My most popular and well known costume is likely the Alexstrasza costume I wore for Blizzcon 2010. I will go over how I created this costume in brief detail in this blog.
After much research, I decided I would use craft foam as the base for my armor. There are many ways to deal with craft foam for armor, the general method is to craft the armor, back it with glue and cheese cloth, then coat the front of it with layers of glue and paint. I, however, opted for coating it with just floral paint. Floral paint is a gift to cosplayers. It doesn't melt foam like most paint, works on almost anything, is flexible, and dries in SECONDS.
I used a basic red craft foam, 3mm thick, for my costume's armor, and used sparkly gold and a light purple for the details. I had to be very careful in choosing the base foam, because the floral paint can only lighten or darken it so much and any scratching easily reveals the base foam if there is not a protective overcoat.
The first part I built of my costume was the chestpiece, as I assumed it would be most difficult. I started by making practice shapes for the chestpiece out of paper and taping them together until I found a pattern that fit like I wanted it to. I then traced this pattern onto a piece of the red craft foam and cut it out. With the pattern cut out, I taped it together using painter's tape, as not to damage the foam:
I put the glue I was using, Modge Podge, all along the seams and then cut out the side pieces of the chestpiece and attached them with tape and glue:
I then removed the tape when they were done drying and gave the outside a few coats of the floral paint I had chosen. After that, I cut out the gold detail from the sparkly gold craft foam. Luckily, the gold craft foam had an adhesive on one side, so I just stuck the pieces on and put glue around the edges:
I then extended the bottom of the chestpiece using more gold craft foam:
I brought this extension around the sides and connected the seams using more glue, then checked the fit. After checking the fit, I was able to determine where to attach the velcro I was going to be using. I layered glue and cheese cloth all along the underside of the chestpiece, then attached the velcro and let it all dry.
I took similar steps with the bottom. First, cutting out the base red shape and then attaching the gold detail. Then, finally, layering the cheesecloth and glue:
For the bracers, I found the shape I wanted, then cut them out and rolled them. Instead of trying to put cheese cloth and glue all along the side of the bracers, I took long strips and put them along the seam, so it would be reinforced. I also used these glue and cheese cloth layers to attach the handguards to the bracers.
The leg plates were simple, the only difficulty being the decor. However, I relied heavily on tracing already cut parts, so I found little issue with them. I did not line these completely with glue and cheese cloth, as they would be taking much less wear and tear.
For the finishing armor touches, I had to create purple "gems." I had wanted to buy or make three dimensional gems, but found those were out of my price range. Thus, I took purple craft foam and layered coats of various finger nail polishes on it until the cut gem shapes were shiny:
For her golden claws, I simply rolled little triangles of the gold craft foam and glued them together with glue and cheese cloth scraps, then taped them with painters tape and let them sit:
Alexstrasza has quite large horns, but, luckily, I made smaller horns before and found that upholstery foam is the perfect material. I carved two horns out of upholstery foam using scissors, then ran them through with a heavy gauge wire and bent them into shape. I then used black floral paint to color them and added gold craft foam for the decor.
For the finishing touches, I bought a red wig from ebay, made her necklace, headpiece and horn decor, and crafted two shoulder pads and strung a wire and the cloak material I both between them. The wire fit perfectly under my necklace, so they seemed to be magically attached to my shoulders!
Here is what the nearly finished product looked like all laid out:
I finally relaxed with a nice surprise meal a guildie got the pizza man to bring me! YAY! Thanks, Unkempt! <3 Mmmm... pepperoni and jalapeno...
I then bought a pair of purple gloves and a pair of purple leggings, got some fake fangs, finished the details and tossed it all together (about three hours before Blizzcon started) to get:
:D
And that is how I made my Alexstrasza costume. Any questions?
Edit:
Oh, yes, and here's a special video of my guild at Blizzcon! Please note that those fangs give me a lisp... :'( I swear, I don't hiss so much normally!!!
On July 06 2011 09:57 Risen wrote: Side note: was this the costume that got disqualified at blizzcon for being a little too showy?
Wow, I really didn't want to be the first to say it, at the risk of sounding all prudish and stereotypically Irish, but I had this typed and sitting in the post box:
That brassiere is scandalous, young lady.
