Okay, i'm working in a Mikage cosplay for March 8D i'm using this wig

Amazing huh?

And me with a costume:

Do you think i can get nice results?

I'm darky-skinned u_u and Mamiya cosplay would fit me better but... nah, i think i can try.

Last edited by Epi_lepsia (11-29-2006 10:16:50 AM)

A few years ago I was part of a ten person utena group. We were more impressive by quantity than quality though, because the fitting of some of them came out pretty rediculous looking. I was Touga, and it was so oversized that I couldn't keep my pants on. Thank god we've all improved since then; it was a little pathetic.

I'm trying to finish at least two costumes by this spring. Subaru from .//hack and the violet haired hookerbot who appeared in the first season of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Between the stretch vinyl and the prom dress fabric, I'm going to have to make a pact with the devil to finish these.

I think I'm definitely going to remake my Juri costumes in the near future.  The architecture of my school is just begging to serve as a backdrop for photos.

Cosplayers/Sewers thread?  Is that for dressing up as the Ninja Turtles?

Epi_lepsia wrote:

http://members.cosplay.com/58751/ Here are some of my cosplays ô_o in my times, i was a huge freak.

We are keen on huge freaks here. Your costumes are very good.

Uffda! That much velvet? I hope you've got a good vacuum cleaner.

Razara wrote:

hyacinth_black wrote:

I'm working soooooo hard right now on a cosplay for Shiori's Rosebride dress... I'm using purple velvet & it's going to look loverly when done!

So completely excited!

If I see you in that dress, I'll probably kidnap-- I mean take a picture of you. :3

Oooooh, you'd better watch out! I'm a black belt in tae kwon do... (not kidding, either!)

littleRita wrote:

Uffda! That much velvet? I hope you've got a good vacuum cleaner.

Actually what I do is I put a plastic sheet underneath my general sewing area & when I'm done for the day I throw it out.

satyreyes wrote:

Cosplayers/Sewers thread?  Is that for dressing up as the Ninja Turtles?

rotfflmao!! Oh yeah definitely! Fresh from the sewers cooooooomeees theeee.... *drumroll* TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES!!!

But seriously though, I'm so jealous at all the cosplayers out there, if I only had the time (skill, ability, money, fabric, fantasy, body, mind...) I'd definitely cosplay! I would probably do the Rose Bride gown first, and also some Final Fantasy characters, but well... It just isn't meant to be

Oh sheesh a cosplay thread... bane!  Bane of my existence! 

... so I've cosplayed movie Juri, tv series Juri, Akio, and Mikage thus far.  Going to cosplay movie Akio in the future (cheese-tastic) and perhaps Nanami some day (gotta love that uniform).

I sew. I've mostly been sewing for class lately. Yay for fashion classes.... They drive me insane! But it's a good type of crazy.

I'm going to be doing a Nemuro costume for next AX. Yes... Nemuro, not Mikage. It's an excuse to make that wonderful purple eyesore of a jacket. Though I'm not really looking forward to making his dress shirt... I can do it and it will look good. I'd prefer not to, but I doubt I'm going to find a dress shirt in that style in that god aweful color. On the plus side a friend of mine is doing Mikage, and we both have the same wig. We're also both about the same size/build. I'm going to have so much fun sitting around fiddling on my laptop with a coffee cup next to me with a hand on a stand pointing at it.

I've done a few costumes in the past. But most of my attention has been on normal clothes lately. I have a really important peice of advice for anyone doing cosplay.... TAKE A PATTERN DRAFTING CLASS. You'll thank yourself later that you did. Before I would think things like " I'd like to do this... I think I can do it this way" which would be followed by several hours playing with newspaper and tape. Now I go "I know how to do that!" and take the next half hour to draft out all the patterns. And if I don't know how to do it I can just reference my text book. Patterndrafting is the most awesome thing ever.

When it comes to wigs there's this japanese site that has the most awesome cosplay wigs I've ever run across. The fiber feels wonderful in real life and they hang perfectly.

http://cyperous.com/fcw.html

I have really long natural hair. I'm pretty good at pining it really flat to my head and sticking a wig cap over it. But some wigs look puffy and unnatural no matter what you do. These are WONDERFUL at lieing completely flat.

Edit: I'm fairly sure this is the wig my friend ordered two of for Mikage/Nemuro. She's a wiz at wig styling so is doing that part. Now I just need to figure out a way to get 170 dollars for an awesometastic solid silver  black rose signet ring.
http://cyperous.com/images/MFST-40-F1_001.jpg

Last edited by Teatime (12-23-2006 09:04:33 PM)

We can't wait to see pictures. Shame you live in Bumblefuck though.

Suyo wrote:

Tee hee

I'm going as movie Utena (boy uniform) n_n

I'ma dye my hair pink

I won't look like utena, really (i ugly) but it'll be fun as hell ;O

Ohohoo... don't call yourself ugly without evidence, m'deary!

YAY FOR MOVIE UTENA!

I've wanted to cosplay her soooo badly for soooo long!!!