Cosplay & Anime: Stuart

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PaSwG Photos - Part 3!

This post continues to feature our Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt photoshoot with Jack Liu. Again, you are awesome Jack!

For this photoshoot, I got to be Chuck. Mimi devised a sweet little plan for me to be a human interpretation of Chuck in about 30 seconds. Once the "zippers", collar, tail, and ears were accounted for, I was basically good to go :D. Now unlike Mimi and Kathryn, who posed with much elegance and glamour, I got to be as un-photogenic as I wanted, haha!

Oh yeah, work that camera :P

That's right, half-smile like you own the world!

And finally, the shot that made my leg hurt for a while DX:

Ah, the PISS-de résistance, Oui oui! (sorry, that was an awful pun series)

That concludes my wonderful Chuck photos. Thanks again to Jack, and to Mimi for coming up with the idea and helping me make the outfit! :D. I believe Mimi is up next with her close-ups of Stocking :)

-Stuart-

Cosplay Progress - Mask Construction

What is this? It's been forever since I've posted anything! Sigh...I need to keep you guys updated more often.

Basically, quite a bit more has been added on to my mask since the last you've seen it. It now more resembles Deus Ex Machina, being a bit fuller and wider than it was before, though I will let you guys examine it for yourselves. (and sorry in advance for the blurry pics DX)

More was added to the sides, eyebrows were created (sort of) and I glued a loved paper plate to his head!

Inside view (or where I get to place my face :P)

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Here's what I got to later on in that same day. The head was too tall, so I glued it down using another piece of cardboard. I added a little more to the eyebrows, and finished the cheeks part.

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And here's a super sexy secret sneak peek at Mimi's armor progress :P

Well, that's it for today.
Please keep entering our giveaway contest! We really want someone to get this $20 gift certificate to Arda Wigs! XD

Thanks everyone!

-Stuart-

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Cosplay Progress - Mask Construction and Gloves

Ahh progress, it is nice to finally post you again, hehe. Since my last update, I've added plenty more craft foam and hot glue to continue the formation of Deus Ex Machina's mask. At this point, the task is a little more strategic than just gluing foam everywhere I could. I am still constantly looking back at the reference photos to make sure I am accurate with my shapes, but through this process I am getting a better sense of how to make the angles work for me. Mimi has offered plenty of her help in creating this mask in the form of advice and some hot gluing (even acquiring some burns in the process Q_Q).

Anyways, here's my updated progress gallery:

Created the upper eye framework.

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Built the cheek and chin frame work. Also replaced his "tooth" under the eye framework and bent the chin.

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Also in progress news, I received some hockey gloves that I will use as a base material for my MZMA gloves. I got the idea for using hockey gloves from this Instructables tutorial on how to make Hell Boy's RHoD. These things are HUGE on my hands, so they will work perfectly for MZMA. I plan to cover the tops in red fun foam and maybe spray paint an orange gradient on to it afterwards, but that's just me thinking.

We cut off the BAUER logo part to make room for the craft foam that we will use.

The most pressing issue for these used hockey gloves is to remove their intense smell of sweat. If anyone has any good ideas on a deodorant for these, let me know (THEY REALLY STINK!!!! X___X)

Thanks, I will keep you guys updated! :D

-Stuart-

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Wig Review - Red Wig for MZMA

Wig review?! I've never done one of those before, but I might as well give it a shot. I mean, I'll be working with it for the next couple of months anyways. Here goes nothing! :P

I ordered the Short Medium Layered Cosplay Shag - True Red from CosplayWigsUSA as a suitable match for MZMA from Black Rock Shooter: The Game. It arrived in a wonderful manila colored, bubble wrap lined envelope and included the wig and a wig cap.

This wig is perfectly colored for MZMA's hair. The length at the moment is a little long, but we will shorten and style it eventually to be more appropriate. The tips of the hair are feathered out nicely, and the wig itself is pretty full. The wig cap that came with the package is pretty nice quality as well. I think I'll be happy with this wig :)

**The following pictures highlight both the wig and our amazing new wig model Gachapin :D (he's a dinosaur in case you were wondering). **

Gachapin, the wig, and the CosplayWigsUSA card.

Back view of the wig

Side view of the wig, and Gachapin looking forlorn.

Gachapin in his "I'm a sexy model" pose. He has a bright future ahead of him :P

Gachapin modeling the wig cap. Very nice.

