These were from the Union Station Skywalk with Cat (and Woodsy!) after our trial costume outing to MTAC 2011. We certainly amused the various tourists and Sportsmanshow attendees who most certainly weren't attending the anime con. Several took their own photos of us, I wish I could see how they came out!
Title: Youmu Konpaku & Myon! (Touhou Project) Worn to: MTAC March 2011, Anime North May 2011 Notes: I fell in love with the Touhou "Bad Apple" silhouette video and had to find out more about the characters. I adored the 'sword girl' immediately, who turned out to be Youmu, and when Kaatsumi was as interested in Flandre's crazy wings we had our next cosplays to plan! They are deceptively simple costumes. Everything had to be stitched cleanly and layered and ruffled and perfect or it showed on these costumes. We made everything too, from the skirts and underskirts to the blouses and vests, to all the accessories and props - including my two katana (handcarved) & ghost and Flandre's crystal wings! They were so much work! I never would have expected the intensity required for these costumes just by looking at them. I'm glad to have done them but I think I'll be aiming for the more dramatic costumes again in the future.
But oh goodness our skit. The photo below was from our Touhou skit for the Anime North 2011 Masquerade. This was the very beginning before our soundtrack started. We had an even more ridiculous skit than last year I think.
We won an Honourable Mention in the Artisan Division for Most Creative (use of) Lighting. Thats all kinds of awesome! I'm still sad we couldn't arrange to have the lights to turn off for our finale but I'm thrilled that people still seem to have enjoyed it. You never know how it went over when you're on stage!
"The Skit Your Skit Could Be Like", This shot is courtesy of W1N9Zr0 on Flickr!
Shall we show? We shall! [ Direct link:: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMiar5LuoQ8 ]
Much thanks to tboake2000 on Youtube for posting all the amazing videos of the AN masquerade!
