Today started out with me feeling pretty lousy, lousy enough to take a sick day as it turned out. No sense in sharing my germs with the rest of my office. I slept a lot and eventually felt better, so I had a little time to work on my own projects before heading off to my daughter’s art show.
The wig for my Miho Tohya cosplay came last week, but I hadn’t had a chance to do much with it since then. Today I had a chance to see how everything went together and plan the next step. So far I’m pretty happy. It’s not perfect but I think it will be doable. Still worried a bit about whether people at Youmacon will recognize the character, but that’s just one of the risks of cosplay. At the very least I want it to look good.
So what’s left?
- shorten skirt
- cut and style wig, then add ribbons
- get pair of gray or purple tube socks
- fashion a camisole to better cover waist cincher hooks
- make choker
- buy eye makeup (shadow, mascara, eyeliner)
So there’s plenty left to do. I think one can get so obsessive with cosplay because every project is a long term one. Most cosplays take more than just a few days to plan and put together, if you want to do a good job. I remember that even my first abortive attempt at a Star Trek uniform took a couple of weeks to put together. And it never saw the light of day, thank God! Well actually it did see the light of day, but I had the good sense to immediately return home and change before anyone saw anything!