Archive for January 2014
Yuuki Asuna of Sword Art Online is undoubtedly one of the most loved heroine in the Anime world, therefore, one of the most wanted cosplays for girls *p*
But costume-making for the character is really complicated (according to my Papa who commissioned the whole costume, not to mention he is a little bit on the side of a perfectionist.) The finished product is made with high quality. It is based not on other costumes online but on the anime itself.
Photo by Totodale Photography
Here's a photo of my Light Lambent Sword *u*
..and the Mother Rosario Sword for my friend's Asuna Undine version cosplay. (also made by my Papa)
And this is Le Breastplate *p*
Sorry, we didn't get the chance to take a picture of how we made the costume step-by-step but I'll try to explain it as much as I can in the tutorials I will post soon and also, I'm going to make some basic cosplay make-up tutorial according to how I do it. :)
Thank you for visiting! :3
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Cosplay Mania 2013 in SM Mall of Asia, SMX Convention Center which was held last October 6 was my second cosplay (cos-trip). It was a fun-filled experience of course with friends and it also was the first cosplay of one of my work mate who happens to be a very close friend of mine. I was actually the one who influenced her on liking ANIME. One of the anime's she liked was entitled Chobits. Yeah, featuring Chi and Freya.
The Anime inspired us to cosplay them as soon as we can which means RUSHING. Yep, again. But this time, it turned out good. I again browsed online for second hand or brand new Chi and Freya costumes as long as they are on hand and can be shipped within 1 and a half week. An MTO (made to order) shop, ShimaiMay Shoppou offered me an insanely low price for both, of course I went all curious but at the same time, excited. Since she seems nice, her Facebook profile seems legit and there are also other customers, I sent a down payment. As soon as she received it, she said that they will be working on it.
In the meantime, I went to the nearest school supplies stores to look for craft foams/foam sheets. It was reeeaaaally difficult to find them! I thought they will just be in the scrapbooking corner but no. I needed to ask different sales ladies to actually find some SCRAP OF 'EM FOAM SHEETS. Yes, they are all scraps. no cases, no plastics, some are uber dirty so I just selected the last good ones. Of course they gave me a generous discount for them. (hooray for that!) But what were those for? Well, they were for the PERSOCOM EARS. Yep, I made 'em myself and I must say it was fun! I just printed out a random pattern for them online and made LOTS of adjustments.
The day came when we got our costumes that only means ShimaiMay Shoppou is legit! They arrived in good terms of course and I must point out that they really smell nice :) Was it worth it? Yes, it is. It may not be the best of quality but hey, that price is almost impossible and not to mention it was a rush project! Make your own adjustments if want.
Please like our page: Yuriko-chan Cosplay
and also ShimaiMay Shoppou here :))
The finished product? Tenteneeeeen! Feel free to browse below :)
Freya's acting odd here LOL :D
Close-up of our facesssss :3 (and for you to see the PERSOCOM EARS a bit, too)
Photography by Totodale
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