Hellohoooo! *waves*
As usual I'm two weeks late with my con report and as usual I blame it entirely on uni for being so stressfull.
AniMaCo here in Berlin was my last con this year. Nothing special, but nice. I have to admit that, if it wasn't in Berlin, I propably couldn't be bothered to go.
This year was rather fun, though and that's most likely thanks to my company: Friday Eva came with me, Saturday it were my sister and Sarah. I only went alone on Sunday, but due to several appointments I've made beforehand it didn't get boring that day, either.
 | Friday Yuuko Ichihara (xxxHoLiC/Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles) This was actually my second WCS prelims cosplay. I wore it underneath my kimono and it was only visible on stage for about 10 seconds, which is why some parts (read: the sleeves) were more like stand-ins. But because I really like the dress, I wanted to wear it to a con as well, so I redid the sleeves, the choker and the ornaments on the dress. As you can see in the reference picture, it's supposed to be a dress and a corset, but I simply sewed it as one piece, using a different fabric for the corset part to create the illusion of two seperate pieces. The golden ornaments are made of painted pleather, the silver ones are painted directly onto the fabric. Eva took a lot of pretty pictures of me in this costume. I'm happy now <3 I'd still like to do a proper shoot in a more appropriate setting orz |
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 | Saturday Hungary/Elizabeta Héderváry (Axis Powers Hetalia) Hetalia is the most ridiculous and racist anime/manga series I've come across (yet) - to a point where it gets hilariously funny. Even though the fandom scares me sometimes (I know, Hetalia kinda asks for it, but still: Why do people slash everything? We're talking about countries here, for crying out loud!), I hugely enjoy every new episode and webcomic. Luckily, my sister is just as addicted to the series as I am, so it was quickly decided that we wanted to cosplay as Hungary and Austria. Problem: No time. So, for the first time EVURRR, I commissioned the costumes via ebay. And well, I didn't expect them to be perfect, and they fit quite well at least. Still, I redid about half of my Hungary costume, because I wasn't happy with how it looked like. But I am now. Yay. Just kindly remind me not to commission a costume EVER AGAIN XD ↓ 1st and 2nd picture: with ↓ ↓ 3rd picture taken by MissKrone ↓ ↓ ↓ last picture taken by my sister |
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 | Sunday Garnet (Tsukiji Nao original illustration) I've been pondering a lot about which costume to wear on Sunday, but then I saw that Thanks to this costume, I looked hugely preggers that day (again), but people assured me that pregnancy suits me XDDDD For more info on the costume itself, please refer to my Connichi report. ↓ All pictures taken by Gina Kühn |
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My AniMaCo 2010:
+ cosplaying with Melli again ♥ ♥
+ taking pictures with Gina, Eva, Krone and Squirrel
+ nice weather (cold, but dry)
+ found some nice photo shoot locations I didn't knew before
+ cheap and yummy food
+ meeting Pü, FederMON and Cari-chan again ♥
+ I'm really pleased that my costumes showed some variety this time Σd(-∀-*)
- no Maddi ;___;
- ugly convention site (as usual...)
- prices in the dealer's room were ridiculous
- Hetalia yaoi fangirls galore
So that was my last convention this year. Maybe I'll have one more photo shoot this year (with my Belle costume), but I'm not sure - the weather's been strange lately.
But even without another photo shoot, I'm busy enough: My master's thesis and final exams are coming up >_>
Plus, I still need to edit some pictures of previous photo shoots. (Yes, believe it or not, but I am working on it! Sorry, Lao!)
