tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48969682881638398882024-03-19T13:48:17.786+02:00Casualty CosplayFinnish cosplay group shares thoughts about costumes, geekiness and everything between.hironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00064503949992071425noreply@blogger.comBlogger255125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896968288163839888.post-56805160614024193872015-02-20T09:17:00.001+02:002015-02-20T09:17:20.570+02:00Project: By hand- Thorfinn from Vinland SagaIt’s been a while since I’ve written any progress posts about my costumes. Some of the most recent projects have been just something I’ve occupied myself with or sparkled from the curiosity to try new techniques and material combinations. I also think that last year I lost something essential from this hobby. I can’t pinpoint exactly what it was, but could describe it at enthusiasm of a sort.<br />
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I made new costumes last year and I really liked some of them and felt that I succeeded with them. But I can’t say I felt as passionate with any of them as I felt with Amira for example. I’ve been wondering why I couldn’t reach the same thrill with them as I did with her. Only now I understand that the characters just weren’t as dear and important to me as Amira and Otoyomegatari as a whole are! It seems that for me only reading and knowing the source material just isn’t enough. I need to be passionate about it to feel content.<br />
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Well, everything changed last fall, when I introduced myself to a historical manga about Vikings. Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura is just plain awesome! I was sold after couple of chapters and after I overcame the hesitance I had about cosplaying a male character, new costume project was ready to begin!<br />
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The character I chose was Thorfinn, the main protagonist of Vinland Saga. The version I started working on is probably the most recognizable design of Thorfinn; the teenage warrior during the years of the Dane invasion. I really wanted to do the ground work properly and honor the vast amount of research Yukimura have made for the manga.<br />
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I read some literature and looked up information about the patterning, stitching and materials used in Viking clothing. At some point I decided that I wanted to do something special and really authentic with the costume; sew it completely by hand. The project name in the title was actually something what we used when I discussed with Yoki about the costume, emphasizing the BY HAND bit with very throaty, vikingly yell of a sort.<br />
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It took me some time to find the right materials for the costume. It was winter season, but it became really tricky to gather suitable fabrics. It was actually a good thing, because I was forced not to rush the project, but to concentrate on different phases properly before moving onwards to the next one. <br />
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The undergarments I made from brown linen, possibly linen-cotton mix. The patterns for the trousers I drew based on a reconstructed Viking pants patterns using my measurements. The tunic is based on really generic medieval pattern I found from one of our costuming books. I sew the garments together with cotton thread and decorated them with different sorts of embroidery stitches. <br />
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The outer tunic and the capelet are made from wool with fake fur lining. To fit the color of the wooI better, I used tea to dye the white cotton thread used on the stitching. Lining the tunic's sleeves and the capelet gave some broadness to my shoulders and gave me slightly more masculine silhouette. The pattern I drafted myself, because Yukimura had pretty fine detailed images of the outfit and it was quite easy to pick the required shapes from them.<br />
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For the leather parts I used both real and fake leather. For the shoes I made an insole from stacked wool, because I didn’t want to freeze my feet when walking outside. <br />
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The dirks or short swords I made from plywood. Never again will I craft plywood props during winter, because working outside in the cold with power tools and all the clothes you could possibly have on is not fun at all… The grip for the heritage blade I made from Worbla. For the second blade I stitched a piece of pleather over the plywood after I had sanded it to the right shape.<br />
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The last thing to do was to weather and dirty everything up! I used acrylic paints diluted with water to add stains to the clothes. The costume was finished three days before the debut at <a href="https://desucon.fi/frostbite2015/">Desucon Frostbite</a>. I also was able to finish a long cape for Thorfinn, which he wears during winter season, but because the costume is hot as it is I didn’t feel the need to wear it at Frostbite.<br />
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The wig was a long one, which I cut and styled. I also added some highlights to it with Copic markers. The concacts are fully dyed lenses in color apricot. For the second day of the convention I found my misplaced make-ups and was able to add scars and cuts to my hands and face. And what come's to the basic make-up, I used <a href="http://jumittaa.blogspot.fi/2014/12/maskeerauskalenteri-2-luukku-14.html">Yumi's</a> instuctions for male contouring as a reference. <br />
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At Frostbite, I got chosen to the Hall Cosplay Competition with the costume and won the first prize! I have never competed in said category, so I was super exited to even be picked from the crowd. Best wishes to everybody who were at the backstage on Saturday! I finally was able to push my shyness on the background and actually talk to people. And huge thanks to the stage managers, Ilona and the sweetest and most helpful cosplay mamas imaginable!<br />
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I’m hoping to have the costume photoshooted in some point during the winter, because it’s definitely not a summer costume. And yes, and the enthusiasm is been restored! <div class="blogger-post-footer">casualtycosplay.blogspot.com</div>hironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00064503949992071425noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896968288163839888.post-45766067094816100362014-12-31T15:55:00.000+02:002014-12-31T16:20:08.995+02:00Cosplay year 2014I’ve pretty much skipped all convention reports since… fall 2013 and I feel kind of bad about it. This past year have been the busiest we’ve had since we started cosplaying, so you’d think that there should be lot to tell! I never had any intentions to have this kind of hiatus, but… yeah.<br />
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After creating a Tumblr account for our cosplay photos, it has felt somewhat overwhelming to actually type and publish anything. Convention reports have always been difficult for me, even if this past year we did more than just attend conventions.<br />
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As EuroCosplay representative I’ve had a great pleasure to be invited as a judge in multiple events, one of the recent ones being Närcon in Sweden. Yoki took another type of challenge and have now hosted cosplay competitions at Desucon and Tracon. We’ve also gotten more familiar with people we’ve known but never had courage to actually approach. In all, we’ve had a great convention year, great experiences and you people we’ve met this past year… you are great! I just want to say that and thank you all!<br />
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This year we’ve made our personal record with five conventions we went to together; Desucon Frostbite, Desucon, Animecon, Närcon and Tracon. And that’s not all! We also went separately to Cosvision and Kawacon! That is a whole lot of cons for one year.<br />
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At Desucon Frostbite I wore Death from The Sandman on Saturday and was sharing my thoughts about international cosplay competitions in the evening in a panel with Rimppu, Majo and two Danish beauties. Yoki went as civilian and acted as one of the judges in Hall cosplay competition on Saturday. On Sunday we had a pair cosplay from Otoyomegatari; Amira and Karluk.<br />
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Before Desucon I was really fortunate to be asked to sit behind the judging table for show cosplay category at Cosvision, one of the year’s new comers on convention front. I was over the moon with the event and set a record of panels and lectures during one con. I made to costumes for the occasion; Deidara from Naruto and Kofuku from Noragami.<br />
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Desucon was an exciting con for us as I was judging the EuroCosplay preliminaries and Yoki was hosting the show! Luckily, we are somewhat the same size, so I borrowed my Lady Doctor costume for Yoki. I made a new costume and cosplayed Zakuro from Otome Youkai Zakuro. On Satuday we recycled Snufkin and Alicia. We only made a fishing rod and a broomstick to match the characters.<br />
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Kawacon was held in June two weeks after Desucon. Yoki was working as a supervisor at the cloakroom and didn’t take any costumes with her to the event.<br />
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We didn’t have intentions of attending all of the cons we eventually visited, like Animecon and Närcon, but some surprising events and opportunities changed our minds, like Kaoru Mori being announced as quest of honor at Animecon. Seriously, I screamed five minutes after reading the announcement and I don’t regret begging my boss to give me a free weekend. Totally worth it.<br />
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At Animecon we naturally wore Amira and Karluk. We went to see all the programs featuring Mori and also queued almost two hours for her autograph. It was amazing to chat with other Mori fans at the queue. More amazing was when it was our turn and we politely asked, if Mori- sensei could sign our hats. She did! And we changed few words about our costumes and she wanted to shake hands with us. She really seemed to appreciate cosplayers, who crafted costumes inspired by her art. <br />
