~ U N K O ~

I’m thinking, why the f**k did we spent so much effort, time and money for one cosplay on a one day anime convention that tbh wasn’t actually worth to be visiting? Hm… that’s one hell of a question. Altho ChibiCon wasn’t as much fun as expected (on the other hand  I expected this), it was nice to see some friends again. And it’s also fun seeing all those (horrible) cosplayers and events. The sad thing is that the con was overall veeeery boring and yuck.  All workshops were already full, so signing up wasn’t possible anymore.

I love cosplay. Well that is only if it’s been done in a good way. Not those eBay failing cosplayers and Narutards and whatever >.< Actually Chibicon was full of those epic failing cosplayers =_=;; No wait, have to correct that one. All Dutch conventions contain failing cosplayers XD And all the other western country cosplayers as well. Now I’m not saying every white person sucks in cosplaying (so don’t feel offended… oh but some of you should), and that all Asians (incl. me) are just so f**king awesome cosplayers and will rule the cosplay world? (k wtf was that). And I’m also not saying that they’re not allowed to cosplay, because they should just do whatever they feel like doing. But I stumble a lot in these situations when I think “Should I jaw drop now, or is this the moment to roll on the floor laughing my ass off?!” And this is just my opinion. Because I also think Japanese people are just the best fit people for cosplay. But I think a lot of people agree with this.

Anyways, I saw Chibicon as an opportunity for cosplaying. With some effort I was able to force let my friend Fung join me in cosplay! About a month ago my friend and I did some preparations for the event. We both made a wand with a lot of shide attached to it. In the end, on the con itself, we only walked for about 40 minutes with those things. 1) They’re big and take up some space 2) they get in your way 3) the jingle bells make a lot of noise. All the work for nothing? Well I think no. They might be of some use for some next event. And making them was really fun! (despite of the blisters on my hand) And creating such a thing by yourself, and not from eBay or whatsoever, gives off a good feeling. Like all the effort used to make such a nice tool (altho we didn’t do much with them ^^;;)
Made some photos during the production.

Fung with the PVC pipes

Wrapping the rope around the pipes (gave me blisters)

Making shide

Very accurate

End result ^^

Besides the wands, we also made “Fortune stars” (we thought up the name by ourselves). They’re just omikuji, but then in the shape of lucky stars ^^ Both of us made 200 pieces, so we could hand them around on the con. Eventually we both forgot to distribute them out on the con and only succeeded in handing out about 6 pieces (LOL). Pretty much fail. But no wollies (is what I always say). Might be of use for the next time =3

Pick your fortune stars here! (still 194 available =\)

While folding these stars, we were watching some anime. Can you guess which one? (pretty easy)

10. UNKO – The worst one you can get.

And some more random photos from the fabulous convention of the year!
Oh and for the ones who didn’t notice. We were just two plain (magical?) miko’s, trying to bring fortune to everybody but failed in doing so (lol, sounds lame).