Oh Robin...

 

 
I really do want to make Robin Ciel but then again that would be a massiv project for me, I've already been going crazy about the differences in the manga and anime. So I really want to do more research before I start making it, so it is a no to the cosplayball.

I love having a cosplay partner or group and so when making one when I know that I don't have anyone, then I often don't see the point in making. For Robin Ciel, Teacher Sebastian, Madam Red or Viscount Druitt would be a lot more fun to have with me... That reminds me, I do have a friend who was interested in Madam Red but I know for sure that she won't be coming to the ball...

So it is still open on what I'll wear at the ball, heck I might put the Robin Ciel that I bought but I prefer to wear something I've made myself and there is plenty of options.

As for Frostbite, it was a piece of cake to get the tickets! Next week I'm going to a job/trainee interview, which is good but also scary that I don't know how much time I'll have to make my cosplay and help L on hers! I might have a week or just a weekend to help her! Plus it takes six hours to get there! That really makes it tight! So tomorrow I'm gonna go check on fabrics for us and maybe some other stuff as well... I just hope that it doesn't rain...

WC Week Alois

Whoa whoa whoa so much to do, my eyes are starting to roll up!

Yesterday I finally got R's pictures from Frostbite aka our Kuroshitsuji photoshoot! Alois was fun making, it's not perfect but I've learned from my mistakes. One thing I've noticed from the pictures is I've gained weight... like a lot! And I know that because it's been very stressfull, right now I'm craving food like hell. It's getting out of control... But that's not what my blog's about!

I've been looking through the pictures and almost edited most of the ones that I'll be posting. Actually more than this I won't write about the Alois cosplay since I've been writing about it in some WC Week posts, if you are interested just click on the label Kuroshitsuji.
This is the last WC Week in a while, I hope you guys enjoyed followind! Don't stop cause Alois photos are coming this week and maybe next week as well!

Now for something else...

JAPAN OTAKUSUMMIT2015 HERE I COME!!! Yes I'll be going to Japan in about two weeks and I'll be staying there for two weeks, the reason why I'm writing about this here is beacuse I'll be attending a convention and I'll be participating in CureCosplayCollection international cosplay catwalk! Not only I will be participating but also Seibai!

So first I was supposed to cosplay Ruiko the winter version I have once made but wanted to redo it, cause I thought "cool witch of the north, cosplayer from snowy Finland"! But then I was just not feeling into it... I had a hard time deciding but in the end I wanted to do something new and from Final Fantasy, so I ended up on Stella Nox Fleuret! Even though she's only been in verus XIII trailers and not sure if she'll even be in XV but I loved her outfit! Simple and cute and something NEW!!! Cause I was thinking about Tifa or Rinoa but everyone has seen them already tons of times...

Well I started on Friday her outfit cause it needs to be done in two weeks! Actually I started a few days earlier than that, making a quick prototype. Damned I am a bit stressed! First time I'm making a corset but it's looking great already! The skirt is also cut and some parts done, I hope I'd get it done tomorrow. And the bolero is also in pieces... The thing I'm most worried about is her rapier... since it is a simple cosplay I really need to make this prop! And the problem of how it will fit in my suitcase is still unsolved...

Frostbite 2015

Desucon Frostbite was great! It was a long drive to the convention, almost seven hours which went suprisingly quickly. Friday was mostly showing around places to L and introducing my friends, also charging phones and hanging out at McDonalds laughing our asses off... Saturday was the most eventful day, watching the panel about neoshonen genre, shooting our cosplays, watching the cosplay competition, switching cosplays and partying! Sunday was a more relaxing day doing some last shopping and watching the amv competition and then starting our long drive back home, all in all a great time well spent!

Me and L had two small group cosplays, first we had Kuroshitsuji II where we were Alois and Ciel joined by our classmate R who cosplayed as Grell. And our evening outfits were from Me!Me!Me! I was the pink haired girl, L was the blue haired girl and my friend J as the boy! Both awesome groups and had a ton of fun photoshooting and spending time together!

