Hi all,
I will try to keep you updated on most of my costume progresses in here.
Details like pictures, tutorials and everything I could make, I will try to share it here.
Animecon is very close now. Two weeks left and I'm realy looking forward to it somehow XD
Walking around in new costumes, maybe having some photoshoots with Melissa if we have some spare time, seeing my friends again and also friends from other countries <3
Also probably looking forward cause I just need a weekend off with lots of fun XD
I'm also planning on giving a Bodycombat grouplesson!!
Yup that's right...fitness on a convention XD
Yet my only problem is that I trained a little too hard with some intense workouts (not the Bodycombat workouts) and that I injured both my knees >__<
For as far as I know it's not extremely injured but just more like 'OMFG...WTH YOU JUST DID WITH US U B*TCH!!!'
So I REALLLLLLY hope both my knees are at fully 100% strenght and that my fitlevel is at least at his 80% cause this truly sucks alot :((((
Anyways here are my updates:
Sheryl Nome wig:
Sheryl Nome's microphone
Wig for my Lily Vocaloid cosplay
Note: I'm wearing blue-ish contacts here
Also update on how her socks/boots look like
Close up of my eyes and make-up
Note: see the difference with the lens on top left.
At the right side it's my Sheryl Nome make-up (wich I have to alter a little bit)
At the bottom is my Lily make-up
Also a picture of my old Sheryl Nome wig that I altered with pink wefts and recurled.
Still have to repair my other Sheryl Nome costume. I don't know if I will be able to wear it or get a photoshoot in it but hey...it's so extremely light weighted. It's more like a summer dress XD
The last time I posted something was a little too long ago.
Yes I do have a blog on my website and somehow...I just don't use it.
Somehow I needed a big brake of cosplay but it started to itch again around Januari.
At this moment I'm very busy with my Sheryl Nome costume.
It's from the movie and it's her final robe she's wearing when she's singing the song 'Sayonara no tsubasa'
Here are some pics
Jacket and details:
Whole outfit:
Earrings: on the pic they are still missing the blue pearl
Shoes:
Wig: the first wig is going to be used for another Sheryl Nome cosplay. The second wig is going to be the wig for this costume.
I'm also busy with my Marieke mascotte oufit.She had to look like a gundam but I wasn't able to make it. So instead of a gundam I tried out an outfit for if Marieke was in the gundam itself.
It wasn't easy to design an outfit that looked cool and yet looked good with wooden shoes under it X__X
so I went back to her basic outfit but instead of sweet wide maid dress I made a leather semi-flared dress.
On her shoulders she has shoulderpads covered with studs, her maid apron and I still need a few more items.
Note: I didn't added the studs back then. Also my fittingdoll is black so you won't really see much.
Futhermore I'm busy with a 3th costume and this one is....
dum dum dum duuuum
yes a Vocaloid costume...
Actually a new vocaloid and this one is pretty sexy.
Lily - Vocaloid
Why?? Well...just because I can XDD
All costumes have to be finished before 19th of May....
Still a couple of weeks but alot of work still needs to be done X____x
Going to stop this post now cause I have to go to work.
I knooooowwww....it's been a while ^__^''
I'l make it up with a long post about Japan Expo in France, pictures and videos ok?
As some of you might knew from my previous post, I won the ECG solo preliminary rounds here in The Netherlands. Which means that I had to go to Paris and show them what the Dutch people where made off in the cosplay world.
The Journey:
Wednesday 29th June 2011
After a day of work my fiance and rushed to the station in The Hague to Amsterdam, got ourselves a slice of pizza and boarded the Thalys to Paris Nord.
Once we've arrived at the hotel I took a niiiiiiceee warm bath hahaha.
Hotel + bath = <3
Since my fiance and I didn't really had dinner we ate something in the lounge which was pretty good stuff ^__^
Thursday 30th June 2011
We had a day off but still decided to visit the Expo but just without cosplays.
We knew this would probably the only day that we could see the complete expo without standing still for photo's in a costume.