Could you not have dressed as someone wearing a nice corset, or perhaps a bustier?
On July 06 2011 09:57 Risen wrote: Nice to see how much effort goes into this kind of thing, I'd never be able to do this kind of thing.
Side note: was this the costume that got disqualified at blizzcon for being a little too showy?
No.
O.o;
The only restrictions on Blizzcon costumes are:
1) No exposed privates/breasts 2) Cannot be bigger than 7ft tall (so the Illidan who won should have been disqualified) 3) You can't be a sponsor or paid floor person (so the female monk who won should have been disqualified)
:/
Blizzard really doesn't enforce their own rules to the contest, so I wonder why they have some of them...
On July 06 2011 09:57 Risen wrote: Side note: was this the costume that got disqualified at blizzcon for being a little too showy?
Wow, I really didn't want to be the first to say it, at the risk of sounding all prudish and stereotypically Irish, but I had this typed and sitting in the post box:
That brassiere is scandalous, young lady.
Could you not have dressed as someone wearing a nice corset, or perhaps a bustier?
On July 06 2011 09:57 Risen wrote: Nice to see how much effort goes into this kind of thing, I'd never be able to do this kind of thing.
Side note: was this the costume that got disqualified at blizzcon for being a little too showy?
No.
O.o;
The only restrictions on Blizzcon costumes are:
1) No exposed privates/breasts 2) Cannot be bigger than 7ft tall (so the Illidan who won should have been disqualified) 3) You can't be a sponsor or paid floor person (so the female monk who won should have been disqualified)
:/
Blizzard really doesn't enforce their own rules to the contest, so I wonder why they have some of them...
So, what basically you're suggesting is that since rules 2 and 3 were broken, technically they might let rule 1 slide?
On July 06 2011 09:57 Risen wrote: Nice to see how much effort goes into this kind of thing, I'd never be able to do this kind of thing.
Side note: was this the costume that got disqualified at blizzcon for being a little too showy?
No.
O.o;
The only restrictions on Blizzcon costumes are:
1) No exposed privates/breasts 2) Cannot be bigger than 7ft tall (so the Illidan who won should have been disqualified) 3) You can't be a sponsor or paid floor person (so the female monk who won should have been disqualified)
:/
Blizzard really doesn't enforce their own rules to the contest, so I wonder why they have some of them...
So, what basically you're suggesting is that since rules 2 and 3 were broken, technically they might let rule 1 slide?
Looking forward to your costume next year!
EEP!
No, I'm not suggesting that at all! :'(
Actually, that isn't even a written rule, I just wrote it as an assumption! But all of my bits were covered! I promise!!!
On July 06 2011 09:57 Risen wrote: Nice to see how much effort goes into this kind of thing, I'd never be able to do this kind of thing.
Side note: was this the costume that got disqualified at blizzcon for being a little too showy?
No.
O.o;
The only restrictions on Blizzcon costumes are:
1) No exposed privates/breasts 2) Cannot be bigger than 7ft tall (so the Illidan who won should have been disqualified) 3) You can't be a sponsor or paid floor person (so the female monk who won should have been disqualified)
:/
Blizzard really doesn't enforce their own rules to the contest, so I wonder why they have some of them...
So, what basically you're suggesting is that since rules 2 and 3 were broken, technically they might let rule 1 slide?
Looking forward to your costume next year!
Bahahahaha. Spat out my water.
Also SirJolt that gif was fucking hilarious.
I haven't put a whole lot of effort into any costumes I've done. I've done easymode stuff before. I started on a project making my own set of scalemail armor and I could probably do a write up of that but I want to actually finish it first...
It's such an old project I don't remember the character I was trying to replicate. Rofl.
The costume is so revealing that the whole 'cute girl wearing very little' factor really detracts from any 'sweet costume' factor there may be. Is this something you'd like to avoid, or something you enjoy? Either way, the costume is very cool. ;P
On July 06 2011 10:31 numLoCK wrote: The costume is so revealing that the whole 'cute girl wearing very little' factor really detracts from any 'sweet costume' factor there may be. Is this something you'd like to avoid, or something you enjoy? Either way, the costume is very cool. ;P
I picked Alexstrasza because she's a badass and a dragon. I really didn't take her costume into account much, it's all about the character to me! If you check out my costume blog, you can see that my choices vary greatly: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?id=221250
Usually I come for the comments, but I found the cosplay to be quite good. It looked nondescript in the production photos but great under the lights. Worlds better than the "druid" costume. However, if I possessed skin as pale as yours I would be deathly afraid of bursting into flame under direct sunlight.
