Save the Queen, Save Us All

Another item on my list of activities has been to book a room at the Westin Hotel in Dallas, for Project A-Kon! Yeah, Kelly and I shall be going this year. After shunning it for almost four years in a row, we've come to the realization that we can't stay away. Well, that and we're bored as hell during the summer. It'll be a nice mini vacation. Something to do. Yay anime convention!

Sooooo...I shall be again cosplaying. I figure that the most realistic thing is that I will bring one of my previous costumes. I'm thinking my Beatrix (Final Fantasy IX) one.

It's the one that I love the most. It needs a few modifications for Con-wear (repair of rips in the threads and purchasing of new pantyhose), but it should be just fine. The only potential problem is that I need to acquire a fake Save the Queen. I tried using a peace-bonded metal sword four years ago, after they told me it would be okay as long as it was peace-bonded. But that failed in a hurry - I got barked at to take it upstairs. I was pissed, but whatever. I just wish they'd keep their story straight. So, I'll be hitting up the local costume shops and see what I can find. I shouldn't have too hard of a time finding a plain plastic sword that I can paint and dress up. I just remembered that I also need to remake my metal glove parts, since I seem to have lost the originals. Hmmm...more baked clay adventures to be had. Oh gooooodie.

I also plan on real photography this time. Like, with my own camera. Because last time, all sorts of people took pictures of me and I cannot locate a single one of them on the Internets. Maybe that's a good thing, but still. I was curious how well it all came together. So this time, I will have Kelly take photographs. Which I may or may not post on Facebook for all of my classmates and teachers to see. Hahaha, dear gods...

While do I wish that Alex could go and have fun with me (maybe even cosplay someone!), I've accepted that it'll have to wait. As for next year, I'm already thinking of cosplaying Scheherazade from the upcoming Soul Calibur IV. I'd love to cosplay Talim and still plan to at some point, but Scheherazade's look is unique and interesting to me. I may go for it. I'd be an awfully tan version of her, but I would try it anyway. :P