Toshi make-up test (aka photo spam!)

I got home early today so I had several hours of being home alone to derp around in cosplays and what-have-you. I've been having an urge to try on my upgraded Hijikata cosplay for quite some time now so.. I did it. At first I was feeling very lazy to do any make-up but after thinking about it I decided to go all out; I needed to come up with some fitting make-up for Toshi anyway. Toshi sounds cute. 
I didn't even try to tie the wig into a ponytail because 1) I can't style it alone 2) even if I somehow magically managed to do a nice ponytail it wouldn't hold the shape until Kemi's manga day. Why bother? Besides, Hijikata does have his hair untied at least at the beginning of Sekkaroku's opening and in one of the game CG's so it's not terribly inaccurate either ~

OH GOD WHY is his hakama so SHORT here??? It bugs the living crap out of me... rofl

 

*nods* *nods*

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand now it's time for photo spam.

Here's the results of my derping ~

Again most photos are mirror photos, sorry 'bout that. I dislike mirror photos because it makes kimonos go corpse mode. Eew. Also most photos are a bit blurry and my hakama knot is lolrepsderp on some photos. *facedesk*

Like a walrus :'DDD boss

I think that's my usual camera grump face. lol

I'm fabulous

Angst? I dunno..

Dirty mirror, Toshi does not approve...

I don't even

Adjusting kimono...

Onks se jotenki väärin että saan kicksit keksit tuosta ilmeestä? X'DD

Me gusta ~

 I think this is my favorite face shot:

Pfsfhgdshgf <3

 And when I thought everything was all rainbows and awesomeness...

Something's not right here...
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"FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUCK!!1" roid rage LOL
(aka I noticed I had the swords on the wrong side.. cosplaying Saitou too much.. Orz)

I think I wanted to kick myself in the face. OTL 

Oh well, switched the swords over to the other side... and then for some reason I didn't get any good photos anymore.. except maybe this one. lol So typical or what?

trolololo

I also noticed later that I had completely forgot his white sword-holder-obi-whatever-thing too. Oh god why do I fuck up with all those smaller details? Urgh. Oh well, luckily this was just a kind of 'test', as long as I don't screw up when it's the real deal (cons, events) then it's alright I guess. Still bugs me though. *shrugs* Well well, now I at least know how to do the make-up for Toshi.

And now I guess everyone wants to vomit on me if I post any more photos for now so...

Awaiting Kemi's manga day ~

Under my umbrella ~

Sorry this update isn't 100% cosplay related don't kill me but I figured it's okay to post anyway because I will be using these at cons.

I went and picked up these things from the post office today after school. I bought them from eBay from a Japanese seller.

Because normal umbrellas are overrated.

 Whoever guesses right exactly what 'designs' those umbrellas actually are gets a virtual cookie~

So well, I've never really had my own umbrella and last year at Finncon-Animecon I learned the hard way that you should always have one with you, just in case it rains, because

rain + cosplay = not cool combo

Especially not a white costume and pouring rain and dirty streets.. needless to say a part of my costume got badly stained. Luckily I managed, together with a friend, to save it from being completely unusable but I still, to this day, regret that idiot mistake.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing!

Here's the (true) story in rage comic version: Umbrella

Oh well, lesson learnt from that:
1) Always carry with you an umbrella. Especially if you are two persons (in cosplays) and only one umbrella and the other one have to go back to the hotel half-ways and when they return they are soaked and mad at you.. for the rest of the con day.
2) Don't wear white costume parts even if you have an umbrella when going outside. The water on the streets will kill it every time you take a step. Put it in a bag and first when you arrive at the con, hopefully inside, put it on.

So yeah. Now I'm prepared with a cool umbrella to cons. Hopefully no more shitty con mistakes like that will happen in the future...