Japanese Gothic Lolita Shop

Now this is mine and Nomis sort of Camden :)

Cosplay Birthday

Louises big idea for her birthday this year was for everyone to go dressed as something beginning with "L" now that doesn't leave a lot of things to Cosplay as. But we were pretty imaginative.

Paul went as a Lemon...

...He actually hired this costume... why on earth any costume company would have one I just don't know. I think he asked them as a joke, and when they produced it was too embarrassed to say nah I'll try something else.

I went as a Lemming... nice and easy I thought... green wig and blue t-shirt :-) Louise went as Princess Leia from Star Wars

Nomi's costume was truly inspired tho... I jokingly said how about Leeloo from the Fifth Element... expecting her to say "that's a little risque isn't it?" Except she ran with it... the swift purchase of white bondage tape from an online shop and her costume was born (Well after an hour of me wrapping her in it). And here she is looking totally fantastic:

And a still from the film to compare it with:

Perfect... If a little chilly :-)

I can has cheezburger?

... Or in nomi's case she can haz... But minus the bun :(

Cosplay - More Photos

Here's the photo's of the other cosplayers at the convention:




Sophie from Howls Moving Castle has a shave from Sweeny



Howl and Sophie










Winner of the most revealing costume prize.

Love the Hellsing take on every Sperm is Sacred song.

xXx Factor

Just one last pose in the car park before packing up.

Sweeny Todd

Our stand was next door to the Manga Entertainment stand, so having to walk past his stall every time we wanted to get out we got to know the guy quite well.

Today he decided to join in the fun and cosplay himself, this is his wicked attempt at Sweeny Todd:




I fear Naomi's going to be a bleeder :-)



My sister has other ideas for someone dressed to look like Johnny Depp

Cosplay - Photos

Well the cosplay is well and truly over (in fact we've been in the bar drinking to it's health for several hours now). We didn't win a prize, but given the stiff competition I'm not at all surprised. I'll add a load of photo's (and perhaps a video) when I get home, so watch this space :-)

Here's the promised photo's:

Under Age Drinking

Naomi is living up to her cosplay character of Yūko Ichihara, and is teaching her Makona to drink Jagermeister and smoke:





Not quite sure I'm keen on the choice of cigarettes... menthol is hardly evil is it :-)

And he loves Guinness:

Suitably dark :-)

He also seems to like Smirnoff Ice too:



Despite the fact the RSPCA will have something to say about her Makana's drinking habits Naomi obviosuly loves him :-)

Cosplay - Video - Part 2

And finally the 2nd (And last) part of the cosplay.

Cosplay - Video - Part 1

Here goes the first part... stay tuned for more.

Cosplay - XXX Factor

Finally managed to upload the video.

Halloween Bioshock Cosplay

Thought this was a really cool costume:



Originally posted at a webcomic I usually read http://www.rpg-tv.com/

Halloween Cursed as Angels Gig

I love dressing up for Halloween, but this is the first time I've ever been to a gig at the same time. Paul insisted that we all dressed up (As he and the band were dressing up), suffice to say we didn't need persuading... me Lou and Nomi all being cosplay fans we decided to pull out all the stops. We managed a pretty damn good set of costumes given the limited time (And Funds).

Naomis costume was fantastic... especially the make up. I was really impressed how well it held up... in fact when she got back it took her ages to scrub it off. Lou pulled off a good all red devil. I dressed as an elegant vampire (All i needed was glasses, which i couldn't find). The fangs impressed Naomi :-) but not her neck ;-)

The guys all dressed up really well... difficult to know what to do that won't restrict playing an instrument.

The set was cool, with a rendition of the Ghostbusters theme going down a storm. Shame the set had to be rushed for the headline act Paralax to come on.

After the gig Paul was "dead" tired, so Louise decided to revive him




Paul then demonstrated that the only reliable way to stop Lou from nibbling your ear was to cut off an arm... kids never upset a man with a meat clever!




Me being the Gentleman Vampire was content to kiss my fair Lady's hand...



Well I had to try the fangs out didn't I :-)