This was L's first convention, first cosplays she made and seems to be thrilled as much as I am about cosplaying! Even on our way home we were throwing ideas about competing! This might become one exciting cosplay year!

 Some selfies!

WC Week Bishamon

Tomorrow on WorldCosplay, I'll start posting pictures of my Bishamon cosplay from Zone-00!
In this blog there are links to older blogposts but I suggest to read this one before reading the older ones.

It was a disaster hahaha, I don't remember much when I was sewing it but I do remember making the shoes and the pearls on the glasses. But the disaster was at the convention, it was the first time I was binding my chest with sports tape and that was a big mistake... My skin didn't like it all and it left pretty ugly scars and it took a while to heal as well. But I did have fun with our group Benio cosplayer, sadly our Benten was cosplaying the next day when I had to leave.

Now a bit of Frostbite progress... Alois pants are done, as well as Ciel's. My vest only needs buttons and the stripes, so the biggest parts that need to be done are the jacket and shoes. But I'm happy with the progress so far. My friend Ciel is also starting to look good!

Kuroshitsuji and WorldCosplay

Fabric has finally arrived! Took about three weeks, but still this is not all the fabric that me and my friend need for our Kuroshitsuji cosplays but for example the color black is almost always in stock so that's something that I didn't order... Also the lenses for Ciel has arrived! She has never worn contacts before so tommorrow I'll try to show her or more like give her some tips. Nows a good time to mention that I won't be wearing contacts, no my eyes are not blue like Alois but I'm not allowed to wear contacts...yet! Was it in february I went through eye laser surgery so I'm not allowed to wear contacts for a year, I think, but hey hurray for no more eyeglasses!!!

OH! Now is a good time to keep your eyes open on my WorldCosplay profile! I've removed the old photos and edited them so every week I'll upload a new character!

Last week was Midna from the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, this was done in 2010 for an event called Bakacon, the bodysuit was bought and with the help of a friend we painted it three days before the con! I remember the stress that time hahaha, the head piece took a little longer getting the size right and finding good reference pictures about the details, but it was the head piece that got me doing Midna cause it was a challenge for me at that time.

This week I'll be posting Ciel Phantomhive that I did for a PC-meeting 2011ish? This one was also done rather quickly since the shirt just needed the frills added and the trousers were cut to shorts. As for the vest, made it for another cosplay which was never finished, glad had some use for it!
A friend of mine cosplayed Sebastian but sadly I don't look good in any of those pictures or it's more like the wig was uncut so it was too long in the front and just doesn't look good in the photos!!! Sorry Sebastian it has nothing to do with you, you are handsome hahaha but I must say I'm embarrassed that he has posted some of them, one today... Oh well if he thinks it looks good then I'll let it slip by...

So now you'll be getting weekly updates! Until I run out of pictures to post on WC, I'll try to tell something about the outfits and hopefully come up with enough text hahaha...

Halloween soon and other plans

Wow it's been a while! Sorry guys, been having it real stressful and lots has happened like moving to another city and going to school. You could also say my passion for cosplay almost died but now slowly getting the strenght back together..

So there is a Halloween party coming up and the theme is movies, animated also counts, I won't reveal the costume yet but a little sneak peak and a hint which is Studio Ghibli.

Also by the looks of it, next year I'll be atleast going to Yukicon and Frostbite. I was planning on skipping on one but I got my classmate interested in cosplay so I was thinking that for her first convention Yukicon might be good for that.
One of her first plans was to make Hinata from Naruto Shippuuden, then I got thinking it would be great to cosplay from the same series but it didn't really spark for me to cosplay any character from there.. But she was liked the idea so we started listing other series and ended up with Kuroshitsuji 2 as Alois Trancy and Ciel Phantomhive. She's a bit nervous about sewing but with my guidance I think she will do just fine!

Since I moved, the fabric store here doesn't have as much variety as in Helsinki so I need to order the fabric... Plus a sneak peak at a quick make up test and wig styling which needs the be redone..