On July 06 2011 18:10 Fontong wrote: Usually I come for the comments, but I found the cosplay to be quite good. It looked nondescript in the production photos but great under the lights. Worlds better than the "druid" costume. However, if I possessed skin as pale as yours I would be deathly afraid of bursting into flame under direct sunlight.
I'm actually quite tan, but thanks for your concern.
On July 06 2011 22:52 Inkarnate wrote: I think you made it that revealing on purpose so you make all the nerds nervous so you can get free stuff from them like that pizza. Good plan IMO.
Haha, if only! I would take good food over almost any other gift. Food is definitely the way to my heart. Mmm, especially spicy food!
That pizza was strictly plutonically given, though, which is fine by me!
On July 06 2011 18:10 Fontong wrote: Usually I come for the comments, but I found the cosplay to be quite good. It looked nondescript in the production photos but great under the lights. Worlds better than the "druid" costume. However, if I possessed skin as pale as yours I would be deathly afraid of bursting into flame under direct sunlight.
I'm actually quite tan, but thanks for your concern.
I guess this is why ballroom dancers wear tanner when we compete.
On July 07 2011 01:19 Zorkmid wrote: These blogs usually become much more hilarious than this one has so far.
Someone say something funny!
Riku's a smart, beautiful girl with a sultry voice. Plus an excellent writer to boot.
Edit: So not every one of her blogs needs humour.
wait wat
you didnt edit your post lol
In website feedback, Rich just announced that posts and edits occur instantly. Because of this, the edit message usually found in the bottom right has been a little wonky. In IRC, Rich said a vestigal remnant of TL.net's forum code was that the edit message required a delay to trigger it. Now that's there's no delay, it sometimes bugs. Mostly when you post from a mobile device.
It's a known bug, though, so there's no need to report it. And frankly Rich is so quick he'll probably fix it a couple of hours after this post.
omg this video so reminded me of "the guild" x.X i mean, i know wow guys are weird, but that this actually occurs in real life SO SIMILAR to the show surprises me x) how can i still be surprised by the internet?
On July 07 2011 03:50 MisterD wrote: omg this video so reminded me of "the guild" x.X i mean, i know wow guys are weird, but that this actually occurs in real life SO SIMILAR to the show surprises me x) how can i still be surprised by the internet?
It's almost like that show is eerily based on reality. All guilds have stupid irl issues.
I would just like to express my disgust with this blog. I opened this up with my 10 year old son sitting next to me only to find your vagina hanging out. I assumed it was safe since there is no NSFW tag or similar and this site is fairly family friendly (been a long time lurker). I find this highly innapropriate. For god sakes at least spoiler your vagina pic.
I understand you like attention from nerds but there are other sites to post your goodies. We need more girls like NeverGG and less strippers.
On July 07 2011 09:39 duckyduck wrote: I would just like to express my disgust with this blog. I opened this up with my 10 year old son sitting next to me only to find your vagina hanging out. I assumed it was safe since there is no NSFW tag or similar and this site is fairly family friendly (been a long time lurker). I find this highly innapropriate. For god sakes at least spoiler your vagina pic.
I understand you like attention from nerds but there are other sites to post your goodies.
On July 07 2011 09:39 duckyduck wrote: I would just like to express my disgust with this blog. I opened this up with my 10 year old son sitting next to me only to find your vagina hanging out. I assumed it was safe since there is no NSFW tag or similar and this site is fairly family friendly (been a long time lurker). I find this highly innapropriate. For god sakes at least spoiler your vagina pic.
I understand you like attention from nerds but there are other sites to post your goodies. We need more girls like NeverGG and less strippers.
So you opened up a blog titled the name of a character (and her costume) who is often scantily clad and was disgusted that you indeed did find a picture of a scantily clad person much like the aforementioned character?
