This year there has been A TON of preparation and hype for our annual trip to Atlanta. Our party has grown from about 5 people to about 15. It will remain to be seen just how sane our group can stay throughout the whole weekend. We have a lot of friends joining us, some new friends, lots of siblings, and some parents. To say the least, we we probably be wondering around in more than a few groups.
This year is going to be special, because we will break our League of Legends costume record once again.We had a lot of fun in 2010 bringing LOL to Dragoncon, and being some of the first (I remember hearing that there were a couple of others representing, but we did not run into them), and in 2011 when LOL gained more momentum with the D*Con crowd and we met quite a few LOL cosplayers. This year we're ready to bring it again! We will have a classic Morgana (me!), classic Kennen, classic Veigar, classic Garen, Emo Amumu, Renegade Talon, Geisha Karma, Zilean, Brolaf, and a Tribal Ryze (upcycling my Ryze costume from 2010), and possibly a Sivir.
I had taken on making my own costume and Kennen's, as well as most of Veigar's. It. has. been. intense. As of right now I still have to put the feathers on my wings, seal some stuff with more glue, and finish sowing some patterns. There was a time this summer when I spent an entire week only watching The X-Files and designing/sowing/crafting. I was in a daze. (Those of you who will go to DragonCon will understand my X-Files marathon... Gillian Anderson will be there!) I got a lot fancier with my costuming techniques, and that means sowing. Most of what you will see has been sown together by my 15$ sowing machine I got from CVS. This is the first time I have ever used a sowing machine and I think I did pretty well with my designs considering it's all freestyled. I can't help but think WTF did I do before my sowing machine?! Did I really just glue the hell out of everything? I've also discovered the wonders of foam sheets. Seriously these things are SO versatile. I used them to make ears, armor, cloth bases, giant buckles, spikes... wtf did I do before foam?
Ok, ok, if you've made it this far you deserve a sneak peek!
2 comments:
Hi there, I was telling my friend about DragonCon and I brought up that I saw an amazing Morgana cosplay. I figured I could search the web and I'd surely find a picture of it and I eventually ended up on your blog. I'm pretty sure it was you, as I recognize the rounded bottom on the skirt.
First off, your costume was super impressive. Second, I was wondering if you could post a picture of the full costume.
Hey! The RIOT panel was so awesome, it was super fun being there, especially in costume. Check the new post for some of the pictures!
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