#nekos cosplay saga

[nekohooch]

Otakon was amazing. Finally getting to wear my Azem summoning circle gown in person was so much fun. I had multiple people stopping me to gush over my costume and people from HERE telling me they saw it online and were so excited to see it in person. I haven’t been to a con since right before the pandemic and it was so nice to come back to a space I love so much. My goal of someone knowing what I was without me explaining was reached (thanks to the ffxiv photoshoot)! And I can’t wait to see the pictures of the group photo shoot. I added more details to the costume and (minus the stars which were my nemesis falling off the whole day) everything was perfect.

The gown itself took about 100 hours total. 85 originally and 15 to add finishing touches. The top is gold lamé and the chiffon overlay was ripping so I removed it. I have a whole costume breakdown under the tag for the original dress creation.

The necklace has an Azem summoning stone that my fantastic friends brought me from Fanfest which I repurposed. The most added details are the stars. I felt the black spots between the p design and the beams was a bit too big and wanted something to bridge the gap. I also considered adding my statics job symbols in the circles but they keep changing jobs XD

I added some more filigree details to the main Azem design in the front of the gown and individual rhinestones to each of the right angle v filigree and each of the small mirrored circles that make up the big circles because I’m extra along with a gold ribbon for the hem

Then I decided to add lights

Again because I’m extra

I don’t have skill with LEDs so I used individual 6ft fairy lights with tiny battery packs. I painted each battery pack black because the white shows through the skirt especially when lit up. There are about 75-90 battery packs I lost count at 2 am on Wednesday honestly ahaha. I looped them twice up and down so the effect would be less spaced out but I might edit that in the future if I figure LEDs and how to get more powerful ones because they weren’t really strong enough for 10 hours (you can faintly see them in the pictures above) and I kept turning them off when I sat. I used the same petticoat but added a hoop skirt because I was wearing tennis shoes (sadly sensible instead of fashionable) instead of my platform boots.

When people complimented me I would ask if they wanted to see my favorite part (which is spinning) and the laughs and gasps of delight were fantastic. Overall I’m so fucking proud of this costume. Thank you to all of you fab people from the FFXIV coordination who said such kind things I’m so flattered and lovingly overwhelmed. It was an amazing return to cosplay.

[nekohooch]

Yay!! Thanks so much I absolutely will credit you, and If it turns out fantastic enough I will gladly tag you!!

I absolutely adore that princess tutu Falin design and wanted to know if you would be ok with someone (ie me) cosplaying it! It hits all the right creative buttons in my mind, it’s beautiful. Thanks either way!

thank you!! im glad you like it so much

yeah in general i am more than happy to have ppl cosplay my designs! just please credit me as the creator of the design. and if you want to, please @ me so i can see it!

[shampooneko]

Yuzu will be featuring RE_PRAY in Saga, so I immediately thought of making a fanart abt ZombielandSaga ゾンビランドサガ 🧟‍♂️

So, Yuzu is making Kotaro's cosplay because Halloween 's month is starting, so he is promoting his show... 😅😊

I'll update this soon, stay tuned!⚠️

Art by Shampoo Neko 2023

[c0sp1ay123]

Sorry I've been so inactive lately I've been feeling kinda down and don't want to do anything anymore. I am planning on trying to finish my neko cosplay soon though and after that I want to start on a Zombieland saga cosplay too! I'm hoping to have them done in time for the Sask expo in September.

[angel-princess-anna]

DragonCon 2018 is nearly upon us!!!

Per usual, I will be bringing some of my Anna costumes, but I am also cosplaying from two other period dramas this year as well. I might end up wearing more than one costume per day, but here’s my main schedule:

Thursday:  Neko Bates Family shirt Friday: Anna, S6 Lady’s maid Saturday: Nancy, from Victoria Sunday: Caroline from Poldark Monday: Anna, Housemaid

(more, i.e. better, photos of my Anna cosplays are here)

I am also a panelist for some period drama fan-ran panels. Alas, no panel dedicated to Downton Abbey again this year (I did submit something and was told there was no room on the schedule; that said that was also pre-movie announcement, so perhaps maybe there will be some discussion at the Friday panel as part of the “and more”).