On July 07 2011 00:45 Slayer91 wrote: Can you help people around here by letting them know how they can order you a non-platonic pizza? Ship it with a dildo in it or something? o.O
On July 06 2011 18:10 Fontong wrote: Usually I come for the comments, but I found the cosplay to be quite good. It looked nondescript in the production photos but great under the lights. Worlds better than the "druid" costume. However, if I possessed skin as pale as yours I would be deathly afraid of bursting into flame under direct sunlight.
I'm actually quite tan, but thanks for your concern.
I guess this is why ballroom dancers wear tanner when we compete.
Haha, likely. I love how at the end of the school year you can tell who's on the ballroom team by who mysteriously turns orange!
On July 07 2011 03:50 MisterD wrote: omg this video so reminded me of "the guild" x.X i mean, i know wow guys are weird, but that this actually occurs in real life SO SIMILAR to the show surprises me x) how can i still be surprised by the internet?
Truthfully, I really don't like "The Guild" that much, I think it is all based on stereotypes and really misses the awesomeness and true hilarity that happens in a real guild. I haven't watched a ton of it, though.
On July 07 2011 09:57 Lysenko wrote:
When the previously banned users start trolling in your blog, you know you've hit the TL big time.
On July 07 2011 09:39 duckyduck wrote: I would just like to express my disgust with this blog. I opened this up with my 10 year old son sitting next to me only to find your vagina hanging out. I assumed it was safe since there is no NSFW tag or similar and this site is fairly family friendly (been a long time lurker). I find this highly innapropriate. For god sakes at least spoiler your vagina pic.
I understand you like attention from nerds but there are other sites to post your goodies. We need more girls like NeverGG and less strippers.
On July 07 2011 16:41 Vei wrote: boy oh boy was my dad mad when he clicked this thread! i liked it though... i wish he would stop drinking... i miss you mom
:/
He clicked this thread?
Scrolled through the thread and realized I had no idea what Riku (or many people's) voices were. I assigned Riku a voice based on what I thought her personality was and it turned out to be so wrong.
On July 07 2011 17:02 shannn wrote: I read the OP and somehow I assumed you won the contest but from reading the comments (you didn't :S)?
Do you still play WoW? (answer carefully here!!! )
Are you going to do another costume this year (I would suggest Artanis )?
Making paper costumes is not my thing I'd have just payed someone else to make it xD
I still have an active account, but I haven't logged on in over 2 weeks.
On July 07 2011 17:47 Empyrean wrote: God people are assholes on the internet :/
:/
You're telling me. I'm glad I didn't do that cosplay until this last year. I think I would have had serious depression problems from all of the negative comments I've heard about myself. Still, a lot of them sit with me poorly and don't exactly make me feel great. I've been trolled enough to not care enough to let it really hurt me, though. I don't even think they made me cry, or maybe only made me cry once.
Truthfully, the cut and color is extremely unflattering, so it makes me look pale and oddly shaped in most photos.
Kruller That's creepy "I can see your vagina" Alexstrasza from Blizzcon last year, I believe.
Action-Bastard Her "name" is Rikukitty (RikkuKitty?) and she does alot of attention-whoring on forums and other sites.
Geisladisk You shouldn't, she is unhealthily thin. Also, the vast majority of men don't find that particularly attractive.
SammyWhereAreYou Yeah, I just showed those photos to my husband to get the male perspective and he just made a face and said "gross."
Psalmanazar She's pretty.
Pretty androgynous, that is.
I remember seeing some of those pictures earlier too. They didn't have many positive comments. Some of it might sound harsh, but if I said you looked good in that costume I'd be lying. Haters gonna hate etc. just learn from your mistakes and make an even better costume next time.
I dunno what some of these guys are thinking, but personally I think you look very attractive in that costume. After looking at the initial character I can find very few large differences and that feels pretty impressive to me.
On July 07 2011 16:41 Vei wrote: boy oh boy was my dad mad when he clicked this thread! i liked it though... i wish he would stop drinking... i miss you mom
Kruller That's creepy "I can see your vagina" Alexstrasza from Blizzcon last year, I believe.
Action-Bastard Her "name" is Rikukitty (RikkuKitty?) and she does alot of attention-whoring on forums and other sites.
