CtCon Crunch Day Two

Well, I got everything I wanted to get done yesterday done, but today the stuff I wanted to get done... not so much. Today I wanted to finish my arm armor (minus the hands which I'm still not sure how to tackle) and finish the boots entirely. The arms took longer than I thought and the boots even longer and I'm still not done with them. Also I'm now not sure whether or not they will hold their own weight so this is just becoming a big mess. I have other commitments tomorrow and the next day as well so I'm not doing so great as far as time goes. I'd try and finish them tonight but I've been working pretty much non-stop for two weeks now on this and really need the sleep so after I post this I am going to bed. So I guess tomorrow I'm going to try and finish the boots for good and hope everything turns out well. I also really wanna finish my overalls including the weird armor that needs to go on them and also make progress on the naginata as right now it is just two halves of a tube. And this is pushing it but I'd really love to finish the chest piece completely too. I have some pictures for you guys now. I guess we'll see what happens with everything else tomorrow. MadDog out!

The mess that is my boots.

Checklist:

• Worbla
• Wig
• Other wig supplies
• Style wig
• Wig tape
• Need tons of red cord-y stuff
• Overall-y thing Materials
• Make base of overalls
• Add designs to overalls
• Distress overalls
• Spandex for leg armor (under the overalls)
• Other materials (maybe craft foam and more cord)
• Make leg armor
• Elf ears (figure out)
• Bandeau fabric
• Make bandeau
• Distress bandeau
• Bodice thing materials
• Make base of Bodice
• Paint bodice
• Add details
• Figure out feather thing
• Make feather thing
• Buy spandex for lower arm armor
• Make out of worbla and spandex
• Paint
• Add details
• NEED A TON OF GLUE
• Attach to spandex
• Figure out the elastic needed for upper arm armor
• Make upper arm armor
• Paint and distress
• Fabric for scarf
• Beads for scarf
• Make scarf
• Belting materials for chest piece (somewhat done)
• Make chest piece
• Details
• Make leather belts for chest piece
• Add snaps
• Base shoes
• Spandex for shin armor
• Create shoes out of spandex, worbla, and base shoes
• Paint
• Add details
• Put together
• Buy makeup
• Figure out how the heckie you are going to attack the Guardian Naginata (I just really love this weapon so it’s the one I’ve decided to make–although I really do like the Giant’s Knife too even it it’s just because that’s the first weapon you get to use when playing her so maybe I’ll make that as well–and maybe I’ll make the Sheikah Naginata too–stop MadDog make the actual outfit first)
• Make the Gaurdian Naginata
• Just distress everything more for good measure
• Cry over how long this took (repeat as many times as necessary)
• Have fun wearing this BA outfit

CtCon Crunch

It has been forever. Wanna know why? It's cause I was graduating highschool, then traveling, then being sick for three weeks. I'm very sorry. So to make it up to you people I'm going to post a bunch about my Connecticon Con Crunch that I'm painfully trying to make happen. I was going to start this last week but the thought of finding my camera instead of working on Impa was too dreadful. Now that I've made a ton of progress (the costume is a little over fifty percent done now) I feel like I can use the time when I'm waiting for paint to dry and stuff to find my camera and make a post or two for you all. (Although today you are gonna have to deal with crappy phone photos cause my camera is out of battery. Tomorrow nice pix though.)

It's been so long I hardly know where to start. I have been working a lot with worbla to create armor pieces for Impa and then taking forever to hand paint them with acrylic paint because I don't have the money, time, or cooperating whether to spray paint them. How I make the armor is I first pattern of the pieces with craft foam and hot glue accent craft foam pieces on to that. Then I heat up my worlba with a blow dryer (because I don't have a heat gun) and mold it around that. Using the back of scissor blades, I can make sure the worbla wraps nicely around the accents and it looks pretty cool. Here are some pictures of works in progress. (Nothing's completely done yet but most of the pieces are about ninety percent done.)

And here is my checklist so you can see exactly what I have got done and need to get done.