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On Sunday I had a new costume, Saya from Blood: The <span style="font-size: x-small;">L</span>ast Vampire. Yoki recycled Fuyu Jaw’re from her original story, Varjella. We had awesome photoshoots during the weekend.<br />
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Next we travelled to Närcon, Sweden with our representatives who were going to compete at Nordic Cosplay Championships. Närcon was our second convention abroad and totally different experience compared to MCM London ComicCon. It was more like a festival if you think how and where Finnish conventions are organized. But truly a great experience! I’m really proud of our team and their assistants. And of course we're really happy that our team member Päivi won the final! <br />
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I really don’t remember which day we wore our costumes, but we had Snufkin and Alicia and Amira and Karluk with us. We also ended up on the stage with our Moomin costumes at the opening ceremony.<br />
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Last event of the year was Tracon. On Saturday we wore Lumiere and Cogsworth and were both working backstage that day. I was a judge in the Hall Cosplay competition and Yoki was hosting the competition. On Sunday we cosplayed characters from Yoki’s Varjella; Matriach Vaira Kirlain and Kalma Kirlain. We also had a mind blowing photoshoot… with a smoke machine!<br />
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One special event during last summer that I just have to mention is our photoshoot weekend with AG and Biitti. They came over for three days and we were able to shoot six costumes in different locations. The most challenging one was a field with blazing sun and uncooperative sheep!<br />
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Next year I’m going to start our convention season with Yukicon 2.0 and in February we are heading to Desucon Frostbite. We both have been crafting new costumes and we are going to debut them one by one in upcoming conventions. I’m pushing myself with two new outfits and the first one I’ll hopefully wear at Yukicon.<br />
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Long time, no entries! It’s rather odd with all the cons we’ve been to and the costumes we’ve worn… Somehow I just seem to lack the time to actually sit down and write something! If I think about it, it's not that suprising, because this summer we've attended more conventions than any other year. At times it's been somewhat tiring, but still all worth it! We've met some lovely people and got to know some even better! <br />
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We still have Tracon up ahead before our convention season is over. I will get back to that and summarize what we’ve been doing this summer. In the meanwhile you can check out our new <a href="http://casualtycosplay.tumblr.com/">Tumblr account</a>!<div class="blogger-post-footer">casualtycosplay.blogspot.com</div>hironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00064503949992071425noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896968288163839888.post-6242304706225613322014-05-21T22:44:00.000+03:002014-05-21T22:44:04.968+03:00Kimono and fox ears- Cosplay from Otome Youkai Zakuro<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At Cosvision I realized that Desucon was approaching way too quick and I had two unfinished costumes waiting at home. When I got back to our workshop, I packed one costume away even if I had made more progress with it. However, it was a good call since I had my share of troubles with it in every stage of the construction. I will probably dig it up during summer and finish it for fall conventions.<br />
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The second one was a keeper and this past week and a half I have been working my butt off to finish it in time! It doesn’t help that I will be abroad for a week, which means I only have week and a half to actually construct the costume. Gladly summer vacation starts in two days, so I should have plenty of time to get everything done.<br />
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The costume I’ve been working on is Zakuro from series Otome Youkai Zakuro. This is the kimono cosplay I mentioned in my previous <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2014/04/textile-printing-for-god-of-poverty.html">post</a>. I started the fabric printing the same time I started Kofuku’s skirt, but then went on hiatus because I got carried away with everything else.<br />
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Before the hiatus I printed the fabric for the hair ruffles. I used emulsion based fabric color, plastic foil stencils and a sponge. I also added wefts to the base wig and made the skeletons for the ears.<br />
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After Cosvision I started to put together the kimono. I used a kimono pattern and really wanted to make the garment as authentic as I could. It proved problematic, since the design on the series has some very interesting details, which alter the look of the kimono and also the construction aspect quite significantly. The hardest part was fitting the two designs together… Actually three, since I was also combining the manga and anime versions together!<br />
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I think I managed everyhting quite well, but I still have lot to do! Yesterday I started to pattern and sew the frilly apron. Sometimes it surprises me how the simplest parts of costumes are actually the hardest ones to execute…<br />
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During the weekend I will concentrate on the geta, straighten the wig, ventilate a back parting for it and secure the fastening of the huge bow on the obi. I’m still pondering should I try to dye the wig or not. I actually like the wigs original grey color, but should it be darker? If you have any suggestions, please leave a comment! <div class="blogger-post-footer">casualtycosplay.blogspot.com</div>hironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00064503949992071425noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896968288163839888.post-7623311717988344952014-05-17T08:51:00.000+03:002014-05-17T08:51:53.957+03:00Amira, Karluk and second set of photos from Desucon Frostbite<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Desucon is sneakily approaching, but we still have something to share from the latest Desucon Frostbite! On Sunday we were able to set up a small, spontaneous photoshoot with Jesmo, talented cosplayer and fellow Otoyomegatari enthusiastic. I love the natural and lifelike expressions and situations she was able to catch with her camera!<br />
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Photographer: <a href="http://merryallnighter.blogspot.fi/">Jesmo</a><br />
Cosplayers: <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/">Casualty Cosplay</a>/ Yoki as Karluk, Hiron as Amira<br />
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On Saturday I got to try out make-up for Deidara and also got few photos as evidence that I actually have a costume ready week before the deadline! Even if the costume is a simple one, I challenged myself to uplift it with material choices and patterning, which made the project interesting and in the end rather satisfying.<br />
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For the clothes I chose natural fiber mixes. The shirt is wool mix as are the pouch and the headband. The fabric I picked for the trousers is most likely viscose. The geta are made from plywood and the forehead protector is steel. I also made a sculpture from clay to pose with.<br />
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I got to use some parts of the Akatsuki outfit like the mesh undershirt and the wig. The ponytail was already removed, because I used the particular wig for <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2013/10/yuma-photoshoot-and-trivial-information.html">Yuma</a>.<br />
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Handmouth is latex cast. I used a cast of my own mouth to make it. I painted the lips with acrylics and blended the piece to my palm with basic foundation.<br />
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I used modified kimono pattern for the shirt. For the trousers I used my basic pattern with some small alterations. The pouch was pretty much cut, measure and sew-project. The belt is just a strip of fabric, but I tried to tie it like an obi.<br />
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In my opinion the best part of the costume is the geta! On Friday I felt down since everything I tried to achieve that day on costume front failed miserably. I also realized that there was only a week left to finish the costume with hectic days at work ahead. Working with power tools didn't sound that appealing or saw dust or outdoor working by any means, so I thought I'd cut some corners and cover regular flip flops with fabric and roll with them.<br />
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I made one sandal ready, stared at it and just sat there wondering could the shoes break the costume when I tried to head for authenticity? After five minutes of intense staring and reflection I had sudden change of heart. I threw the sandal into the trash bin, gathered myself, packed some clothes on and headed out to the evening. On Saturday I had neat pair of geta ready and they truly were the cherry on the cake. Sometimes all you need is some perseverance and I know that I would have let myself down if I had chosen the easy way over the obviously right one!<br />
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I thought of wearing Deidara on Saturday at <a href="http://cosvision.fi/">Cosvision</a>. For Sunday I will most likely pack <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2014/04/textile-printing-for-god-of-poverty.html">Kofuku</a> if nothing drastic happens... like contact lenses not arriving on time!<div class="blogger-post-footer">casualtycosplay.blogspot.com</div>hironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00064503949992071425noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896968288163839888.post-45350039607363678722014-04-26T10:17:00.000+03:002014-04-26T10:17:01.087+03:00Cosplay is a bang, un!Cosplay frenzy has taken over me once again! And it’s pretty nostalgic frenzy, too! It all started a week ago, when I realized that there was only three weeks until <a href="http://cosvision.fi/">Cosvision</a> and I had two costumes under construction that I might not be able to finish in time. And they would be too “big” to transport by stuffing them into one suitcase. So, I kind of started a new costume… But this character I’ve already cosplayed and I think he was actually one of the reasons why I got hooked to this hobby.<br />