We had dinner at a Chinese restaurant near our Hotel. I didn't really enjoyed it alot but it was ok and I wasn't extremely hungry but still enjoyed it and was at complete ease and chilling the crap out of me XDD
In the evening we recieved our schedule for the upcoming days and also had to pick cards to see which solo and which duo would show up on stage.
I picked the card with 5th solo and 10th double. That means I had to get up as 5th person for the solo's and my friends, Rick and Ilona, had to show up as 10th act of the doubles.
Friday 1st July 2011
Today the hard work began.
At 9:00 AM a bus would drive us to the expo grounds.
We where free till 13:00 PM cause then we had to get dressed up to attend the Cosplay Show on a catwalk and show them the ECG 2011 finalist.
Please watch the video and see all the cool finalists!!
You can find Team Netherlands at 2:20
me, Ilona and Rick
After that we had to show up on the smaller 100% Cosplay stage.
Team Netherland....
YEAAAY!!!!!!!
We where free till 19:00 PM cause we had to do some rehearsels on stage.
After that we went back to the hotel for some dinner.
Saturday 2nd July 2011
The big dayyyy!!!!!!
We had to arrive at the expo at 7:30 AM, get dressed up as much as possible and do a rehearsel at 9:30 AM
After the rehearsel we got some time to finish our make-up and get dressed up.
In the first place my lights where still....shitty..
I was so happy that one of the staff came to me and asked me what should have been changed.
In the end it wasn't perfect but I still think it was nice to see though.
Thanks alot for fixing my light ^o^
We had more then 5 judges to judges our costumes. I think that was the only moment my nerves where itching in my stomach.
Furthermore I was just chillin around backstage without being nervous XD
I was very nervous before I went to Paris but being backstage was actually chill.
You could also see the acts of others cause they had a nice tv backstage XD
The compo should start around 13:00 PM or somethind but got delayed (that's normal ahaha)
The ECG (and WCS) preliminary rounds for France started right afterwards the ECG finals.
And the results came in pretty quick haha.
I had a wonderfull time on stage and with everybody backstage.
It didn't feel like a big compo but more a big cosplaying family with the same love for costumes and acts.
Also watch the video of Team Netherlands' ECG couple. Rick and Ilona
Who are also selected for the WCS in Japan!!
Finally after the compo we had some spare time again and a lot of stress fell of many shoulders I guess.
In the evening we drove back to the hotel and had our dinner.
On facebook we all made a deal that we should hold a ESG.
European Snackfood Gathering.
Every country should take something to eat from their homeland so we could all have a taste.
It was YUM!!!!!
Sunday 3th July 2011
The last day of Japan Expo
Even though the compo was over, we still weren't completely finished yet ;)
Yup that's right.
9:00 AM we had to be on the expo ground again and get all dressed up.
This time for awesome photoshoots ;)
Some where very tired and couldn't find the energy to get all dressed up anymore.
I did had my photoshoot with James who is a very good at making cosplay videos!!
Jeroen would drive back home by car but didn't want to drive back home too late.
So we took the change to get a ride to the hotel where we could pack our stuff XDD
Normally I could do this in the evening but we had our 1 and final ECG dinner at a bar / restaurant in Paris.
We had a great time and the food was great!!
Loved the burger and the service.
We recieved a ECG t-shirt
This is the group picture
The guys and Daniella
The girls and Benjamin
Back home in the hotel I took a nice warm bath again.
Monday 5th July 2011
Our way back
Yup that's right. We had our traintrip back home to The Netherlands.
I had a great midweek in France. Loved all the people around me and chilled hard hahahaha.
Also had fun moments when Benjamin was asking me 'Are you ok?' again XDDD
Pff....
This has been my longest post X____X
Sorry for any typo's but right now I'm too lazy to check them XDDDD
Last month the 6th till the 8th of may we had a convention called Animecon 2011
At Animecon we had a few big competitions going on.
The WCS (World Cosplay Summit), the ECG Solo (European Cosplay Gathering) and couple.
The WCS is held in Japan. Two cosplayers from the same serie / manga will be representatives for the Netherlands in Japan Nagoya.
The ECG solo and couple is held in France. One cosplayer would be the solo representative and the couple would be the double representatives in France.
