Next destination

Tomorrow I'll start my trip to Japan but I will arrive on Sunday morning. It looks like I'll be going to AnimeJapan event but I won't be cosplaying there... But the weekend after this is OTAKUSUMMIT2015 where I'll be attending a catwalk as Stella Nox Fleuret!

I was pretty much done with this cosplay on Monday or Tuesday, but I've been so busy that only now I have some time to write and show some progress pictures!

The only things I don't have proper progress pictures is the corset which turned out okay being my first corset ever and having so much problems with it, the thing I don't like with it is that it flattens my boobs too much so it doesn't curve enough there haha. 

And then there's the jewelry which took quite some time cause I couldn't find the materials/colors that I wanted! But in the end they turned out nicely.
Last is the wig but it still need some hairspray but I'll do that in Japan. I might actually buy a new wig in Japan since this one is so small that I get a headache after 5minutes wearing it and that is quite troublesome...
The only thing that I didn't do in this cosplay is the boots and now here is what it looks like!

I really like it! It's cute, simple and cool, haha. I will probably wear it also in a Finnish convention, just not sure which one. One cosplayer did say she would like to make Noctis but not sure to which convetion she'll make it. Are there any Noctis cosplayers going to OTAKUSUMMIT2015 or will be in Tokyo? Or going to any Finnish convention? Would be cool to get some pictures taken with these two characters!

I saw that Seibai made some business card for her cosplay and I've been thinking the same for a long time but not really seen it necessary to have here in Finland. So I had designed one a LONG time ago, all that needed to be done is update the pictures a bit.. I usually print these kind of stuff myself but yesterday when I tried to make them the ink kept screwing me badly! I have a feeling that it's because I bought some other cheaper ink brand that I have never used, I've done this mistake before and now it comes back and bites me in the ass... So I ended up printing on normal paper and laminating it, but the colors are still a bit off... Oh well the info on the card is the most important.

Now there won't be a post for a while but I'll try to take many pictures of the conventions in Japan and write about the experience when I get back, see ya!

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...

WC Week Tifa

Tifa WorldCosplay week will also be extended into two weeks! So next Monday there probably won't be a blog post.

The first Tifa cosplay I made was for my sister around 2009 and then the second one was for myself in 2013, both of them were Advent Children version.

My newest Tifa cosplay is from the game when she's at Don Corneo's place aka the Wall Market dress. This one I made for the cosplayball event.

I like her a lot as a character and someday I want to make her other game outfits, her original outfit and cowboy outfit. The only one I'm not interested in making is her childhood outfit.

The Advent Children version I have has not been photoshooted and the pants need to be redone so I might have to redo the whole thing before there will be any pictures of it...

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 Miqo'te

Another Monday, a new character at WorldCosplay! Still going on with Final Fantasy and this time it is XIV with the kitty Miqo'te!

The costume was a bit of a pain to make and first time wearing such a exposing cosplay! But at that time I think I was pretty comfortable with my body . The only thing I didn't like was my wig which was not the one I had planned to wear but that's what I had to roll with.

Cosvision was where I wore it and the convention was such a blast that I haven't felt in a long time! You can read about that in the other Miqo'te post.

Since this weekend is Frostbite, Miqo'te week might extend to two weeks instead of one. There will still probably be a blogpost on Monday about the convention!