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Of course he is Deidara! We made Akatsuki outfits for Sasori and Deidara as our second costumes in 2007. In 2010 I updated the undergarments and we had a small <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2010/12/sasori-and-deidara-icicles.html">photoshoot</a>. Then we have all the videos we made dressed as the characters on our Youtube account.<br />
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After the first costumes back in 2007, I considered making the flashback version of Deidara. The idea got pushed back, probably because it would’ve been solo cosplay as Sasori’s "camouflage form" was not on our to-do list. But now since I’m going to attend Cosvision without Yoki, I remembered young Deidara. A week later, here is what I’ve got!<br />
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</style> <![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I wanted to cast new mouths for Deidara's hands and got rather satisfying results considering it was my first time making a partial facecast on myself. I thought that making a mouth in resting position would be easier and faster for a first timer. Also I wouldn't need to make positive cast from the mouth and sculpt a whole different expression for the latex cast given the time I have before the convention. At Cosvision I'm going to wear only one mouth, because I need one fully functioning hand without a lump of latex glued on the palm.</span><br />
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The only things left are to construct the sandals, add some finishing stitches on the clothes and try out the make-up. I also thought about sculpting the first clay sculpture Deidara presents to the Akatsuki who came to claim him aka. the fat spider.<br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">casualtycosplay.blogspot.com</div>hironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00064503949992071425noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896968288163839888.post-72466977618297579452014-04-02T23:15:00.000+03:002014-04-02T23:51:51.674+03:00Textile printing for the God of PovertyOur last textile printing projects date back three years, when we crafted four laborious costumes in a year. The first ones were <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2011/03/luminara-unduli-knee-buster.html">Luminara</a> and <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2011/05/under-construction-barriss-cloak.html">Barriss</a> and the second batch was <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2011/11/one-or-two-stencils.html">Ivy and Yoshimitsu</a> and they all required printing designs or uniform patterns. After we finished Ivy and Yoshimitsu it was clear to me that fabric printing was something I would't have on my to do-list for quite some time. Apparently three years was the required recovery time for me and I’m back on my knees with printing pastes, templates and tapes!<br />
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I’ve started three individual projects this year for spring and summer conventions. One of them doesn’t (thankfully) include printing, but two of them just crave it. Textile printing was the only possible choice for me when facing the problem of not finding suitable fabrics, since they most likely don’t exist at all. And after a long time, I really enjoyed this particular printing project even if I had some small setbacks.<br />
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The checkered skirt fabric is for a costume I started about a month ago.
Recently I’ve had more spare time than I normally do and I’ve spent
some evenings reading and watching new series. Even marathons have
occurred. One of the new acquaintances was Noragami and since I'm quite
fond of pleated skirts and whacky side characters, I immediately fell
for Ebisu Kofuku. <br />
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I’ve been dreaming of purchasing screens and all the fancy stuff to go
with, but with this project I just used the easy stencil and a sponge
technique. I used both emulsion and paste colours to achieve the wanted
look. For example the skirt fabric has two sets of stripes crossing. The
magenta ones are emulsion based so that they are “sheer” and the yellow
ones are made with cover paste.<br />
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First I made calculations based on the references, taped the long
horizontal lines with blue masking tape. Blue is the best in this case,
because it doesn’t stick too strongly to the fabric or leave tacky glue
behind. After the horizontal lines, I printed the vertical ones and let
them set properly before moving to the yellow lines. The yellow lines
cross the magenta ones from the middle. After the colours had dried I
ironed the fabrics to set the print. <br />
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The costume itself is actually ready with basic white shirt, pleated skirt and matching tie. I finished the garments probably a week ago. The brown multipurpose/-character shoes and black knee socks I snatched fron my closet. I still need to have another look at the wig. I think I need to style it some more. I also thought about crafting Kofuku's shinki, Kokki. <br />
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I took a quick snapshot of the costume with my phone. Shame that the ruffles aren't visible from that angle...<br />
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I didn’t have any particular convention in mind when I started to make the costume. I just got exited about Kofuku and her outfit, which finally filled my easy-fun-and-cool summer costume void. You could argue about pleats being easy and fun after you have unpacked them from your cramped suitcase, but I try to reassure myself that irons and ironing boards can nowadays be found from the cosplay dressing rooms in major conventions. <br />
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I’m not going to reveal the other costume projects yet. They are still so all over the place and I want to have something real to show before making a fuzz about them. But I will reveal that I'm going to fullfil a costume dream I've had since I started cosplaying... I'm goint to sew my first kimono!<br />
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I wanted to make a derpy photo entry, because they are just so cheerful and entertaining and I myself love to read them! But while scrolling through our numerous cosplay folders, I realized that we don't have that many photos with odd facial expression. Instead, we have backs. I don't know how it happens, but we usually have backshot of ourselves or each others when ever we are in costumes. Yoki toyed with an idea of an photo post of our numerous back photos and on my spare time I made it happen. So here are the many backs from our cosplay journey!<br />
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As you can see from above we have high backs at rooftops. Then we have nature backs like seen below. Nature backs are many in numbers in our photo folders, but I picked these for the swinging action. <br />
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We also have nature backs with water and gentle summer breeze. And then we have scroching summer backs with heat and dust. <br />
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We have close up backs from nearby photoshoots and far away backs (or chased backs) from location photoshoots. <br />
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We have solo and duo backs with straight and aligned camera angles. <br />
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But my favorites are definately the ones with two backs! Sometimes both in costumes and sometimes not.<br />
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Desucon Frostbite was held last weekend at Sibeliustalo, Lahti. It was a three day convention, but as we both had certain obligations towards work and school we only left to Lahti on Friday evening. As I wrote earlier, I crafted a <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2013/11/onwards-with-sound-of-her-wings.html">costume</a> for myself from Sandman for Saturday. I also made <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2014/01/the-year-is-2014-place-cosplay-workshop.html">another costume</a> for the weekend, but it was not for me. It was for Yoki.<br />
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On Sunday I dressed as Amira and Yoki draped herself in the multiple layers of Karluk’s outfit. When I look at the photos of us, I’m really happy how the costumes fit together; they have somewhat the same vibe, but are still totally different. <br />
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I’m truly grateful to everyone who came to talk to us, complimented the costumes or changed few words about last year’s competition. And the cuteness overload reactions were just priceless!<br />
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Photographer: <a href="http://a-photo-graph.tumblr.com/">Emilia Lahtinen</a><br />
Costumes: Hiron/ <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/">Casualty Cosplay</a><br />
Models: Yoki as Karluk, Hiron as Amira <div class="blogger-post-footer">casualtycosplay.blogspot.com</div>hironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00064503949992071425noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896968288163839888.post-42958414734009441382014-01-21T10:19:00.000+02:002014-01-21T10:19:42.468+02:00Cosplay Christmas Ball with Wednesday AddamsIn mid-December I surprised myself by attending to Cosplay Ball at Helsinki thanks to lovely Shewon who kindly shared her invitation with me! The Cosplay Ball was a sort of a Christmas party organized by local hobbyists, but with costumes and different sorts of ball and historical dances.<br />
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Before I talk about my costume of choice I shall raise my glass to the organizers and thank them for the lovely and exiting evening, which hopefully will turn into an annual event! It’s great to see enthusiastic and active people who make things happen and actually turn ideas to functional concepts. Even if the schedule didn’t hold and things changed bit on the way it really didn’t bother anyone. The overall atmosphere was joyful and relaxed.<br />
