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[cleflink]

Hi-ho LJ! How goes?

Both spnspringfling and holmestice are live and there's some really good stuff up already as well as much more to come. See if you can spot me before the posting ends. *grins*

As promised, I have pictures to show off from my convention! Because I'm shameless like that.


So, my sis and I regularly do matching costumes since it's more fun that way and we look enough alike to make it interesting. This year we did two different versions of Sora from the RPG video game Kingdom Hearts II. I was cosplaying the Wisdom Form and my sister was the Anti Form.

And here they are!







Kind of nifty, huh? ^_^

I hate those wigs SO much, just so everyone knows. I've never spiked wigs before, which made this quite the trial by fire. Not bad for a first attempt, but they really don't look the way I wanted them to, which is irritating. Also, they took at least 10 hours each, which I was totally not expecting. On the plus side, however, they can apparently withstand gale force winds and make great pointy weapons when people are irritating.

I totally dig the shoes came out, though, which were my other major job (these things are always a cooperative effort). Surprisingly comfortable to walk in which, as anyone who does cosplay can tell you, is always a major bonus. Some of the shoes I've worn are unbelievably awful.

All done for another year! Back to writing! *grins*


Also, has everybody seen the trailer for Mark Pellegrino's new series, The Tomorrow People? Looks pretty shiny. Especially when Mark shows up being all evil and awesome. ^_^

Comments

[blackrabbit42.livejournal.com]

it's not fair that you are so ridiculously talented in so many different areas. I tried to make my daughter a "knight" costume once by wrapping her soccer shin guards and bike elbow pads in tinfoil... it was so, so pathetic. Your costumes are amaze-balls.

springfling is just too much fun. It's a good thing they are all so short, because I want to read them aaaaaaallllll. I'm not good at guessing authors, but isn't there also some art coming? I might be able to guess some artists.

:)

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

I have to admit that the sewing is mostly my mum, because she's a wizard. My sister did the painting and the pendants, while I did the shoes, wigs and knuckle guards.

I usually do clothing props, like these hats and wigs (http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc254/cleflink/P1010305-small.jpg) or this 'suit' of armour (http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc254/cleflink/100_1961-small.jpg) or this vest (http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc254/cleflink/AniNorth08043.jpg). My sewing skills leave a lot to be desired. :) It's amazing what you can do with a little creativity, a lot of stubborn and some handy online tutorials though. *grins*

I know what you mean about the length - with 106 fics/arts in a week, that's a lot of posts to get through. And I'm no good at guessing authors either (mine's probably hard to spot this time around, anyway). There's been one piece (http://spnspringfling.livejournal.com/63466.html) of art go up that I saw, but there's definitely going to be more to come. So much fun!

[dugindeep.livejournal.com]

:-O

HOLY SHIT THOSE COSTUMES ARE AMAZING. I mean, not like I thought you were spending time on half-assing something, but seriously. SO OVER THE TOP INCREDIBLE, I'M IN AWE OF YOUR TALENTS.

Now use these talents for good. Like making more Marksha icons :D

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

Well, I can be a hell of a slacker (as you know), so I wouldn't fault you if you'd had that thought. *laughs*

Thank you! We started waaay too late this year, so the madness of the last few weeks was even worse than usual, but it's always great to see them come together. Mostly, I'm just relieved that those shoes worked because I had no freaking idea what to do if they didn't.

I love his faaaaace, oh my god. Still so sad he didn't make it to Vegas con, but I have to admit that this is a pretty good excuse. *grins* I love watching him be evil.

[cherie-morte.livejournal.com]

I confess I am not familiar with the game, but you guys look incredible! Those costumes look stellar--yes, even the wigs. :P But you're right about the shoes. They're the first thing that popped out at me like "Ah! Such a cool effect!"

This is great and you should feel great. :DDDD

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's a truly dorky hobby and I love it. Getting to inflict it on you lot's an added bonus. ^_^

Stupid wigs. You have to blow dry the spikes between each coat of hairspray and each spike has at least four coats of hairspray on it; it takes forever and there's absolutely no takebacks once the fibers stick in place. I used three full cans of hairspray between the two wigs, which means they should be amazingly flammable!

I found a tutorial online from someone else who'd done the costume and then kind of Macgyvered the rest. There's a pair of real shoes hidden inside; the front's a cut up clown shoe, the back is craft foam and fabric, and I made the soles from some of those big foam jigsaw pieces you put on floors. The spraypaint kept flaking off, which was sad, but they were really functional other than that.

...except for the fact that I kept kicking people because my foot was longer than usual. :P

Btw, if you're a gamer at all, you might enjoy Kingdom Hearts. It's by Squeenix (the company that does the Final Fantasy series) and Disney. Every world you visit is a different Disney movie and you have Disney characters who join your party (Goofy and Donald Duck are permanent teammates, and other people like Jack Skellington or Mulan show up to help). Could be your sort of thing, Cherie. ^_^

[cherie-morte.livejournal.com]

Yeah, wigs are fucking *rough* to take care of. I've basically given up on them in my dress up. Only my gay boyfriend in high school--who was a costume genius and who used me as his barbie doll--nows how to tame them.

I always do that when I'm wearing my hobbit slippers. XD THEY MAKE MY FEET LIKE TWICE AS LONG, CLIMBING STAIRS IS SO HARD LIKE THAT.

You know, I've been curious about Kingdom Hearts since it first came out when I was in 7th grade, and I've still never gotten a chance to play it. Alas, I'm too poor to be a gamer. I only have a Wii because I won it from my school, and I only own two games for it because my roommate bought them (as a ~present for me but really because she wanted to play them). I am, however, the fucking master at the three or four games I ever do get to play. XD

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

We started out picking costumes that didn't require wigs, then started branching out, so I've got a little collection now. I have no damn idea how I'm going to store these two, though; it's not like I can fold them flat. I may have to procure some hat boxes. Sans hats, I assume.

