Monday, August 30, 2010

coverage for WCS by ACSII.jp! Some Game Hobby magazine i think.

Osu Parade

Championship
progress for shio during the weekend.

i know there's like some red stripes on her right shoulder but i didn't know the pattern so i went to google a bit and found this:



decided that this should be the pattern and went ahead to draw it on.

1) draft drawing first. i always draw half of it so i can reflect it later. but this time it's because i'm too lazy to cut both sides and my paper is just too small zzz

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2) cut it out

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3) trace onto the cloth

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4) paint!

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i think my crest is rather nice! just a bit small... oh welll....

so here's the finished product with all my green/yellow splatters...

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urgh she's really giving me lots of trouble. her artwork shows that the paint splatters / tatters are in green/yellow but in the game itself it's grey.logically i should have done grey, but wth! repair later...

got this wig for the character too.



and taobao has zentai skin suit too!

sewed on the black ties on the collar, shortened the collar and added a hidden zip at the side. so this time i can get out of my shirt without my sis' help. lol.

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Friday, August 27, 2010

attached my battered red side and had a helluva fun cutting the edges. no need to seam! yay! iphone pictures are really poor quality...

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recent completions which i've yet uploaded... finally bought the satin bias tape to finish the black borders...

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and a big ribbon for the back of the coat! maybe i'll just pin it on... zzz lazy!

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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Drunken stupor

何であたしがあんたが話していた時あんた答えられなかったですが、あんたが話した時あたしが答えられなかったよう~
今帰る途中なんですけど、あんたの親友が思っていながら、あんたと話したいんでず。実は話した時過去の思いでが本当におこなわかっただろう。自分の夢じゃなかっただろう⁇何時の間にか、自分の記憶が頼れなかったて、少しずつ忘れてしまうんで、全然覚えられない今年が怖上がれてしまうんです。忘れられたくないんです、あんたが毎日思い続けるんです。
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Thursday, August 19, 2010

top sewn! collar details later. this is damn funny, i managed to fit into the top, but i couldn't take it out!! had to have help from my sister before i managed to get it off. gonna put on a zip later on. ooh! i think i can wear this one out. 8D

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Rurutia - selenite

ああ、揺らめく灯火 瓦礫の町に
鳴り響く 透明なしらべは 願いを讃え
今 焼け落ちた空は水の底へと沈んでゆく

満ちてゆく月明かり ああ
蒼く燃える夜が 君を染める 儚いほど
細い肩を傷く 抱いていても 
君は消えて 終いそうで

ああ、無数の星月 宇宙の果てで
見つけたよ 初めての出会いは 目眩さえ覚え
今 降り注ぐ金と銀の 光の波に飲まれ
ふたり聖なる変わえ ああ
甘く押し寄せては 僕の胸を振る浅いよ
ずっと このままずっと 抱いていたい 
君が消えてしまわないように

今 降り注ぐ金と銀の 光の波に飲まれ
ふたり聖なる変わえ ああ

甘く押し寄せては 僕の胸を振る浅いよ
ずっと このままずっと 抱いていたい
君が消えてしまわないように

今 降り注ぐ金と銀の 光の波に飲まれ
ふたり聖なる変わえ ああ

蒼く燃える夜が 君を染める 儚いほど
細い肩を傷く 抱いていても 
君は消えて 終いそうで

甘く押し寄せては 僕の胸を振る浅いよ
ずっと このままずっと 抱いていたい 
君が消えてしまわないように




Aa, yurameku tomoshibi, gareki no machi ni
Narihibiku toumei na shirabe wa negai wo tatae

Ima, yake ochita sora wa mizu no soko e to shizunde yuku
Michite yuku tsuki akari

Aoku moeru yoru ga kimi wo someru, hakanai hodo
Hosoi kata wo kitsuku daite itemo
Kimi wa kiete shimaisou de

Aa, musuu no hoshitsubu, uchuu no hate de
Mitsuketa yo, hajimete no deai wa memai sae oboe

Ima, furisosogu kin to gin no hikari no nami ni nomare
Futari seinaru kawa e

Amaku oshiyosete wa boku no mune wo furuwaseru yo
Zutto kono mama zutto daite itai
Kimi ga kiete shimawanai you ni

Ima, furisosogu kin to gin no hikari no nami ni nomare
Futari seinaru kawa e

Aoku moeru yoru ga kimi wo someru, hakanai hodo
Hosoi kata wo kitsuku daite itemo
Kimi wa kiete shimaisou de

