Oswald

The Shadow Knight wielding a blade of darkness

A cold-blooded human warrior serving the Fairy Kingdom of Ringford, Oswald is renowned and feared as the Shadow Knight, the man who slew a great dragon. He was abandoned as a child, but was taken in by Melvin, nephew to the Fairy Queen Elfaria. He is a stoic man who lives to serve his adopted father, and cares little for the consequences of the actions he is ordered to perform. As a result of his training and skill, he places little value in his own life.



ooh love the part where he hacked odette immediately when he saw her.

uh.. i managed to scrape a wooden bow but it's too flimsy. i shall post it up anyway i think it looks good wahahah. well if your fingers can take it you might wanna make one then, frit-zo.

using hard magazine papers and masking tape, then wires to curve the ends. finally top off with corrugated strips to hold it upright... well it's not very upright but oh well!



after spray-painting a couple of layers... plus i spray painted my door silver as well... and my brother's accessories. it was paint-day! man i almost died of sniffing paint.




then attaching the strings... it makes it look so much curvier... bleah.

now, i worked a bit on my presentation for saturday and i got up around 930 and started making my chocoflakes. then i made almond agar. then i made my cosplay stuff. man i did A LOT on this sunday. has been very fruitful. oh and i managed to eat the munchy donut denzyl got at causeway's cold storage on saturday night. yum!
k let's see, i'm so proud of my big obi and ribbon!! yays! it looks so neat. but the satin ribbon overlays are getting haywired since i snip it in half for a smaller width. i bet it'll be fraying mad when i get it to wash.



i completed my so-called flouncy skirt with the trimmings too.

was a bit big and not very flouncy but flouncy enough. uhhh i did my best. don't really wanna redo!



sewed these petals on but it looks a bit distorted. oh well.



trimmed the hem so it has a wide v-shape at the bottom and is a little longer than the skirt when worn over the skirt. not very straight but guess should be alright. these stuff are so hard to measure... maybe i should learn how to use a measuring tape next time.



this is the bow which kureha wears on her hair. intend to get a white hairband and glue it on top, or use a satin ribbon instead of the hairband and sew it on, whaddya think?



did this while watching ugly better. the x-stitches are pretty obvious but it still looks quite nice. and sturdaaaaaay. need a green pearl button next!
*yawns* ewww my phone cam's colors really make it look awful, except for the choker. half-decent, as bahamut would say.

my weekend is so so so eventful.

friday was cheryl's party! french feast! omg. too bad i didn't get to take photos of the food. the only photo i have is a picture of her hourse from the backyard. the whole place was decorated akin to survival's tribal elimination place, romantic, forest-y and relaxing ambience.

had my fair share of tequila. mmm-hmmm. and i got to test ps3 on her super big sony plasma tv. (harry potter and the order of the phoenix... bluarghz) enjoyed the food and the experience overall!! oh yikes her rent was $3k per month by the way. wonder how much these category managers actually earn man... $10k?

Here's your horoscope for Friday 3 Aug:

Spiritual growth may be an aspect of your development that has been neglected, Christy-Bell. If so, consider taking steps to bring more understanding of your beliefs into your life. If you go to church, are you learning there? Have you considered exploring other faiths? Have you ever asked yourself exactly what it is you do believe? Consider doing so and listen to your honest answers. This will be the means to finding more of what you need in this area.

i can't believe i'm blogging. my data is screwed and i need to wait for a new set to come before i can start my messy work with it. and i need to touch up on my powerpoint with those new datas, get some new insights and practise my stuff. i am so stressed. been doing the same graph for hours before realising that it actually doesn't need to be changed so much. it's like going from level 1 to level 4 and back to level 2, that says the need for multiple versions of the same file.
and what is this shit on spiritual growth? no one gets help from invisible entities, so screw off. if you think some big man is gonna start showering stars from a little corner of heaven on you, you're probably better off depending on yourself.

ok! i have not been blogging for half a week! WOW! (-_-`) so do you miss my posts?? anyway i have been working on a new project, kureha from shining tears x wind.


and no, zhifu won't be doing souma, but zero!!! looking forward to the wings. hee.




