Brisbane Supernova 2013: Code Geass CC R2 Cosplay

It has been well over a month since I did my last post, though in my defense uni obligations plus workin' on my cosplay costume consumed most of my time. So there.

Anyhow here's my journey through the process of creating my first serious cosplay ever. Enjoy.

 First of all, I chopped up some old bed sheets and made a model with my pattern. Had to fix the sizing several times.


Next, traced the pattern on to the cloth with some tailors chalk. (all together, the cloth cost about $30) 

 With the zipper sewn on. Found a lovely tutorial. As you can see, I used a LOT of pins. Needless to say I was pricked silly the entire time. ( You know in anime? How the girl tries to sew things for the guy and ends up with a handful of bandages and cuts? It was like that. Except maybe less blood)

 Prickly column of death. 

Followed by progress pic, the columns of cloth pretty much sewn together by now :D.

On to the details! Above are a set of fail chest panels, besides being horribly uneven I tried to sew the gold bias tape on after the panels were attached to the dress (?) Bad idea. Had to unpick the entire collar and the panels and the upper stitches. I think I teared up a little.

New back and front panels with bias tape sewn on BEFORE stitching to dress thing.

Sewing the armholes, the white strips attached to the cloth are fusible interfacing bits to make the material stiffer and more fancy looking.

Ok, ok I know I cheated. Meh. What are do gonna do bout it ?

Chopping out the lining cloth.

So satiny ^-^

FINALLY DONE. NO KIDDING THIS WAS HARD. 

Test try without collar and lower gold bias tape. I did iron the leg flaps after this.

Coloring the arm cuffs gold for uniformity.

 Ironing interfacing onto the collar, as you can see on the pic on the right, I made it thicker on the two ends for added standing-uppiness.

Test trial with belts and collar and cuffs.

Buttons came in the mail!

Layering on the fabric paint for the Geass design down the front.

It's actually a bit crooked... But no-one needs to know that heheh

CC themed nails.

Makeup time!!

With gold circle lenses on from lensvillage.com
I got I-fairy tofi-gold lenses (maybe cause they were on sale. Hey hey! We're working with a student budget here)

 Makeup costests!

Note the contouring and stuff.

I ended up going with the third one.

Ok. All done. Ready for it?





The final unveil!!








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dunDUNDUN

Even anime girls need to fix their makeup.

Supernova 2013 Brisbane pics coming up!


-Sera >_^

"If I recall..."

I wonder who that could be...

From Miss Monochrome Episode 7.

Find Miku

Would you like Miku to visit your country? Vote now at http://www.mikubook.com/findme.

Magi Season 2 Episode 6 [v.P]

Hakuryuu finally confesses to Morgiana!!! So happy~~

In other happy news, I heard Hirarin in this week's episode as Hakuyuu!

Pokemon XY Episode 5 [v.P]

This is one of the cutest pokemons I've seen. I'm not sure what it's called in English, can anyone help? But in Jap/Chn it's called the "water spider".

This scene broke my heart when Ash/Satoshi lost.

Uta no Prince sama Masato and Ren figurines preview

Both are looking good.

Totally not a pedo...

Source: http://seiga.nicovideo.jp/seiga/im1334378

Kakumeiki Valvrave Episode 17 [v.P]

> Plot got more complicated, again. I'm so confused at the moment, what exactly is going on?

> Plenty of fanservice: Haruto's shower scene (Kyoukai no Kanata had shower scenes this week too), plenty of L-Elf's sexy shots.

> Get to see Cain's evil side at the end?

> H-neun and X-eins are.....??

[Life] UtaPri Repeat - Ren's route

I finally finished Ren's route tonight.
Ren is such a cute boy, I keep falling for his sweet words, "My lips belong only to you. And your lips... belong only to me."
Apparently he's a really good kisser too XD

Ren's feeding you when you fell sick with fever.
He's blowing on your porridge so you don't burn your "cute and soft lips".

