2012 SakuraCon SmallRiniLady Awards

Once again I'm back to present the SmallRiniLady awards for awesome costumes seen at SakuraCon. 

Awesome Human adaptation, the little create from Mahou Shouho Madoka Magica

2nd place for Human Adaptaion

Companion Cube

Best Prop.  Mario Kart

Kawaiiness.  Ok normally it's a little toddler who gets this award, but this year it's a worn out person who was bringing job to con goers dressed up as Kon from Bleach

Most Accurate: Evangelion Unit

Sexiest!  Look at that pokemon, it's got boobs!

Details:  I was amazed at the details put into this outfit, sorry dont konw what it's from

Best character acting:  Sorry this doesn't work as well without a video.  But this Beattlejuice had the perfect voice and walking style as he creeps around.

Hottest girl.  Yes she's hot because she's Sriracha Hot Sauce!

Found at Taco trucks and Pho places everywhere

Awesomeness:  Um I'm getting tired, pretend there's a category for this

Awesome non cosplay outfit:  She may not be cosplaying, but she totally fits into the scene with all the anime and video game characters running around.  I love that dress, I would wear it normally.

Best Makeup:  Chi ther persacon (computer in the form of a human) had streaks of white makeup to mimic the reflection of her plastic skin.  I was impressed

Me:  I thought I would throw in a picture of (1/7) of my cosplays so people knew who was voting.

More pictures taken by SmallRiniLady can be found here

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Tutorial - Chobits Persocom Ears

Persocom(from Chobits) Ears



Ingredient List

1. Pink Craft Foam
2. White Craft Foam
3. Hair Accessory
4. Glue (I’m using hot glue)
5. Iron

Directions
Directions
1)Fold a piece paper and cut out a template of the persocom’s ear from a front view. The crease
should be alone the ‘outside’ edge of the ear
2)Open it up and cut out two pieces from the white craft foam.





3)Iron the craft foam.
4)While it is soft and hot, quickly create the fold and hold it in place until it cools. Once cooled the foam should hold its shape. Pretty neat huh?


Pretty Example





5)Now cut out a pink strip has show here. Cutting the frays will help curve it correctly inside the piece.
6)Trim to size. Doesn’t it kinda look like sushi?




7) Glue
8) Place



9)Cut out circles for their ear embellishments. I use biscuit cutters to create a perfect circle imprint.
10)Glue on the ear embellishments. Even though they don’t have that pink piece that I’ve done here, I think it helps the embellishment stand out more


11)There are many ways to attach the ears using different hair accessories. It’s best to pick which accessory you are most comfortable with wearing for a long period of time.

• HeadBand – most popular because it will always guarantee that it is at the location of the ears. But the hairband is visible, and it’s uncomfortable to be place on top of the ears. If you go this route, use a thick headband (more comfortable on the ears) and cover it with a Lolita headpiece.
• HairClips – gives a more natural because the clips are hidden and can be clipped to the wig for stability. If clipping to fallen hair it won't be as secure.Can you imagine ears that shift several inches when the persocom is running?
• Hair ties - It’s pretty secure but again the shifting depending on the hair style. It also bunches the hair (which is fine for some looks but not all).

12) Yay, done

Tutorial - Chobits CHI Hair Ties

Chi's (from Chobits) Hair Ties

Ingredient List

1.  Pink Craft Foam
2.  White Craft Foam
3.  Four Hair Ties
4.  Glue (I’m using hot glue)

When cosplaying a cartoon character I like to

accent these details and oversize them just a bit and

exaggerate lines (like the outlining on a character). 

Directions

1) Cut a long thick strip of pink and two long thin strips of white.  I like the strips to be long enough for both hair pieces; this ensures that they are symmetrical.

2) Glue the white strips to the edges of the pink strip [I hope that was obvious without me telling you]

Oversize will make accessories more noticeable in photos. 

Even though they may not be accurate to the

millimeter, people will be more impressed with

the detail if they notice it.  But don’t let it get out of hand

3) Cut the single long strip in HALF.  Now you’ve got two separate hair pieces to work on

4) Glue the hair ties to the inside of the hair pieces.  The hair ties server several purposes. 

   a.The actual hair piece doesn’t actually have       to be sized for your hair,
   b.The hair ties will grip your hair, craft foam is too slippery anyways and would need constant adjustment to put back into place 
   c.The hair piece can be much wider than the hair that goes through giving it a floating look.  (see photo of the Code Geass TianZi cosplay photo below)
   d.Having multiple hair ties will ensure a backup if one breaks

Oversize items also make you look more like a chibi. 

5) Glue the ends of the strips together to form a cylinder.  When wearing this piece, try to turn
the finished ends towards your head so that spectators don’t get distracted by the edges.

6) Yay, done

 Chi isn’t the only one who wears these hair
ties.  Here’s another example Cosplay of
TianZi from Code Geass.  Instead of using
craft foam I used scraps from the dress and
sewed these together using the same idea.

Tune in Next Week for some Chi Ears