Fanime 2010

My Princess Agitha - Complete!

Okay. Wow. Where do I start...?

The con itself was great. It was just as friendly as the last time I was there, if not friendlier, the costumes were amazing and I saw a big variety of them. I got to meet so many friends of mine that I had only known online and I even was surprised to see a few of them there. I'm so happy I got to go, it was one of the greatest birthday gifts..ever!! D:

Debuting my Princess Agitha was great. So many people liked it and I was very happy!! It showed that my hard work paid off. The Zelda gathering was THE MOST AWESOME gathering I have ever been to. There was such variety and so much creativity in it. I've never had so much fun at one gathering. It was great. I also got to meet my faaaavoorite Zelda! She's so pretty and so sweet, she was there with InkyLink. :] Here's a pic of us!

As for the Masquerade? I'd say we did well on stage. We were so nervous though, most of us anyway so when I saw the video of us I could tell. I think next time we'll need to move a bit more and not look so bored with ourselves. I think we forgot to think about how we looked on stage infront of people.... in our minds we were just thinking, "DONT MESS UP!" heheheh. Ah well, it was fun and I enjoyed it. I didn't enjoy the stress part of it but next time we WILL BE PREPARED. We'll know what to expect so we won't be too disorganized or late with practices/showing up.

Ahh...there's so much I can say about Fanime but I really don't feel like writing it all. I had a fun time and that's what matters. I advise anyone who loves anime cons, to go to Fanime. It's a great experience and I know you'll like it! =)

Hope to see you next year, Fanime!

-

Sheik

Going to Fanime!!!!

Alright, I'm going to FANIME!!!!!!

Okay, maybe not this second but I will be at 8am tomorrow!!

For some reason I am really anxious/nervous about this trip. I'm not sure why.. I mean I feel as if something will go wrong or I'll get bad anxiety there (cause mine acts up..due to slight..disorder). I dunno though O______O I'm just praying we'll all be safe and have fun. - prays -

Everyone else is nervous. We're actually competing and we're hoping our costumes survive the trip up there. We have so much delicate stuff this time u_________u;;

Aside from thaaaat... I'm good. I'm going to shower then head to Kay-chan's!! We're gonna have MilkSHAKEZ in honor of Fanime tomorrow.

2 More DAYZ?!

Yeah. So I'm pretty much finished with my stuff. All I need to do now are touch ups. I need to touch up my wings, touch up Mercedes' top..and Agitha's top. Thaaaaaaaat's all folks!! XD

Ahhh. I also need to write down a list of what to pack. I'm going to be taking 5 costumes. 4 of them I kind of planned, 1 is for a friend to borrow during the Zelda gathering but I also might wear it (it's Dark Sheik) on Friday evening so I can snag some pics with InkyLink because he has an awesome Dark Link. :DDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!! Oh and he's traveling from like the East....so it's a rare occasion ~!

-cough-

Huge pic is huge but whatever!!!!!!!!!!!

And...why did my font change color randomly? OKAY ANYWAY. SOoooooo I'm really excited for fanime. Almost got everything how it needs to be. Everyone else in my group is hurrying to finish things, but I'm pretty sure they'll finish. We're super nervous and excited about our skit. I think it'll go well. I wonder what the stage looks like, I've only seen the stage they use to use in that one building.

Oy! I just turned on my phone cause it died and I got like 2 messages each from 3 of my group members..who all seem to need my help! I feel bad though.. I have to go to a graduation today, out of town..like an hour away. I don't want to go, but I already said I would and my family is all close 'n stuff..so it looks bad if we miss out on things...especially when they went to both my graduations. BLEGH. I'm bringing my Pokemon game. I hate sitting through graduation ceremonies. :(!!!!!!!

Anyway, I need to go and work on stuff for like an hour then get ready. Freakin' cheap. :[ Talk about bad timing.

I feel Crappy and it's Great!!!

-Cough- MY DRESS IS ALMOST DONE!!-cough- (This pic was taken before I added on the last details at the bottom!)

