Mituna Bonus Progress

Well, over the course of the last now many weeks (with a two week break in the middle for Britain) that I have been working on C.C. I have also been slowly gathering materials and doing things for my Mituna Captor bee outfit. I still need yellow shoes of some ilk (hopefully boots), wings, and a wig to complete this cosplay but it's coming along pretty great so I thought I'd show you what I have so far.

Instead of making antenna and having to wear two headbands, I decided to make a flower crown instead. To make one I was lazy and just looked up a tutorial. I used the first one I found on Youtube (This One Here) and it was pretty quick and simple. That's about all for Mituna.

Bonus Bonus! I also made some anime shades for Dirk. I made them in ten minutes with random stuff I had lying around my house (i.e. plexiglass, a Sharpie, glasses frames, and hot glue). I can see out of them which is good but this means that in the light they look really crappy (like you can see all the Sharpie lines on the plastic). Anyway they were a fast, fun project. MadDog out!

THE SUMMER OF COSPLAY!

• FINISHING MY FRACKING ALOIS TRANCY COSPLAY ONCE AND FOR ALL!
• Completing either my C.C. or Homura Akemi (both of which I have already begun).
• Making my Senior Dress-Up Day costume (which I thought was going to be Zelda but now that I've taken on Hajime she may be off the table. I dunno--we'll see).
• Starting both a 833 M17UN4 C4P70R (Bee Mituna Captor from Homestuck) and a Trickster Dirk Strider (also from Homestuck).

4 M17UN4 C4P70R:

1. Striped shirt.
2. Long-sleeved black t-shirt.
3. Black pants.
4. Yellow boots.
5. Antenna. (Note: Didn't wanna wear two headbands.) Flower crown instead.
6. Wings.
7. Horns.
8. Black wig.

And for Dirk Strider:

1. Blue shirt.
2. Orange suspenders.
3. Yellow bow tie.
4. Anime shades.
5. Orange pants with pinstripes. 
6. Blue Chucks.
7. Striped arm warmers.
8. Heavily-styled red wig.
9. Orange soda head piece.

• Designing and making the shoes, legs, and bodice of my Hajime Ichinose. (Preferably the arms as well but saving the wig, head piece, and skirt for later.)

C.C. Main Uniform

FINALLY, the progress post you've been waiting for. I did most of this before I left but basically I never got around to sewing it all together. I thought it was kind of worthless posting a photo of all the patterning work I had done (i.e. a bunch of pieces of fabric), so I waited until after I was finished to post this. But anyway, I have now completed the main part of my C.C. uniform. Here are some mediocre pictures.

Construction Notes: 

I took the pattern I used for my Alois jack and modified it to create my C.C. Uniform pattern. The reason i chose this pattern in particular was because it has two pieces to each of it's four main sections (front right, front left, back right, back left). This way i could lengthen it easier and have the center of each section (the seam between the two pieces) be the point on the end of each of the four sections of the uniform. I completely patterned out my own overlay to make the top part of the uniform which took a lot of trial and error until i figured out the right look. I also bought a bunch of gold fabric in order to keep each of the gold parts accurate. Clearly some parts are just strips of gold fabric and other times the gold is piping (like around the collar area). Making my own piping from the gold fabric was interesting as I had up until this point never made piping before. It's always fun learning new stuff though, so it was tedious yet fulfilling. Because i got a bunch of gold fabric, hopefully I'll be able to use it for the boots i have to make as well. Other stuff to be posted soon. (And don't worry, I'm not taking another trip to some far away from my computer place.) MadDog out!


THE SUMMER OF COSPLAY!

• FINISHING MY FRACKING ALOIS TRANCY COSPLAY ONCE AND FOR ALL!
• Completing either my C.C. or Homura Akemi (both of which I have already begun).

For Homura:

1. Finish skirt.
2. Make boots.
3. Make blouse (undershirt?).
4. Make "outershirt." (yeah, not sure what to call it)
5. Make headband.
6. Make gem hand piece.
7. Buy wig.

Or for C.C.:

1. Make boots.
2. Make shorts.
3. Make crop top.
4. Make arm things.
5. Make main uniform.
6. Make belt.

• Making my Senior Dress-Up Day costume (which I thought was going to be Zelda but now that I've taken on Hajime she may be off the table. I dunno--we'll see).
• Starting both a 833 M17UN4 C4P70R (Bee Mituna Captor from Homestuck) and a Trickster Dirk Strider (also from Homestuck).
• Designing and making the shoes, legs, and bodice of my Hajime Ichinose. (Preferably the arms as well but saving the wig, head piece, and skirt for later.)

Surprise Convention! Boston Comic Con 2014

 Yeah, I know--I was surprised too! Well here you go the third and final post for today. Basically I didn't think I was going to be going to this convention at all because I was going to be getting back from Britain at the end of the week but while in London, my moirail (best friend) messaged me with an idea. She said she could get my ticket early and I could go with her Sunday. My mother (bless her) agreed that I could go so on Sunday we appeared in Boston as Gamzee Makara (me) and Roxy Lalonde (Ana-tama) from Homestuck. The reason we chose these costumes was because they were simple pair (instead of for example, Levi from SnK and Roxy from Homestuck). Now, I personally don't have a lot of floor pictures or Homestcuk meetup and photoshoot pictures so those will appear soon on The Underwater Hemisphere photo creds Ana-tama. My job however was to get pictures of the Costume Contest hosted by Ivy Doomkitty herself so I present them to you now.

And this Warhammer group won best in show. They were incredible but it was really hard to get good pictures of them because they couldn't get onto the stage in their costumes.

This costume was my personal favorite though. "This is Ghostbustas--whadaya want?"

Well, that's it for today. Progress coming soon. MadDog out!

RANDOM UPDATE ON TUESDAY BECAUSE ANA-TAMA UPLOADED THIS VID:

The Making of Harry Potter

And here is the surprise destination! While i was in London for two(ish) short days, I made a trip to The Making of Harry Potter. Now, I am a huge fan of the books and movies because I've simply grown up with them. When I was little I had them read to me as a bedtime story, as i got older i could read them on my own, and I eagerly awaited the opening night of each film. They made me laugh and cry and when that seventh book came out, I was jumping up and down screaming, "YES YES YES!!!" at the poor man who had to deliver mail to my house that day. When the eighth movie finally premiered I was traumatized for months because it was over. And then when Pottermore was released I was one of those idiots up until all hours of the night trying to get an account for the beta testing. No regrets.

I had the opportunity two years ago to go to Orlando, Florida with my marching band to march down Main Street and while we were there we also got to go to Universal and do all the Harry Potter stuff there. It was super fun walking around with my friends and going on all of the rides but that's just it--it's all rides. The Making of Harry Potter was completely different. For any creative person (whether you be interested in costumes, theater, set design, special effects, creature design, etc.) who loves Harry Potter, this place is heaven. You get to walk through the actual sets and see the the costumes up close and personal. The effects are explained with huge moving displays and you can walk through their creature shop. It's incredible. Words cannot explain it and pictures even just don't do it justice. You walk in and so many things are just crammed into every possible corner. The walls are pasted with concept art and props hang from the ceiling while costumes are set up in the still standing sets. It's simply fantastic. I have a few photos (taken by me, my brother, and my mother) which were very hard to narrow down but here they are. It's a brief taste of what the studio is itself but it's all i have to offer.