009 // this freefall's got me so...

WOOT!

so, the costume fits great! everything has worked out well and i'm all ready for fanexpo! ^-^

just 3 more days till the big event and i can't wait! hoorah!

anywho! while i sit and wallow in anticipation for the convention i shall share with you a picture of me in my complete outfit photoshoped into lightning goodness (the background).

enjoy! ^-^

008 // a moment a love (a dream, a laugh)

so! on wednesday i finally received my holster in the mail! thanks to a commissioner by the name of cosplay cache (or chibi miki on cosplay.com) i got my holster just in time for fanexpo! yippie!

here are some pics of this masterpiece!

I'll add pictures of the complete costume in the next week or so! the expo is next week after all! :D

007 // i've been waiting. i've been waiting for this moment all my life. (but it's not quite right)

what is UP!?

so my costume.... is almost 100% complete! i've got the outfit, the contacts, the necklace, the hair.... now all i need is to finish off the boots, get my holster made, and finish painting the gunblade and i'm all set!

i feel like posting some pictures of my awesomeness, not me wearing it though.... i don't want to post any pictures of me wearing it until i have the entire getup. it just won't be complete. I'm having the holster commissioned since i'm not that great in the sewing machine department. that and it needs an industrial sewing machine since you gotta sew on belts and it has to be able to hold up to 10-15lbs worth of sexy gunblade for when my hand is tired of holding it :P heeheehee

anyway! on with the pictures!

This is what my  gunblade will look like in its holster. i have the measurements on this pic as it was sent to my commissioner so that she could see how big to make it. I hope it turns out well (and that my gunblade actually fits in it too) >.<*

As i mentioned above, i even bought contacts! i told you i was going to go all out!

Here's my awesome-o hair. yeah i'm totally awesome ^-^

and this is what my gloves look like... and my arm sleeve on my left arm. :P

anywho. that's all the picutres that i'll share with you today. i'm too lazy to take more, that's why.

well. i hope you had fun taking a look! ^-^

006 // we've been on the run driving in the sun, looking out for number 1.

so! there's been some more improvement on the cosplay front. this entry will just be a lot of pictures to log my process! ^-^

i attempted to make lightning's pendent.. it took me forever and it looks like poo, but oh well.


 

i also have been working on her boots. for this i decided that i was going to skimp a bit cause it'd take forever so i just took some creative liberties. lol

on the gunblade front it's been going sexily! alan's been making sweet tender paintbrush love to it and it's looking sexier and sexier every time i see it! now you can see some of it too! :D

it's not even close to complete yet... but it looks scrumptious.. doesnt' it?! :D totally awesomesauce!

anyway. that's all for now! ^-^ hope you had fun looking!

005 // a killer in me is the killer in you, my love.

so this past weekend i got my wood cut and alan and i dremeled and spraypainted the gunblade. it was a lot of work. then yesterday alan and i assembled all of our pieces together to create our working gunblade. and i have to say. it's pretty damned balling!

we still have a lot of painting to do, but pretty much the hard part is over.... that is making the parts move!

here are some pics with the almost completed gunblade! what what!

anywho, right now i'm also working on my boots. *sighz* so much work! >.<*

004 // i got a lot to say to you, yeah, I got a lot to say

so! my wig is complete and checked off my list of things for my outfit. still left is the actual outfit itself and my gunblade.

for the update on the gunblade either this weekend or next i'll be carving out of my good old friend mr. wood! just have to decide which is better with alan ( which we are going to do now on our walk).

SO! that's the updatery for now! shlates!

003 // run and tell all of the angels; this could take all night

WOOT! ACTUAL MOVING PROTOTYPE COMPLETE! :D

002 // what i want you've got and it might be hot to handle

so! the last few days i haven't been working on my prototype and i've been kinda bummed about it actually..... so i decided to look up some more ideas and pictures of lightning's gunblade and i actually came across a dude who actually made it work properly! i was quite surprised.

anywho. to make a long story short i called up alan, sent him the new info and told him that we have a new project to start. this time it's not going to be easy. we need to buy gears and do some proper planning, but i think that we may be able to do this. it's pretty much the same idea as our original except with a few adjustments... and now the handle itself will be able to move just like the actual gunblade which will be uber awesomestars.

anywho, that's it for now. today is friday and that means relaxors! (and dinner as i will be going out tonight to celebrate my bro and daddy's birthday... whatUP!)

001 // stroke of genius

first off, let me say hello! welcome to my new blog; the many days and nights of a cosplaying crazygurlie. yes that isn't what it says at the top, but that is in all actuality what i shall be up to for the next few months.

every year here in toronto there is a giant expo that combines sci-fi, gaming, horror, comics, and anime together to create: Fanexpo (this year stan lee will be attending. totally awesome!). for the past few years that i've been attending i always get to see fantastic cosplay (and will admit that am harsh towards some.... particularly those that portray my favourite character and give her a bad name *coughcoughaerithcoughcough*). last year i had finally decided that i would join in the fun and attend this year's 2010 expo with my best cosplay forward. well.. i can tell you now that i got super duper lazy and then didn't have the funds to get it going so i gave up on that rather quickly.

.... then, until recently, that all changed. i got bored and started to browse online at websites and then i came upon some cosplay done of ffxiii's lighthing. alan and i have been playing it for the last few months whenever we have the time (still have to finish it), but she is a pretty cool character (think female version of cloud). anyways, while playing i always thought her outfit was pretty cool and i decided that this year i would instead cosplay her!!

here she is in all her glory.

Well, it's all fine and dandy... but as you can see some work needs to be done. and while i am quite lackluster in the use of a sewing machine and such i am determined to do this. but there is just one problemo. her weapon of choice is called a gunblade (just as the name states, it's a sword but also a workable gun). now, her weapon is pretty damn kickass.... the only problem is is that it transforms.

yes... it's a little tough to see it in all it's glory when it's cut off..

boom muthaf**ka!

thus comes to my real deliemma. how to make her gunblade. after days of searching i finally came across someone who attempted to make it and with the brainpower of myself and mainly alan we have designed our actual WORKING gunblade (working as in.. moving).

anyway. we have been making the prototype of the gunblade over the weekend and have been cutting and drawing and squinting and it's paid off.... right now we've made it out of paper and bristol board, but soon it will be transfered onto wood and the real fun will begin!

so until next time. here are a few pictures of our work in progress! enjoy ^-^

there are still a few things we need to fix up, but these are just the prototypes until we start the real thing!