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And all the costumes! The organizers had set a dress code; smart dress, cosplay optional. There were lot of official costumes but also recognizable characters in formal attires. I myself thought about taking Diva with me, but having to travel by train to Helsinki and back set some limitations. I bet the dress would have been in terrible condition if I had stuffed it in my backpack. I ended up crafting a version of a character (in one evening, crazy business). I call the costume as a version, because I didn’t replicate the design directly from the reference material. Instead I used different features of the characters clothing ands appearance to create the look.<br />
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The character I chose was Wednesday Addams from The Addams Family. I absolutely love Wednesday by Christina Ricci!<br />
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The dress was moderately easy to make. I used matt polyester with teeny bit of elasthane and for once I made a dress without lining it. Instead I used a petticoat to give the hem some volume. I used traits of Wednesday’s signature dress to define the fit and the lengths of hem and sleeves. The details I also picked from the movie dress; button list on the front and white collars. I found old lace collars my mother had used when she was my age and decided to use them as part of the costume.<br />
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I wanted to make a prop to go with Wednesday. Marie Antoinette would have been wonderful to have, but with the time I had, I just had to abandon it. The first idea after the doll was a poison bottle. That was a good idea, but when I was raiding third pharmacy trying to find green food color I sort of regretted my decision. Christmas coming, green food color… Duh!<br />
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Finally I was able to find one jar with a helpful employee. She noticed that the expiration date had gone months ago, but it was fine by me. I just noted that I was not going to use it on anything edible. I got a weird look, but in the end I bought the product for half of the price.<br />
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The bottle itself I snatched from Yoki’s shelf, but in the end I found out that it was actually my prop bottle from the time I still LARPed. The bottle itself wasn’t waterproof thanks to the half crumbled cork. I couldn’t just color water, which was my original idea. Instead I made gelatin, poured it into the bottle and let it set on the refrigerator overnight. The result was really odd looking green wiggly… content.<br />
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The wig I had was bit thin to split on two braids, but I managed to pull off the hair style somehow. I was just happy that I even got a somewhat suitable, long, black wig! Everything happened in such short notice, that I really didn’t have time to buy anything new for the costume, except the fabric.<br />
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Contact lenses I also happened to have from previous projects and shoes I got from my mom. They were her dancing shoes, but thanks to
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Altogether, I really enjoyed the ball! The atmosphere was great, my costume turned out fine, I even got recognized and I didn't miss my train home. The only shame was that I had to leave early, just before the disco started. Dancing and meeting other cosplayers out of con environment was a good mix indeed. All the people who I chatted with; you made my evening! Here I insert smiley faces and rows of hearts, even if that might be little out of character!<br />
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Photographs: Kyuu Eturautti<br />
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Cosplay and model: Hiron/ <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/">Casualty Cosplay</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">casualtycosplay.blogspot.com</div>hironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00064503949992071425noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896968288163839888.post-49199796060797864172014-01-12T22:49:00.002+02:002014-01-12T22:49:18.634+02:00The year is 2014. The place: Cosplay workshop, naturallyWhen year 2013 was almost over I thought of writing an overview of our cosplay year, but then the busy schedule at work with normal Christmas hassle got in the way. For me 2013 was precious with Eurocosplay qualifiers and finals, but I also had quite productive year altogether.<br />
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I made four new costumes, finished and debuted two that I had started the year before, competed solo for the second time in my life and enjoyed the hobby more than ever. Yoki crafted two costumes based on her original designs, competed in an original creation class and was picked for Hall cosplay competition, had to make some sacrifices to cosplay goddesses in the form of hair and varied one of her previous costume designs for two different events.<br />
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Year 2014 seems to start with a nice buzz. The first convention is closing in and for us that is <a href="http://desucon.fi/frostbite/">Desucon Frostbite</a> at Lahti. We are attending only on Saturday and Sunday and will bring two costumes each.<br />
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I have been making a <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2013/11/onwards-with-sound-of-her-wings.html">costume</a> from Neil Gaiman’s Sandman and will hopefully finish that for Saturday. Yoki is still pondering which costume to choose.<br />
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On Sunday I was thinking of wearing Amira with one new, major addition… You can’t imagine how happy I am about this… I’m going to have Karluk portrayed by Yoki!<br />
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Amira is a character who can support herself just fine, but Karluk being her counterpart and companion I thought it would be ideal to have him around. I carefully introduced the idea to Yoki, saying that I would make the costume myself and she wouldn’t need to worry about that at all. Other that wearing three layers of clothing... and contact lenses, which she just simply hates… But she agreed and I’ve been making Karluk’s attire from the back cover of the second manga issue for few weeks now.<br />
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I’ve enjoyed the sewing process a lot! Making Karluk’s costume really brings back memories from Amira, because the materials and some of the techniques I use are pretty much the same. With Karluk I’m making less by hand, but will embroider details on the under shirts and the hat. I’m trying to keep the embroidery styles different, since Amira and Karluk are from different regions. The designs on Amira’s clothes are more or less formed from lines. For Karluk I’m using organic designs and shapes filled with color.<br />
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With Karluk I’m also using my freedom as a costume maker to alter and to interpret the costume design. There aren’t many colored illustrations of Karluk and I think the cover art I’m using is the most reliable one there is. I’m combining the clothing details from the chapters and also historical aspects to create the set.<br />
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The biggest issue was finding green wool(ish) fabric for the outer robe, chapan. It felt like no one has middle blue or green wool this winter. Gladly one old corner store with its ancient fabric collections saved us! The stripes I sewed from blue and red wool with white yarn details. It took me about three evenings to make the jacket, which was surprising since I thought the decorations would take forever. I think the projects last year really had a positive impact on my sewing technique!<br />
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The under garments were the first to complete. I made trousers and an undershirt from linen with embroidered collar. Then I made the long tunic with pin-tuck panels on the edges and on the cuffs. The tunic I made from fine wool mix with nice, silky finish.<br />
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The hat is also on its way. I’ve actually made one hat already, which was part of my performance at London Comic Con. Sadly, it wasn’t the style needed so I ended up making a new one. Which is great, because I really do love hats!<br />
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Right now I struggle with finding a suitable wig for Karluk. If I can’t find one soon, I’m probably going to dye one from my collections. But next to that and the boots I have under construction, the costume looks quite good!<br />
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Death and Karluk are the first new costumes of the year. I have few ideas for upcoming projects and hopefully will debut them both this summer. For the fall we have a pair cosplay coming up from Yoki’s Varjella. I also would like to finish a <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2011/03/march-progress-and-march-progress.html">project</a> I’ve been dragging with me for almost three years now…<br />
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Finally, I would like to wish you, my fellow hobbyists a great and productive year 2014!<div class="blogger-post-footer">casualtycosplay.blogspot.com</div>hironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00064503949992071425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896968288163839888.post-7936234323233310472013-11-21T20:53:00.001+02:002013-11-21T20:53:22.024+02:00Onwards with the sound of her wingsAfter big projects I usually make a statement to my friends and family that I’m going to have a vacation from costume making… Who am I kidding here! Every time I make that promise, I’m back at our workshop few days later! Before I tried to redirect or suppress my urge to make something, but now I think I’m at a point that I don’t even want to fight against it. For me, creativity is just something that keeps me going and makes me happy! So yes, me and my sewing machine have had quality time together during past weekends!<br />
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Ten years ago I dressed up for penkkarit, which is a traditional masquarade when you are on your last year at upper secondary school in Finland. I didn’t know about cosplay back then, but the basic idea was the same; I was portraying a certain character from certain comic issue with clothes, props and make-up.<br />