Geisladisk You shouldn't, she is unhealthily thin. Also, the vast majority of men don't find that particularly attractive.
SammyWhereAreYou Yeah, I just showed those photos to my husband to get the male perspective and he just made a face and said "gross."
Psalmanazar She's pretty.
Pretty androgynous, that is.
I remember seeing some of those pictures earlier too. They didn't have many positive comments. Some of it might sound harsh, but if I said you looked good in that costume I'd be lying. Haters gonna hate etc. just learn from your mistakes and make an even better costume next time.
I think I look just fine in the first picture. :/ But... thanks...
On July 07 2011 20:36 HuskyMUDKIPZ wrote: I dunno what some of these guys are thinking, but personally I think you look very attractive in that costume. After looking at the initial character I can find very few large differences and that feels pretty impressive to me.
Haha, thanks and, well, what large differences did you see? I should fix those!
Kruller That's creepy "I can see your vagina" Alexstrasza from Blizzcon last year, I believe.
Action-Bastard Her "name" is Rikukitty (RikkuKitty?) and she does alot of attention-whoring on forums and other sites.
Geisladisk You shouldn't, she is unhealthily thin. Also, the vast majority of men don't find that particularly attractive.
SammyWhereAreYou Yeah, I just showed those photos to my husband to get the male perspective and he just made a face and said "gross."
Psalmanazar She's pretty.
Pretty androgynous, that is.
I remember seeing some of those pictures earlier too. They didn't have many positive comments. Some of it might sound harsh, but if I said you looked good in that costume I'd be lying. Haters gonna hate etc. just learn from your mistakes and make an even better costume next time.
I think I look just fine in the first picture. :/ But... thanks...
On July 07 2011 20:36 HuskyMUDKIPZ wrote: I dunno what some of these guys are thinking, but personally I think you look very attractive in that costume. After looking at the initial character I can find very few large differences and that feels pretty impressive to me.
Haha, thanks and, well, what large differences did you see? I should fix those!
No material under the gauntlets past the end flaring part. On the hips near the midsection the small curves are not as exaggerated as they should be.
Those are two that I can remember without having to look back ^^
looks good imo. I always liked alexstrasza too, her dragon form is so sick even in game (so often they have disappointed me when it comes to dragons in the game)
and I find it funny that some people are shocked/surprised that in cosplay you sometimes show a little more than the usual.
On July 07 2011 21:25 onlinerobbe wrote: looks good imo. I always liked alexstrasza too, her dragon form is so sick even in game (so often they have disappointed me when it comes to dragons in the game)
and I find it funny that some people are shocked/surprised that in cosplay you sometimes show a little more than the usual.
nice work, good effort and you had fun so... .
All I can say is anime conventions =/= gaming conventions.
While I don't disagree really that you come off as being a bit of an attention whore, I'm curious why people talk about that like it's a bad thing. We all have ego's, and we all like them stroked. Anybody trying to insult you by calling you an attention whore is just jealous that they're so much less successful at it.
And possibly jealous that they can't look like that in that costume.
There's no shame in combining your hobbies in a way that makes you feel good about yourself, there's tons of shame in trying to make other people feel bad about themselves because you do.
So ignore the whiners.
Oh, and I think it's funny that people would react all shocked that an Alexstraza costume would be slightly revealing... if it isn't you kinda did it wrong.
On July 08 2011 01:13 JingleHell wrote: While I don't disagree really that you come off as being a bit of an attention whore, I'm curious why people talk about that like it's a bad thing. We all have ego's, and we all like them stroked. Anybody trying to insult you by calling you an attention whore is just jealous that they're so much less successful at it.
And possibly jealous that they can't look like that in that costume.
There's no shame in combining your hobbies in a way that makes you feel good about yourself, there's tons of shame in trying to make other people feel bad about themselves because you do.
So ignore the whiners.
Oh, and I think it's funny that people would react all shocked that an Alexstraza costume would be slightly revealing... if it isn't you kinda did it wrong.
Haha, thanks for your support. :/ While I appreciate the comments and discussions, one of the main reasons I have this as a public blog and not a private journal is to give me extra motivation to keep writing! Nothing like getting angry PMs to guilt me into keeping up my promise!