We totally did not take any stairs because I probably would have killed myself (and the shoes) if I'd tried it. Elevators all the way, baby. EVERYONE ELSE CAN JUST GET OUT OF MY WAY. LADY WITH BIG SHOES COMING THROUGH.

I'm lucky in that both of my siblings are also video game nerds and it's easier to afford the games and systems when you split the cost. The Playstation II is probably my favourite system for the single player games it has (read: mostly RPGs), although Nintendo has the best multiplayers and Zelda. Which is always awesome. I'm generally shit at most games so no online multiplayers for me (thanks anyway, Halo) but I do like my fantasy games. What have you got for the Wii?

[cherie-morte.livejournal.com]

I've got Mario Kart (which I am UNBEATABLE at and which I have always excelled at, all the way back to my N64 days) and Mario Party (which is not nearly as fun on Wii as it was on N64 and other platforms). Once I get my own place and can afford a TV so I can hook the Wii up again, I hope to get Super Smash Brothers, because that used to be my jam as well. :)

I used to have a PS2 in middle/high school! I can hardly remember what games I had on it except GTA III. You never forget your first time being a brutal criminal who gets to bang hookers, then kill them and take their money...

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

The N64 is one of the best systems ever, if you ask me. We still play a lot of our N64 games, especially the multiplayers (although the system is a bit touchy these days). I haven't tried Mario Party on the Wii yet - there are so many Mario Partys to choose from, I think we got bored.

You forgot running them over. Extra points for running over hookers. And the old people with their walkers. Since they're clogging the roads and all. It's a public service!

[cherie-morte.livejournal.com]

We had this really sweet British dude living with us once for a little while--I think I was in like 8th grade at this point--and he found us playing GTA once and was so, so horrified when he saw us doing those things, so we were like, "YOU WANNA PLAY?" and it was so funny, he got so into it, but every time he killed someone as he plowed down the sidewalk, he'd be like, "Oh, I'm so sorry! So terribly sorry!" in his little accent. LOLtastic childhood memories.

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Adorable! And, of course, everything is better with a cute British accent.

[katikat.livejournal.com]

The Tomorrow People is the one new show on the CW that I'm looking forward to. It makes me so happy that there will be so many new sci-fi shows next season. Too bad none of them will be space-based. Oh well... Better something than a kick in the balls, right?

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

*laughs* There are some shows that are definitely not better than a kick in the balls, but there look to be some pretty sweet prospects this year (For example, I'm curious about how Sleepy Hollow is a TV show and not a movie, but I like the look of it. Also, Almost Human and it's wonderful Karl Urban).

I wasn't sure about this one for the first minute or so of the trailer, then crazy teleporting happened and I was all 'hello, this looks pretty cool'. And then not-actually Lucifer showed up and I was totally sold. ^_^

[heartblowswild.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow! Your outfits, the whole ensemble, look amazing! Totally awesome work on the cosplay. So glad you had a great time. :)

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's always really satisfying to see the whole costume come together because usually we're working on them until the very literal last minute so it's kind of a surprise until then. ^_^

I love the atmosphere at this con (full of nice crazy people dressed up as fictional characters) - never been to another one quite like it.

[akintay.livejournal.com]

Wow, the costumes look AMAZING!

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

Very kind of you to say so! Some of the outfits that fictional characters have are just not possible in real life, but at least the only parts of these ones expected to defy gravity were the wigs. *grins*

[brightly-lit.livejournal.com]

I came to your lj because I saw your hilarious Jared-frowning-behind-bars icon in summergen and wanted to beg you to let me steal it (with credit, of course), and then I found this awesomeness! I have infinite admiration for people who can cosplay anime characters with this degree of reality; I once dressed as Princess Tutu (see my icon!), but that wasn't nearly as hard as the crazy spiky 'do. (I have a friend who made herself an anger mark barrette for one of her anime costumes, which was pretty cool.)

... And I have to say I'm relieved to read those were wigs, because to have your own hair shellacked like that would SUUUUUCK.

Anyway, hope you don't mind a stranger dropping by and leaving a comment. :-)

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

*waves* Hello!

You are most welcome to enjoy my sad prison Sam icon; thank you for taking the time to ask. ^_^

Oh, I know Princess Tutu quite well. *grins* It's one of those animes that I can't help but go 'I really like this but I feel like maybe I shouldn't because it's kind of ridiculous'. Although, there's a lot of anime/manga like that, so.

We're pretty keen cosplayers, so we've got a decent amount of experience. The cosplay tag will take you to some other ones we've done, if you're interested.

Those wigs each have a can and a half of hairspray on them, as well as a healthy dose of hair glue; I'm pretty sure they could stand up to a gale force wind. ^_^ I still haven't figured out how to store them now, though. And I've got no idea how someone could do that with their own hair - yikes! Also, my sister is blonde, which would not have worked so well for Anti-Sora.

I always appreciate drop-by stranger comments. Especially if there's dorking out over cosplay involved. :)

Cheers!
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[brightly-lit.livejournal.com]

Glad you don't me stopping by, and thank you for the icon awesomeness!

I LOVE PRINCESS TUTU!! If you really want to see some weirdness, you can enjoy my SPN/Tutu crossover fic (http://brightly-lit.livejournal.com/10008.html)! :-)

I will have to check out more of your cosplay pics ....

Nice to meet ya!