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Castlevania talk # 526 861

You know I'm a fangirl but despite the fact that this must be the third Castlevania entry in a row, this is not everything I think of all day XD

Anyways, I've overcome the horror the "Judgement" designs have given me because "Order of Ecclesia" is totally making up for it ♥ From the trailers I've seen so far this is going to be yet another handheld fun game. Just with the addition to being able to visit different places and few other novelties. And something I'm really happy about: the difficulty. The last 2D Castlevania games were super easy with the exception of "Circle of the Moon" which had some challenge (the arena especially, but the time I'd beaten it once I was strong enough to walk through it a second time with ease).
If you want more information: here's a general preview , a gameplay preview and that trailer in big that's also on Konami's site.


I really like the character designs for "Order of Ecclesia". They're neither this anime stuff from the latest games (it worked but it's just not my thing), nor were they done by Ayami Kojima. I don't know who the designer is but as much as I like Kojima's work, it's sometimes a hit-and-miss for me.

Let's start with the heroine, Shanoa (somewhere I've read Chanoix but Shanoa seems to be her official name):

Yeah, not quite what women wore in the middle of the 19th century but it looks pretty good. The "newer" it get's I'm less picky with its historic authenticity (clothing wise).

Balthier Albus. Despite his resemblance with another gun wielding game character of recent, I really like his pants. Don't ask...


Barlowe. I'm guessing he's Shanoa's mentor.


Unknown guy, but he looks funny without being uncool XD


And of course good old Dracula. Even though he doesn't know how to fight most of the time, he at least does it with style ;-)



And now, after you've seen the designs, to the real purpose of this post:
OH SHIT I WANT TO COSPLAY SHANOA!!11!Elf!
Because I'm such a shitty seamstress (yeah, you know it's an exaggeration but I still feel like a super n00b everytime I have a sewing machine in front of me), I already tried to find a suitable pattern I could use and alter if needed. Even though I won't start this costume anytime soon. I would just use a random easy dress pattern but see for yourself:

Yeah, super low back. I doubt I want to wear it that low though. Anyway, I hope that a pattern that already considers such a low back would give me a cut that doesn't make me fall out left an right. I will, of course, involve tape or other safety measurements but I just want to be on the safe side.
Do you think it strange as well that the artist gave her hair with enough volume for four people or more, when she's got those pretty tattoo on her back?

I have even more Castlevania related stuff I could talk about but I'll save that for next time ;-)

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Done!

with embroidery, anyway.
And here is the promised photo:


After yesterday I switched from Parker Lewis on The IT Crowd am, today morning I am finally finished with the last stitches. The jacket is a little weird here, but this may be because it is not quite as easy to put on a corset itself (at least this corset). Oh, and think naturally away the seam allowance, I have the top fabric down to just the food. The collar is still difficult in the testing phase and from the stained fabric. The food is the bright green that looks out below and which I am not quite sure if it's not too green yet.
And I see in the photos with the blonde wig goofy off = D. I have so deliberately taken a darker blonde and I think it fits this well. The wig need of course viiieel styling.

I think next I'll either continue to make to the jacket or pants. The materials I have at least everything except for the socks and the gloves. I do worry me just because of the gloves would be, that is really nice if I could find that leather.

An iron würde dem Kostüm auch ganz gut tun ;-)

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icy_chocolate @ 2008-07-19T20: 46:00

So, my first week of holidays is almost over and I spent three of them cleaning and tidying up my room. Having a dust allergy cetainly doesn't speed it up. At least it's mostly dust free now and much less messy. Meaning I've taken care of the important parts of my room. It's incredible how much useless stuff I have, I really need to get rid of that. I'm also thinking of getting rid of my glass cabinet. There's nothing of use inside and I could really do with a new book shelf. If I go on buying and reading books like I do now (which will eventually happen), I'll have to squeeze them into the small space between the "normal" rows (two at the moment) and the single shelves.

And a word about cosplay. Firstly, my sister and I are going to attend Animagic on saturday and I'm looking forward to seeing most of you =D.
Secondly, the next time I post here it'll probably be with photos of the finished embroidery on my Maria costume . There's only one big pattern and a few small ones left. I'm working on it while watching Parker Lewis. Does anyone else remember this series? People looked so funny during the early 90s XD.

And speaking of Castlevania, for those who don't know already, they're working on a Castlevania beat'em'up. Seriously! I'm not really sure what to think of it. I can kind of understand IGA (= Koji Igarashi, the mastermind behind the CV games from somewhen of the 16bit era on) wanting to try different game genres. And I also give credit to him for admitting that they've yet to arrive at the same level with the 3D games as the 2D levels. Granted, I've only played little of the 3D games, but I felt them lacking in a lot of areas. Besides, they should aim for making them not another Devil May Cry. I can't speak for its successors, but part 1 wasn't the best game in the world either.
What I want to say is: I'm open for CV games that are not the classical adventure games. But then I found some of the official artwork. Takeshi Ohbata ( Death Note ) is a good artist, no doubt about it, but the designs are atrocious ! They suck so much I can't even put it into words! But see for yourself.
I mean WTF! What is that? Dracula in a shiny gold suit? Alucard looking closer in age to Kid Dracula SOTN than his self? That is not Maria! I Weep for judge (? Simon?) T_T! No, wait, I weep for all ;____;.
I do not ever want to get closer to this game than 100 meters.


PS: Did you know that Ayami Kojima (character designer for most of the games from CV SOTN on) is married to Hideo Kojima? I'm so jealous of her, he's my hero XD game designer.