Amaku oshiyosete wa boku no mune wo furuwaseru yo
Zutto kono mama zutto daite itai
Kimi ga kiete shimawanai you ni



Ah, a light flickers in the ruined city
And an invisible tune, full of wishes, echoes around

Now, the burned-down sky sinks to the bottom of the water
And is filled with moonlight

Dyed in the blue burning night
Your shoulders are so slender they’re almost not there
I hang on tight to them but still you fade away

Ah, at the end of the universe I found countless little stars
When we met, I learned what dizziness felt like

Now, swallowed up in endless waves of gold and silver
We move towards the sacred river

My heart begins to tremble as you pull me close so sweetly
Forever, always and forever, I want to hold you
So that you won't disappear

Now, swallowed up in endless waves of gold and silver
We move towards the sacred river

Dyed in the blue burning night
Your shoulders are so slender they’re almost not there
I hang on tight to them but still you fade away

My heart begins to tremble as you pull me close so sweetly
Forever, always and forever, I want to hold you
So that you won't disappear


i kept listening to this over and over again, and the lyrics are so beautiful and sad, it makes me feel sorrowful as well. T.T
dress completed! now for the accessories...

the sides not sewn yet

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ta-da!

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maybe i can wear it for a dinner...

Monday, August 16, 2010

so what i did for shio is i cut some random pattern, drape it over myself and cut randomnly to fit

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for the sleeves it's quite straightforward, just 2 big flaps and sew it together with the main body. then the ragged cuts at the end for the shaggy look.

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i then place some red cloth next to it and cut out the rough shape i need. the tearing would come later... probably after i sew it on. now i need this seaming glue... have no idea what the heck it's called, or i'm gonna get lots of unraveling of threads later.. ughh

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and my last machine needle broke!!! my smart sis went to get those normal sewing needles for me. GOSHHH bish bish!!!!
so this is the other 14 year old girl i was talking about. shio from god eater. very weird costume. mop-like hair. challenging!

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here's the whole cast!

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templates all cut out...

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and sewed on!

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i only bought like 2 packets of the bias tape so in the end i didn't have enough. continue again when i buy it today...

at least i managed to finish my vest!

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it is reversible!!! here's the brown side

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and here's the black side. i used the back of the satin i had leftover from pandora to do it. at first it was just supposed to be lining for the vest, then i thought what the heck, i need a black vest anyway so might as well do a reversible one. hohoho! i'm so proud of this one though it looks slightly imbalanced when worn, but that could be solved with a few pins ><

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but my sister just laughed at my poor sewing job. wah kaooooos.... T.T
character i'm gonna be doing for shoot.. ta-da!

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yes smexxxyyyy i'll be doing the doll chainsaw is a waste of my space at home..

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spam pictures

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and his coat since it's from madam red

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ok, simple character is not so simple sometimes... and maybe i can't wear it out still -.-

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it's a freaking 14 year old... yes i have some kiddy characters coming up zzz

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managed to complete the coat

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color seems a bit off oh nooo what the heck. arghh whatever la! maybe i won't wear it anyway...

and here's the template for the white inner. got the cloth from malaysia very long ago!

ripped the template from the chinadress template, and altered it to fit (like the puffed sleeves). will start sewing tomorrow or so...

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shio (god eater) shopping list

white soft pvc cloth: $10 leftover from v-13
white wig: $17
white body suit: $42
white acrylic paint: $6
thinner/lacquer: $5.90
PVC: $3/m*3m = $9
double-sided tape: $5.50
clear tape: $1.50

total: $96.90
audrey burne (gundam) shopping list

purple cloth: $2/m*2m = $4
orange wig: $19.28
lace edge: $3/yrd
white zip: $1.20

total: $27.48

this is a project i'm not sure whether i should carry out... partly because the character is so simple! but i kinda like the fact that the 2 pieces of clothings are wearable outside of cosplay... and i haven't really done much simple characters, so there!

Sunday, August 15, 2010

DAY 7

parting is never easy, but at least i got to part with my favourite team! more time with them, yaysss!

final breakfast at the hotel, and picture with vanessa

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farewell pictures and hugs to everyone...

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team korea + team singapore (and jacky)

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leaving for the airport...

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here's some videos that lee-san did which very nicely summarized our whole trip. thank you lee-san!! *_*





farewell video here, didn't see him upload to youtube yet

it was an hour of lovely ride to the airport... and then... back to singapore...