I entered the ECG solo competition with my newest cosplay Oruha from Clover and won the preliminary rounds!!!
That means I will be the Dutch representative and go to France to have the final competition against the rest of Europe.
(Spain, Belgium, France, Denmark, Portugal, Italy, UK, Germany, Switzerland and The Netherlands)
Also a few pictures of my mascot outfit for Animcon 2011
So...and now?
Well..I need to fix my wings. My wings contain from 2 parts cause I couldn't find big foam sheets.
I used adhesive plastic on it and due traveling my wings cracked a little. The adhesive plastic has a strong folding line in it now >__<
BUUUUT I finally found bigger foam sheets and I should be able to use each sheet for each wing part ^__^.
So yeah basicly I just have to start all over again with the wings.
I also might want to add some shoulder bands on the top. I sewed it much tighter allready but with the wings in it, it will slide down. >__<
Biggest thing I hate is just having to pull up my top everytime. It also looks so 'cheap'. Better use transparent shoulder bands then keep pulling your clothes.
For now..
I'm going to take a good rest. I feel totally crap X___X
It's been a while and I will keep this update pretty short.
This friday is Animecon 2011 and it will be a great weekend full of meeting friends, cosplay and a lot more.
Yet I will be there allready tomorrow to help out a bit and talk about the opening ceremony.
Finished eveything on my costume and I will post most details later next week or the week after that.
For now I will take a nice shower and get myself ready for the last things and stuff.
Some of you I will see this weekend and some of you will read my next blog.
Until then,
This year is the year of the rabbit and that happens to be my Chinese zodiac.
My mother-in-law said it should bring good fortune if I'd celebrate my b-day this year.
So I decided that I should invite the whole family, some of the dudes, let my fiancee make sushi, let my mom make yakitori and set up a karaoke (singstar) game.
It was a huge succes!!
My fiancee even had a line with his sushibar, the yakitori was gone in not even 3 minutes and some members of the family found the karaoke game a funthing.
Recieved alot of lovely cards and my auntie and uncle even made a Japanese card with a stamp of my maiko outfit XD
Got many more present that I haven;t made picture of but here are some more:
This was my outfit for the evening:
Wanted to try out something completely new with bronish colors.
Also made sushi for the kids by using bread and filled it up with chocolate sprinkles, jam, cheese and some kind of fruittasty sprinkles.
My fiancee as sushicook ^__^
Costume for the Elf Fantasy Fair:
Been busy with a quick costume for the Elf Fantasy Fair that is coming up on 16th and 17th of April.
Going with a friend of mine and this might be the first time going to the fair in a costume XD
I chose for a design that looks like a kaftan and a kimono.
It's a very lightweighted fabric so when I walk the dress will flow and move around me.
I'm not 100% satisfied with the obi (belt) on the back....might want to get rid of the ribbon or only the tails of the ribbon....dunno :/
Also kinda want to have a print in the dress but I'm scared I might screw it up.
I should look like a geisha / ninja and it should look sexy. So maybe red and black sakura flowers or something like that should do fine I guess...
Still should work on some little details like the accesoires, shoes and make-up. But I SUCK at make-up T___T
I kinda think I should either skin the ribbon or the ribbon AND bow...
Will be using a longer golden rope.
Hairpins: bought at a Indonesian market
Shuriken: made of old CD's and spraypainted them with silver decoration spray. Hope the paint will hold XD
My fiancee made them for me ^__^
Cosplay progress; Oruha:
Also been working on Oruha's costume.
It's only a small update and 3 pics but hey...it's something.
Been busy with my mic and finding the right color of gold.
I will be using the 3th one.
The middle one should be silver but it does have a golden glow in it.
Added the wings I made out of foam.
I'll be using clay to make the rest of the mic.
Should harden the clay up with pretex before I glue it all together.
I'm happy with the golden paint but unfortunately you can see the strokes >__<
You don't see them on the wooden staff because it's a different type of wood so I don't hope it looks very bad when I put them together.
Ok that was it for today. Going to pack some of my stuff or just go straight to bed.
