Cosplay Chamber

 Hi everyone! This is probably one of my biggest builds yet. I've wanted to tackle something like this for a while! I'm super nervous, but also excited about the cosplay costume and prop! AAAH! The character is Y'shtola Rhul from Final Fantasy XIV (Shadowbringers). I'll try to get this done for winter cons. :3  Here she is! ❤ This is going to be a huge build, so these progress posts will be coming in parts. Not sure how many, but probably too many. We start from wig styling, since that's the easiest. We'll also drop a makeup test here while we're at it. The base wig I used was this super long, super platinum blonde wig with bangs I bought it some time ago for Hermione from Azur Lane. It looked silver/white on screen, but is actually blonde and that bothered me, so I scrapped Hermione and was left wondering what to do. I decided to keep the wig and now I'm glad I did! I had to take a lot of length off before getting anywhere though. This the length I cut ...

 Hi everynyan! :3 I attended Nekocon this year for the first time ever! :D It was held in a familiar place though, this being Musiikkikeskus (+Lumit) in Kuopio (15.-16.7.2023). Last time I set my foot there was Animecon way back when. This years theme in Nekocon was nostalgia, which was very fitting in so many ways. Walking around the con area was a trip down to memory lane. My journey to Kuopio started on Friday, traveling with my bf Dongrieg  once again. We woke up pretty early and started our 5-ish hour drive. She's safe and sound :3 On arrival we had a few hours to kill before we could get con tickets and set ourselves in mattress accommodation the convention provided for a small price. It was very nice and cool of them to arrange it this way. Traveling, getting tickets, settling sleeping arrangements and getting into cosplay all at the first day of con is very overwhelming experience, so being able to do some things a day earlier makes things easier. For those few hours w...