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Well, not that I update much on here, but I had a baby in February.
Of course family cosplay had to happen and so mote it be! I wracked my brains for ideas and ended up coming up with a couple and some friends helped me with others.
My husband and I debuted our first family cosplay as Alice Malvin and Randal Oland from Pumpkin Scissors (which is one of my favorite series) and our little one was the only baby in the entire show, Dieter. The amazing CT Graphy did a photo shoot with us at Colossalcon 2014. 60+ wonderful pictures to add the scrapbook!
Hope those who are interested like what they see! It was a blast and I couldn't be happier with the results!

So I went for a trip to the dark side...I chose a villain to cosplay.
Her name is Rosalia and she is from the hit anime series Sword Art Online.
I fell in love with her outfit and even though she is evil, one cannot help but admit that she is pretty smart.
She leads a guild for crying out loud, and it took people how long to realize that she was the mastermind? lol

Anywho, I started her in November 2012 in preparation for Katsucon 2013. I barely had her done in time regardless. xp
My armor unfortunately failed due to freak heat on the trip to the con. I tried to fix it with what little I had and it failed even more so.
Back to the drawing board!

Regardless, this cosplay made me happy. Despite the high slit and low cut neckline, this was probably one of my most comfiest cosplays to date.

Here is to hoping I can remake her armor and touch up the little things that I wasn't satisfied with soon!

I am a die hard Trinity Blood fan. That is no lie! But mainly I love Astha. She is the ultimate female character, my Holy Grail cosplay, and doing her justice is my ultimate goal.

I started this cosplay 3 years ago at least, it looked like crap back then, so no photos of that! It did win me an award at FYE but still, it was God awful.

I tried making it again last year and didn't have much luck-I used satin of all things, got the hat done, part of the staff, the sleeves, and boots, and a couple other things, but ended up getting sick when trying to finish the vinyl armor, coat, and styling the wig.

This year, 2012 I started over from scratch! I bought so many new cosplay making materials, such as Wonderflex, and learned so much via tutorials and my own trial and error processes.

I debuted Astha at Colossalcon in June. Armor failed, sash got torn off by overexuberant fan girl, and my contacts weren't the right color, but I was happy with it at that time. I love people's reactions more than getting awards in contests any day!

Second time I wore it I fixed the sash, added more details all around, and actually had the armor done and the right contacts. I won Novice Division Champion at Midoricon in September. My happiness was complete! My efforts had been recognized and respected!

Took this costume with me to Youmacon and ended up getting featured on a couple sites. People still recognize Trinity Blood (mainly for the ridiculous hats) it seems.

Slowly but surely Astharoshe is gaining popularity. I one day hope to be truly known for this costume above all the others I have or am in the process of making. But we shall see!

Hoping to bring her to Katsucon 2013 and then again to Colossalcon 2013 in full glory...time to get back to work! A true cosplay is never complete, it is always evolving, always in need of touch ups and repairs!