Monday 10 February 2014

Ookami-san Cosplay - Photographs

When: August 2011
Where: AyaCon

Ookami-san from Ookami-san to shichinin no nakama-tachi (オオカミさんと七人の仲間たち) is a strong interdependent character with a big temper. Even though not many people recognised the costume I loved making it and cosplaying her. 

Photos taken by the awesome Nert at ManyLemons.co.uk

You can see the progress and construction images of this costume on Ookami Cosplay Construction.

I like this screen cap ^-^ It signifies perfectly the relationship between the two of them at the beginning of the series. We also have Ryoushi (cosplayed by the amazing Steve -character in white shirt) and Tarou (cosplayed by the flouncy Andrew -character in black shirt).




ookami to shichinin no nakamatachi cosplay

Thursday 6 February 2014

Horo Cosplay - Spice and Wolf - Photographs

Where: AyaCon, UK
When: August 2011


Horo (which some people pronounce Holo) is one of my favourite characters from the novel turned anime/manga Spice and Wolf (狼と香辛料). She's a boisterous old wolf goddess who hires the help of a merchant to get back to her homelands. I love her because she's such a strong female character with her soft spot and she talks like an old Japanese lady, hahaha!

I put my foot in it for this costume though because I put it up for the masquerade and cosplay competition! It was the first time I'd ever entered a costume into a competition and although I didn't win anything the judges said it was a well done and accurate costume.

You can see the construction images of this costume on Horo Cosplay Construction.

Photographs by Nert at ManyLemons, who is a UK convention cosplay photographer.




Horo Photographs

spice and wolf cosplay

Monday 3 February 2014

Ookami Cosplay - Construction

Ookami from Ookami to Shichinin no Takama-tachi

When: August 2011
Where: Home, UK


Ookami-san from Ookami-san to shichinin no nakama-tachi (オオカミさんと七人の仲間たち) is a strong interdependent character with a big temper. Even though not many people recognised the costume I loved making it and cosplaying her. 

So this was my progress with 1 day of making time left before the convention. 



Ookami's top was the very first thing I got started on. I used a pattern for a jacket but...well to be honest, I was a bit worried that there were spare panels with no where to put them...It was a bit like constructing Ikea furniture. Oh well. The parts I used worked out nicely in the end.





Saturday 1 February 2014

Horo Cosplay - Construction

Horo from Spice and Wolf

When: August 2011
Where: Home, UK
For: AyaCon 2011


Horo (which some people pronounce Holo) is one of my favourite characters from the novel turned anime/manga Spice and Wolf (狼と香辛料). She's a boisterous old wolf goddess who hires the help of a merchant to get back to her homelands. I love her because she's such a strong female character with her soft spot and she talks like an old Japanese lady, hahaha!

I put my foot in it for this costume though because I put it up for the masquerade and cosplay competition! It was the first time I'd ever entered a costume into a competition and although I didn't win anything the judges said it was a well done and accurate costume.

When I was out buying the fabric I spent a good hour hunting down the right shade of pink for her dress. I am a big stickler for finding the right fabric for a costume, otherwise the costume just doesn't look as good.











So the first thing I ended up making was one of the smallest pieces of the costume: Horo's wheat purse. I started with this because while I was searching for reference pics online I found some cosplay pics of how NOT to do it. So I got the idea of making the purse like a patchwork quilt. Dug out various shades of appropriate fabric from my box of fabric and just stitched it together. It was really a random idea which I didn't expect to work as well as it did, but it did! Took 4 hours to make the main part of the purse. Worth it though.







One thing one of the judges asked was if the pouch opened and did it have any wheat in it. Sadly no, but I realised that small details like that can make a costume go a long way and make an impact in a costume competition.