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bye bye everyone... T.T


DAY 8


well guess i'm not the only one suffering from all the post-wcs syndromes. woke up the next day and i was stuck at home for the whole day talking to pabo. ah yes, the whole day! skype is heaven! 000 and rikert joined in afterwards (i think he woke up around 4+?? gosh... and rikert was back to work immediately, wow.) we were talking about mecha event and he suggested for me to do audrey. though i'm not sure whether it's just a joke or what, i kinda like the idea that i'll be making 'wearable' clothings so i'll start the project anyway! it was nice to hear 'oh! christy' in that cackled voice again ><

and after that he's so busy on sinanju that i don't see him online anymore T.T boohoohoooo. "mata~", when...??
DAY 6

woke up early to have breakfast with tkh cos i couldn't really sleep well. not bad, met lots of people!

yessss pabo who bang-sehed me happily having breakfast with yuri tsk tsk.

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we were then joined in by team brazil, spain and italy

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rain with his blurry face was there too

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around 10, some of them had to leave for the symposium, and rain said he had to go wake the others up. (and it turns out pabo went back to sleep AIYOH so much for going out!)

we took some photos with team spain before we retired to our room

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for the rest of the day, nothing much to do except me and maoh headed over to animate at nagoya-eki, then to bic camera, and maple wig shop. asham and mel were fascinated by the yaoi/yuri shops so we went to check them out too before returning for the day.

nothing to do in the room so i had a loooooong loooooong bath and took pictures of all the souvenirs given by the team. whoops, team singapore didn't bring anything there =.=

here's stuff from team australia. lots of gashapons!

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tidbits from team USA

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stuff from france, etc

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lots of namecards getto!!

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there was also keychain from brazil, stickers and badges from spain, money (yes coins!) from mexico. too lazy to take them all out. also we had dolls and cups from the meetings with the mayor and such, and photo books from the japanese cosplayers. prezzies! prezzies!

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about 530, i couldn't take it anymore so me and maoh went out for karaoke! even though i was slowly losing my voice and sounded like shit at least it was better than rotting in the room for the last day in japan. GAHHHH. we sang for an hour and was late for the party. jeez, i thought it was supposed to be 7??? turns out it was 630. major rush to get there, and it seems like one of the aichi staff and lopez got the address wrongly too. phew, someone to pei us after all...

i'm so sad, i was watching at the corner by myself T.T too embarrassed to face everyone since our performance was a complete flop and they were playing the whole damn thing again. T.T

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rain tried to tell me it was ok, and my idol also came to talk to me, but sighhhs... after about 3-4 drinks though, i began to feel slightly better. towards the end, lee-san even dragged me around to take lots of pictures!!

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i was taking pictures with so many people i have no idea who i was taking with anymore but i still got to know them anyway (like the japanese cosers... and some of the organisers). and i have a professional photog helping me to capture these memories! not bad!

here's one kapo-ed from ran. heehee

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i went over to the dance floor as well and was twirled around by morton. ehh!

there was a lucky draw too and everybody got to win something. i got a onepiece cup, #6, same as my idol! <3<3

and i can't seem to find those i have with my idol though T.T going to pester rikert (aka kong1) for them... arghh.

managed to find from wcs germany website!! omg i so love puca for this!!

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and my very cute little white tiger, affectionately named Ling.

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kapo-ed this from saerom!!! WHOOOOO!!! movie cast eh! wait is rain and sy wearing matching pants!??!

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before we wrapped up, ed had tkh and with team of sailors do the burmseon-lee dance for everyone to learn. it was hilarious!!!!!!!!

and that's all of us for the final photo.

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when the party was over, the people split into those going for karaoke and those going for second round of nomikai. since my voice wasn't doing so well and i've already sang, we abandoned pabo and went for nomikai. lols.

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he was so mad at us when he saw us later bwhahahah.

after nomikai, we even had a 3rd round back in pabo's room with sy and rain. i got to pick the stuff i want from all the coins we pooled together and bought lots of strange drinks (like milk, pudding...). rikert came in around 4am and passed me all the photos he had, but my kitkat usb was too small (so i have no photos for the last 2 days, sucks!!!!!!!). i left to bathe when i heard shiguma and co were going to come in, and we had to move to sy's room... and the room will be filled with smoke. ~.~ although i really wanted to stay.... but oh well...