I never posted my completely finished Shepard armour here! I’ll share some photos as I get them, but I’m really proud whenever I see this cosplay in motion because I fuckin made that shit and it’s comfortable to wear and it moves perfectly holy shit I actually did it so here is a video!
I almost gave up several times but l’m glad I pushed through - I’m so grateful for the response to all this hard work both at Dragon Con and from everyone who followed along with this build online. I have a highlight on my insta stories (@ mockingnerd) that shows the progress as it went, and made a bunch of videos on TT @ livelaughlongsword.
💜 This amazing Tali is Aileen! She won first place in the Video Game Cosplay Contest!
🖤 M-8 Avenger by Dakiverse3DLab
❤️ Chest, pauldron, ab, bicep and neck/upper back base patterns by RaisinCosplay, with a few modifications. (all other patterns made by me as I threw up and cried)
🖤 Undersuit sewn by my friend Mary
❤️ Thank you to the patient and lovely @snuggiemouse-blog for filming at the Pulse Loft! 🤘
Many of you know that I had the honor of organizing the Owl House photoshoot at DragonCon this year. It was a fantastic experience -- we had easily over a hundred people show up dressed as a whole array of different characters from the show, and everyone was absolutely lovely.
I never got around to sharing our official pictures, so here's a selection of some of my favorite pictures from the photoshoot (and stay tuned for some other silly ones that felt worth posting on their own)
This was absolutely one of the highlights of my 2022; I love this show and so many of its fans so much, and I'm looking forward to organizing more things like this in the coming year!
(Pictures courtesy of Photography by Anne Fry. I was the Hunter leading things; if you're also in some of these photos I'd love for folks to point themselves out!)
All the responses were great but this one older guy on the Hyatt sky bridge totally flipped out, Jumping around and Yelling that he had been watching Astroboy for 50 years ! BEST RESPONSE ! He totally made my day.
I have a always loved all the inside Robot parts of Astro. I used to be obsessed with those lenticular T-shirts that showed the inside parts of him. So I really wanted to do a costume that showed the insides.I have been thinking about how I would do that for about 10 years.
I've always enjoyed dressing up in costumes for parties and Halloween. I first heard of Dragon con in 2004 when my Housemate went and came back with all these Amazing stories. My favourite part is designing and building the costume. I really enjoy the problem solving aspect. As an artist I feel wearable ART is a great way to display your work and interact with other artists. It also allows you to meet new people with similar interests.
My badge ribbons came in!! I’m SO happy with how they turned out and I can’t wait to spread the Murderbot Diaries love at Dragon Con this year!
If you’d like one, I’ll be cosplaying Gideon Nav on Friday (and will be at the 5pm TLT meetup), and Commander Shepard on Saturday (and one or the other on Sunday). I’ll be the one not shutting up about Murderbot 🤘
Directing the Owl House photoshoot at DragonCon today was such an honor, the other cosplayers and the photographers were all so wonderful, and I had a great time! Thanks for being a bunch of wonderful weirdos today.