Lord of Vermilion - Maita

and so.. we chionged 2 costumes + a new skit in the span of 3 weeks for wcs in japan. zzz. couldn't really do very well since i still need to do it in between my full time job. almost died.

anyway, these is the character for yvonne, named maita

thank goodness there's actually not much to do here. i did the red/black half top. 

the ribbon thing had to be redone cos it seems to be too obvious a color to use. saddd.

and the red top was pretty much the same template.

after some adjustments done during fitting, here's the finished product. lined for both tops! lining works very well when you're in a rush and needs to cover all the ugly stitches, and don't want to do seams. haha.

lan helped us research and draw out the template, then yvonne used it to paint on

and the finished product:

the white flaps are a breeze... just that i had to put silver bias tape around it.

yvonne lightly sprayed the surface so there's some greenish tinge to it. it was also done on her white fur around the neck.

then the shoulder thing was done using PVC

lined at the back. 

the 2 flaps done separately, lined with gold ribbons at the sides

then stitched together with the main piece. ta-da~

obi (just 2 long strips of rectangle) and tail (a bottom bubble shape) was straightforward. the tail caused a lot of fur mess =_= the talisman was just 2 pieces of rectangle with the words cut and pasted on by yvonne.

lastly, the wig cutting during one of our practice

After styling to make it look more layered and adding a red tinge to one tuft of the hair on the right. It looked ok then but all the layers seem to wear off afterwards =_=

and the completed set!

Day 8 Tatsuki Onsen

well.. even if we had no mood to attend any more events, we still had to bear with the last one. it was supposed to be a relaxing trip, finally! before we left the hotel, spotted the korean photogs.. whoooo. seems they came for the after party. hahah.

we started with a soba making session at sagami (the restaurant with the awesome shabu food). the japanese are really very dedicated... they even welcomed us in their ninja suit. they really make us feel like we're some important guests.

and here we go~ with taiwan on the same table

yvonne kneading the flour like a pro

and i got to cut the little noodles! looks pretty ok?

well, well, we ate what we made... and i realised the importance of soba being thin... thick soba is really not easy to eat... T_T

and we finished off with a cert in soba making! seems like i can open a soba shop now after i'm odne with my current job! (haha)

we departed for our onsen and stopped at 2 places along the way. love how they have a free drinks corner at the rest stop!!

and we arrived after a 2hrs+ ride.

check out our rooooom

sea view!

we were originally room mates with team philipines but they were ok to change room so we could stay with team taiwan and natalia. so nice of them!! yayyyy. would have been uncomfortable to sleep with strangers on the last day... so thank goodness. after rolling around a little, time for a super long awaited dinner. we changed into our yukatas and went down for the grand feast.

look at the scale.....

such a grand feast. almost feels like harry potter japanese style.

started the night with a loooong photo taking session. yup that's so many of us...

with lovely momo, our best omotenashi ever~

grand toast before we begin?

feast on our own table! and all of us have a bottle of beer to share.

 the food is AWESOMEEEE. they were really saving the best for last. there's a lobster too on the top left! and sashimi, tempura, etc. whoaaaaa. da beautiful feast

itadakimasu!!

some add-ons as we ate along. those clams!

dessert. not sure what is this. yam like thingy.

and of cos the night wouldn't end without some karaoke...

even the omotenashis put up a performance for us - here comes momo!

and more photossss

apple 'dustbin' for our flags

and more presents... from wcs and from momo. the lovely starbucks cup and pouch!

we went for onsen afterwards and it turns out almost all the caucasian cosplayers were there. it was pretty funny because from where we were there was a balcony where we could see the guys bath just below us. and of cos, so could they if we stood naked at the balcony... lol. the spa was awesome cos the soap and stuff used inside were pretty good brands and we felt the wash was comfortable & refreshing afterwards. wheeeee.

after that we stayed up to talk a little and it seems there were some cross dressing activities going on at the omotenashi's room...

got to sleep around 1+, and we had to wake up in the next 4 hours. ughh...

and it was byebye tatsuki...

then byebye nagoya...

our luggage, by the way with all the extra 5 boxes  & the bag of poles were just a total of 30kg each for me and yvonne. just nice!

transit in taoyuan before heading to singapore. and guess who we saw?

final reunion and it was singapore again... and end of wcs!