well time to buck up and work harder on ginshu.
i'm pretty proud of my hakama actually. it actually works like a trouser, unlike the one i did for byakuya. except the straps are still not right.
the front

the back


with my white brocade i bought quite some time ago, i made the kimono top.


i still don't like the top though. it doesn't fit as well as i want to. grrr.

grrr... i can't believe it.
my green wig for yasuaki is damn short so i couldn't go as him.
then i'm missing sakujun's contacts and rings so the only complete one i have was gwendolyn.
so i repaired a little of the corset, added the flower details on the sides and ironed my skirt.


but i realised i was too fat to do her and my wig sucked A LOT. the fringe was bad and the hair keeps getting tangled. and in the end i made a mess. sighsss.

ginshu (amatsuki) Shopping List

white brocade: RM 30 for 3m i think = $15
red satin: Rm7/m x 3m = RM21 = $10
red rope thread: $0.26/m x 10m = $2.60
silver wig: $51
fake nails: $2 x 3sets = $6 (about 210pieces excluding existing 50pieces)
red tassels: $1.20/pc x 2 = $2.40
mastix extra 10ml: $12.80 (skin glue)

Total: $99.80

i kinda like ginshu from amatsuki, and i think he/she will be my next project after iljimae xD there's several versions of him from amatsuki. managed to pick out 2.

the ponytail one (which i'll be doing)










the second version with the hair down (but i find most people cosplaying this version with a different set of clothes though)





couldn't find much pictures of him/her online so i had to take all those screenshots from sky7anime.net's anime streaming with my samsung f450 camera phone. hoho. but i found a really nice wallpaper of him/her!!!

here's what i've done for kimimaro so far...

his onepiece


closer look at the crest i've sewed on with satin



the back



it is sliding off me rather easily now (-_-`) perhaps i'll put tapes inside to secure it so none of me accidentally gets revealed xo

the shoes



and the purple ribbon. initially stuck sponge and wiring, then corrugated board but it doesn't stand upright and looks very messy and slouchy (i wonder if you can use that to describe a ribbon). then i bought these thick wires for $5+ a roll at artfriend and it works perfectly. can stand upright now! and has the shape i want. :D



now i only need an abandoned black pants (donations, any?) and his bone sword.

will be joining the naruto group for eoy and photoshoot so i've decided to do kimimaro since orochmaru was taken. yes... i like these 2 guys in naruto xp









reference from naruto's shoes since i couldn't find zoomed up of kimimaro's. it's slightly different though.



and the version i'm making...



HAHAHA ya right. it's just my favourite picture of him but not the version i'm doing of cos. and no drop down shirt like one of the pictures above. sorry, cosplay is pg13. will be making his bony sword though!

following that i started on my sakujun.
making it according to the novel version is a pain because there's so many flowery embroidery details. i hate working with my golden thread cos it snaps so easily but i like embroidery.

anyways i did the embroidery parts first (sleeves tip)


then the sleeves head embroidery


had to sew yellow backing for it so it doesn't look too messy from the back xp


then i attach the tip detail to the sleeves


and the sleeves head to the blue top i made




and i attached the sleeves to some yellow shirt i bought off the auctions very very long ago and sewed the collar on.


here's the embroidery for the front panel


and then it's attached to the top


i actually unsewed that front panel and resewed it THRICE because the first time it was resewed i couldn't get it through my head (-_-`) then the second time those add-ons at the side bothered me a lot and i had to put a backing to the panel before resewing it again. does the final piece look different?


with the added jewels



and the inside of the collar


and finally my skirt

zip on the back


and i made the loincloth last (whatever you call it, that long piece in front of the skirt)

finally had time to upload all my works (since i took my laptop home supposedly for work... xp)

shall start with the oldest, my yasuaki WIP. (well it's actually done so oh well)

the inner top with orange sleeves (added a black sleeve over the orange one but have yet taken the picture)


the outer black white onepiece collar


and the onepiece as a whole (ok onepiece is supposed to refer to a dress in japanese, but i think in english it can refer to anything that's well... one piece)


black belt made of satin


and finally the buddha bead i made using ping pong balls. tried styrofoam ones and wasted my money... cos it shrinks and deforms when you use spray paint on it (-_-`) sucks. the white furry part i used my furry ball maker and the feather - i just stuck orange feathers underneath the white ones.