150606-07 Minnacon & SEA Games

... so we got the news just a week before that we gotta put up a performance for kenshin. and we all just met up in the weekend for 1 rehearsal, decided on the music/plot/actions and carried out the whole sequence, form about 1-10pm. it was really fortunate that monday was a public holiday, if not we wouldn't even have time to gather.

the thing i learnt about performing is not because 1 wk is too short to actually plan for anything, but that because i didn't exercise regularly, so to have continuous action scenes for the whole day gave me body aches the next 4 days. our next rehearsal was on friday, just after i've put in the sound effects so we could all rehearse once again with the actual music.

i was working on GE costume over the weekend (which i didn't even wear in the end). it was exhausting.

and saturday was minnacon at NTU, but i had invigilator duties in the morning till about 12pm. i couldn't bring anything too heavy but it should at least look decent, since i was invited to judge there. judging for the first time actually brought me lots of butterflies in my stomach since friday night - the tension seemed worse than participating in the competition itself!!!

i really chionged all the way down but NTU is so big i was lost and climbed mountains to reached the area. for the cosplay to bring, i wanted to do GE/belle/sailor cosmos/shiro, but in the end i did isis hahahah..

i want to thank my helper for sticking around the whole time to help with many things! like bringing my stuff around, getting me water etc. it would have been much more tiring without her. excuse the horrible make up i think it looked hideous so i didn't take a lot of photos.

here's the co-judge esther~

and our guest of the day, sailor grandpa!

and here's the panel of judges~

we also had one more special unannounced guest, eki~~~

met a partner from our monochrome factor group so super long ago, ching hui. bishonen now *_*

2 more event photos, from khai khai and hyunbin (which eki beautifully edited, on the left! - looks like a slim, korean version of me arhhh. maybe i should go get some plastic done. bleahs.) 

after the event, we hung around coffee bean before heading over to city hall for dinner. stopped by eki and hyun bin's super grand hotel!!

accidentally left the flowers i got in her room.... whoops.. it was quite nice of minnacon to give cards and flowers to the judges as a token of appreciation..

we stayed till about 1030-11 to explain to the guests their schedule for the next day, before i went home for the day.

the next day was at SEA games, and i had to prepare for rehearsal in the morning on the actual stage. so i reached the place at 11am and there was already hoardes of people swarming around the carnival. whoaaa. it was raining (again!!!!) but at least the place was not wet and dirty. phew. it was pretty cooling too.

waited for my team members to come over and had starbucks for breakfast before we changed.

sosososo i was kenshin for the day.

my beloved maria ~ can you tell she used her real wig. almost chua tio when she realised her wig was left at home, but made do with her real hair!!

dear zhenglan as my lover, i quite like this photo~

our other 2 villain characters by jokumi and lefty

and our team~

here's the rest of us, with our guest of the day eki as hestia~ and hyunbin her photog, as well as kanoe the singer!

we went out to prepare around 3pm, and started off with eki's fan meeting, then our performance, followed by photography session with the public.

i really like this photo - it''s so funny!!!! look at the symmetrical action of sailor grandpa and shishio, and how me and maria were both outraged with the situation. lefty looks embarrassed to be there and zl is just being her cute self. eki is like stuck in the middle and ignoring all of us. the photo is processed so nicely too! look at the colors~~~

after the event, we rested at manhattan for a while and here's a last photo of me and eki before my hp died.

and drinks at manhattan after we all changed out~

we sent the people back to the hotel, then met up with lopez around 8pm later on at marina square for the last dinner. rode on jukoomi's sheryl bike! wheeee

post-dinner and some chat over at the hotel, i reached home close to 1am. ughhh super loooong day and am still aching all over now. TwT hoping our performance video will be released soon, even with all the mistakes i think it was a good job for a 1wk / 2 rehearsal production...

Queen Isis Ouke no Monsho WIP

..and of course i didn't post this as well.
i spent some time thinking about this because isis dress is essentially black, but it would seem too boring on stage. so i picked a cloth full of sequins... but it would be too glaring. in the end i used the flip side of this sequin cloth and overlay with black chiffon mesh so there seems to be some pattern to it. also when the skirt is swooshed you can see the underside, which is the super bling gold sequins. it would seem to be there and not there. heh.

and i realised the skirt was done wrongly, it's supposed to be mermaid style. bleahs. so it's redone.
the negative side is when i wear these i will feel itchy with the sequins rubbing against me. oh well.

here's the bling waist belt

handmade these earrings too

and last is the headdress

actually wanted to do a headband style but it ended up too weird at the front. looks like a helmet. 