We will most likely have pictures of ourselves with the wigs on at some point, but for now Gachapin works very nicely. We may feature him modeling some of our other wigs and cosplay apparel as well. Comment if you have any other pose suggestions for him in the future XD.

Thanks!

-Stuart-

Sneak Peak of our Soul Eater photoshoot with Elysia!!

Elysia from Fenyx Design is awesome! She has posted four photos from our Soul Eater photoshoot and they are looking amazing! Here's a sneak peak of Stuart as Stein and Kathryn as Medusa.

The background looks like...blood O.O;

The other photos can be viewed HERE. Many thanks to Elysia for shooting/editing/posting the photos!
In case you are wondering, our first batch of photos taken by ourselves are HERE.

Mimi

Cosplay Progress - Masks and Half-People

Getting stuff done feels good, and blogging about it feels even better, lol. Recently I have been working on my Deus Ex Machina mask/headpiece. I have begun to collect pictures of the mask in its formation from start to beginning. Hopefully I will be able to write a tutorial once I am finished, but for now, I will describe the process as it has been occurring.

The first step was to create a basic mask framework. Mimi helped me shape thin strips of cardboard to my face shape and size.

After this, the nose and chin components were built as guiding points and anchors from which to build more facial components. Fun foam is our material of choice.

The next part is a little hard to describe, because at this point we basically just took fun foam scraps and glued them to places to help the mask take a little more form, in no specific order. The goal for this transition was to create a little bit of "sunken-cheek" look and to connect the nose to the bottom half of the face. This was done wonderfully with lots of help from Mimi. :D

If there's anything I have learned from Mimi in the crafting world (other than glue gun burns can hurt a lot), it's that I should think of this project as sculpting with small pieces of fun foam,and that fun foam can be used for anything and everything. At this point it looks like the mask could either belong to Deus, or the King of All Cosmos haha.

The other awesome thing we did recently is to create a body form for Mimi. She was very patient as I duct taped around her for about an hour and a half. We followed this tutorial from Threadbanger, but used regular duct tape instead of water-activated packing tape.

Look, it's a ghetto Saber :P

After Mimi had a couple or so layers of tape on her, we cut through the shirt and tape body mold, re-taped it together, and stuffed it with some old shirts and pants of mine. The final result? :

A wonderfully shaped figure that Mimi will be using for future sewing and armor-related endeavors. I call it SeMimi, because it's more of a half Mimi than a mini-Mimi. Hehehe.

Well, that's all for now people. We will be sure to keep you updated on anything cosplay related, or maybe just whatever tickles our fancy for the day. Thanks!

-Stuart-

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Hey, I want to make a post too~

Mimi and Kathryn have both announced their cosplay plans for Animazement '12, so I guess I'll be a copy cat :3

From the BRS series, I will be doing MZMA (pronounced Mazuma), the second of the Seven Apostles.

Oddly shaped sword, giant hands, non-matching boots, what's not to like? :P

Since there aren't many pictures of MZMA beside this one, I will be using this video as a reference for any other details. As for progress, I jumped on Mimi's wig and contacts orders and got a red wig and red contacts. We also bid on a pair of hockey gloves to use as the base for the hands.

From Mirai Nikki, I will be going as Deus Ex Machina, the deteriorating god of time and space.

I'm really liking the hair, and the large chin.

I am planning on, and currently creating, a mask for his face (no human face looks like that). I have not quite decided what to do for his hair yet, but whatever it is, it will be awesome.

I am really excited about this year....maybe it's because I will get to carry a huge sword and dress up as a god. But it also might be that I feel that I will make the transition from Cosplay Noob to Sort of Somewhat Experienced Cosplayer-ish Person. Also, if we are able to do a skit at the masquerade this year it would be AMAZING, but we'll see how that turns out.

Anyways, I'll keep you guys updated on the mask making for Deus (hopefully ending up with a progress gallery/tutorial). If Cosplay-Vania reaches to 5000 views, I'll make a little victory composition for us :D. Thanks Everyone!

-Stuart-

Cosplay Wish List - Stuart Edition

Since Mimi is making a wish list, I figure I'd better make one too :P. After looking through some of the ones I chose, however, it seems apparent that I like things with giant weapons, haha.

Things I would like to cosplay:

1. Mzma - Black Rock Shooter: The Game

2. Aeon - Castlevania: Judgement