Okay. So I don't feel that crappy, which is rare but it happens and I'm so glad. Ahem, as many of you may remember I was worried about a little present from mother nature not arriving before Fanime... well it HAS so I am GLAD. :D!!!!!!!!!! I won't be bloated, sick, cramping and worried in my off white costumes this weekend. I'll be okay. w00t. So that's some relief off my shoulders!

As Blanche always says, "Better late than..pregnant!" Ahem..ehh..if you don't watch Golden Girls then nevermind XD!!!!!

Alright so I am pretty much DONE with Agitha's outfit. All I need to do now is run down to the hardware store and buy some grommets for the back of the dress because I ran out. I also need to add the anklets she has goin' on and theeen add the butterfly wings to the back of her dress. I think I'll just use velcro, so they can just kind of stick to my back... o.O; They're really light weight seeing as they are only craft foam. The other butterflies along the front will be safety pinned to the front. This way I won't have to worry about ruining them when the dress is packed away in it's plastic dress protector thing... they'll be put away in something else.

I have a feeling that this week is going to fly by really fast!!! O_O; Are you guys ready for Fanime? It's this Friday. -PEES-

Less than 2 WEEKS left!!!

Hi everyone...

I know I calmed down on the daily posting. I have been kind of busy and kind of sick. Stress has caused me to get headaches and bad..digestive..stuff. Heh. Blegh. I'm okay though, I just have a lot on my mind and only half of it is about cosplay. Unlike the stereotype, my life isn't just about this awesome hobby...I have bills and jobs to think about too.. (e_e) which sucks.........most days.

Umm..I'm not sure what to write about today, I'm again, not feeling too well. I did some work on my crossbow though so I will show you that and I'm almost done with Leafeon. I might work on the tail today...I don't know. I have so much to work on so I don't know what I want to work on first. :P

How are you all doing? Who's going to Fanime? It's like NEXT FRIDAY, less than 2 weeks away. Anyone freaking out? Cause I sort of am........................

Oh and my "." is prolonging itself. Last year it did this before AnimeExpo. It waited a WEEK before it actually hit ...on Day 1 of AX. -_________________- It better not do that this year. I'm going to go try and relax and pray it hits me soon. T____T Stupid mother nature and it's desire to make me miserable.....

The Bug Show.

n__n Video update. Don't feel like writing.

Cosplay Weekend?

Hey there guyz..

I apologize for my lack of blog posts. I've been busy hanging out with my cosplay group because Fanime has creeped up on us quite quickly it seems and we have a lot to work on! Like this past weekend we had to get together and work on things, we also had to work on our skit for the masquerade. Ugh. Saturday is going to be freakin' BUSY...but I think we will survive. A few of the members are nervous about getting their costumes done right in time but I think we will all finish. We always seem to get everything done by the time the con actually comes around so..I have faith in all of us.

I'm pretty excited about doing a skit but I'm also nervous ^___^;; It'll be awesome though. I really think people will like our Odin Sphere group :) We've been putting a lot of dang effort into this so DANGIT WE WILL BE AWESOME...well to ourselves anyway........ Oh and from what I've seen there isn't an actual Odin Sphere gathering, which is fine because we'll practically be the gathering with 10 people in our group and evvveeryyyone will be an Odin Sphere chatacter. W00T!

Can't wait, can't wait...caaan't wait -dances-

Oh and I also can't wait to see PikminLink again, Jin, InkyLink and Catz~ Because they're awesome and I love 'em! ^_________^


I got to go try and work on some things now! I also have some art pieces to finish for the fair :[ Due by Friday. Uaaaaghh!!!

Here's a video we posted on our youtube page. You can subscribe if you'd like :)

2:40 Am. Why am I up?

I shouldn't be awake. I should sleep, but instead I'm up.

I actually am tired though..I did cleaning, started on a drawing for the Fair's art show thing and then worked on cosplay... What did I get done you wonder? Well.........