Friday is also when we plan to have the DA cosplay photoshoot. If you are interested in meeting up with me and/or the cosplay gang at the con (with or without costume), that’s probably the best time to do it, so let me know!

Panels:

Historical Roulette: Call the Midwife, Poldark, & More! ~~~Friday, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., in Hilton Galleria 5

What’s up with the Royals? The Shared Saga of Victoria and The Crown ~~~Saturday, 8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. in Sheraton’s Athens room

Making a Drama: The Mammoth Screen Fan Panel ~~~Sunday, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., in Hilton Galleria 5

Also as an aside: Kevin McNally, Phyllis’ husband who also played Horace Bryant in S2 and S3, is a guest of the convention!

[nekohooch]

I’m making costumes for a community theatre group and community college I’ve been working with for years. The production is Little Women so 1865 costumes. It’s super cool because this script has Jo March written to be non-binary (the person playing Jo is using the role as part of their senior thesis) so I’m trying to fit their gender expression within the confines of the very gendered aesthetic of civil war era Massachusetts. So far it’s 12 gowns, 2 split skirts (one of the young children who is on stage for 5 min expressed that they would riot if made to wear a dress (2 weeks before the show) so I’m improvising) 2 vests and 2 coats. I have some students at the college helping but currently, I’m dying 🫠🫠🫠

ITT: Tell me about something you're making or doing

I'm gonna write a story about a werewolf 🐺

[battyneko]

Anyone watched this anime? I did cause you know, girls with mechs .. haha . I would give it a C+ or B- which by I mean, a little above average which is kinda good for anime and even better for a mech anime. I really enjoy the main three girls, I’d love to cosplay them. One kinda reminds me of my ex/friend, the blue one. Her name is Laffinty, I actually really love her and the pink/peach one Muginami , it’s another anime that’s not well known and kinda dumb to do a side character without a group. | Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne Wiki | About a better than average school girl, Madoka, who is able to piolit a mech through her abilities after meeting a strange girl amed Laffinty who leads her to having a permenate mech. Laffinty is completely socially nonnaware because she is not from the earth we know, later the girls run into the third mech piolit Muginami who seems like a bitch and also seems to know Laffinty. Madoka is thrown into a saga of mechs and politics as well as the mysterious hidden past of Earth.

This is been a Mech anime review by your girl @suglitecity ♥️ should I review more of these? I feel like it shows that I’m a tried and tried nerd/weeb. Lol. CC Neko Maid photo set is up on patreon.com/sailorrambo

[japonspain]

Figura Gintama Sakata Gintoki Jump 50th Anniversary Figure Banpresto nos presenta una figura deGintama perteneciente a su más afamado personaje, ¡Sakata Gintoki!  Los fans de Gintama están de enhorabuena! Banpresto nos impresiona en esta ocasión con una espectacular figura de este increíble Samurai, de la popular serie y manga Gintama en la edición 50th Aniversario de la popular revista Shonen Jump!. En esta colección podremos ver a los protagonistas más aclamados que han pasado por las páginas de la emblemáticaJump replicando las portadas de la misma! La figura de Gintama Sakata Gintoki 50th Anniversary Jump de Banpresto está fabricada en PVC de gran calidad y tiene una altura aproximadas de 23 cm. con un gran acabado con detalles que hará las delicias tanto de los coleccionistas de Figuras como de los fans mas acérrimos de la saga . Gintama se ha ganado estar en el podio de las series y sabemos que os encantará esta figura!  No te quedes sin esta fantástica figura de Sakata Gintoki de #Gintama,  en la colección 50th Anniversary Jump! #japonspain #manga #otaku #neko #anime #cosplay #animegirl https://www.instagram.com/p/BsybGZPFTUp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=154y1zgbeqcq4

[shirotdezainathings]

Para los que me quieran conocer estaré en una sección de fotografías este 17 de junio. Si tienes un cosplay de Disney o del estudio Ghibli como también de la saga de Naruto por ay estaré y podre tomarte fotos como vídeos. Esto sera a las 11 de la mañana y la de naruto 11:30 am en Parque Masayoshi Ohira Calle Country Club, 04210 Coyoacán, Distrito Federal, Mexico. Espero verlos por ay estará este neko demonio

[nekohooch]

@kenocosplay what we were talking about the other day!!

