Cosplay Wishlist

Making this post for two reasons, to track the amount of cosplays I wanna do, and also to share the characters I want to cosplay.

1. Nagisa Momoe from Madoka Magica Movie Rebellion

Me and a few friends are hoping to do a Madoka Magica cosplay group for Sunnycon next year, so this is the perfect chance for me to cosplay Nagisa :3 We're still looking for people to join so if by any chance you're going to Sunnycon in 2015 and wanna be a magical girl with us then please hmu!

2. Rikka Takanashi from Chuunibyou

Ever since I received my Rikka Azone doll from my last blog post I've been wanting to cosplay Rikka for real! Maybe not this coming year, I have so many cosplay plans Rikka can wait ;-;

3. Yu Narukami / Rise Kujikawa from Persona 4

My two favourite characters from Persona 4... though being a short female with boobs means the only version of Yu I can really cosplay (or feel comfortable cosplaying) is the cross dress version...

I wanna do it.

4. Nico Yazawa from Love Live

I've cosplayed Nico once before, but there's so many outfit choices for her, and tbh I feel as though I basically am Nico now, so I must cosplay her more! 

So for Sunnycon I will definitely be Nagisa Momoe, and for the other day of the convention I'll either be Nico or Yu (or maybe Rise idk)

Ahh I'm so indecisive! 

Ordering from a Japanese Shopping Service [Noppin]

People often use shopping services to buy from sites like Taobao, a Chinese shopping site similar to Ebay. A shopping service is simply a company which will order what you want to buy from a website or shop oversees that doesn't ship internationally, and for a percentage fee will ship it to you. I wanted a limited edition Rikka Takanashi Azone doll which was only sold on TBS Shop, a Japanese site, so I needed to find a Japanese shopping service to order it. I could find lots of information on services which enable you to buy from China (mainly for Taobao) but I couldn't find much on Japanese ones. I'm hoping to share some useful information for anyone in my situation in the future ^^

She isn't available on the TBS shop any more, but you may be able to find one on Ebay

Cosplay Prop Progress - Nico Yazawa Microphone

I wanted to make a prop to go with my Nico cosplay, so the obvious choice was her cat microphone from the second season! It doesn't look exactly perfect, but it's a neat little prop that will be good for photos~

I didn't take as many photos of the beginning process as I would have liked, so I'll try and explain as I go along. I started with a toilet roll tube and a polystyrene ball, I cut the tube up the side and taped it back together making it tapered towards the bottom. I then taped the ball on top to keep it in place.

 I then made ears out of tin foil by making triangle-ball shapes and indenting the middle using my fingernails, it took a while to get the size and shape I wanted, but then I taped them onto the ball. I then covered the whole thing in masking tape. I also added arms and a tail with rolled up tin foil covered in masking tape and taped in place.

 Then it was time for paper mache! I mixed PVA glue and water and pasted torn up newspaper onto it. I did about 2-3 layers, until it felt hard and sturdy enough.

 You can see the tail from this angle.

 Once it was ready I began to paint. I painted areas that were going to be a light colour in white first so the paint would stand out. I also painted the black.

 First coat of pink for the base, I changed the colour a lot to get it to look right.

 Ear and arm colour, I then painted the black again to neaten it up.

 I then painted the face and the mic was complete! Not too neat, but it'll do for photos!