day one of Saratoga comic con!! thank you so much to everyone who noticed me and wanted pictures, you were all so sweet and fun. the last picture is me on stage for the cosplay dating game, which was a lot of fun too
my cosplay is Scarlet from @graveweaver 's webtoon I'm the Grim Reaper
Sadly the puzzle cube isn’t visible in most photos. The pants I was wearing didn’t have belt loops (I was going to attach the cube to a belt loop) so I had to put on a belt and attach the cube to the belt, and since the belt wasn’t attached to my pants it was higher up and more on my shirt, and the cube got blocked by the shirt most of the time. I had to keep pulling the belt down
People LOVED my cosplay though! Lots of people were screaming when they saw me and asked for pictures of/with me, I’m glad I made people happy! I made most of the costume myself, aside from the stuff I obviously couldn’t make like the shirts, pants, wig, and hat. Dad helped me with some things but the cube and necklace were made by me
The necklace is a styrofoam ball painted black (I thought painting an already spherical shape would have been lighter and more durable than making it entirely out of clay, it was definitely the right call) with clay sculpted on top of it. The cube is a cheap 1 dollar Rubix Cube I got at a dollar store. It had sticker designs on it which I peeled off and then painted over. The cube took longer to make than the necklace since the cube was super smooth making it harder to get the paint to become opaque right away. Super smooth surfaces tend to be harder to get paint to become opaque and stick onto right away, which is why many people such as Moriah Elizabeth on YouTube sand down certain objects before painting in order to get a rougher surface for the paint to stick on.
Since the necklace was a styrofoam ball with air dry clay it was easier to paint and get opaque quickly. Black is one of those colors that requires little paint to become opaque since it comes on so thick. I also mixed glitter paint into the paints to make things ✨sparkly✨. I just think things look better with glitter.
The black and white bracelet is black fabric (if I recall correctly it was felt) with white and black styrofoam sheets on top. Also, they’re covered in glitter! I got glitter all over my left hand throughout the day, whoops.
Had an amazing time at Saratoga Comic Con. Met James O’Barr the creator of my favorite comic/movie The Crow and Jim Lawson of TMNT fame. Can not wait for the next con!
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Hey there guys, gals and non-binary pals. Hope you’re all doing well and enjoying this amazingly nice weather coming our way…unless you live super far away from where I do…which is entirely possible, I guess. But anyway, I hope you’re all doing well. I’ve been busting my butt lately preparing for a ton of events, one of those being Saratoga Comic Con.
For those of you not in the know, Saratoga…
Hey all! Con was a lot of fun this year and I got to meet a couple of VAs (Roger Craig Smith & Jennie Kwan)! I was really happy to take photos with people in my Bridget cosplay and see what everyone else had.
THE HAUL
Zagreus and signed print
The prim is signed by Jennie Kwan and I’m hoping to slowly fill it out with more avatar VAs (quote says “I’m a warrior; but I’m a girl too.”)
Plague Doctor plush and wooden Korok pins from item get
MEETING PEOPLE
I was happy to be approached by a few people for photos, but I also got a few photos some cosplayers and Roger Craig Smith himself!
Heading to bed early since I gotta be up in about 3.5 hours to drive my roommate to the train station. Got work tomorrow and some cleaning to do around the house because I'm picking up a friend from the airport right after work on Thursday so I'll be hanging out with them a lot that evening.
I know it's a slim chance but if any mutuals are going to Saratoga Comic Con this weekend I'll be making the drive out on Friday! I already have an rp friend I'm hanging out with at some point during the con as well as my irl cosplay friends but if someone else happens to be going lemme know so we can try and meet up to say hi!
Anyway now I'm going to bed I'll be lurking on mobile till I pass out. Night all!
Framing and doing all of my last-minute prep for Saratoga this weekend! If you are in the area, come visit. I will be masked and 2x boosted and super-sanitized (and slightly anxious to be out and about, but I’m working on it). <3