Getting Ready for Otakon 2013

GETTING READY FOR OTAKON 2013!  WOO HOO!!

This year I will be doing 3 cosplays.

I haven't fully decided which will be Friday and which Saturday, but one cosplay will be Stocking Anarchy from Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt.

I already have most of the pieces.  Epic Cosplay sells the exact wig and I bought that months ago.  I have the "stockings" from Sock Dreams.  I actually bought two pairs.  Both are black and blue striped, but they're slightly different.  One pair are navy and black with wide stripes.  The other pair are royal and black with thin stripes. Since hers are royal and black with wide stripes I'm going to base my decision on which shade of blue I decide to buy from the fabric store.

I already have a pair of shoes that work too.  That leaves making the dress and her sword and getting her bone cat.  I'm going to buy the bone cat from FM-Anime to save me some time and because there's has a zipper, so I'm going to try to use it as my purse that day :-).

 
The other day, I'm going to do Black Rock Shooter from Black Rock Shooter.  I've never played the game or read the manga so I'm doing the TV version of BRS. I'm using the same shorts I wore for Kurisu Makise and I already have the black top.  I ordered some boots from Ebay that I'll be modifying, I bought two belts from Ebay for this cosplay and Epic Cosplay also sells this character wig, so I already have that.

All that really leaves is her coat, choker and gloves.  I'm probably going to buy some gloves and modify them also.  I absolutely think this coat is really unique and that's why I want to do the TV  version instead of the version that most people do, which has a simpler coat.   My boyfriend is going to make her rock cannon for me.  I'm excited about that b/c I love oversized weapons.

For Sunday, I'm going to wear Kurisu Makise again.  My BF might be Okabe Rintarou, but he hasn't decided yet.

HAPPY COSPLAYING!!

Super late update: Post-AMA 2013 and Otakon 2013 Planning

For starters Anime Mid-Atlantic 2013.  This year this con was not as fun as it was last year.  Last year just had better options for panels, so this year we found ourselves sometimes either choosing panels/workshops at random or having more free time than usual.  I did get some cool stuff from the vendor's room though, including a great Black Rock Shooter binder and a super cute Totoro Hello Kitty tee.  (See the logo below)

This year I cosplayed for AMA, which I didn't do last year b/c at this point in the year I had never cosplayed before, haha.

For Friday I was Sawa Nakamura from the new anime Flowers of Evil.  This was a super easy cosplay as she's basically a school girl.


I got the skirt from Land's End.com, the shirt is a men's shirt from Walmart.  I bought a men's shirt b/c the collar stays standing and they're longer and therefore stay tucked in no matter what I do :-)  The wig is a Copper Red 14" Chronos from Epic Cosplay.com.  The shoes are from Payless.com and the glasses are low level reading glasses also from Walmart.  The socks and neck tie I already had from my Gogo Yubari cosplay.



Saturday, I was Kurisu Makise from Steins;Gate.  From top to bottom:  the wig is a 28" Nyx Copper Red from Epic Cosplay.  The shirt is the same style shirt from Walmart that I bought for Nakamura.  I just sewed on the blue ribbon trim and changed the top button to a gold one. The tie and tights were also from Walmart.  The shorts are from American Eagle, and the belt and boots are from Ebay.

I made the jacket using a hoodie tutorial I found.  It was super easy to follow and I loved the result.  I'm probably going to use it to make hoodies just to wear, lol.  Unfortunately in my pic you can't see the armbands. The boots I bought for the cosplay had straps on them, so I just took those off and used them on my arms!

For Otakon coming up August 9-11, I'm going to be Black Rock Shooter the OVA version, Stocking Anarchy from Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt and I'll wear Kurisu again on Sunday.  I'll be posting a blog about those cosplays soon.

 HAPPY COSPLAYING!!