i spent my entire sunday working on the sewing machine! this will be my first ever costume to be machine made... haha! hope the quality is better. when i'm done, i will probably repair all my other hand-stitched costumes... ;p i got the cloth from arab street, $2.50/m it's kinda velvety and shiny on the back, and not too soft. maybe i can use the shiny part for my PVC armour?



still haven't trimmed the hem.



did the lining the day before, and completed yesterday!



now i'm working on the skirt. but it seems straight cut however i wear it. how do i make it flouncy?!

ok, you need to click on the articles so it will become big enough to be read.
































the best ff4 rydia and rosa cosplay!



























and here is our very own local version... i believe she is the person mentioned in the article. i almost wanted to stop her when she walked in sakae sushi so that we could take a picture... ah well at least i did manage to take with her as spitfire (air gear) in orchard and delirium (sandman) on the second day. haha! oh... i also remembered that when i did rinoa on my very first cosplay, she did aerith! pretty!!! (hmm but her hair seemed too long for rosa?)

why wHy wHY WHY WHY!?
now i will NOT become a singaporean. i can't. and i won't. i am so gonna leave this place and never come back. one fine day, maybe i will.
all the stupid procedures, detailed documents, unrelentless pursue.
the one thing i'm thankful about because of this whole mess is that i managed to grab cloths of arab street for $2.50/m. (not to mention 2 consecutive half days.)
but uHHHh now i would have to go back malaysia to renew my stupid passport.
isn't this supposed to be a free world? why are there so many lines tying us back? why are there strict patrols on the borders.
please just mess things up for once, won't you?
*rambles on and on...*

i managed to spray paint my dried pauldrons in 2 layers yesterday. it turns out that the clay doesn't stick to the newspaper, which is both good and bad. so i had to attach the rim of papers around it again for the layered padding. i did a bad job - one side of the pauldron the clay was folded, but heck, don't think it's that obvious. and the surface is pretty patternized (not smooth...), plus there's cracks at the edges and a little hole in the middle. bluarghzzz... ughh. i suck at molding clay. also i missed out certain areas in my paint job. guess i have to endure my indie neighbours weird stares again...



don't let the picture fool you, you can see all those rouge thingy at the bottom. the pauldron is actually p retty flimsy. now, how can i hold it in place??

by the way, i have just fixed my time stamp. hur hur hur.

i just finished my harry potter book today. ok just so you know the dots are for those who don't want to be spoiled!!

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this is the best, best book in the series. when i read about severus snape my heart really goes out to him. i would never, never imagine him to be so brave and loyal, and thought he was a traitor all along. it really surprised me there. and the fact that he loved lily. my goh. it was a shock to me. and i was pretty sad to read the 19 years later part, and amused at how harry had named his children after his parents, and albus severus. it was a good ending, but it means there may not be a sequel if the author decides to wrap up that way. i had a hard time picturing lily as harry's daughter and kept thinking about lily, harry's mother instead. so the conjured scenes in my mind were kinda weird O_o`
and all of james potter clique died while fighting the dark lord. feels like lupin's child has the same fate as harry. maybe they would write a story about him next?
i'm glad the author moulded neville into such a strong character! i was amazed when he was describing all the daring things he did while harry was gone... and how he accomplished the feat of destroying the last horcrux. and when he drew the gryffindor sword, it was just amazing!
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i hope jk rowling would continue writing.

long live harry potter!!

oh yays! i got my harry potter book, no thanks to having to attend confluence early and subsequently avoid the maddening crowd (and potential queues, though i did have to subscribe to it with xm). through sneaking lines in between office work (it's really easier to sneak writing chunks on blogs, than a big book under my desk), i've managed to reach about chapter 29.
jk rowling is fantastic! this book is better than i can ever imagine. she just manages to churn our surprise after surprise, new magicks, personalities, secrets and stuff after 6 books. if not for the bulk i would have hid in the toilet to finish the book (d'ya reckon i can stuff it in my shirt...??).
i hope there's still life after hogwarts!

good luck at the 7days 6 nights camp, to all NTu freshies. UGH. just the thought makes me curl with apprehension. i can't even stand 1 day of camp for goodness sake...
ah well, zhifu carved his heart and soul into the emblems before he left and i thought they look pretty nice! now i have 4 of them but i'm only gonna use 2. some of the undersides are still burnt and bubbled, but it's not very obvious. ok, i'm not a sucker for detailed details such as these, i am not a perfectionist... for now at least.