On July 08 2011 01:13 JingleHell wrote: While I don't disagree really that you come off as being a bit of an attention whore, I'm curious why people talk about that like it's a bad thing. We all have ego's, and we all like them stroked. Anybody trying to insult you by calling you an attention whore is just jealous that they're so much less successful at it.
And possibly jealous that they can't look like that in that costume.
There's no shame in combining your hobbies in a way that makes you feel good about yourself, there's tons of shame in trying to make other people feel bad about themselves because you do.
So ignore the whiners.
Oh, and I think it's funny that people would react all shocked that an Alexstraza costume would be slightly revealing... if it isn't you kinda did it wrong.
Haha, thanks for your support. :/ While I appreciate the comments and discussions, one of the main reasons I have this as a public blog and not a private journal is to give me extra motivation to keep writing! Nothing like getting angry PMs to guilt me into keeping up my promise!
On that note you are falling way behind on the daily blog goal...
Oh, and I think it's funny that people would react all shocked that an Alexstraza costume would be slightly revealing... if it isn't you kinda did it wrong.
Hey man, not everyone knows who Alexstraza is. Hell, I only knew the character by name since I never got into WoW and the image of her I had in my head was not scantily clad.
However, to anyone who thought the pictures too revealing, let this be a lesson to you: RESEARCH!
Oh, and I think it's funny that people would react all shocked that an Alexstraza costume would be slightly revealing... if it isn't you kinda did it wrong.
Hey man, not everyone knows who Alexstraza is. Hell, I only knew the character by name since I never got into WoW and the image of her I had in my head was not scantily clad.
However, to anyone who thought the pictures too revealing, let this be a lesson to you: RESEARCH!
What female video game character isn't scantily clad nowadays?
For reference: http://imgur.com/lMmIo (pic is the evolution of a female character from the Soul Caliber series over the years)
On July 08 2011 13:46 BloodNinja wrote: What female video game character isn't scantily clad nowadays?
For reference: http://imgur.com/lMmIo (pic is the evolution of a female character from the Soul Caliber series over the years)
Hmmm, I'd say that female character is not less scantily clad, just that her ever increasing breasts have stretched the fabric rendering it incapable of complete coverage.
Oh, and I think it's funny that people would react all shocked that an Alexstraza costume would be slightly revealing... if it isn't you kinda did it wrong.
Hey man, not everyone knows who Alexstraza is. Hell, I only knew the character by name since I never got into WoW and the image of her I had in my head was not scantily clad.
However, to anyone who thought the pictures too revealing, let this be a lesson to you: RESEARCH!
What female video game character isn't scantily clad nowadays?
For reference: http://imgur.com/lMmIo (pic is the evolution of a female character from the Soul Caliber series over the years)
If you don't know who Alexstraza is, you may not even realize it's a female.
Plus, not a whole lot of characters, I guess, but the point still stands.
I always found females in the nerd culture a hilarious phenomenon. Obviously they aren't as common as males in said culture but I find the reaction men have to "nerdy" women is just about the most amusing thing ever.
Over 5 years of playing WoW from beta to just after Ulduar came out(and was subsequently lolcleared in 18 fucking hours after release) I probably ran into 8 different women that raided with our core group and the reactions would almost always be divided into two groups.
The groupies, who would suck up and do ANYTHING to get female attention.
The assholes, who would all but crucify anything the girl did that drew attention to herself, regardless if it was just something someone would do if they fit it or not in an effort not to appear a groupie.
In the end they all universally wanted to be treated like well...another human being.
Regardless Alexstrasza is a hard costume to do properly and I commend the effort you put into making the outfit. Decent cosplay is hard to find, especially in America and you didn't do a bad job at all. Fun fact about the scantily "cladness" of the costume...Alexstrasza in the Wrath Beta was much more covered...and looked like a blood elf warlock.
When guys give cosplay/gamer girls or the like shit, it's because they're salty they can't tap said cosplay/gamer girls and that they themselves can't get attention. And guys who deny this are literally fooling themselves. Amazing, I know.
I always found females in the nerd culture a hilarious phenomenon. Obviously they aren't as common as males in said culture but I find the reaction men have to "nerdy" women is just about the most amusing thing ever.
