Tinker Bell

Another two months?? Oh, well....... better late than never, heh.

Here's a couple of photos of Emma in her Tinker Bell cosplay!

Hilda (LBW)

Yesterday I went out to help with light on a photoshoot with Emma and Sascha, and after Sascha got the photos she needed, Emma was sweet enough to pose for me as well!!

Emma is cosplaying as Hilda from A Link Between Worlds

Merry 12th Perigee's Eve

Sascha helped me take these photos, for a contest over at AniManga.dk. Decided on the 3rd image (you had to have their name in it)!
For those of you wondering, I'm dressed as Aradia Megido from Homestuck.

♥ ♥ ♥ Happy Holidays ♥ ♥ ♥

horn tutorial v.0.2

V.0.2 of the ram horns for my Aradia Megido cosplay!
(I forgot to put this up yesterday, I'm sorry)

These horns are easier to make than the previous ones, and weights nothing at all - this means, that I was able to just stick them through my wig, and hold them together with a ribbon! They don't give you a headache, and are easy to deal with.

Let's get started!

For these horns, you'll be using:
Wire mesh
Wire
Paint tape (optional)
Papier-mache
Wood glue (for indoors)
Ribbon (anything will do)
Acrylic paint (color of your own choice)

1. This is the wire mesh I used - I cut it out in pieces, and put them together with wire. You can see the finished form on the right in the picture - it took a while to get the shape right, so be prepared for trial and error!

2. This is basically the forms I used for a single horn - notice that I have cut a lot into every piece, to make it able to shape as I wanted it to.

3. Wrap it up in paint tape - NOTE, this is optional!

4. Cover them in papier-mache, and do the textures with papier-mache too.

5. For this, I cut a small hole on both sides of each horn, and put a ribbon through - like this, I could hang them up, so it was easier to even out the glue!
I gave them three layers of glue - you have to wait for each layer to dry, before applying the next one.
This makes the horns hard to bend out of shape, but they're still soft to the touch!

NOTE, remember to fit them for your head, and adjust the shape often!

6. Paint them in the desired colors! I still need to paint these properly and give them a layer of shine.

DONE! I didn't get a picture of how I put them in the wig, but basically, I cut a hole where I wanted them to be, and stuck them through - the ribbon hold them together, so they don't fall out of the wig or fall out of place!

Don't hesitate to questions!

J-popcon '11

I had a blast at this years J-popcon!
For the first time in a long, long time, I didn't sleep with Liv - I had decided to do something so drastic, as to stay at a hotel with 14 other people! We were divided in 2 rooms, and the people were from our Homestuck group. It was fun, and I wouldn't mind doing it again! And the view, man, from the 9th floor, you can see the whole city..

Friday I was dressed as Matryoshkastuck!Aradia, but I'm not completely satisfied with my hoodie, it was very last-minute, and I couldn't do much with my hand - so I will re-do it someday.
But it was fun, and I'm surprised a lot of people could recognize me :'D

I meant to wear it Saturday too, but as the rest of the Homestuck group were backstage, getting ready to do to opening act for the cosplay show, as the majority of my friends were too, I didn't wear it. But I had fun! I didn't really see that much of the con, mainly sitting around and talking.
The show was amazing! I'm really surprised at the level Danish cosplayers have come to, it's all so innovative and inspiring.

Sunday was the J-fashion.dk fashion show, and I wore this;

I didn't expect a lot of people to show up, as it was quite early, in con-perspective, but a big amount of people did show up!

I got a ride to Silkeborg with Emma, where I stayed the night at Kristines place - I was so lucky to catch the con-flu, haha!

I had a wonderful con ♥
(I'm not very good at writing this kind of stuff, hahahaha)

The horn tutorial will be up on Sunday!

horn tutorial

I promised a few people to take progress-pictures of the horns I made for my Homestuck Aradia Cosplay!
First of all, there's two tutorials here. I wasn't satisfied with the first pair, so I made a new one - they still aren't perfect, so I'm making yet a new set, to make them more ram-like.
Though, these tutorials might be useful to those who want to make larger horns - the progress can easily be fitted to the kind of horns you want to make!
I find ram horns quite difficult to make, as the shape easily bends..
The first set is more time consuming than the second set.
I won't show how I got them to sit on my head, as the method I used is retarded and requires two people to get it on, haha.
But let's get started!

For the first set, you'll be using:
Hard wire // Paper form
Expanding foam
Tape
Papier-mache
Plaster // Polyfilla
Sandpaper
Paint

1. First you make the desired shape out of the wire. You can use a paper-form if you have to make a straight horn.

2. Fill them out with expanding foam - don't use too much, it expands like hell! With the wire base I made, the cutting was to be careful. It took a while, so that I wouldn't hit the wire and cute off too much.

3. If you happen to cut off too much at places, take some of the cut off foam and tape it to the form, to fill out the spaces!

4. Coat them with papier-mache.

5. Coat them with plaster or Polyfilla (using plaster you have to be quick, as it hardens very fast).

6. Sand them so they get a smoother surface.

7. Lastly, you paint them with the desired colors!

For the second set, you'll be using:
Pipe cleaners // wire
Tin foil
Masking tape
Polyfilla
Sandpaper
Paint

1.First, make your desired shape out of pipe cleaners or wire, and form them with tin foil. Use the tin foil to get to the desired thickness.

2. Cover them in masking tape.
NOTE! Here would be a good place to coat them with papier-mache, but I was too lazy to do it - papier-mache let's the Polyfilla bind easier.

3. Coat them in Polyfilla and sand them.

4. Paint them in the desired colors!
Here you can also see the difference in the two pairs I made; the first pair ended up being too large, and bend out of shape.

I hope this was useful! If you have any questions about the process, don't hesitate to ask :D

Genki '11

I'm slowly getting up to date here, haha

Two weeks ago was Genki - this year in Roskilde.

Friday I participated in the J-fashion.dk fashion show.

I paired up with Ari for the second round on the stage ♥

Saturday I finally got to meet all the lovely people from the danish Homestuck cosplay group! I was so excited and super awkward ♥

I myself was cosplaying Aradia Megido - I think it turned out descend.

Sunday I dressed up in something fancy!

I had a wonderful weekend, thanks to everyone!

To end this post, here's some mood-pictures of Liv and I ♥ ♥ ♥

A few outfits

A few weekends ago Sascha came by and visited me - and we had decided on doing a photoshoot with my Moogle-outfit! It was fun, even if it started raining halfway through. You can see all the photos over at her website, ZARSU.DK ♥

During her stay we also dressed up in loli to stuff ourselves with food and watch anime, haha! Best way to spend time together, yeah ♥

Then this weekend was noise-evening with Anime Kita, and I dressed up in loli again. Sascha and I were twinning in our "Cosmetic Print" dresses! I had a great time, though it's super hard dancing StepMania in all those layers..

I need to cut my fringe :o(

Maid of Time

It seems like the blog I did yesterday is all gone now, because of the blogger-update :( So, I'll just try to remember what I wrote yesterday!


im d0ing this im making this hapen
Aradia is such a sweet and loving character, so I'm making this cosplay ♥
And I think my face suits her too, so that's great.

And btw, this is my third Homestuck blog in a row, are you tired of me yet?! Haha ♥
I just can't help myself.