so i did it flappy style instead and to wear it, i'll just need to pin both sides down. laced it with a lot of gems to up the bling factor. heh.

so here's the wip for isis~

i'm discarding all the nitty gritty accuracy and inputting my own expressions (",) realised that sticking to 100% accuracy is too restrictive, and i need more freedom for creativity and pizazzzzz! as long as you are 80% recognizable (i'm usually not, since i do rare characters...), i feel it's alright to stray on some parts for effect.

so here's the shoulder part



and the base of the top (which i didn't use in the end)



and after i bling it!



worked on the feather fan since my purchases all came in... the back is ugly and i need another peacock sequin



but i quite like the front. it's a bit flimsy though

queen isis!! finally going to post this. i wrote this like 2 years ago. lol.

oh!! i'm so excited to be doing characters from different culture, and i'm quite sure no one has done egypt before locally yet.

i can't find this version in the manga, but i love her cosplay! i wonder if it is fanmade?







here's some extractions from the manga:









yeah... she has like 20,000 different costumes (i'm exaggerating of course) hahahah.

this time i'm gonna bling the character like mad...

queen isis (ouke no monsho) shopping list

舞台饰品配件 天然鸵鸟羽毛 30-35: 12rmb*10 + 10rmb = 130rmb
孔雀羽毛电视墙专用羽毛DIY小眼睛孔雀毛壁饰2-3.5cm眼睛0.6元/支: 0.6rmb *40m +5rmb=29rmb
民族舞台服装辅料 DIY衣服手工串珠亮片贴片 七彩孔雀开屏 孔雀舞: 15+12 = 27rmb
舞台服装辅料/舞蹈配饰/手工亮片花/领花 金银: 15+6 = 21rmb
时装礼服布料/舞台服装面料∕电脑绣花加亮片布 1.5米门幅: 37rmb*2+6 = 80rmb
双面可用真丝布料~金色涂层条纹时装面料~72元/米: 14.40*3m+10 = 53.2rmb
凤凰 彩带编制 DIY 家居摆设 摆件 工艺品 情人节礼物 婚房用品: 9+8 = 17rmb
gold trimmings (various): $106
golden sparkle cloth: $5*3m = $15
gold patterned: $10*0.5m = $5
silver sparkle cloth: $5*2m = $10
light gold: $2/m*2.5m = $5

total: 357.2RMB/4=SGD89.3 
SGD141 + SGD89.3=SGD230.30

140517 ACM Solo/Double

we changed up in the great air-conditioned area of DBS, but had to walk over to the performance area. as it rained earlier on, the weather was slightly better, but still hot.

You can watch all the videos from here. the guy has a really good positioning of the video where not many people/objects are blocking.

i'm just gonna plonk some of the solo performances video here:

Fishii from Malaysia (she can really act! *_*)

Abraham from Philippines (the armour is awesome!! and that thing he stood on..!)

and me from Singapore (ok, i must say i forgot a lot of steps but oh well.)

ahbu our local photog took a really awesome picture of me on stage. can't even remember when i made this pose but i really like the whole feel.

after my solo, i thought we could take a rest at the VIP area but i had to help Maria with her doubles first. it turns out that going to the VIP area wasn't all that fun. sure there's air con and food, but we were MADE to take pictures with everybody. the 'guide' bringing us around was almost pleading for people to take pictures with us. it was terrible and embarrassing. and we weren't even given time to eat. really horrible treatment. she still told us there's a second round. thank goodness another batch was coming so we made our escape. didn't even get to eat anything at all...

managed to come back so see more doubles competition. maria's diablo always make such a presence!! it was scary even when i looked from the side. a very wcs-worthy performance!!

and then i'm gonna spam photos~~ starting with me and mariaaaaaaaaaaaa the 2 evil queens! hoho. we're so color-coordinated.

thanks jes for coming over! she's like the only one i know who was there. T_T

with the all too cute xiao zhou! and my future memphis! don't break your promise!!! gogogo!

the china team~

 and judge from china, who was with the wcs contestants as organiser during our year

team malaysia but er mixed in with taiwan and china so i don't know what to call it anymore. lol

how can we forget kaname the guest of the event!

and i found a photo that jonathan helped take with team philippines~ all the awesome armours!

and when everything's over.. we had a super massive selfie in the resting area. hoho!

everyone just ran over when we called for selfies. it was really great harmony!! love you guys!! and tonight was buffet dinner at merchant court. wheee~~~