Blue

Priest, scientist, anarchist, plant: Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan from Farscape has got to be one of the coolest characters ever.

The costume got started over a year ago, when I was thrifting with my Gramma and found the magical bobble necklace/bracelet thingy I'm wearing on my wrist in the pictures below.  At first I was going to make a full-blown costume to go with it, but I had trouble finding a fabric for her tunic that would drape the way I wanted it to/couldn't afford that many silver ear cuffs (eight!)/didn't want to shave my head and paint it blue, as actress Virginia Hey did for three years until she had to quit the show because all the makeup was making her kidneys bleed.  So I settled on a stealth cosplay, and I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.

Someday I'd love to make one for each of Moya's crew, including Moya herself--that'd be a fun challenge to take on.  (Can you tell I'm a fan of this show?)

The inspiration:

The costume:

The pieces:

-Pale blue long-sleeved shirt, from the thrift store

-Boyfriend jeans from my closet

-Grey textured sweater, also from my closet

-Light grey pashmina from the thrift store

-Black ankle boots from Winners (nowhere near as cool as Blue's space boots, but they'll do)

-Blue bobble necklace/bracelet thing

-Silver tone leaf ring from my jewelry box (because she's a plant! Get it?)

-Silver tone ear cuff from Icing (I love ear cuffs, so it makes me happy to be able to use one in a cosplay)

-Essie "lilacism" nail polish 

-Eye makeup in white and purple 

Assembly time: several months, in fits and starts...

Many thanks to my friend Christina for taking pictures and for letting me mooch her nail polish.

Curiouser and curiouser

This is a stealth cosplay inspired by one of my favorite pieces of children's literature, Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland.  I put most of it together several weeks ago from items I already had, and have been waiting for an opportunity to use it.

The inspiration:

The costume:

The pieces:

-Red long-sleeved shirt from my closet (the text reads "Careful, or you'll end up in my novel.")

-Jeans, ditto 

-Cream striped vest from the thrift store 

-Stripy socks 

-Black felt flats from Winners

-Cream pashmina from the thrift store 

-Silver tone rose ring from my jewelry box

-Silver tone lock-and-key necklace, ditto

-Pocket watch, ditto again (my pride and joy for some years now) 

-Black hairband, made by me

-Red and black nail polish 

Assembly time: 1-2 hours.

Many thanks to my sister Mary for taking the pictures.

In a hole in the ground...

I went to see the third Hobbit movie today with a group of friends in costume, and decided to do something I've been meaning to do for a while now, and start a cosplay blog!  My costume, pictures below, was meant to be a feminine version of Bilbo's costume in the poster for the first movie, more or less.  The lighting in these photos isn't too good; hopefully future ones will be better.

The inspiration:

The costume (with shoes):

The costume (without shoes):

Closeup (with ring):

The pieces:

-brown lace-up dress, made by me

-beige blousy underdress, made by me

-burgundy velvet vest, made by me

-leather belt from the thrift store

-cloak borrowed from my brother

-ring, found among my random craft supplies, on a chain borrowed from another necklace

-staff, borrowed from my sister, originally made by my grampa

-spats, found in a thrift store, over black flat shoes (first picture only)

-hair tied back in a short braid

-no makeup

The whole costume was put together in about half an hour.

Thanks to my brother Noah for taking the photos.