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As a teenager I read a lot of fantasy literature and somehow found Neil Gaiman and the comics he wrote. And I totally and utterly fell in love with the character of Death in a form of perky gothic girl. Back then I dressed up as casual Death with jeans and tank top, which is her best know outfit. I was so proud of the costume, even if no one except my friends recognized me. I actually didn’t sew the clothes, because I didn’t have much experience or skills back then. Instead I bought white jeans and dyed them black, because apparently back jeans were really hard to find… Borrowed boots and tophat from my friend, altered a tank top and bought an umbrella. Sadly, I have no photos from the get up. Probably it’s better that way, since there is a high change that time plays its tricks with me and the costume was an utter disaster!<br />
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Ten years have passed since my first portrayal of a fictional character. Because I’m still in love with Neil Gaiman, The Sandman and endearing Death, I thought what would be a better idea than to take a second round with her. And now that new volumes are published, I couldn’t have chosen a better time!<br />
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This time I wanted to make more complex outfit from Death’s wardrobe and chose the formal wear from Season of Mists. The outfit includes a tulle skirts, a blouse with corset and satin gloves.<br />
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It was nice to make a corset for a change! I patterned it so that it has some traits of corsets made in 1700’s with flat bust and shoulder straps. The references I gathered shows that Death’s corset has lacing on front. I wanted to make my version so that it would be laced from the back. I wanted my corset to be more of amanipulative one and with back lacing it would be easier to tighten. As a result of this reasoning I made the lacing on the back and a fake lacing on the front. All those eyelets and my fingers… Outch!<br />
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With the shirt I made something that I have sworn not to do ever again! I layered organza with another type of fabric. I do like the look, but organza is just so annoying to sew and more so with a material that acts totally different! It’s just nerve-racking! After few seams it fortunately started to be manageable and in the end I had a sheer blouse with organza and fine dotted tulle on top. I covered some old buttons with cotton and stretch satin to match the shirt and hand-sewed the decorative sequin ribbon on the front.<br />
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The skirt is still unfinished, because I underestimated how much tulle I actually need to achieve the look from the comic. I think I've used about 6 meters now and I'm still counting.<br />
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Next to clothes I’ve made the string of pearls she has on her hip and the necklace. I actually will redo the ankh, because… Well, I tried to use Worbla to make it, but apparently I do not know how to work the material to make it look reasonably good. I probably will try my luck with Fimo. I’m positive that it will be a better choice, since I have some knowledge about it.<br />
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The wig is the only component I haven't started yet. I have a reasonably good base wig for the purpose, but Death's updo requires some drastic changes on the forehead. I will finally be able to try making a lace front wig and that is something I'm really looking forward to!<div class="blogger-post-footer">casualtycosplay.blogspot.com</div>hironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00064503949992071425noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896968288163839888.post-36583959999070745782013-11-03T11:54:00.002+02:002013-11-03T16:13:52.163+02:00Finishing touchesAfter the qualifiers to ECC it was clear to me that I would definitely compete with Amira at the finals. But I also knew that I needed to upgrade the costume. I myself had found few flaws on it and after discussing with the judges, I knew what I should <span style="font-size: small;">place</span> under the magnifying glass.<br />
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First thing I wanted to fix was the jewelry. I had little experience with Fimo and other polymer clays prior to Amira, so I naturally chose the wrong paints. Now I know that you shouldn’t choose paints with solvents in them, because they will soften the clay and make it feel tacky and it will never really dry out. This creates the problem at least for me, since all the nice metallic finish paints have some sort of solvent in them. I tried to look for chrome acrylic paints and then just metal acrylics, but nothing fitted my image of the final color.<br />
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Thankfully I went to an art store and after discussing with the seller, I ended up trying out something she proposed; I first paint the jewelry with gesso, then acrylic paint with metal powder in it. The gesso and the acrylic paint created a protective cocoon for the clay. And finally I applied metal miniature paint by brushing it very gently to the surface. The seller had advised me to use as little pressure as possible so that the strong miniature paint would not break through the acrylic paint. And it worked!<br />
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Also to add some more “real” to the jewelry, I asked my Russian friends for small change coins, Kopecks to use on the amulet and the necklace. Earlier, I <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2013/05/jewelry-check.html">had made the coins</a> from Fimo, but I really wanted them to jingle when I move. Using real coins made the jewelry heavier, but this only meant that I had to use stronger thread on them.<br />
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Next thing I started was the boots. The <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2013/03/peek-boots.html">first ones</a> were made of pleather and they didn’t have a base shoe inside, which is equivalent to poorly supported feet. I still had the old shoes on at Tracon and after a day walking around in them, I really wanted to make new ones.<br />
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I had my doubts with pleather earlier, but I was running out of time before the qualifiers so I had little choice left. I chose pleather since the color scheme was close to the references and it was rather easy to work on. For the new boots I chose wool as the main material. It felt a lot more authentic and would enable same type of appliqué technique as pleather.<br />
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I found the perfect shade of jacket wool for the dark, mud colored parts. With the light blue sections I had to cheat a bit and use polyester-viscose felt, which I dyed the same way people dye their wigs. I was hesitant that regular cloth dye would not work, even if the felt was a viscose mix. We happened to hace this perfect colored tube of marker fluid lying around, which was meant to use years back to dye Clef’s wig with. The cosplay never happened, but now at least the dye served its purpose.<br />
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For the base shoe I chose a regular women’s walking shoe. I cut out the tip of the shoe and made new one from felt to make it more flat and also to give the sole a small curve. Then I took a carpet knife and started to slice to the heel to more “boot like”. The heel of the shoe was really distinctively shaped for a walking shoe, as it spread out on the bottom and was over all really bulky looking. It was also too high compared to the reference. The easy solution was to attach the boot cover so that about two centimeters of the heel was left visible and three centimeters were hidden inside as a build-on hidden heel.<br />
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I made few alterations to the boots based on the old design. For example I patterned the tip of the shoe differently and made few tweaks on the design also. I have made boot covers earlier and the problem was always how to finish the edges. I finally seemed to solve it!<br />
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After the edges of the cover were turned and glued over to the bottom of the sole, I took a piece of real leather and cut it to fit. At this point I cleaned the sole from dirt and dust, spread glue evenly and pressed the piece of leather on place. This neatens the raw edges of the boot cover, hides the modern looking pattern on the sole and is also good materials choice to use since it’s not slippery and will also look good!<br />
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I also worked on the skirt a bit to make it bit more finalized. I dug up every piece of linen I had left from the skirt and made bias tape from it. I used the bias to hide the stitch marks inside the hem of the skirt. This was really small deed to make during few evenings in front og the TV, yet it impressed few lovely people on backstage; “You even made bias!” And I was smiling stupidly and squeaking, because I was so happy that someone noticed it! Thank you for that!<br />
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Next to working with already existing pieces of clothing, I made something completely new also! I had made the underwear for the qualifiers, but if you have read the manga you painfully know that something is missing… The socks! I was ahead of the schedule at one point, so I decided to try to make them. I kind of knew that I was crazy to even start them, but then again I was so madly in love with the gossamer silk jersey I had purchased and the red and white silk threads and… Yes, it was madness!<br />
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I actually had the socks on to-do list for the qualifiers. I’m actually glad that I didn’t make them back then, since I only found the perfect material after the competition. I also think that embroidery is now lot easier for me and that if something was required for that type of fine fabric. It took me about two to three evenings to make the embroidery and few hours to put the socks together and I truly think that they are really nice touch to the costume! I could walk around in them forever, because the material is just so freaking pleasant!<br />