I finally attached the red ball to Mercedes' outfit. I made the bugs that go in the jars out of air dry clay so tomorrow they should be dry enough to paint. I also...cut out the wings for the back of Agitha's dress and started painting layers of glue on to harden the craft foam. Mmm I finished the blanket for the basket today too except I was WANTING to add lace along the bottom but all I could find was an off white lace. She actually has this weird..kind of..thing going on along the edges of the cloth but I'm not sure what that's all about so I'm not doing it.

Ahhhh...I went through some of the boxes I have in the garage. They're full of the stuff I use to have at my dad's until he moved. :[ Now I have tons of stuff in boxes and there's no room in my room here at my mom's... ;/ bleh.

Okay so like it's late. I'm out. Good night!!!!

OH MY GAWD!! Work, work, work..

Wow. I did not mean to rhyme but whatever!

Soooo I'm kind of....FREAKING OUT HERE.... but that's normal when you have like 50 things to do for 2 costumes.

Yeah, only 2. If only they were simple...... but noooo, Agitha has so many tiny details that in order to even know how many she has you would have to analyze a photo of her for like....10 mins. I know some characters are worse but believe me, she's still complicated. Most of the stuff is stuff that doesn't exactly exist. Her pattern for the dress does not exist. I'm talking about the weird swirlies on the dress, the weird bug jewelry,the weird off colors, the jars she carries. Yah.....sooo guess who gets to paint that on with a made up stencil and fabric paint =D!!!!!!!!!! Yay me!! -_________________- I also have the rest of her dress to sew, there's like layers of stuff....and details too.

-Sigh- Her butterflies took like 3 hours just to paint several layers and add the detailed dots on there. I had to have a few colors out so I could use them all while I painted. I couldn't go fast either because as much as I WANT to rush.. I can't afford to because then it'll all look like crap. :[

-breathes- I won't even get started on my Mercedes costume.

Okay. I lied. I will. I need to make her giant crossbow AND wings...from scratch. No base wings pre-made or whatever..... and then I need to redo some of her costume because it bugs me how wrong it is. :( I won't have contacts for her either because I'd have to get my eyes checked ANd then buy the contacts on top of that. It would be around $100 without my insurance and stuff so yaaaah.....not happening anytime soon.

.________. -cries a little inside- I have a few weeks left...and this all must be done. Not just done. Done right. Everything takes long. The day is already ending and all I did was the butterflies and stuff. I'm not stopping now though. I'm going to go back to the basket for Agitha and work on that then make some of the bugs that go inside the jars. Yep...

Bye for now. Oh and yes, it will be worth it in the end but for now. I complain because it makes me feel better :D!!!!!!!!

/end of cosplayer rant.

Rawrithy...p00p.

Uaaghhhhhhhhhh........ I'm sorry guys. I've been all weird and emotional lately so my other blog....that's kind of new ( I sort of ditched that other one..and made this new one my personal blog)

My other said blog

I've been working on the butterflies for Agitha's dress and today I bought craft foam for her actual butterfly wings. I also bought some stuff I'll need for Mercedes wings...as well as Jars for Agitha's basket and some other things...(e__e); Kind of too lazy for pics but eh, what the heck...I'll add it to the beginning of the post...so you probably already saw it. Yeaaaah.... XD

Oh and here's the latest video from my youtube!!

Progress...on Video!

I'm too lazy to charge my digital camera so I just kind of recorded some of my progress..

Speaking of which my glue gun is on! Oops! I'm working on the ears for my Leafeon cosplay right now. I want to finish it soon so I can just work on Agitha and Mercedes the most... ^~^;;!!

Princess Agitha Prog - 30%

Another update! Some of my group members already saw this but I figured I'd update all who follow me. ^-^


P.S. This is NOT the wig I will be using. My wig is on its way. Apparently they had to prepare it so it took...20 days and now it's suppose to take like 7-20 just to get to me! Most people said the shipping is fast though O.O; We'll see.