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04-29-2017, 10:55 PM | #31 |
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Once we arrived, I was startstruck by the appearance of one of my favorite characters, Columbia, from [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Picture_Show]The Rocky Horror Picture Show{/url]! Turns out, she's a cast member of the Vicarious Theater Company that performs RHPS regularly. We've gone to the Muppet Edition and the BDSM Edition (it's been awhile...
Oh, yeah. SonofV. Right, right. He's dressed up this year as Beat from Jet Set Radio Future. He turned out pretty cool! I met Macklemore too! Go Beat!
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04-29-2017, 10:58 PM | #32 |
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Rock on Beat! They're functional headphones with the headband and external ear covers that light up. I embellished them with the antennae. They really look good in the dark.
Beat's a skater, and a punk at that. Boy, he caught hell regularly for his skates, which were a no-no at the con. We crippled them with the wood block, but The Man was a dick about it several times. Suprise, surprise, there's a Glomp game going on. Hug, hug.
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04-29-2017, 11:02 PM | #33 |
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Wait, wait.
Back to the circle. Sometimes everybody can't wait all at the same time. GROUP HUG!
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04-29-2017, 11:04 PM | #34 |
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Sometimes waiting is cool.
Happy Beat! Hey, Mario! Glomp glomp glomp.
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04-29-2017, 11:10 PM | #35 |
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Gratutitous fanboy shot of King Arthur and his trusty steed Patsy.
I played the game a little, but I liked taking pictures more. And when I tired of that, I retired to the AMV theater, where what to my wondering eyes should appear, but Ginko. Nice, he looks good, I like his backpack better than mine. This is just one title card of one of the winners, recorded for my own reference, though I encourage you to watch this winner too, it's good. RadioAkshun, full screen, full volume, full effect.
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04-29-2017, 11:13 PM | #36 |
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SakuraCon 2014
2014
A new year for cosplay and a new low level of achievement for me. Booker DeWitt from BioShock. Hector in the middle there, Iron Man. The mug on the right? I have no idea. I was trying for something specific, I have on a striped "vest" that used to be a shirt, minus the sleeves. I was specifically trying for a striped vest. Beyond that, dunno. My badge reads my name. I don't recognize the character. Maybe I'm undercover. Maybe I didn't try very hard. Maybe I was abducted by aliens the week before the con. I don't remember. More Booker DeWitt
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04-29-2017, 11:16 PM | #37 |
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He looks like he could casually kill a monster, don'cha think?
Part of the fun is seeing other people in costumes of characters and shows you like. I like Spirited Away. The little Soot Sprites are cute in the story and this little kid *killed* it. Can I take a picture with you? (after I checked with her parents.) Sure! and she promptly plopped down on the floor and pulled the costume over her head. Nailed it! I've seen a lot of weird stuff at SakuraCon. This qualifies. This isn't weird, it's just a couple characters from a weird (really weird) anime, FLCL. You've been warned. This is Haruko Haruhara and Canti. Just watch it.
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04-29-2017, 11:17 PM | #38 |
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Glomp glomp glomp glomp
glomp glomp glomp glomp GROUP HUG!
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04-29-2017, 11:20 PM | #39 |
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I definitely got into SakuraCon this year. You've heard of Bronies, yeah? Now you're hearing *from* one. This year I got in touch with my inner Pinkie Pie. This is what she looks like in the "real world". SonofV was channeling Dante from Devil May Cry, who looks like this.
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04-29-2017, 11:26 PM | #40 |
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Ah, Sakura-Con
This time of year makes us happy and excited. I'm wearing the hat that became the base of teh wig I made, but I can't tell you what's going on with SonofV's eye makeup. Smoky eye gone horribly wrong? Dunno. Pinkie Pie has a pet, that means I have a prop. His name is Gummy, he's a toothless alligator (question, Gummy's a toothless, obligate carnivore--does that mean Pinkie Pie chews his meat for him?) Anyway, here is the before shot. And here he is after. I added a pink mouth, with some magnets inside to let him clamp his mouth shut, and some dazzling purple eyes. He wore a leash at SakuraCon and he was a big hit.
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04-29-2017, 11:28 PM | #41 |
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Pinkie Pie loves Gummy.
I love Gummy and SonofV/Dante. The wig was another story. Gawd, what a hassle. This is the finished product, cause I quit. I got to the con and in the exhibition hall I found I could have bought a cap/wig. Lesson learned, filed that away for laterz.
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04-29-2017, 11:30 PM | #42 |
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Also, I found I wasn't the only one with pink hair. In the exhibition hall were cute little kids with pink hair and protective mothers and fathers.
And orange hair wearers who needed no protection. And the Good Doctor! And K-9!
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04-29-2017, 11:33 PM | #43 |
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Cute dead girls.
Cute death-dealing, bad girls. Cute live girls, not bad, just drawn that way. Cute happy MLP fangirls, happy to see a Brony and proud of it. Pinkie Pie is my spirit animated-anthropomorphized-horse character.
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04-29-2017, 11:36 PM | #44 |
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Honestly, I think some cosplayers take it too far. I'm all in when it comes to sacrificing for your art, but at a convention, there has to be a certain level of practicality. This guy? I don't think he's ever gonna get his soft drink.
When I tired of spending my money in the exhibition hall, I went to the--you guessed it--AMV theater. This is just one screengrab I made, and it's a fine, fine example of the art. Just Funkin' Dandy. I made my way outside to the glomp game, guess who I found. Guess what he was spending his time doing. Yep, GlompGlompGlomp!
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04-29-2017, 11:42 PM | #45 |
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Welcome to 2016!
Another fun year, I found character I liked and I thought I could carry off, and create the costume for. SonofV had a great time too! This year I chose as my model Klaus V Reinherz from Blood Blockade Battlefront. He's a badass good guy. What *he* looks like. SonofV chose the Plague Knight from the game Shovel Knight. Whimsical, easy to make, easy to wear. Plus, there's a lot of this color paint in town. Boogie down, Plague Knight!
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