Over 5 years of playing WoW from beta to just after Ulduar came out(and was subsequently lolcleared in 18 fucking hours after release) I probably ran into 8 different women that raided with our core group and the reactions would almost always be divided into two groups.
The groupies, who would suck up and do ANYTHING to get female attention.
The assholes, who would all but crucify anything the girl did that drew attention to herself, regardless if it was just something someone would do if they fit it or not in an effort not to appear a groupie.
In the end they all universally wanted to be treated like well...another human being.
Regardless Alexstrasza is a hard costume to do properly and I commend the effort you put into making the outfit. Decent cosplay is hard to find, especially in America and you didn't do a bad job at all. Fun fact about the scantily "cladness" of the costume...Alexstrasza in the Wrath Beta was much more covered...and looked like a blood elf warlock.
On July 08 2011 01:13 JingleHell wrote: While I don't disagree really that you come off as being a bit of an attention whore, I'm curious why people talk about that like it's a bad thing. We all have ego's, and we all like them stroked. Anybody trying to insult you by calling you an attention whore is just jealous that they're so much less successful at it.
And possibly jealous that they can't look like that in that costume.
There's no shame in combining your hobbies in a way that makes you feel good about yourself, there's tons of shame in trying to make other people feel bad about themselves because you do.
So ignore the whiners.
Oh, and I think it's funny that people would react all shocked that an Alexstraza costume would be slightly revealing... if it isn't you kinda did it wrong.
Haha, thanks for your support. :/ While I appreciate the comments and discussions, one of the main reasons I have this as a public blog and not a private journal is to give me extra motivation to keep writing! Nothing like getting angry PMs to guilt me into keeping up my promise!
On that note you are falling way behind on the daily blog goal...
That is very true, but I get up for work at 4:15am and get home from work around 6pm, which leaves me beyond exhausted and generally brain dead.
Oh, and I think it's funny that people would react all shocked that an Alexstraza costume would be slightly revealing... if it isn't you kinda did it wrong.
Hey man, not everyone knows who Alexstraza is. Hell, I only knew the character by name since I never got into WoW and the image of her I had in my head was not scantily clad.
However, to anyone who thought the pictures too revealing, let this be a lesson to you: RESEARCH!
Well, I can't believe anyone would be surprised by the photos at the end of my blog, since the ENTIRE BLOG is about how to make that outfit. It's not like I was hiding what the outfit was to suddenly surprise people at the end. I believe it's pretty clear how much coverage the costume is going to have, especially the chest piece and bottoms.
On July 08 2011 14:22 Jayme wrote: I always found females in the nerd culture a hilarious phenomenon. Obviously they aren't as common as males in said culture but I find the reaction men have to "nerdy" women is just about the most amusing thing ever.
Over 5 years of playing WoW from beta to just after Ulduar came out(and was subsequently lolcleared in 18 fucking hours after release) I probably ran into 8 different women that raided with our core group and the reactions would almost always be divided into two groups.
The groupies, who would suck up and do ANYTHING to get female attention.
The assholes, who would all but crucify anything the girl did that drew attention to herself, regardless if it was just something someone would do if they fit it or not in an effort not to appear a groupie.
In the end they all universally wanted to be treated like well...another human being.
Regardless Alexstrasza is a hard costume to do properly and I commend the effort you put into making the outfit. Decent cosplay is hard to find, especially in America and you didn't do a bad job at all. Fun fact about the scantily "cladness" of the costume...Alexstrasza in the Wrath Beta was much more covered...and looked like a blood elf warlock.
The best thing I ever found was my guild. They don't give a shit if you're male or female, and they'll treat everyone almost exactly the same. Truthfully, I generally avoid telling people my gender on WoW, because I hate being treated awkwardly when someone can't deal with there being boobs on the other side of the internet.
I vaguely remember masturbating to the blizzcon costume contest, making it the second time I've ever gotten aroused from a blizzard event (first being the female dwarf dance).
On July 12 2011 18:40 Avi-Love wrote: I vaguely remember masturbating to the blizzcon costume contest, making it the second time I've ever gotten aroused from a blizzard event (first being the female dwarf dance).
