Monday, October 29, 2012

4 days to Nekocon 2012

With only 4 days to go, I finally conquered my procrastination.  My boyfriend helped me put the straps on my Maka Albarn boots.  I did the two around the upper part, and put in the grommets, but he put on the rest of the straps and painted the soles.  They look awesome!

Thanks to a friend who just bought a club, we went to a Halloween party Friday night, which forced me to finish modifying Gogo's jacket and cut the bangs.  I've started working on her weapon and will definitely be finished in a couple of days.

Now, other than Gogo's weapon, I only have bits and pieces left.  I have to sew on the clasp for my Maka skirt, sew on the gold buttons that go on Gogo's sleeves, and then knit the trim onto Maka's sweater vest.

Since I took Thursday off from work, I should definitely be able to get everything done with time to spare.

Happy cosplaying!

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Gogo Yubari update

 
 Gogo is coming along nicely!  I was having trouble finding fabric for the skirt and hadn't planned to make the jacket since I don't think my sewing skills are there yet, so this cosplay has tested my ability to scour the internet and thrift stores.  Here are my finds:

1. Navy blue jacket - Ebay - $10.25 (including shipping).  All I have to do is change the buttons to gold, sew or iron on the patch and I'm going to shorten the bottom by about 1 1/2".

2. Gogo Yubari Patch - Ebay - $10.50 (including shipping).  This came from a seller in the UK, who apparently makes these and other patched.

3. White Nike Air Force Ones - Ebay - $19 (including shipping).  I watched just the fight scene between her and the bride, and I swear she's wearing these shoes, lol.

4. Gray/white plaid skirt - Etsy - $20 (including shipping).  I'm impressed with how close this looks.

5.    I also bought the  20" Dark Brown wig from Epic Cosplay.  I'll just need to cut some bangs.

I also need to make her mace ball.  I already have quite a few ideas for this prop and I think it'll be fairly easy.  I'll probably do a post about how I do it.  Less than 2 weeks to go.  Time to conquer my procrastination

Happy cosplaying!!