Cosplay List

I don't know how other cosplayers do it.  I mean, it's just so hard trying to pick out a character that you like and sticking with that character while working on their costume.  Maybe I just have to many characters that I want to cosplay but narrowing down my cosplay list always seems to go like this:

I guess at least one person understands.

Anyway, there are two conventions that I am going to next year.  There's Queen City Kamikaze (QCK) in March and Anime Boston (AB) in April. I have plenty of time to work on and change my cosplays but as of today here's my list:

QCK - fem!Cecil (Cecilia) from Welcome to Night Vale:

Now, I would put a picture here to show you what Cecil or Cecilia looks like but there's one problem with that.  No one knows what Cecil actually looks like.  I mean we know what his voice actor looks like but that's not Cecil.  In fact the only description of Cecil we've gottn is that he is "not tall or short, not thin or fat." Welcome to Night Vale is a podcast so it's all audio and the writers really seem to like to leave a lot of stuff up to fan interpretation.  So pretty much everyone has their own vision of what Cecil and all the other Night Vale characters look.  Taking fan interpretation one step further, I decided that I want to cosplay Cecil's female version, Cecilia.  

I am really excited for this one since I think I only need to buy a purple long sleeved button-up shirt and gray or back vest.  I plan on wearing the shirt and vest with a black pencil skirt, galaxy print leggings, and purple converse.  I decided that I will use my actual hair for Cecilia.  I haven't seen any strawberry blond Cecil or Cecilia interpretations but I guess that just makes the costume more unique.

AB - Shima Renzou from Blue Exorcist:

Shima's probably one of my favorite characters from Blue Exorcist so I'm definitely excited.  I already found a really nice wig for him but I still have to look around for his school uniform jacket and his headphones.  His shirt, pants and shoes should't cause too much difficulty, but his staff on the other hand will.  I'm not sure whether I should just give in and order the staff on ebay or try to make it.  I have made something similar to it before but it was much smaller and way less elaborate.  I need to think on him a lot more but I have plenty of time to do that.

AB - Trip from DMMD:

                                                                     Or his younger self (the red head):

My cosplay buddy plans on cosplaying Virus (the one with the glasses) with me and neither of us are certain which version we want to cosplay.  If we cosplay as older Trip and Virus, people will recognize us quickly and we won't get mistaken for other characters.  But if we cosplay younger Trip and Virus, we won't have to spend as much on their costumes.  It's a hard decision and I think we're probably leaning more towards the younger versions, but we still have time left to figure out what we're going to do.

Alternate - Asahi Azumane from Haikyuu!!

Asahi reminds me a lot of myself because we're both tall and scary-looking when we're really just small on the inside and are unsure of how to talk to people.  I'm getting his uniform as a Christmas present so if it so happens that my cosplay buddy and I decide to drop a character from our list, Asahi will most definitely fill that spot. All I would need to buy is a knee pad and maybe some sneakers (mine are getting worn out anyway).  I really like him and if I don't get to cosplay him at QCK or AB, I'll definitely cosplay him at next year's Another Anime Convention.

-Rene

COSPLAY PROGRESS

Okay, well finally.  I've been trying to get these costumes ready for months and I finally have some actual progress.  Just in time for Another Anime Convention (which is in like 2 weeks HELP).

1st Cosplay: Kurloz Makara from Homestuck:

I had bought a skeleton from Hot Topic awhile back and it was what initially motivated me to start working on his costume.  I then ordered some skeleton leggings from here and those came in not too long ago.  I had a pair of killer black combat boots with a 3" platform heel and I just sprayed painted those purple. 

I figured that since Gamzee and Kurloz's horns are basically the same (Kurloz's are supposed to be a little bigger but oh well) that I'm just going to reuse the horns from my Gamzee cosplay. 

It took me forever to find a wig for Kurloz.  Originally, i was going to use the wig I use for Gamzee but I found that that wig was too small and kept sliding off my head when I wore it at Anime Boston last year.  I looked everywhere for a perfect wig and I found a couple that I liked online.  Although the thought of them being just as small and uncomfortable as my Gamzee deterred me from ordering them.  Finally, on a hunt for a friend's costume at this super cool costume store in New Hampshire and got this weird black and pink punk wig.  But it was the PERFECT shape and style for Kurloz already. So I tried it on and it fit just as perfectly as it looked.  I bought it and just colored over the pink with sharpie. I know that sounds super cheap but it worked so well. 

The only things I have left to do for his costume is to dye a pair of my shorts purple and to some trial runs of his face paint.

(***note*** the purple shorts shown in the picture are not the shorts I plan to wear at AAC)

2nd Cosplay: Clear from DMMD:

 

Like with most of my cosplays, I decided completely on a whim to do Clear.  I just got up one morning, watched an episode of DMMD and said "yep, that's my next project."  

So I went out and bought some gray jeans and white button-up shirt at Wal-Mart.  I bought material to make his scarf (which was super annoying since I can never tell whether his scarf is a soft yellow or a fluorescent green). Then I found a bathrobe at a thrift store that had this nice cotton exterior instead of it being completely terry clothe.  All I had to do was cut out the terry clothe inside and it was nearly perfect.  Next I had to order some things, mainly Clear's  boots and his gas mask (which I can no longer find the link to).  Both the boots and the gas mask came in pretty quickly so i was very happy!

Only one thing is giving me grief is his wig.  I already have a sliver wig that's as poofy as his hair but the silver just does not look right. So I'm borrowing a friend's white wig and styling it up with some hair wax.

The only thing I have left to do for Clear's costume is to hem the coat and then sew on the new buttons I bought. I'm very excited for his costume and also very excited to get into his character!

 

-Rene

So I Guess This is a Thing Now...

Yep. Totally a thing. 

Uh, yeah. 

What should you expect of this thing?

Well, it's supposed to be about my cosplay ("costume play") and my experience making, buying and crying over them.

It will also be about my experiences at the different conventions I attend while wearing said cosplay.

Other than that this thing will also feature stupid stories from my personal life as I attend high school and reviews of various anime, TV shows, and podcasts.

Current Cosplays in the making:

-Kurloz Makara from Homestuck

-Clear from DRAMAtical Murder

Currently watching/listening to:
-Free! Eternal Summer
-Love Stage!!
-DRAMAtical Murder
-Welcome to Night Vale

Conventions attending:
Another Anime Convention, Manchester, NH (Oct. 17-19)

-Rene