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This particular costume is now more or less finished. I'm still hoping that I can get a location shoot organized sometime in the future, because I would really like some sheeps to go with the costume! But for now, after a year, I can direct my attention towards new costumes which naturally have piled up now. I will surely use the costume in concentions to come, because and due to the working hours and crafting it's really comfortable and easy to wear and it's my favorite costume I've ever made... And needless to say, I love the character!<!--3--><div class="blogger-post-footer">casualtycosplay.blogspot.com</div>hironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00064503949992071425noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896968288163839888.post-39085620161291121262013-10-30T21:21:00.000+02:002014-01-20T23:30:54.124+02:00EuroCosplay Championships and... whaaaat?!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oh dear, I don’t even know where to start! I’m still feeling the con-lag and after a major convention like MCM ComicCon I suspect that it will last quite some time. Also to add to the confusion we happened to fly on Monday, the day the storm hit London. The situation with apocalyptic weather, with no trains and huge traffic jams it was a miracle that we got to the airport in time. It was literally matter of minutes! Thank goodness the main organizer of the EuroCosplay Championships is a man with a heart of gold! He helped us out and without him we had missed our flight for sure!<br />
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Next to the confusion I’m feeling so, so blissful and grateful…<br />
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I received Judge’s Choice from Cathy, who is the talented and creative woman behind <a href="https://www.facebook.com/gstqfashions?fref=ts">God Save The Queen Fashions</a>! I was so dumbfounded that Yoki had to push me towards the stage to receive the prize!<br />
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Aah, I’m just so happy that I’m lost for words! So I’m going to get back to ComicCon and the Championships after some amount of well slept nights.<br />
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Congratulations to this year’s champion Iloon and to Zula and Sara! Also to Dulcinea and Cassidy, who also were Judge’s Choices! And best wishes to all contestant and their helpers! It was great to meet you and share the awesome experience and weekend with you all!<br />
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<span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps alt-edited">Photographs: <a href="http://a-photo-graph.tumblr.com/">Emilia Lahtinen</a></span></span><br />
<span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps alt-edited">Cosplay and model: Hiron/ <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/">Casualty Cosplay</a></span></span><br />
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It's only few days away! I can't believe it! But surely it will happen and I have been updating my costume with new boots, jewelry and few other things I didn't have time to make before. Over all, I'm really happy how the costume now looks and feels! I will write whole lot after ComicCon, because I think I will have so much spare time that I really don't know what to do with it...<br />
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I should be packing and panicing, but I just wanted to stop by and thank everyone who have encouraged me during this project! If I could only hug you all, I surely would!<br />
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But of course the biggest thanks goes to Yoki, my dear sister and supporter. She will carry camera around at ComicCon, so we might actually update our Youtube after long radio silence in few weeks.<br />
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I also want to send special thanks to <a href="http://a-photo-graph.tumblr.com/">Emilia Lahtinen</a> and her assistant, who photographed my costume at Tracon 8. Thank you!<br />
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I got asked about the previous entries of the costume and thought it would be nice to share links to them. I announced <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2013/02/towards-eurocosplay-qualifiers.html">the costume</a> in February and made few work in progress posts from <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2013/03/fimo-jewelry-with-push-molds-for-amir.html">the jewelry</a> (actually <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2013/05/jewelry-check.html">two</a>), the first <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2013/03/peek-boots.html">boots</a> I made and a <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2013/05/keeping-busy.html">general one</a>. I had a <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2013/06/bride-to-be.html">photoshoot</a> for the underclothes before the qualifiers and also wrote a report from <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2013/06/desucon-2013-and-ecc-qualifiers.html">Desucon</a>.<br />
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Last weekend I squeezed into Yuma’s costume and we headed to a nearby nature trail for a small, autumn photoshoot. Karan, who has taken our photos as <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2011/07/megatron-starscream-and-mini-shorts.html">FemBots</a> and <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2013/07/eleventh-doctress-photoshoot-12.html">Lady Doctor</a> was kind enough to act as a photographer and Yoki was the sword wielding, grass bending assistant.<br />
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Ideally we would have left to our shoot in the morning, but because I had to work late on Saturday we only had few hours of day time left. And it was rather chilly, but gladly no one cached a cold. The outcome was a lot of interesting facial expression and few gems in the mix.<br />
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In the shoot I wore the cape that I made, but didn’t wear at the convention few weeks ago. It was too hot to wear it at the time, which is rather hard to believe now with nights below zero. The cape is basically a circle with drapes on the back. I made it from “brushed” polyester for the weight and flow. I usually try to pick natural fibers over synthetics, but with Yuma I made all the exceptions.<br />
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With Yuma I wanted to concentrate on textures, matt versus shine and fit. The bodysuit, which is actually shirt and pants are made from polyester jersey with lycra. I remade the pants three times before I was satisfied with the fit. First version I made out of wetlook spandex, but in the end it looked too much like the fake leather I used in the <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2013/09/armor-from-pulp-board-and-fake-leather.html">armor parts</a>.<br />
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The second version had a seam on the center both back and front, but because the references didn’t have any seam on the front I remade the pants again. The third version was a success with “hidden” seams. The stay-up socks are fake; I sew folded strips of fabric on the leggings to mimic the look. I didn’t want unnecessary moving parts and separate pieces of clothing in the costume. More so, when I had to attach the armor parts to the “socks”.<br />
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I patterned the foot piece directly to the leggings trunks and glued old canvas shoes on with hotglue. Normally hotglue is not ideal with shoe covers, but I tested it and found that it worked with the materials I was using. By the way, Yuma is the first costume I have to use a shoehorn to squeeze in.<br />
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During the photoshoot we might have spooked few joggers. One felt sorry, that she interrupted our movie shoot. Yuma is a movie star!<br />
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<span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps alt-edited">Photographs: Karan</span></span><br />
<span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps alt-edited">Modeling and costume: Hiron/ <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/">Casualty Cosplay</a></span></span><br />
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I’ve seen few Claymore Ghost cosplays before and some have solved the armor issue with “leather” and some with “metal”. I ended up with the leather version, because the Ghosts are more or less never seen or heard of, so silent leather armor would be ideal to stealth and hiding as in metal one would make unwanted noises.<br />
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My build started from making patterns. I used regular paper for creating the shapes and fitted them before cutting the pieces from compressed pulp board. After cutting the pieces I carefully made the necessary curves and shaped the pieces so that they would sit on the body tightly. Then I secured the shapes mostly by taping the pieces on to the floor using different household items and sealed and supported the back by gluing thick fiber fabric on the back. I left the pieces to dry over night before the next phase.<br />
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Some pieces I just supported by spreading glue on the back while
maintaining the wished form, but this I only did for the breast and back
plates because they were constructed from two pieces and the smaller
ones didn’t need that much support since all the fastenings would be on
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Then for creating a smooth surface to glue the pleather on, I covered
the armor pieces with craft foam. The craft foam I cut slightly bigger
than the board, so that the edges would be thin and clean looking. I
used the armor piece as the template for the craft foam. The curves on
the pieces made the original pattern useless, since the curves distorted
some of the shapes on the pattern.<br />
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With the hip plate, also known as the butt wings I had to use more
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thing. So first I covered the top of the “wings” with fiber fabric, let
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After pieces had dried completely I spread glue evenly on the piece and
set the pleather with two centimeter seam allowances on the top.
