Some minor setbacks!

Because they found a water leak in our bathroom we had to move out of our apartment while they fix it. So now we are staying at my dads house temporarily, mening I had to “waste” prechious cosplay building time moving alot of stuff over there, cats and my whole cosplay project! But now I have set up shop again and I’ve made some progress! 🙂

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The boots has gotten some color, the “tail flap” as well! 🙂 The only parts missing is the “bone”, paint, some studs and the leather strips. Then they are done! ^^

The helmet is also taking shape…
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I also ordered this AWESOME cat nose from Northfur! I love it! 😀 It’s gonna look great when I put it on for real and apply the makeup! They have alot of super cool masks! And the delivery was super fast! Thank you Northfur! ^^

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Jenny’s cosplay building fun facts 1! ^^

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These two boots contains three times as much hot glue as all of the other peices thogether! (About 2 1/2 packages only in the boots) x) AND they are a pain in the *ss to walk in! I’m gonna need some practising!

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I also started working on the jagged crown! Only 10 horns to go! : D

Heroes of cosplay?

So, I’ve been watching this show called heroes of cosplay (yes it’s alot of scripted scenes and alot of drama!) But that’s not what really bothers me about the show, it’s the last episode in particular that got me worked up! The fact that some people have the nerve to bash and trash on others just for the sake of being mean and pushing them down! That’s what they do in order to feel better about themselves or what? I don’t get it.. I’ve always seen the gamer/nerd community as very welcoming, understanding, warm, friendly and accepting. We need to have each others backs! Not hate on other nerds for whatever reason, I’m guessing I’m not the only one who gets enouh of that from “non-nerds”. If you don’t have anything nice to say then just stay quiet, it’s that simple! Show some character! Give support and warm fuzzy nerd love instead of spreading negativity! 🙂

Those girls that were backstage called some of the “heroes” fake and even people in the audience was shouting some mean things! What kind of behaviour is that?? Cosplay is supposed to be about having a good time portraying the character you want and meeting others who share the same interests, not getting all hostile!

And I also agree with what chloe said on the show, anyone should be able to cosplay what ever and who ever they want! So what if it does not look perfect or 100% as the character they are cosplaying! (Not everyone has the body of an anime girl or muscles like batman) But should this stop anyone who wants to cosplay them? No! That’s not the point! Accuracy should not be a demand, it should be more like sprinkles on a already super yummy ice cream! (This really freaks me out about my own cosplay, I’m a beginner and I need to do some trail and error in order to learn, but If my cosplay gets bashed cuz it’s not “perfect” I might not feel upto making another one even though I think it’s fun) Yeah, sure it’s awesome when you see a really good cosplay but everyone should be allowed to just make costumes out of their own skills, to learn, grow and have fun. We are all humans and we are far from perfect, why demand that “everything needs to be perfect or you suck”? We need to cut ourshelfs and others some slack and just have fun with it! Cuz we don’t have to be “heroes of cosplay”, hero is a though status to live up to, I think we should be more like “humans of cosplay”! 🙂

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Gin and mario is helping me to spread some fuzzy nerd love! ^^ ❤

My cosplay progress…

I’ve been working on it for about a month, progress was very slow at first, I’ve never done something like this before AND I’m a cosplay noob!
(( only 51 days until GameX! I really need to speed up x( ))
Anyway, I don’t know the best way to make something like this so I just did it my way! =) Don’t laugh! x)

So far I have started making the front armor piece, the helmet, the gauntlets and some other small leg and back pieces. (Warning, alot of pictures!) x)

Here’s the front armor in-game..
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And mine! (It’s not done) x)
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The gauntlets..
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Mine are not so pretty yet! 😦
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The back piece..
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The hip piece..
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And the jagged crown!
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(This is what happens if you accidentally sniff to much glue while making a cosplay!) ^^
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But I have to admit I’ve had some help, my cat Kurr has been my assistant and helping me by watching over my work so I don’t make mistakes, sleeping in the middle of my work space, eating alot of yoga mat pieces and chewing on the armor!
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Thanks cat-face! ^^ ❤
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My secret cosplay!

Ok, so I realised something! I have a gaming blog but right now the only thing that gets most of my attention is my “secret cosplay”. Since I don’t have much time to play video games I don’t have anything to write about! :O So I decided to announce what my cosplay is and make sort of a “in the making posts” from now on! 😀 I gotta have something to write about right??
So.. Without further adue… for this years gameX… I’m gonna cosplay…

My khajiit from skyrim wearing the female dragon scale armor and the jagged crown!
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I’ll show my progress so far later today when I get off work! 🙂

Make your own personal fitting dummy!

I’m currently building a cosplay, an armor to be exact, for this years GameX. And it’s really hard! x) I’m such a cosplay noob… Haha! Anyway! My friend found something on youtube that has been a great help, how to make your own personal fitting dummy with your measurements! (Like I said, This is not my own idea and I have no idea who to give credit to. I’m merely showing how to do it, the credit goes to you unknown youtuber! You know who you are 🙂 )

Ok! This is what you need:
• One old t-shirt that you don’t need
• One scissor
• 1-2 rolls of duct tape
• Optional material to fill it with (old newspapers maybe)
• Help from a friend who is willing to wrap you in duct tape ;D

Ok, let’s get started!

Put on the t-shirt and ask your friend to start wraping the tape around your upper body. ((we discovered that it was easier to get a good shape if you put on strips of tape rather than directly from the roll!)) When your upper body is fully covered in tape it’s scissor time! Cut open the “tape t-shirt” along the spine (be careful!!) x) Then all you need to do is take it off, tape it back together, tape over the arm/neck holes and fill it with the padding of your choice!

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Mine is filled with parts of a rolled up mattress, pillow filling and some random strips of cloth. I took an old running shirt and put over it, cut off the arms and voila! DONE! 😀

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