#mensis cage

[antivan--assassin]

The Mensis Cage is finally done. Might repaint it one day since I don't love the rust shade but it's at least wearable for the con today!

[guestofthenightmare]

Micolash, Host of the Nightmare 💀

Cosplay: tealkraken (guestofthenightmare)

Photographer: laurelhexphotography

[caustic-apotheosis]

ohhhh here writers have some NOTES from wearing the Micolash Cosplay™ mwah mwah mwah

Wearing the cage makes your upper shoulder muscles (google tells me it's the trapezius, rhomboids, and levator scalpulae) and lower back feel like they're burning, since you need good posture to hold it upright, and the weight just. HURTS your upper back/shoulders specifically. I cannot stress enough that it literally feels like someone is running a lighter over them. shit sucks LMAO

You can't turn your head. you Have to turn your shoulders and upper body to see on either side, or use your peripheral vision

Better hope your hair doesn't get in your eyes (this will happen if you try to turn your head), you can't easily move it out of the way through the holes without a tool of some kind.

You can't eat or drink without a straw, the lower bar of the face opening is aligned almost exactly with your mouth.

It's Hot In There. (even with my version being sleeveless under the coat it's hot as fuck under all that)

If you tilt your head too far forward you'll have to use your hands to catch the cage so you don't fall, if you tilt too far back the lower face bar hits you in the teeth, and god forbid you get caught in a strong wind because that shit will DRAG YOUR ASS AROUND (i think this still applies even if the cage is metal as opposed to foam, just because the wind got up and under the top of it and almost dragged me into traffic a few times).

You can run in it! Pretty easily tbh.

You cannot see your body at all. It's kind of isolating because you feel literally like you're just a walking head. (hm. lore.)

You can't tie your shoes by yourself (source: shoes came untied on the second floor of a con and needed a security guard to do them for me so i could use the escalator). If you want to make sure your clothing/shoes/etc are presentable, you will need an aide.

Related to that one, stairs/escalators/anything of that nature is really scary because you have to guess where to step, and picking things up off the floor SUCKS because you have to keep your back straight as you feel around or the cage will knock you down.

You actually can't do the call beyond gesture LMFAO you'd have to dislocate your shoulders or something, I measured the bottom part of the cage to the exact width of my shoulders, which is how it appears to be made in the game, and it literally blocks you from holding your arms like that. Maybe the Mensis Scholars can dislocate their shoulders? I dunno man but the highest I was able to clasp my hands together was basically eye level, and it tilts the cage back.

You will feel the crossbars pressing against the back of your head 100% of the time. That's just how it rests. That's how you WANT it to rest, if it's not doing that you're likely about to get hit in the teeth. However, it takes a lot to like. angle it far enough to hit you in the teeth, since hair cushions it in the back and it sits straight up or tilted slightly forward in a comfortable way 90% of the time.

SITTING. put chairs everywhere that shit's such a relief

The next day after wearing the cage your back, neck, shoulders, and arms hurt. Even your legs. You can't turn your head or squat to pick anything up. You can't bend down. You just have to wear a heating pad and pray. NOTE: that's if you've worn it for 8+ hours, doing activities in it such as running, squatting, lifting bags, sitting and standing, sitting on the floor, and other such con behaviors without taking it off. It's much less severe if you've worn it for six hours or less, and have a handler to carry your bags and things for you, and you take breaks.

Speaking of squatting, you have to half-crouch with your back straight to walk through doors. There's only some spatial awareness of how tall the damn thing is, and I got caught in wires hanging from the ceilings, doorframes, and a few vendor booths LMFAO

I hope this was helpful LMFAO feel free to ask more questions if there's something I didn't answer!

[fhtagn-and-tentacles]

YAHAR’GUL 

by copepo

[bugbreach-cosplay]

I found a video I made when I was still working on the cage - movement tests etc - so for your viewing pleasure, here are some (hopefully working) GIFs to give you an Idea of how well the cage is working.

The cage is surprisingly heavy despite being made of foam and plastic, but I can run with it and all, so I'm happy

[absolute-travesty]

IM STARTING MY MENSIS CAGE IM SO EXCITED AAAA

[thestalkerbunny]

My favorite thing is doing fan art for games I haven't and Can't play

Micolash is my favorite in Bloodborne. We love a cage boy.

[tiredvampire92]

“Let us sit about, and speak, feverishly. Chatting into the wee hours of... new ideas of the higher plane.”

I cannot begin to express how much I love this unhinged man in a completely wholesome way.