Needless to say, for the pleather I used the armor piece itself as the
pattern. Then I smoothed the surface checking that there were no bumps
or bubbles under the pleather before leaving it to dry.<br />
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When the pleather was glued and set I heated the glue gun and
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pointed edges on the armor. And with corners I checked which side
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black fabric on the back of the armor pieces to hide the seam
allowances and to prevent the white backs flashing from certain angles.
But before gluing them on I added Velcro, nylon straps and rubber bands
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Below you can see the whole process made with the shoulder pauldrons.
The shoulders were the reason why I chose to cover the pulp board with
craft foam; I was able to heat the foam and stretch it on the shoulder
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And finally the whole armor with the sword belt. In all, armor made from pulp board is really light weight, clean looking and quite easy to make. All you need is the materials, scissors, glue and exacto knife. And palette knife! I don't know why I haven't realized earlier that palette knife is handy when you need to spread a thin and even layer of glue!</div>
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Our blog has its fourth birthday today. Yay! We are at Tracon by the time this entry pops in our blog, which feels more than suitable for a cosplayer. As our blog celebrates its birthday our journey with cosplay has reached seven years! A lot has happened during those years with +30 costumes made and characters brought to life.</div>
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To celebrate our journey I decided to list all our costumes in <span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">chronological order based on their debut in a convention or a photoshoot. I will later write information about the costumes and add photo credits. This entry will also be updated with new costumes as they are debuted.</span></span><br />
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<b>2006</b></div>
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Hitsugaya Toushiro and Matsumoto Rangiku- Bleach </div>
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Kurotsuchi Mayuri and Akon- Bleach</div>
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Sasori and Deidara- Naruto</div>
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Re-making parts of the costumes in 2012</div>
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Namami Akai and Naoru Kenko- Kiyhiro (Original creation)</div>
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Jasdero and Debitto- D.Gray-man</div>
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Snufkin- The Moomins</div>
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Bubblehead Nurse- Silent Hill</div>
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Muddler and Joxter- The Moomins</div>
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Samara Morgan- The Ring</div>
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<b>2011</b></div>
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Snowtroopers- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back</div>
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Luminara Unduli and Barriss Offee- Star Wars: The Phantom's Menace</div>
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Megatron and Starscream- Transformers: Generation 1</div>
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Yoshimitsu and Isabella "Ivy" Valentine- Soul Calibur 3</div>
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Baby Jane Splicer- Bioshock concept art</div>
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<b>2012</b></div>
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Lumiere and Cogsworth- Beauty and the Beast</div>
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Neva Imano- Varjella (Original creation)</div>
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Saya Otonashi and Diva- Blood+</div>
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Sio Imano- Varjella (Original creation)</div>
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Ver. 2 in 2013</div>
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Kirlain Fuyu Jaw're- Varjella (Original creation)</div>
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Alicia- The Moomins</div>
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Kulo Halava- Varjella (Original creation)</div>
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I also have some costume parts waiting to be finished, but this time I’m not the only one for a change! Earlier I mentioned that we might have addition to our group and it seems like it's actually happening! Our mom has been making her first cosplay costume ever and faces exactly the same problems as we and almost every cosplayer do before a convention. Yesterday she mumbled that she will leave the hand-stitches to be done at the hotel on Friday evening. It sounds just too familiar! She stated that she now has more understanding regarding costumes that are finished only a day before.<br />
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Even if our mom still has few things to do we were able to try the costume on. Now I can reveal that the character mom is cosplaying is Chi-Chi from Dragon Ball Z. The version we chose is from the very last episodes, in which Chi-Chi is a mother and a grandmother, which fits just perfectly! We, Dragon Ball Z and mom also go way back, but from that she will possibly tell on her own entry.<br />
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So, the packing chaos is mainly caused by the five costumes we are going to take. On Saturday I will debut Yuma, Yoki will have a second round with Kulo and mom is naturally Chi-Chi. On Sunday I will portray Amira and Yoki will try on Luminara’s odd headpiece and try to survive the long hems of a Jedi master. Not the most compact costumes, but thank goodness we have a car where to stuff everything!<br />
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Now I will head back to paint fumes. See you soon, Tampere!<div class="blogger-post-footer">casualtycosplay.blogspot.com</div>hironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00064503949992071425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896968288163839888.post-48086851926687170112013-08-23T12:33:00.000+03:002013-08-23T18:27:44.747+03:00New costume under construction- Yuma from ClaymoreIn September we are going to attend to Tracon and again I felt that I could use a new costume to debute. Actually I started my current project last spring when I was waiting for a confirmation that I could compete in <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2013/02/towards-eurocosplay-qualifiers.html">Eurocosplay Qualifiers</a>. I had Amira half ready and needed something to craft while waiting the reply from my manager. I wanted to make an armor costume to balance out the embroidery heavy Amira.<br />
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I returned to series called Claymore. It’s basically a shounen manga with half-human, half-monster warriors who all are female, have huge swords and are more or less kick-ass chicks. The warriors called Claymores work for The Organization, where all the leading positions are taken by men. The Claymores are deployed from requests to destroy Yomas, human eating demons who can take the form of a human being.<br />
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The character I chose is Yuma, ex-Claymore who is one of the independent warriors who fled from The Organization after truly devastating encounter with more developed Yomas. The conflict had really shady traits which made the seven surviving Claymores to hide their presence and to evade confronting The Organization. The Claymores in The Organization named the seven warriors who vanished from the battlefield as Seven Ghosts, because their bodies were never found.<br />
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Yuma was ranked as number 40 in her time in the Organization. And with 47 ranks in the troops there were only seven Claymores who were weaker than her. Yuma feels insecure and powerless amongst the group of ex-Claymores she travels and trains with. After the seven year time skip from the decisive battle it’s made clear that she can easily fight with higher ranked Claymore’s with ease. The underdog setting Yuma has is also one reason why I like her so much. She gains skills and confidence during their encounters, but also remains bit awkward with people and still sometimes underestimates herself compared to the other warriors.<br />
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As the opposite of the white uniform the regular Claymore’s wear, The Seven Ghosts have black outfits with light armor with individual looks and styles. I think that they each chose how to equip themselves based on their fighting abilities and self-confidence. Yuma’s outfit is one of the more conservative ones in the group and she has many pieces of armor even if in real life they wouldn’t protect much, but I guess that is just how fictional armors work. Yuma is also a defensive type fighter, which might refer to her “heavy” armor compared to the offensive types who have only few pieces of armor for agility and speed.<br />
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Wow, that was probably the longest introduction of a cosplay character I have ever written. But Yuma deserves it! As I said, I like her a lot! Maybe that’s why the costume is almost done already...<br />
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I’ve made the armor and the bodysuit and styled <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2013/08/straightening-synthetic-hair-fiber.html">the wig</a>. I also did an early make-up test and have started with the sword, which is something I have never done from scratch! I’ve even used some crazy powertools! So I have sword making ahead, sewing the cape and buying new contact lenses. Then that should be it!<div class="blogger-post-footer">casualtycosplay.blogspot.com</div>hironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00064503949992071425noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896968288163839888.post-11487538769218341122013-08-19T19:55:00.000+03:002013-08-19T20:13:39.763+03:00Late report from Animecon XAnimecon X was held in mid July at Kuopio Music Center. It’s been about five years since our last visit to Animecon or rather Finncon/Animecon multievent, which made our trip rather nostalgic. We travelled to Kuopio by train, which set some limitations to what costumes we could pack for the weekend. We tried to travel lightly, since we’ve had our complications with trains and piles of luggage. Years back we forgot our kit with all our make-up on the shelf. Thank goodness Yoki realized that we missed one bag the moment we stepped on the platform and rushed back in to get it.<br />
