FFX – To Zanarkand

Piano has been in my life ever since I was 4. I always wanted to learn since I was very young, so my parents enrolled me in lessons. Since then I’ve graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Music, got my teacher’s certificate, went to school for Music, and now I’m working with music everyday.  I can’t picture my life without piano. It has brought me many accomplishments, it’s made me reach my goals, and I probably wouldn’t be the person I am today without my music. Here is a cover of me playing To Zanarkand from FFX… all sight read…

Hope you enjoy and there will be many more to come!!

Katarina Cosplay Part 2

For part 1 of my cosplay progress, click here! For part 3, click here!

I forgot to post about my daggers last post, but here they are:

The 2 larger ones are made with foam board base and spray foam, same way as how I made Katarina’s swords. The smaller ones are made with just foam that I sanded down so that it would have a curve. I’ve only applied one layer of fast mache on them so far, will need to do a second layer to cover up all the foam and cracks. Fast mache doesn’t stick to foam too well, so I needed 2 layers for all my swords and daggers.

I also started on Katarina’s arm spikes:

Here is how I planned on arranging them:

I originally thought the spikes were different sizes, but when I looked at the splash page again, I noticed they were the same size both rows, so I think I will end up using the larger ones for my legs. The base is a soft foam sheet, I’m thinking of using velcro to attach it to my arms.

For making the spikes, I used Crayola Model Magic, it’s like playdoh but it air dries to a hard finish.

However, Coco used this before for the decorative piece on my Serah costume, and it broke the first day =(. I will probably need to reinforce it with something, but I’m leaning away from fast mache because it’s just too hard to sand down for a smooth finish.

And lastly, my outfit is almost complete!

My pants look like black jeans in this picture, but in real life it looks more like leather =). Just need to buy a few more belts!

That’s it for this week! If you have any suggestions for my costume or for how to reinforce the spikes please let me know!