Connecticon 2015

Yoooooo! So I didn't do a CtCon Day Five post because it was trying to finish Impa and I thought that that was pretty obvious as it was the last day and me posting wasn't really necessary. So I hope you all are okay with that. I did not finish my cosplay but I wore it anyway and I thought it was pretty awesome. The con was amazing--I will definitely try and return next year! It was just so much fun. I got to go to a few panels, do some photoshoots with my friend Bagle, and go to the dances (which I've never done before) and all of those things were just fabulous. I also made a vlog which was interesting and it's kinda dumb but I dunno maybe you want to watch it. So here it is:



Overall just such an amazing con. The only thing I didn't enjoy about the con was the harassment I got from people on the street. It was just so much more than any other experience I've ever had and it really sucked. But other people were kind (and some people even called others out on the street being like, "stop it now,") and the con itself made up for the crappy people who were just in the area. Like beyond made up for it. I can't say this was my favorite con, but it is probably in the the top five if not the top three. Yeah. So anyway here are some pictures of awesome cosplayers I got. Later this week I will post the best pictures from the photoshoots we did too. Once again I shall encourage you to follow me on tumblr for more frequent updates (because I can just post selfies and reblog inspiring post very quickly and the resources on that blog are better). So yeah: http://telekineticmaniac.tumblr.com/. My lineup was Friday: Police Stocking Anarchy and Casual Stocking Anarchy, Saturday: Impa and Casual Roxy Lalonde, and Sunday: Casual Terezi Pyrope. So you will see some pictures of those scatter around in here. Anyway that's all for now. MadDog out!

CtCon Crunch Day Four

Hey sorry it's late and sorry this is gonna be short. Got not much done today. I did the final touches on my bodice piece and did my wig. I know I warned you that I was busy today but even I'm a bit disappointed I couldn't get anything else done. Well. Gonna try and finish everything up tomorrow I guess cause whatever I have by the end of the night tomorrow is what I'll be wearing Saturday at the con. Anyway wish me luck and here's a tired selfie of me in my wig. MadDog out!

CtCon Crunch Day Three

The saga of running out of time! Yay! Anyways today I finished my boots other than potentially adding in snaps to snap on to my overalls if they can't hold their own wait when the armor has dried on. I also did I few modifications on the bodice but it's not fully complete yet as I'm still working out the kinks in how I am going to take it on and off my body. I didn't get the extra armor that goes on the overalls doen but I did finish everything else to do with the overalls so that's good. Bt I really didn't make any progress on the chest piece at all. Also, as the con is in two days, I've made the decision to just not make the naginata. I will for the next con I wear this cosplay at but for now it is just too much I cannot handle making it as well. Tomorrow I am busy most of the day but in the evening finishing the chest piece and the bodice are the most important things. Next is adding the extra armor to the overalls (and some snaps) and then comes the bandeau. I also must get the wig styled. If I'm not forgetting anything that's it. I hope it all gets done. We'll find out when I post next if some of those tasks are carrying over into Thursday though. For now, enjoy some pictures of each step in my boot-making process and a pic of the inside of my bodice. I hope your cosplay endeavors are better than mine. MadDog out!

My base shoes.

Cut off some straps.

Added a cover and grommets to lace up the back.

Added details. (Now I'm waiting for the armor to dry but then I will get a pic of that too.)

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 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