I’ve been asked a few times about how I smoothed out my Magic Armor Link Worbla armor before painting, so I decided it’s about time I did a mini tutorial on it! Be prepared for a long text post!

After trying numerous techniques for smoothing Worbla, I settled on Flexbond as my favorite.

Keep reading

[nekohooch]

This year for Halloween I was Azems summoning circle. Immensely proud of how this turned out and that I get to summon my friends from around the world on a regular basis.

Edit: Here is a breakdown of how I made this costume! Thank you everyone for all your kind words, this is one of my favorite things I’ve created and I’m gonna try and get some more pictures of the details and updates I’m making on it!

[nekohooch]

As continual motivation to work on cosplays I have been documenting the process of making this one by @mayakern

I’m editing the original slightly just for my own body limitations but I’m staying pretty close to the source picture!

I got about 3 yards of power mesh which is a fabric that has a four way stretch and I’m using it as the base for my bodice. I sewed it onto a bra because trying to make feathers conform to boob shape without it sounded like hell

Then I attached it to my dress form and got to work. When I was working on my Azem summoning circle dress I bought a silicone mat that’s usually used for baking, because it’s perfect to keep hot glue from sticking to surfaces. I put that under the mesh and started the very long process of applying feathers with hot glue. These are cruelty free feathers primarily (I got some from craft stores and online before I looked into types of feathers and how not to suck while using them) and the hardest part of the process is honestly taking the little fluffy bits off Every. Single. Feather.

And now it’s just repeat ad nauseam

I’m slowly working on the back but I have to figure out how to fasten this top before I add the feathers because if I’m doing a zipper I need to arrange the feathers accordingly. Next reblog will be the necklace I made when I can get pictures of it!

[nekohooch]

I promised I would provide some detail costume breakdown of my Azem summoning circle. It took me about 85 hours total over 19 days. The skirt is overlayed over a red petticoat (because it’s the only one I had long enough) I made the skirt about 7 in longer than floor length for me because I’m wearing platform shoes!

The skirt is two layers of black chiffon. The bottom layer is a normal circle skirt, top layer is a seven panel circle skirt. Figuring out the math for this part was hellacious I do not recommend it. The top was gold lamé with black chiffon overlay. The waistband circles are gold upholstery bolts that I used bolt cutters to remove the stabby bits of and the beams from the waistband are from a fringey door cover that I dissected. I then twisted the beams (fringe) and fastened them to the skirt.

The Ps and the filigree things are from bathroom wall decals that I cut into pieces. Then I added rhinestones, these triangle book decorations, and sequins for the designs and the giant summoning circles.

The rest of the designs are various additional pieces of fringe, rhinestones, and hand painted designs with gold calligraphy ink. I almost added my statics job symbols into the summoning circles but I didn’t have time.

There’s still more I want to add to this but I’m ecstatic how it turned out and felt like an absolute goddess.

[nekohooch]

I sometimes do acrylic paintings when the inspiration hits me but most of my art is cosplay! My adhd is great at helping me procrastinate and then not sleep for days to get things done ahaha #nekos cosplay saga is the tag that I have things under.

Jello! I’m feeling a bit lonely and could use some ADHD Artist representation!

[nekohooch]

@dorian-mode and I were in a cabaret this weekend where we sang “Good Riddance” from Hades! I made our costumes because nothing in my closet yelled Orpheus and Eurydice to me and I’m so glad. We sounded fantastic and even had one person recognize the song! Everything turned out exactly how I pictured it and I’m very happy.

[nekohooch]

Did a thing!! So much fun and it sounds so beautiful. Everyone is so talented and seeing Alphinaud and Alisaies VAs singing with us made me tear up.

Bonus spinny outtake: