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Sakura-Con
Feb. 1st, 2010 08:29 amI have decided to give Sakura-Con another shot. Skipped last year due to the stupidity of my previous experience (after years of going, it's been getting more and more lame as it grows and changes), but since there's no GoGaDoll this year, I'm feeling a bit con deprived. So Sakura-Con is a go for April 2-4!
I'll be dressing as Katsushiro Okamoto from Samurai 7, the anime series based on Kurosawa's epic The Seven Samurai. I actually wanted to cosplay him a couple years ago when I first watched the series, but just didn't have the get-up-and-go needed to make the costume. I'm really excited about it now, though. I haven't decided if I'll be making and wearing his cloak, but I will be accurately recreating the undershirt, even though it's only seen a couple times in the series, and only the very edges of the collar and the ends of the sleeves (which apparently most people think are arm-warmers or soft bracers) are visible the rest of the time. ^_^ It's a very neat shirt.
So far, I've purchased the buttons I'll be using for the costume, as well as the saya and tsuka I'll be using to build his katana (I'm custom making it, using as many authentic parts as I can find that will still fit the non-traditional design, but it will have no blade, to make it easier to deal with the Sakura-Con weapons policies) and some chopsticks that I'll be modifying to make the stick for his hair adornments. I even managed to locate a tsuba blank, which is on its way to me! I'll be hand-filing it to the shape needed for his katana, since I couldn't find any with the right design online. I've found the habaki I want to use for his katana, and some fabric for the main part of his undershirt, and am currently stalking the eBay auctions for both, with have several days left to run. I've also found a faux ponytail that I think will work well - by the time the convention comes around, my hair should be long enough to pull into a VERY short high pony, which I can then add the faux one onto to get the long haired look without an uncomfortable wig. WIN!!
Okay! Enough excited ranting for now. ^__^
I'll be dressing as Katsushiro Okamoto from Samurai 7, the anime series based on Kurosawa's epic The Seven Samurai. I actually wanted to cosplay him a couple years ago when I first watched the series, but just didn't have the get-up-and-go needed to make the costume. I'm really excited about it now, though. I haven't decided if I'll be making and wearing his cloak, but I will be accurately recreating the undershirt, even though it's only seen a couple times in the series, and only the very edges of the collar and the ends of the sleeves (which apparently most people think are arm-warmers or soft bracers) are visible the rest of the time. ^_^ It's a very neat shirt.
So far, I've purchased the buttons I'll be using for the costume, as well as the saya and tsuka I'll be using to build his katana (I'm custom making it, using as many authentic parts as I can find that will still fit the non-traditional design, but it will have no blade, to make it easier to deal with the Sakura-Con weapons policies) and some chopsticks that I'll be modifying to make the stick for his hair adornments. I even managed to locate a tsuba blank, which is on its way to me! I'll be hand-filing it to the shape needed for his katana, since I couldn't find any with the right design online. I've found the habaki I want to use for his katana, and some fabric for the main part of his undershirt, and am currently stalking the eBay auctions for both, with have several days left to run. I've also found a faux ponytail that I think will work well - by the time the convention comes around, my hair should be long enough to pull into a VERY short high pony, which I can then add the faux one onto to get the long haired look without an uncomfortable wig. WIN!!
Okay! Enough excited ranting for now. ^__^
