Alright, so I was trying to figure out how to embed this video from my friend's blog, but I just woke up and can't really be arsed to do it! :D
But this is a moment during this past AnimeFest that, well, had us both stunned dying of laughter.
I'm the Harley Quinn, one of my best friends is the Poison Ivy, and her boyfriend is Tony Stark.
You'll have to follow the link, and the good party is around 35 seconds in.

http://netslums.posterous.com/threw-out-the-day-3


I don't know if it was so damn funny because we were so damn tired, or if it just was. But they were adressing me as Harvey for the remainder of the con

Obsessed? Nahhh

Winter Harley Quinn

So, I had plans to make this cosplay myself sometime in the near future, as I'm trying to get better at sewing/SFX Makeup and the like.
But when I saw that my favorite seamstress (Holly Messinger) was putting the coat up for sale, I couldn't help myself, I had to commission it from her. I'll be making the pants, belt and bootcovers for the rest of the cosplay this month.

Filler pictures!

WOW. I have been so busy with my job. :[ I apologize for not posting. I'm currently in the middle of an eleven day, 9 hour a day chunk of work. I will never work in retail again after this job, holy cow. At least the overtime will be nice!
Anyway, as I'm on my break at work, I figured I'd just post a few pictures of the Christmas Morning Harley Quinn that I put together for YuleCon last month. Hopefully they won't be too large, I'm at the Apple Store and can't figure out how to resize. P: Sue me, I'm tired!

Okay, the apple store employees are beginning to look at me funny, so I guess that's all from me! I have more pictures of the outfit on my deviantart, if anyone is interested in seeing more. :] 

Busy busy busy

Sorry for the very late post. It feels like I've been running around nonstop for the past few weeks. :/
I didn't get very many pictures of the Witch//Smoker/Hunter costumes I made for Halloween. Practially no one else was dressed up at the party we went to (Juno, and Scott Pilgrim... Wow. There was a Cleopatra, though. ), so we ended up taking a good chunk off about 20 minutes in.

Here's the best I could find of the Smoker (my boyfriend). Granted its after we took off a lot of boils and the quick makeup job wore off. Ah well.

As for the Hunter, didn't get a chance to do anything with the hands aside from put on the claws, didn't get to grunge up the duct tape at all, and my friend didn't really feel like putting on the gouged out eye appliances, so. I plan on wearing this costume at a con this weekend, and I won't be rushed OR doing three makeup jobs.

So, thats that. No pictures of me, because MY costume was about 60% done, and there are a total of two pictures with me in them. Both of which are blurry.

This was a test run for a Halloween party, so I'm not too upset with myself. But I will be revamping a lot about all three costumes for cons.

Greasepaint and giggles

My main cosplay is Harley Quinn, and I get asked "how do you get your white so smooth and opaque?" pretty frequently. So I've decided to post cliffnotes to my makeup routine for any aspiring Quinn cosplayers. :)
I used to get makeup ALL over my cowl before I learned how to do my makeup properly. You have to set it with powder, but I don't mean just lightly dusting with a bit, you need to pack it in. It always best to run your finger over your face to check. Even when you think it may be too much, its not. At least for me, heh. I tend to use Bloody Mary White Heat.

First, I pull my hair up into pigtails where the liliripes would be and put them into half-buns. I've got long, thick hair, so the wig cap looks a bit odd, but if you want to use it go ahead! Then I put in my blue contacts. If I try that after my makeup it makes me tear up and it messes everything up!

Next I put the cowl on and tuck tissues/toilet paper into the edges and fold the paper back so I don't smudge the greasepaint onto the cowl when I put it on.

I then outline my mask with white eyeliner on my face and start applying the greasepaint. After one thin layer, I powder extensively. I then apply another layer simply because it gives a nice opaque white and I've got darker skin. And then powder again, of course.

Next I put on two coats of black mascara, and apply black eyeliner. Nothing extravagant, just a little hint to bring out my eyes. Now here's a really cheap but effective way of doing the lips. I put a base of black Ben Nye lipstick, then I take Cheap-o black tube Halloween makeup and a lipstick brush and shape my lips and add a light coat. I find it gives a more solid black than the lipstick itself.

After that I spirit gum the mask to my face, and do minor touch ups if any need to be done.

Finally, I put on the bodysuit, shoes, gloves and wrist ruffles, in that order.

Pop in some bubblegum and grab your giant hammer or pop gun and you're ready to go!

Break and tips

Taking a quick break from working on costumes to bring you all some tips for grunging up your zombie costumes!

- It may sound gross, but take your shirt/pants/whatever to the rims and hubcaps on your tires. Its got a lot of black/brown gunk accumulated provided you haven't washed your car recently. It doesn't smell, so don't worry about that.
- Sandpaper, of varying grits. Work the cuffs and edges of your clothes, think of the pair of jeans you've had for years. Where would the natural wear and tear occur over time? 
- Run over your clothes a few times
- Sandpaper!
- Thin out "dirt" colored acrylic paints with water and paint the cuffs/edges/random areas of your costume. Deep, dark browns, maybe a hint of dark green. Get creative! Mix colors and test them on spare fabric until you get something you like
- The same above goes for the blood. I personally just use Barn Red or Brick Red colors. Theatrical blood is typically too bright and pinkish to look convincing. Woochie Blood Gel smeared in  places can look convincing if done right, too.
- A good way to get the "dripping" bood look is to saturate your paintbrush. Hold the shirt nearly vertical, and press the paintbrush into it until the paint/water mix comes dripping off and down the shirt. Behold! Gravity is useful for something!
- Don't be afraid to get messy with the blood and dirt, zombies aren't neat creatures.
- Did I mention the sandpaper? Steel wool will work, too! Try using both!

Thats all I have for now, if I can remember anything I've left off while I'm working, I'll post some more. :]

Blogging once more

Wow, I haven't blogged in YEARS!
Can't wait to start up again.


I've spent the past two days rushing to finish three Halloween costumes and it's been hectic. Luckily, things are mostly coming out the way I want them to. I just have a lot of tweaking to do, its just been a bit difficult with my thumb in a splint. MY costume is awful, but at least my friend's costumes will rock. :P
Witch: About 60% done, bodysuit needs to be... fixed.
Smoker: 90% done. Need to dirty up the clothes and attach the tongue to a mouthpiece
Hunter: 95% done. Work on claws, rough the pants up some more

HOPEFULLY these costumes will turn out alright. I fully plan on redoing them all if I ever want to take them to a con. They're just rushed halloween level right now, ew.

Well, back to work!