Cosplay Newbie

This post is very very overdue, but here is what transpired during Anime Boston! (all photos are mine unless credited otherwise. Don't forget to always ask permission to take someone's photo, and if you have a photo taken of you, credit the photographer and cosplayer!) Friday, March 25 2016. MAGI day! Photo: Photography by Amie E http://www.photographybyamiee.com This is Nerds with Needles! check out our FB group:https://www.facebook.com/nerdswithneedles/ Jen as Morgiana, Cat as Aladin, Amie as Judar and Nichole as Hukuryuu Nichole and I had a smooth flight on Jetblue, only a few bumps landing in the fog. It was so foggy the ground seemed to have come out of nowhere! We landed just before 5am, and we skipped getting coffee so that we could nap at the hotel. (Although the Dunkin at the airport called to us... Dunkin Donuts is still hard to find in Colorado. When I moved here in 2013 there was only one in Colorado Springs, now we have one in town!) A little after...

It is the night before the Con, and Nichole and I will be flying the red-eye flight to Boston from Denver Colorado. Will we be able to sleep on the plane? Will the plane be packed full of people? Will all of our carefully packed costumes make it in one piece?!?! Dun Dun DUNNNNNN! Our bags are packed, everything that can be done is finished, and hopefully we get a nap in before the flight! I had left out a few of my final touches to things in my previous blogs, so while I have some down time at work I will try and post all the missing details I had left out! Day one: Morgiana from Magi As mentioned before, Nichole made the dress for me, and it fits perfect! Here are some closeups of some of the accessories I made for Morgiana: Sandals: I had bought these cheap one size fits all roman sandals from Spirit if Halloween (LOVE that store) but the shoes ...they sucked. They would not stay on my feet, and even sewing the straps tighter did not keep them in place. So, I removed the...

As I posted in my first entry, FFX was a struggle for me as I had never played that particular game (though I do recall watching my brothers play Final Fantasy 7 when we were growing up). Luckily Cat suggested (at Nichole's plea for help because she could see I was getting frustrated- steam was probably coming out of my ears) that I cosplay a moogle. This was great because unlike the other two cosplays, I get to use a little creativity and add my own flair. I just needed a few things to make myself look moogle-like, and then I could do what I want from there. First, here is a moogle: What is a moogle? It's a creature that is summoned by the character Lulu. It will protect her in battle by kicking things. (I can kick things!) They look like a cross between a cat and a bat, and they mimic the moves that Lulu does. Photo credit: Bangbez on Deviant art As my best friend Nichole will be cosplaying Lulu, this works out as I get to mimic her all day. Anyways, to...