I have been working almost non-stop on Ysera to get her done in time for Genki con this coming weekend. I'd get up early, work a little while having my breakfast and getting ready for work, go to work with Ysera in my head all day, go straight home and work on my...
A post on casting resin
Often when picking materials for my costumes, I go for the cheapest possible solutions. I did that as well when I made my druid costume, and bought the cheapest resin I could find at that time, which was this one: Sadly, it was a case of cheap not being as good as the...
Druid photoshoot
For a long time, the weather here in Denmark hasn't been good enough to take photos outside, and I really think a Night Elf Druid has to be photographed outside. Today, the weather was finally perfect for a photoshoot, and so my family and I made a trip out to some...
Review of Stoff4you.de
For my Ysera costume, I needed a very weird, green-coloured faux leather fabric. It was really hard to find a shop that had it, and most of the ones that did charged about twice as much as the other colours of faux leather. Finally, I found one store that carried both...
Review of dx.com
DX.com. Where to start? This store carries so many different items, it's crazy! There''s anything from clothes to toys to electrical components to paintings to wigs. Almost all of it is dirt cheap because - of course - this is a Chinese store. Let me start off by...
Review of Modulor.de
New category time! It's hard to find good webshops that carry the sometimes weird things needed for cosplay projects, so I figured I'll go ahead and give my few thoughts on the shops I use/have used in projects with this new "Shop review" post category. I'll start...
Random dress purchase and possible uses
As I wrote before, I am moving, which has me visiting a lot of 2nd hand shops - furniture aren't cheap, and I don't care enough that I want to spend 10,000 kr on a sofa, when I could buy it for 300 kr used and spend the rest of the money on cosplay supplies! (or...
June status update
May came and went, and now suddenly it's June - summer! Time seems to fly by, and I seem to get way too little things done. Status on my KKJ costume: Zzzz. I bought the fabric I need, but I didn't get any further than that. Alex and Ysera are finally in progress, but...
New cosplay plans & general update
I have been neglecting my blog a little since I made my Facebook page, but I think it is time for an update! SVScon is over, and it was a really great experience that has made me want to cosplay even more! I didn't win any of the categories at the cosplay show, but...
Skymone Cosplay on Facebook
I thought of it for a while, and now I actually did it - I have a facebook page! >> link << I will be posting updates to progress costumes there, and when a piece/costume is done, I will make a summary of the working progress here, instead of adding it...
Costume + make-up test
My druid is getting close to done - all that remains is a bit of fitting (since I lost a bit of weight since I started this project) and the pauldrons. I finally got my contact lenses, and so I wanted to both practice putting them in (at the moment, it takes me at...
Deadline drawing nearer
First, really short: My shitty month ended sort of happy - armed with a LOT of antibiotics, I got to go on my vacation, and I borrowed a car, while my own is having its engine replaced. So all is well that ends well. I am going to a convention with my druid costume...
Druid status
Yesterday, after a third layer of paint, I think I've pretty much finished the headpiece for the druid costume. Only need to solder and attach the circuitry, which will take only a few minutes. That means all that is left of my costume is shoulderpieces (which are...
Threads and laces
So this weekend I've been a busy bee. I got started on another costume - Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne (details in the Cosplay-section in the menu). I also visited my parents, and my mother had a surprise for me - a company that sewed apparently moved their production, and...
The new family member
My old overlocker wasn't doing so well anymore. Two thick layers of fabric, and suddenly it would go thread-spaghetti on me. Then there was the occasional random tension-changing problem... Well, that machine, I think, is old enough to go on pension now, and be...
Pattern madness
This weekend, the stack of patterns I ordered online finally arrived! I have bought 3 historical style patterns (one arrived seperately, so I have to wait a bit before I can get it), 3 regular dresses for myself and 3 dresses for my sister. Pfew, I will be busy this...