Ok, folks, here we go- New cosplay project!
Armed with a NEW, heavy duty sewing machine,
Yay! Currently brainstorming names for her. I’m thinking maybe Sulaco.
and we’re ready to take on a new Cosplay for our next convention: The Arkansas Anime Festival (A2F).
Cosplay daughter realizes that much of her cosplay is gaming-based, which is fine, but she wanted an Anime costume for A2F. She’s been wanting to try for Yang cosplay for a while, and we’re going to go for it:
Once again, this is a cosplay from a show (RWBY) that I don’t know, but apparently she’s not only smart, and funny (apparently spouting bad puns like weapons)…..
…..but has awesome fighting skills: super strength in her punch, which is linked to the gauntlets that also fire bullets. When she’s really angry, her hair also flames, and she can take down a whole building with her fists. She’s a huntress, fighting monsters.
I understand why daughter (newly training in Kenpo) loves this character.
So here we go. Armed with a modest budget, we hit JoAnn fabrics yesterday, and then, of course, the thrift stores. Can we make this cosplay for less than $100? Let’s find out.
(Looking at the cosplay.com website for advice yesterday, I saw that one of the member’s mottos was “Nothing is impossible, but some things are very expensive.” So. Very. True.
It’s easy to drop hundreds of dollars on one of these projects in small pieces. We have to avoid that this time- I have to save for us to go to Pax South in January)
Cosplay daughter is an inveterate internet and thrift shopper, though.
We found second hand boots that would work, and by last evening, she had altered them, made the scarves to go on top and the sock/sleeve for her left leg.
Here working, while watching RWBY for inspiration. That’s Yang on the screen.
The boots and scarves.
Today we start tackling the jacket- T Minus 19 days and still under budget.
Wish us luck!
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