On July 12 2011 18:40 Avi-Love wrote: I vaguely remember masturbating to the blizzcon costume contest, making it the second time I've ever gotten aroused from a blizzard event (first being the female dwarf dance).
high five!
Avi-Love tells it like it is.
Cool Costume. Can't wait to see what you do at Blizzcon 2011. You should go Starcraft this time!
I always found females in the nerd culture a hilarious phenomenon. Obviously they aren't as common as males in said culture but I find the reaction men have to "nerdy" women is just about the most amusing thing ever.
Over 5 years of playing WoW from beta to just after Ulduar came out(and was subsequently lolcleared in 18 fucking hours after release) I probably ran into 8 different women that raided with our core group and the reactions would almost always be divided into two groups.
The groupies, who would suck up and do ANYTHING to get female attention.
The assholes, who would all but crucify anything the girl did that drew attention to herself, regardless if it was just something someone would do if they fit it or not in an effort not to appear a groupie.
In the end they all universally wanted to be treated like well...another human being.
Regardless Alexstrasza is a hard costume to do properly and I commend the effort you put into making the outfit. Decent cosplay is hard to find, especially in America and you didn't do a bad job at all. Fun fact about the scantily "cladness" of the costume...Alexstrasza in the Wrath Beta was much more covered...and looked like a blood elf warlock.
hey don't bash ulduar! it was the best instance in wrath (hard modes ofc) D:
Oh. I actually read this wrong but when I quoted you I saw my mistake. I thought you said it was the best instance since release. Dunno where I pull that out of.
However, I'll post it anyways, Kara was totally the coolest instance ever. Only place in the entire game that I unmute the sound+music.
On July 07 2011 09:39 duckyduck wrote: I would just like to express my disgust with this blog. I opened this up with my 10 year old son sitting next to me only to find your vagina hanging out. I assumed it was safe since there is no NSFW tag or similar and this site is fairly family friendly (been a long time lurker). I find this highly innapropriate. For god sakes at least spoiler your vagina pic.
I understand you like attention from nerds but there are other sites to post your goodies. We need more girls like NeverGG and less strippers.
To be honest, I agree with this guy. You say that that girls wear more revealing bathing suits all the time, but I don't think that's true. Tops, yes, but not bottoms. Maybe the problem was the material and the fit. I imagine it was hard to keep it from slipping.
I give you props for the creativity of fashioning a costume like this, but you should have given yourself more room for error on the bottom half.
Oh, and I think it's funny that people would react all shocked that an Alexstraza costume would be slightly revealing... if it isn't you kinda did it wrong.
Hey man, not everyone knows who Alexstraza is. Hell, I only knew the character by name since I never got into WoW and the image of her I had in my head was not scantily clad.
However, to anyone who thought the pictures too revealing, let this be a lesson to you: RESEARCH!
What female video game character isn't scantily clad nowadays?
For reference: http://imgur.com/lMmIo (pic is the evolution of a female character from the Soul Caliber series over the years)
lmao at breasts are roughly larger than size of head line
On July 07 2011 09:39 duckyduck wrote: I would just like to express my disgust with this blog. I opened this up with my 10 year old son sitting next to me only to find your vagina hanging out. I assumed it was safe since there is no NSFW tag or similar and this site is fairly family friendly (been a long time lurker). I find this highly innapropriate. For god sakes at least spoiler your vagina pic.
I understand you like attention from nerds but there are other sites to post your goodies. We need more girls like NeverGG and less strippers.
User was banned for this post.
This is perhaps the greatest troll post ever written.....
On July 12 2011 18:40 Avi-Love wrote: I vaguely remember masturbating to the blizzcon costume contest, making it the second time I've ever gotten aroused from a blizzard event (first being the female dwarf dance).
high five!
Avi-Love? Didn't you play seriously good Brood War? What have you been up to?!?
On July 12 2011 18:40 Avi-Love wrote: I vaguely remember masturbating to the blizzcon costume contest, making it the second time I've ever gotten aroused from a blizzard event (first being the female dwarf dance).
high five!
Avi-Love? Didn't you play seriously good Brood War? What have you been up to?!?
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Pretty much perfect. Quality cosplay is so rare in the West
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