#cosplacon

[falling-pixie]

Oh hey, I did some Megamind Cosplay a couple months ago 😬

[deedleray]

Hey!! I’m going to be at Cosplacon next weekend in Jefferson City, MO. Tumblr seems to be better at finding people who like my art soooooo if you see this post and you’re in the area, come out and see me!!

[thatonechickyoudontknow]

Catgirl Garfield time

[steamworksandshadows]

Scenes from 2019′s amazing Labyrinth-themed Goblin’s Ball. Our most jam-packed masquerade yet at Cosplacon. We played everything from classical waltz, to @unw0man, to ABBA, and everyone turned out magnificently. Great memories.

Photos by Scott Peterson.

[magicaldelicacy]

Kairi from Kingdom Hearts III

Costume made and worn by me. Photo taken at Cosplacon 2019 by @mizfitrosephotos​.

Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II were formative games for me. While she was never my favorite character back then, I was always rooting for Kairi. I naively believed that she would be as important to the story as Sora and Riku and that her moment in the spotlight had simply not yet come. Fourteen years after KHII, I'm still waiting for it. While KHIII's writing sadly didn't do much for Kairi, it did provide her with a new outfit that I liked a lot, so I set out to make it myself. I was also excited to have an excuse to make her Keyblade, the design of which hadn't changed much from KHII.

Making the Destiny's Embrace Keyblade turned out to be a lot of fun, and it was a big level-up for my propmaking abilities. The hilt is a piece of 1" PVC pipe. It extends a few inches into the shaft, which is a 1.5" PVC pipe. The crown at the end of the hilt is a curtain rod cap. I made the remaining parts of the Keyblade from various thicknesses of EVA foam. The foam of the bulb is wrapped around a cut-up ping pong ball for curvature. I arduously hand-painted the whole thing, then wrapped the hilt with grip tape.

With the Keyblade finished, I moved on to making the dress. I was really excited to make this dress because it has so many cute elements to it. The main pink fabric is neoprene. I hadn't worked with neoprene before, but I found it to be a really easy material to work with despite not using the recommended sewing techniques with it. The black parts are a mix of satin and faux leather, and the lining is nylon tricot, all of which were left over from earlier projects. The patterned fabrics of the armholes and the ruffled skirt are Spoonflower satin. The zipper is a #10, which is pretty large, but I wish that I had found one even a little larger. This was also my first time making a hood. The little ears on the hood are one of my favorite details.

I spray-painted the silver parts of the bangle, but the belt, the necklace and the other two bracelets were bought as-is. The boots I modified only by removing a pull tab. The camisole was one that I already owned, but I made and attached the pink ruffle at the top. The wig is an Arda Vivien in Maroon that I trimmed and styled. I styled the bangs centered because that's how they looked in the promotional renders that I referenced, but I think in hindsight that it would have been more accurate to have them swept to one side.

Even though my feelings about Kairi as a character are complicated, I am glad to have cosplayed her. Her Keyblade, one of my favorite designs from the series, is now also one of my favorite things that I've ever made. Keyblade aside, it's also a comfortable costume and one that I like how I look wearing.

[gryphonrampant]

My husband and I as Veth and Yeza Brenatto from Critical Role at Cosplacon 2019. We make a pretty cute couple of halflings, if I do say so myself!

[obsidiansprite]

Guys I'm thinking I'm gonna try to add Akira to my cosplay list. ^^" hoping to take him, Aoba and possibly Deidara to Cosplacon 2020!

[vexie-chan]

I don't think I ever got any actual pictures but I did have a blast running around as David last night.

Shoutout to the people who recognized the character, especially some friends who I'd chatted with for a bit, parted ways, then ran into again a few hours later and in the interim someone had just shown them the first few episodes of Camp Camp lol. I was greeted with "I KNOW WHO YOU ARE NOW!"