) it'll look like a mecha-suit for a futuristic magical girl.


 

 I can't wait to finish this costume! Super psyched!