NoBrandCon 2013

Hello all!

So I know I havent been on very much, in fact, this was the first time I logged in in a while. I just want to say thank you to all of you friends and subscribers who wished me a happy birthday! I had a good party, with pizza and all~

Lately I've been rather busy, working out things for college [I'm graduating High School this year] along with hanging with friends, working on a cosplay, and going to anime conventions.

Since about November or December, I've began working on my Masamune Date from Sengoku Basara cosplay, made entirely by hand. I finally finished it during Spring Break from April 1-7th.
http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/096/1/3/finished_test_by_chippewaokami-d60oqzv.jpg

All of the armor is made out of either cereal box or regular box cardboard, then spray painted. The jacket is made entirely by hand; used fabric, cut out the pattern, sew'd it, then added the white and all. The wig and eye patch were bought. Gloves were bought from Walmart then modified. Black undershirt, leggings, sandals, and blue socks were also bought. All 6 swords were bought online at Party City, then I modified them to make them more Masamune-ish.

I took the costume to NoBrandCon, which is in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, April 14th. Along with my friends, we had Okami Shiranui and John Egbert. Since we went on the last day of the convention, there weren't many cosplayers, or even fans, who knew us too well. Shiranui got the most notice, who was a fur suit.

This was my first anime convention that I ever went to, and I must say, I had a really good time. Even though the con was small, I really enjoyed being with my fellow peeps and buying ALL teh things. I had a lot of money to spend, but I only spent $70 of it. Of all the plushes, stickers, and keychains, I bought; A Skele-kitten t-shirt, Akita mug and cell phone charm from SorbetJungle, a Chopper plush, and a One Piece wall scroll. There were so many things I wanted, I didnt know what to get first xD

Check out my dA http://chippewaokami.deviantart.com/ cosplay and favorites or more photos of our adventure.

The next con me and my friends plan on attending is Wasaubi Con and AniMinneapolis. If any of you are gonna be there, watch out for the Masamune and say hi, and maybe even have a photo with me. See you there~

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