So, the convention I went to this past June (over two months ago) was Eternal Con. It was a long and arduous process for me to think about what to cosplay as. Until, I re-watched Captain America, and I realized who I wanted to be: 1940's Captain America, "saving Bucky" edition.

I made most of the outfit. Especially the shield.

I bought my wig from Party City (don't knock it until you try it! Their wigs are amazing.)
I bought the helmet from Amazon, spray painted it blue.
I bought the goggles from Ebay, and slapped them onto the helmet.

I made the shirt (not totally pictured here), from a blue t-shirt from Michaels, and white and red felt. The pants, the utility belt were from my Kim Possible cosplay.
And I had left over fabric to make the spats and I also had left over faux-leather fabric for the parachute straps across my chest.

The process to make sure that I can fully wear the shield on my back was very very difficult. Until I found the best idea: buckles. Like the buckles you would use on your chin strap for your helmet. I was able to attach a buckle on my right shoulder and under my left hip that connected my shield to my back.

I also worked tirelessly on my best friend's red and white skirt so she can be my USO Show Girl. (shown below)

Our friend in the middle, made her Sailor Batman outfit in just 25 hours. She is very crafty.

But safe to say, we were very happy with our cosplay.

Onto the actual event.
We arrived there at 10 in the morning, with our tickets on our phones, our hands stamped and we were in. The venue itself was the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, which was a lovely size, if not just a tad small for my tastes. There were times around the booths that people would be banging into my shield. It was mostly a dealer's room/artists's alley, and I wasn't sure where the panels were at all. If there were any.

However, everyone that we had met (at the booths and other cosplayers) were all super sweet and nice and funny and very welcoming. It was great to have a small convention of just 7,000 attendees instead of the massive crowds over at New York Comic Con.

Now, onto the pictures!

Sailor Batman and Batman

The littlest Elsa!

Our lovely favorite: DEADPOOL.

Sailor Batman and Batgirl.

Captain America and Amora the Enchantress.

Both bats brooding.

Two Caps and USO Girl :)

Stony (Tony Stark and Captain America)

Found Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow)

And a lovely group of women with our Sailor Batman whom they loved her outfit! :D

COSPLAY WEDNESDAY

So today is Cosplay Wednesday, where I'll either talk about cosplayers or the cosplays I want to do (or in progress of doing)

But recently, I re-found  this amazing cosplayer who goes by the name of Fahrlight on Tumblr and on facebook. I am always blown away by just how alike she and Tom Hiddleston's Loki are (in looks. From what I have read on facebook and Tumblr that she is a very sweet person who loves Lolita, Harajuku, and of course various fandoms. She is 32 years old from Germany who is also a mangaka and has a book out too!

Here are just a few of my favorite cosplay photos of her!
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Fahrlight as Jack Frost: 

From the adorable comic Loki and the Loon, here's Fahr as Loki and Tom!


Fahrlight also as "The Woman" Irene Adler from BBC's Sherlock!


And finally and my favorite pic (and album) of all is the Tasertricks  (Darcy Lewis and Loki!)
She actually cosplayed as both and edited together so it looks like they're in the same room together!

New York Comic Con 2013 Review

                                                                        SATURDAY

This year's New York Comic Con has reached all time highs, for example the capacity (130,000, exactly the same as San Diego Comic Con) and all time lows (the amount of disrespectful people in one place).

However, it was all in all a good experience. Unfortunately, I was unable to go all four days, but what I was able to see and experience was a great deal on the days that I did go. I was able to go to New York Comic Con this year for FREE by helping out a local convention (EternalCon) with handing out flyers in cosplay. I was there dressed as Hit Girl with a new friend who was dressed as Red Mist. And on Saturday, it was the most crowded the convention has ever been! Luckily, we were able to hand out all of the flyers, while being able to get photos with the amazing cosplayers around us.

Here is a photo of my friend Mack (Red Mist on the left) and me (as Hit Girl) with the most adorable little Kick Ass I have ever seen! This kid's father dressed up as Freddy Kugar and it was amazing.

Here's another photo of me and my friend Mack with another Kick Ass who looked EXACTLY LIKE AARON JOHNSON. It was crazy at how alike he looked!

Left: our cosplayer. Right: the movie.

Also, my friend Mack was able to get us (and other Kick Ass cosplayers) to meet the renouned comic book artist of the graphic novel Kick Ass: John Romano Jr!!

We were with another Hit Girl on the left, Kick Ass, John Romano JR, Night-Bitch, me as Hit Girl and Red-Mist!

So that was pretty much day one.

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SUNDAY

Day two started off nicely, with my friend and I again in our Kick Ass cosplays to meet Chloe Grace Moretz!

However, what was not good was how fast we met her, (which was literally a "hi and bye!" scene). And that to get a photo with her it was $95, but autographs was $75. Still outrageous for those who have to pay for a 3-day weekend ticket to the convention AND THEN having to shell out MORE money to meet the celebrities. However, I got to pay at half-price to my friend, so it wasn't much of a problem for me to pay to meet her.

The second after the photo was done, I was immediately shedding my cosplay and pulling on my normal day clothes. It was way too hot that day in order to wear the cosplay during the whole day and I wanted to get photos of other cosplayers that day as well.

Another note that was not good, was the fact that usually on Sundays, the dealer's room will have sales. Like, really good sales. And that day, when I wanted to get these supercute superhero underwear (that was for $9!!), it was still the same price as it was on Saturday. So I forgo-ed the purchase.

However, even though I was technically an Exhibitor (Vender's Pass), the pass that I actually had was "Press". So, my friend and I ventured up to the exhibitor/press lounge, where there were NO lines at all to get lunch, and it was super quiet upstairs, which was a nice welcome. We then realized at the end of the hall were Interview Rooms for the celebrities, and stumbled upon an Interview with the Sleepy Hollow Cast!

Left to right: Tom Mison (Ichabod Crane), Katia Winter (Katrina Crane), Writer/Producer/Director Len Wiseman, Creator/Producer Alex Kurtzman, Nicole Beharie (Lt. Abbie Mills), and Orlando Jones (Captain Frank Irving).

They had assumed that I was also press like the others in the room, and Orlando Jones noticed my camera and made everyone look over with a smile towards me. Which was pretty awesome, I had to admit.
Sunday was by far better than Saturday. A bit less people. Able to sort-of meet the cast of Sleepy Hollow (which I have yet to watch. that may be a Review Saturday thing). And able to meet up with a few friends and some Awesome cosplays! Here are a few that I greatly enjoyed on Sunday!

My love, Tony Stark.

Kick Ass 2 Crew!

Daryl Dixon and Maggie Greene from The Walking Dead

Mako Mori from Pacific Rim (and me)

Simon from MISFITS!
(Note: This is actually the same person that I met at Connecticon!)

Left: is from NYCC, Right is Connecticon! And he was super sweet to talk to after I took the photo :)

And lastly but not least:

This amazing Harley Quinn!

Let's just hope that next year I'll be going all FOUR days of New York Comic Con! (October 9th-12th, 2014)
                                                                                                                          -AlisonInGeekland