Heigh Ho, My Costume’s Ready to Go

Hiya, friends! My convention that I’m cosplaying at is this weekend, and I’m happy to report that, at least costume-wise, I’m ready to go!

I did a dry-run of it for a few hours today, which went decently well. I highly recommend dry-running any complicated costume you might be thinking of doing. Saves you problems later on.

(I learned this the hard way when I did my most complicated costume to date, Titania from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. This costume included me making boots, armor, fake belts, a lined coat, etc. and involved wig styling. But I didn’t try it out before the con, and ended up only lasting about three hours. I was too hot, my wig was too heavy and wouldn’t stay on even with it being pinned in place, I couldn’t wear a bag because of the chest/back/shoulder armor, I could barely sit comfortably…)

(And hence I have never done an armored costume again.)

I wore my boots for about eight hours. They hurt a bit near the end, but not too bad. I almost spent a lot more time on my feet than I typically do at the con, so not too worried.

I wore my FX contacts for about an hour and a half. I have issues with contacts–my eyes started rejecting them when I was 24–but they felt okay. A little dry, though, so probably worth it to invest in some re-hydrating drops before the con. The biggest issue is that they don’t stay properly aligned with the pupil vertical, but I knew that going in so I can’t be too surprised.

My mother made me snake earrings (well, she found snake earrings and then changed out the wires so my extremely-allergic ears wouldn’t freak out). I’ve had them in for about six hours, and they’re holding up pretty good. Not too itchy. Also they look super cool, so I am jazzed.

I drew the tattoo on. It actually looks really good. Not quite in the right spot, but not bad at all. I was a little worried about trying to draw on my face in the mirror, but it went pretty good, all things considered.

Most of the clothes are my own clothes–my favorite black jeans, and then layered gray/black tank tops. I bought a jacket to wear. It’s a little tight across the shoulders. I can always take it off if I need to do something which requires lifting my arms up.

I shortened the scarf thing over the weekend. It looks pretty good. Haven’t quite figured out how to tie it to get it to lie flat.

Did not paint my nails black, mostly because I know if I do it today it will look terrible by the con. I think I’ll do it Friday, though I’m wearing the costume Saturday, just because I have more time.

Did some practice make-up. It does not look amazing, but mostly because I rushed the heck out of it.

All in all, I’m quite pleased with how it’s turned out. And I will go into Saturday knowing about the contact and jacket issues, so they will not be a surprise.

Yay! It’s always fun to see a project come together. Looking forward to this weekend!