i bought these paper clay and it turns out to be so much softer and usable than that stupid white clay which hardens in a minute and chips in seconds. at least i could knead this one for about half an hour or so before it hardens slightly. i guess this clay is usable only on this kind of supposedly large and flat surfaces. the surface is not smooth, but then again, i'm not a perfectionist. heh heh (ok, i'm lazy, but heck)



and finally i went to daiso to get this material which i thought might be suitable for my armour base instead of the foam (foam is so expensive). this costs only $2 and enough to make 2 armour base.


however, it is feeble and tears easily. at least it's still better than my newspaper base. haha.





go on, laugh all you want (-_-`) i know it loooks disgusting and eeky, you can't imagine how i have to put that on and strut around for my measurements (i seriously don't know how to measure with a measuring tape). (gosh, why does lenneth hav big boobs??) i've done some sketches so i know where i can roughly cut and where i can put the transparencies to toughen the exterior... just hope it works.

i just realised that i took some very funny pictures for my cosplay. haha.

rhode and tykki performing magic tricks: (nemo looks in awe)































gaara using lero and rhode hiding behind his gourd:

i've just added amethyst angel's url on the side bars, she has some really really good armour making tutorials and stuff, super pro! but most of the materials she use can't really be found in singapore. sighs. i wish someone would import them cheaply. boy are they expensive.
and mine are really not tutorials, it's just a record of my work, so it CANNOT be compared to hers...!

ok time to go back to my PVC. i did this papier marche balloon quite a few days ago, and the balloon shrunk so much that it was pretty easy to cut and remove everything into my pauldron shape






most sites i've been to don't really teach how you can measure and cut the stuff. mine's not really accurate but i sorta used aluminium foil to get the basic shape to draw onto the balloon, then cut them out. after that you can just imprint one onto the other and cut the outline so make sure both are the same sizes.



i realised i have this as a leftover, and i might just redo my helm if i find that the papier marche method is easier...



i just bought this paper clay thing, a small slab for $3+, hope it works better than the white clay. and i got myself some transparency-like transparencies, 3 A4-sized foam (that's the only size it has, $1 each) and sandpaper ($0.21). can't wait to start putting clay on the pauldrons!

3rd day of cosfest
i spent the least time on this costume, seriously, because i already have the dress i bought in malaysia some time ago ( i have the dress that's why i was gonna do misa haha), and the only thing i really needed to work on was the lan pok gloves, hair and make up, which is really not much. well, most effort was spent on walking to the supermarket to buy the apple with my mom (and her groceries of course) in the morning. my camera had to run out of battery after about 20-30 pictures. (-_-`) boo hoo hoo.

here's the poor gundam who couldn't really go up stage to take pictures... he is soooo cute!! (i think it's a he...)



i met them in all 3 days in different costumes. love her harp!



anyway this is my idol, kakashi, whose group did dragon lance. her golden face and her $300 hourglass contacts are... whoa! love her silverish hair. and frank looks good as an elf, while christina rocks as the gorgeous princess (i have no idea who the characters are actually, correct me if i'm wrong)! and that bike shop armour really works wonder. i took photos with them but i look fat and ugly so i shan't post it ;p


ehh i seriously don't like acting cute. and this was solely for convenience sake. (-_-`) i think i shall stick to vampiric characters next time.

2nd day of cosfest at d'tent.
we got cheated by the malay uncle at the entrance of the chalet who directed us to the opposite end when the real d'tent was just to walk straight ahead. i'm gonna turn rascist man.
well anyway i got this picture from the forum... and it seems like the best picture out of my entire collection:


and then we took with astarte from angel sanctuary, who did juclesia from magna carta the next day. ARGHHH i didn't take with juclesia!! i'm so sad. and tykki looks good with astarte. wedding no maru de ne~


too lazy to upload so many photos. eh heh

here's a picture of rhode with her pink umbrella and tykki... looks like you need a pack of cards indeed, fritzooo...

i finally finished my rero. the color is still wrong and the leaves shape a bit different, but ARGHH i'll change it IF i am bored enough. drew the pumpkin lines and wrapped the green thing around the stalk... in case no difference is spotted. oh! and the face is sharper on the sides now.