The "Love" end.
Ren: I love you. You, your music, your eyes, your hair and your lips.
I love everything about you.

Time to play Otoya's route so I can unlock Tokiya.

The sad reality

How my girlfriend looks from the front view (left), and how my girlfriend looks from the side view (right).

Meganebu! Episode 5 [v.P]

As a glasses/megane wearer I totally agree!
1) We tend to notice the rain first, and get irritated about the raindrops on ours lens obscuring our sight.
2) Walking into a crowed place and then glasses fog up.
3) When you're walking with an umbrella out, the handle of the umbrella keeps bumping on to the frame of the glasses.

 If only these glasses were real.

Kuroko no Basuke Episode 30 [v.P]

Kise is so adorable!!

Kakumeiki Valvrave (2) Episode 16 [v.P]

The highlights:

A smexy A-Drei.

Marie's beautiful eyes with a very sad background story.

Bullseye

Grading papers: We're doomed!

I can't agree more with this comic strip about what goes through my head when I grade assignments.

Kyoukai no Kanata Episode 5 [v.P]

Honestly, these two are the only reason why I'm watching the show. The "plot" is boring me.

Anime picture: Asahina Tsubaki + Azusa

From pixiv.

Anime hot guys problems Part III

Aside from having neck pain and back pain, they also suffer from headaches.

Part I
Part II

Who's your type? [v.Boys]

Girls version here.

[Life] Afternoon Coffee

Forgot to upload this yesterday. Having coffee at Max Brenners with MegaBubbletea.

Who's your type? [v.Girls]

The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku -DEAD END- (Piano)

Pure amazement, those arpeggios.

[Lyrics] 14 to 1 (Fuuto 風斗 ver.)

Knowing Fuuto's personality, I was expecting some cheeky/tsundere lyrics, and I was not disappointed!

Description: Kanji lyrics, Romaji lyrics and English translated lyrics of 14 to 1 (Fuuto ver.).

Note: Lyrics taken from booklet. The parts in brackets ( ) in the English translation are there to help the meaning flow smoother.

The key thing to note in Fuuto's version is that, as per his character, he says things pretty bluntly and straight forwardly, which may, at times, sound rude.

[Lyrics] 14 to 1 (Yuusuke 侑介 ver.)

This song was an absolute torture to listen to! Yuusuke is tone deaf. z_z
I blame the character not the seiyuu. Hosoya actually has a pretty nice singing voice, try Kimi no Iru Machi's first ED song.
So let's just get this translation over and done with, so I can move on to translate Fuuto's version, which is much smoother to the ears.

Description: Kanji lyrics, Romaji lyrics and English translated lyrics of 14 to 1 (Yuusuke ver.).

Note: Lyrics taken from booklet. The parts in brackets ( ) in the English translation are there to help the meaning flow smoother. "lit." means literal word-for-word translation.

The key thing to note in Yuusuke's version is that he uses "だ" to end his sentences, which is a more direct form of talking, ie. the way you would talk to your friends and family (without formality), as opposed to using the polite form "です". 

KyoAni over the years

What's your favourite style/anime?

Kyoto Animation styles over the years.

What does 'the fox' say? v.Pokemon

Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho!

When Pokemon and Natsume Yuujinchou crossover

Meganebu! main theme

Um, if anyone is interested these are the notes for the main theme of Meganebu. (/too lazy to write the harmony parts)
...I'm not _that_ addicted to the anime....

Pumpkin's Palette: Mochizuki Koichi (望月鉱一)

As promised I would draw some Meganebu fanart.
This is inspired by episode 3. It was a rather sad episode.
I reverted back to my old shading style.

Seiyuu appreciation post: Eguchi Takuya + KENN

At an event today.
I wish I was in Japan.

Seiyuu appreciation post: Yonaga Tsubasa

aka: Wing (because Tsubasa means "wings")