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!