In an effort to back up my stuff from tumblr, I'm going to be reuploading my cospaly pics from over the years and reminiscing, from the oldest ones to the ones currently in my lineup!
Another round of Touhou! Before I really familiarized myself with any of it, Nazrin appealed to me mainly out of being a mischievous mouse girl, and that still holds true! But once I started playing Fantasy Maiden Wars and got to know some of the characters, I definitely latched onto Youmu! She tries hard, but at her core she's a HUGE DORK and I love her <3
This was a cosplay I had to do mostly from scratch: the undershirt and petticoat I bought as-is, but the vest and skirt I had to trace a pattern from a friend's vest and one of my own skirts and cut it all out and stitch it together by hand, something sort of new to me! But considering, they turned out well! Same with the headband, and of course, the props. The sheaths were made from cardboard wrapped with craft foam, the usual, but I had to build them directly around the swords to ensure a tight fit. The core of the swords were yard sticks again, but this time I tried my hand at integrating some LED lighting, wrapping the exterior in paper and painting it silver to keep it very thin and allow the lights to shine through. This method wasn't the most successful, and originally BOTH swords had lights, but the ones on the longer sword burned out. But it was good practice, and it's something I've been playing around with more lately~