Tiemarie

photo credit:  Neoqueenhoneybee

Just something thrown together for use in a collab with Neoqueenhoneybee.

Azel (Magna Carta: Crimson Stigmata/Tears of Blood) @ Otakon 2005

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Again, a lot of details are missing but I did learn a LOT from making Azel!

The top was remade at least 3 times before I liked the shape of it and I was sharpie-ing the design on it while waiting in line for the badge so it's another last minute costume.

The orange parts are quilted with just a little bit of paint to help show off the seamlines.

I actually really loved the fabric for the pants and armwarmers! Unfortunately, I resorted to using some sort of  puff paint because it was the only one that was opaque and had stretching abilities. I shouldn't have worried about the stretching.

I learned about props! I experimented with paper clay and dowels (neckpiece) and balsa wood (sword).

Overall, Azel was a lot of fun to wear! Bonus pic! Remember when it was all the rage to photoshop your cosplay with the source? Haha...

The OUIWoGMCCG started to fizzle out a little. Only Soni joined me in MC cosplay this year. She was a very pretty Rith. ♥

Albireo - Single Cover vers. (T.M. Revolution) @ Otakon 2005

photo credit: Neoqueenhoneybee

Totally unfinished!

But this is one that will be someday.

Albireo is my favorite TMR song. It doesn't help that the cover of the single is very very sparkley!
I started off with swarovski crystals but as it got expensive started filling in the bodice portion with cheaper shinies.

I'll return to this someday! *shakes fist in determination*


...and of all the cosplay without wigs I've done, this was the one that convinced me to go wigging. All those crystals are pretty time-consuming!

eBay Lolita

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Worn to my very first lolita meetup.

-All off brand

Ruchielu Chelsea Descralda (Magna Carta: Phantom of Avalanche) @ Otakon 2004

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My first try at bloomers! FAIL.

Also quite incomplete but the major pieces are there.

The sweater was a lucky find in a thrift store that got amateurishly altered to get the vertical pintucks. The lanterns were two plastic cups glued together and painted. The tails had posterboard inside them. (Hey! I didn't really understand interfacing at the time...) And the staff was just a flagpole with sharpie marks and a pipecleaner, hot glue, and ring necklace mess.

I also tried to use my own hair again. Ha.

This was not a happy costume for me. The sweater was old and itchy and combined with Baltimore humidity, I was just not in a good mood most of the time.


This Otakon, the OUIWoGMCCG returned! Neoqueenhoneybee as Adora and Don Raphael as Calintz, both from Phantom of Avalanche.

Felicia (Magna Carta: Phantom of Avalanche) @ Otakon 2003

photo credit: Neoqueenhoneybee

Oh, Lord. Can we just not talk about this costume? It was very rushed. And... and... crushed velvet. .__.|||

Also my first wig. Complete with hot-glue ahoge.

My lack of skill is showing but I've learned a lot of 'Do Not's making this costume!

The only thing I was proud of in this costume is the painted obi tail. Because I'm not that good at painting but that design came out pretty nicely!

This was the Otakon Neoqueenhoneybee and I dedicated to HTK. And with her cousin, Don Raphael, and our friend, Soni, we were the representing members of the OUIWoGMCCG (Official Unofficial International War of Genesis and Magna Carta Cosplay Group) at Otakon.

Sherazard (War of Genesis 3) @ Otakon 2003

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Sherazard's dress was very simple and only the neck scarf thing gave me some trouble. The hand guards were simple foamies. Best thing about the costume was that I could wear sneakers and no one would know! So comfortable...

The dress was made from a heavy short pile velvet though. While not the best fabric choice, I think it worked out ok.

This was the Otakon Neoqueenhoneybee and I dedicated to HTK. And with her cousin, Don Raphael, and our friend, Soni, we were the representing members of the OUIWoGMCCG (Official Unofficial International War of Genesis and Magna Carta Cosplay Group) at Otakon. Neoqueenhoneybee was WoG3P2 Joan, Don Raphael was WoG3P2 Saladin, and Soni wore Neo's Beramode costume.