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We both had one costume each for the two-day convention. I wore <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2013/08/saya-otonashi-from-blood-at-animecon.html">the school uniform</a> I made for Saya and Yoki chose Kirlain Fuyu Jaw're, a character from Varjella. For Fuyu Yoki left out the white robe she wore at Desucon Frostbite, which is like a representative outfit for members Kirlain family. This light version was summer version of a sort and it indeed lived up to its name.<br />
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Animecon weekend was full of sun and heat. Even my uniform was hot to wear. <span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps alt-edited">Although </span></span>the weather made cosplayers suffer it allowed the new outdoor photo service, which really was a nice change even if it required more work from the photographers and the assistants.<br />
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As a venue the Music Center was rather... confusing. It was suprisingly hard to navigate around even with the booklet. It was odd, because the building itself wasn’t that big to begin with. It took me about three to four strolls around the place until I got hang of it.<br />
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The Quests of Honor were Spoony, DJ Sharpnel and Benzaie, returning quest from last year. The program itself varied from Moomins to Japanese horror stories. I think that Animecon X was a convention where we spent more time at panels and lectures than in any other event in past few years. Usually we are occupied with competitions or some other cosplay related activities. <br />
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The highlight of Saturday was undoubtedly the anime concert. Kuopio’s Symphony orchestra with Atso Almila performed on the main stage playing different anime themes and songs for hour and a half in the evening. The concert was good despite the video clip weirdness, which hopefully will be fixed to match the orchestra’s efforts in the future. <br />
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The opening piece was Lugia’s song from Pokémon- Power of One. It truly brought up memories accompanied with few tears. But I dare to say that I wasn’t alone with my feelings. Some of the pieces were not that familiar to me, but when the theme of Noir started I think I stopped breathing! In all, I couldn’t think a better way to end the evening.<br />
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On Sunday we managed to have a small photoshoot at the nearby park, went to see few lectures and the show cosplay competition at the concert hall. The performances varied a lot, but the top was easy to pick from the bunch. I was so happy that our seats were so close to the stage that I was able to see facial expressions of the competitors. Especially the winners! It was so enjoyable to watch so effortless and natural performance.<br />
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In all, Animecon was nice and carefree weekend spent in good company… with hotel breakfast! The next stop for us is going to be Tracon at Tampere. Greetings to the hosts of the entertaining panel discussion at Animecon about cosplaying and parents; we might have one cosplaying mother in August! Our mother has always been a supporter of our hobby (when she got over the fact that our work room will never be totally organized ever again) and few weeks ago she opened a discussion: “Could I wear something else than just regular clothes for chance?” <br />
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Blood+ is a series to which I have returned many times and read through four to five times. I must admit that I have never watched the anime more than few peeks from two episodes. I have formed an opinion based on what I’ve read about the animation, that the plot is more to my liking in the manga with all the misunderstanding and tragedy between <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2012/06/saya-and-diva-from-blood-at-desucon.html">Saya and Diva</a> and Diva being more childlike and innocent in her horrible actions.<br />
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The high school uniform I made for Saya is a combination from both the anime and the manga. Biggest reason for combining those two was that I couldn’t find suitable track shoes seen in the comic. In the anime Saya has basic walking shoes, which I happened to have in my closet.<br />
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The costume itself is pretty basic; pleated skirt and white shirt with red bow. I also made the <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2013/07/animecon-is-closing-in.html">school bag</a> and had the sword with me which Yoki made for Desucon 2012. I only got few recognitions since the school uniform is so ordinary looking and modest compared to the more better known <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2012/11/saya-otonashi-from-blood-at-tracon-7.html">Saya costume</a> with plum colored jacket and white skirt.<br />
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We actually had a competition with Yoki at Animecon. We competed which costume gets more photos taken; my school uniform against her own design. It was a close call... Yoki won by one! I got over it rather quickly, because Fuyu’s costume is really well done and good looking.<br />
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We also had this weird encounter with two young guys, who enjoyed the weekend with some refreshing drinks at the park. Against all odds, they were true gentlemen. They asked a permission to pose with us in a photo and made polite questions about the costumes. When I answered which character I was dressed as the other dude saw my fangs, his eyes started to sparkle and he invited me to bite his neck. I laughed and told him that the fake teeth might not be durable enough to do that. He was bit dissappointed, but he still thanked us for saving his day smiling a happy, slightly drunken smile.<br />
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All the photos were taken by Yoki. The large quantity is only because she took so many good ones that it was hard to narrow them down only to few!<br />
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I used almost the same method as with the troll wig, with the difference of using gauze instead of pattern paper. <br />
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First I took a small lock of fibers and combed then through with a wig brush. Then I sprayed the lock with water and combed it again.<br />
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Then I layered the gauze on an ironing board and misted it with water. On the bottom I placed one layer of gauze and two on the top. The gauze which I used was diaper gauze, which is multi-layered compared to regular one-layered gauze. So if you are using regular gauze, be sure to fold it several times.<br />
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I set the iron first on nylon setting, but soon increased the heat to silk setting; one point.<br />
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Then I placed the fibers beneath the gauze, holding the loop on my fingers. Then I pressed the iron firmly on top of the gauze as close to fingers as I was comfortable with and pulled the fibers under the iron. This I repeated multiple times, with spraying and combing the fibers time to time. Its important not to press the iron too hard, because you don't want to stretch the fiber, only re-shape them.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">On left: the half-way fold after few presses with iron. On right: the fibers with the half-way fold, straight from the package.</span></div>
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For some fibers I decided to iron the really annoying half-way loop/fold, especially if you’d like to make the wefts longer than half of the fiber length. It took few extra presses, but finally the fold vanished all together.<br />
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After straightening half of the fibers in the package, I sewed the wefts and handstitched them on the wig. After experimenting with iron-on interface, I’m back with sewing the fibers on tulle. I think it’s because my craft skills have improved and I have much more patience than before with wefts.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">On left: wet fibers comparison; straigtened- original. On right: dried fibers comparison: straightened- original.</span></div>
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With straightening the results really depend on how many times you repeat the ironing process. And of course it would be ideal to buy real straight fibers in the first place. My resent purchase from <a href="http://www.cybershop.fi/">Cybershop</a> was somewhat a surprise, since the first straight fibers I bought from the company before were really silky and smooth. These seemed like crepe fiber, which was carelessly straightened. Gladly I’m a crafty person by nature, so the straightening wasn’t a big effort even it first seemed laborious. I’m still going to continue buying from Cybershop, since their customer service is awesome and this was my first let down in almost seven years.<br />
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And here is the wig almost styled, some trimming is still required. I added some length with the wefts and re-styled the whole front with removing part of the skintop and adding long bangs. The wig I used for this project has been seen on Deidara before.<br />
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I’m going to make an entry of this "no <span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">embroidery</span></span> for a change, only crafting"- project soon, because... summer holiday! If you have any guesses, feel free to leave a comment!<br />
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P.S (Finns) If anyone has problems with keeping wigs on their heads and hasn’t found wig-clips anywhere, <a href="http://www.cybershop.fi/category/293/hiuskuitujen-kiinnitys-ja-hoito">Cybershop</a> has three different colors of them and they work miracles! I first used them with <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2013/06/bride-to-be.html">Amira’s</a> wig, because regular pins couldn’t support the weight of that massive braid. Also Yoki used them on <a href="http://casualtycosplay.blogspot.fi/2013/01/preview-of-yokis-original-costume-design.html">Fuyu’s</a> wig, since her current Mohawk haircut provides very little fastening surface for pins.<div class="blogger-post-footer">casualtycosplay.blogspot.com</div>hironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00064503949992071425noreply@blogger.com0