• Worbla
• Wig
• Other wig supplies
• Style wig
• Wig tape
• Need tons of red cord-y stuff
• Overall-y thing Materials
• Make base of overalls
• Add designs to overalls
• Distress overalls
• Spandex for leg armor (under the overalls)
• Other materials (maybe craft foam and more cord)
• Make leg armor
• Elf ears (figure out)
• Bandeau fabric
• Make bandeau
• Distress bandeau
• Bodice thing materials
• Make base of Bodice
• Paint bodice
• Add details
• Figure out feather thing
• Make feather thing
• Buy spandex for lower arm armor
• Make out of worbla and spandex
• Paint
• Add details
• NEED A TON OF GLUE
• Attach to spandex
• Figure out the elastic needed for upper arm armor
• Make upper arm armor
• Paint and distress
• Fabric for scarf
• Beads for scarf
• Make scarf
• Belting materials for chest piece (somewhat done)
• Make chest piece
• Details
• Make leather belts for chest piece
• Add snaps
• Base shoes
• Spandex for shin armor
• Create shoes out of spandex, worbla, and base shoes
• Paint
• Add details
• Put together
• Buy makeup
• Figure out how the heckie you are going to attack the Guardian Naginata (I just really love this weapon so it’s the one I’ve decided to make–although I really do like the Giant’s Knife too even it it’s just because that’s the first weapon you get to use when playing her so maybe I’ll make that as well–and maybe I’ll make the Sheikah Naginata too–stop MadDog make the actual outfit first)
• Make the Gaurdian Naginata
• Just distress everything more for good measure
• Cry over how long this took (repeat as many times as necessary)
• Have fun wearing this BA outfit

So yeah. Along with making my Stocking cosplay that's what I've been doing. Hopefully when I post again tomorrow I'll have a bunch more done. I'm planning on finishing the last of my Stocking stuff today which includes making arm bands and splicing black and white tights to make her stockings. I also want to finish Impa's upper arm armor, making progress on painting everything that needs to be painted (like add a few layers of paint and whatever), and start making her naginata. If time permits I'd also really love to style her wig but I just don't think that that is going to happen today. And everything else is going to have to wait until the rest of the materials I ordered come in tomorrow so if I get all those things done (doubtful) there won't be any bonus progress. :( Now lets see how much I get done! Hope all of your cosplay plans are coming along just fine and MadDog out!

PS -- I've got a lot requests to post Homestuck photoshoot pictures from Anime Boston so I will be doing that but probably after Connecticon.

Oh My: Anime Boston 2015

Note: I am so sorry to have not posted but things just kept happening that I had no control over. Like the car accident. Sorry. Time for a really late Anime Boston.

Well, I somehow managed to finish my Serenity and Gamzee cosplay in time for Anime Boston (as you can see through the selfies I have posted above). It was good. The con was really awesome. I met a lot of followers too. (Mostly tumblr people because I have many, many more there.) First things first my video of the convention:



I know it was mostly Homestuck but I mostly hung out with the Homestucks so that's just how it goes. I did get a few other pictures that weren't just the Homestuck photoshoot though so here they are:

If you want to see more pictures of Anime Boston, feel free to check out my tumblr. Next up is the week of Homestuck cosplay. (With hopefully not as much of a wait and then it's on to Impa progress as I make it.)


And bonus! To the side are my friends Nat and Leo. I met them at Boston Comic Con last year with my moirail and we became con friends. Then I found out that Leo is going to the same college as me and now we (Nat, Leo, me, and my moirail) are planning to do a Alpha Kids cosplay group together! I don't know when  quite yet but I thought I'd at least show you guys a picture (even if it is technically from the Homestuck photoshoot). That's all for now so MadDog out!

Impa and other Announcements

Hey! I hugely overestimated how much free time I was going to have during musical season. BUT I did a ton of cosplay even if I hadn't had time to write a post about it. So here it finally is. Like after a convention and week of cosplay (413).

Just another reason you all should follow me on tumblr. I can post really quick on mobile so even though I'm very busy there is usually new content every day. (It also has a better layout.)

My tumblr cosplay blog: http://telekineticmaniac.tumblr.com/

I'm going to post all of my Anime Boston stuff and 413 stuff over the next few days but today I wanted to start with my future plans. I am hopefully going to be going to some new cons this summer including Connecticon (if I can afford it by the time it rolls around) and maybe even competing in some competitions. What I want to compete as is the new Impa design from the Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Warriors. So I've made a checklist and we shall see what happens. That's all for today. More to come tomorrow. MadDog out!

• Worbla
• Wig supplies
• Style wig
• Wig tape
• Need tons of red cord-y stuff
• Overall-y thing Materials
• Make base of overalls
• Add designs to overalls
• Distress overalls
• Spandex for leg armor (under the overalls)
• Other materials (maybe craft foam and more cord)
• Make leg armor
• Elf ears (figure out)
• Bandeau fabric
• Make bandeau
• Distress bandeau
• Bodice thing materials
• Make base of Bodice
• Paint bodice
• Add details
• Figure out feather thing
• Make feather thing
• Buy spandex for lower arm armor
• Make out of worbla and spandex
• Paint
• Add details
• Figure out the elastic needed for upper arm armor
• Make upper arm armor
• Paint and distress
• Fabric for scarf
• Beads for scarf
• Make scarf
• Belting materials for chest piece
• Make chest piece
• Details
• Base shoes
• Spandex for shin armor
• Create shoes out of spandex, worbla, and base shoes
• Paint
• Add details
• Buy makeup
• Figure out how the heckie you are going to attack the Guardian Naginata (I just really love this weapon so it’s the one I’ve decided to make–although I really do like the Giant’s Knife too even it it’s just because that’s the first weapon you get to use when playing her so maybe I’ll make that as well–and maybe I’ll make the Sheikah Naginata too–stop MadDog make the actual outfit first)
• Make the Gaurdian Naginata
• Just distress everything more for good measure
• Cry over how long this took (repeat as many times as necessary)
• Have fun wearing this BA outfit

Wow it has Been a While

Like the title of this post says, "Wow." I apologize for the wait on this post and the many questions in my email that I didn't exactly respond to with haste. I am here now and hopefully will be back on track at least for a bit. Now where to begin? Uh... Happy New Year? I suppose it's a little late as it is February. For a seriously quick recap on what I accomplished last year, started doing mediocre convention videography (check out me and my moirail's joint channel here), answered lots of questions for people (mostly about Alois Trancy or Seras Victoria although I did suddenly start being asked more about Homestuck at the end of the year--remember to email me if you have questions at wickedcosplay@yahoo.com), made a crapton of costumes and other clothing, AND got into college!!! Woo! And all thanks to this blog or I wouldn't have had a portfolio to get into MassArt (because guess who's never taken a high school art class? this girl)! So thanks followers and other random people who ask me questions because you have helped me continue to stick with this blog. Check out my acceptance letter envelope. (I thought it was funny and great.)

Okay so what's the deal for the future and what is with that photo at the beginning of the post? Well it's part of my future plans. For Anime Bosotn 2015 I told you all that I wanted to make a Trickster Dirk and a Bec Noir Cosplay but unfortunately the people I was planning to do these characters in group cosplays with had things come up and they can't attend Anime Boston at all. So I had to think of new cosplays to do so that we could still premiere those group cosplays potentially at another con. Pictured at the beginning of this post is the start to Friday's new cosplay plan, or Serenity (Homestuck). She is a firefly. And arguably the most overlooked character in Homestuck as my friend Justin (his tumblr and his facebook page) so bluntly put. He's the one you have to thank for this cosplay. As for Saturday's plan I think I'm bringing back Gamzee Makara (also Homestuck--all Homestuck all the time right now) except this time making a Sober!Gamzee instead of a Sopor!Gamzee for those of you who have a clue what that means. (In short I'm doing insane Gamzee instead of chill Gamzee.)

So that's it for Anime Boston but what am I doing for the rest of the year? Other conventions hopefully. Although probably not Boston Comic Con now that I've found out how expensive it is this year ($100 are you kidding me--it's not even a big con). Hopefully meetups. And hopefully photoshoots and/or cosplay videos. I wanna let you guys see what I'm doing more instead of a few photos from a con and maybe seeing me at said con if you happen to live in my area. Yup.

Also I have started integrating myself into technology (crazy right) and now own an iPod touch instead of just and iPod classic. This means I can use apps and recommend that you get this cosplay one if you aren't great at planning and keeping track of your cosplay "checklist." It's called cosplanner and has been a huge help to me. Here are a few screenshots of it's functions but it also has space for reference pictures and more!

Lastly I encourage you to follow me on tumblr for more frequent cosplay updates and such. Instead of these random, wordy posts that I only make when I've finished a piece of a project (or made substantial progress).

I apologize for being so uncertain throughout this post but I just thought it might be good to touch base with you all because I've been busy for quite a bit. I hope your cosplays are all coming along well and that you have a great year ahead of you. Hope to talk soon. MadDog out!

Met Chris Evans

So this is not cosplay but the other day I had the opportunity to meet Chris Evans (you may know him as Captain America!) and I took it. He was great. The thing is, I totally would have made a cosplay had I known about him coming to Newburyport earlier. So I've made an oath that if I get the opportunity to see him again, I will drop everything and make a cosplay (either a chorus girl outfit or a fem Cap). Pictures!

I wish you all could have seen the confused look on his face when I asked him to sign my Scotland bag. I love that bag so much so who cares if it goes with the theme or not. Fine--you caught me--I was going to have him sign my copy of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World but I left it at home on accident because I was too excited. Next time Chris. Cosplay progress coming soon. I've gathered some materials for Bec Noir so you all should be seeing that start to come to life soon. MadDog out!

Karkat (Beep Beep Meow) Cosplay Finished

So at my school we had a twin day for the play I was in a few days ago so of course me and my friends said screw twin day and did triplet day and dressed up as Karkat. So my Karkat cosplay is done. I'm not gray but here are some pictures. Another one crossed off of the list.

My friend Soondra, who has now been to two cons as the mayor, is the other person featured in these photos. Ana-tama was the other frond but was feeling camera shy so she's not shown. That's all for now. MadDog out!