The Making of Tifa Lockhart Cosplay Costume

In my previous post I mentioned about I'm going to cosplay, no?

After some consideration, I've finally made up my mind to cos Tifa Lockhart. So I started to look for materials to make the costume and somehow I managed to finish it in 4 days. Special thanks to my beloved mom and sister who helped me alot during the process. The sewing skills may not be as good as real tailors out there (cos I was using an old sewing machine that doesn't really function well like how it used to be) but I've tried my best. :)

So this is it. My first try in cosplay costume making.

That's all for the process of costume-making...

Ready to see the final version?

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Ta-da~^^v

forgot the shoes...

close-up...

So, what do you think?

It is not perfect but I am quite satisfied with the result. What I fear is not the quality of the costume but it's me who have no confidence in cosplaying Tifa due to my skinny figure. I thought of doing push-up every day to build some muscle and strength but I stopped after a few days cos it was very tiring. You can see how weak I am. Duh.

Anyway, I'm really excited to cosplay for my first time and I hope everything will go smoothly like I imagined. Hahaha :P

心疼

自己首次亲手做的Tifa角色扮演服装，今午就这样被学院主办当局拿去了。

这是因为我用学院的钱来买材料（布，手套等等），所以只要是有用到学院的钱，就必须把购买的东西归还给当局。

感觉好心疼啊～

永别了，我心爱的Tifa costume... :"(

Co-Q Festival Preview

Snapped a pic with K-On character's electric guitar before going back to college after everything has ended. Was damn tired but I guess it's worth it. #sunburnt

Good night world :)

Tifa Cosplay Photoshoot

Date: 29 April 2012

Time: 6-7pm

Venue: The Campus

Cosplayer: m@gd@lene

Cosplay Character: Tifa Lockhart

Anime: Final Fantasy VII Advent Children

Cosplay Experience: None

Make-up Artist/Hairstylist: Hallen

Photographer: Hallen & Heukyma

It was a Sunday evening. Just before sunset. I purposely chose a time when I believed no one would be around the campus but there were still some people passing by, unfortunately. One of them was an international student. Not sure from which country though. He was jogging while listening to his ipod when he saw me in Tifa's outfit and slowed down his pace. Then he suddenly burst out "Good job!" at us(me with 2 photographers). OMG. I was really surprised when I heard that. Happily I thanked him and he jogged away with a thumbs-up. Such a sweet guy. xD

After that, without wasting time, I began to look for beautiful spots around the campus and started the photoshoot. Was afraid that the sun will be going down in a bit. Fyi, all pictures were taken using android 5mp phone and samsung galaxy tab so the image quality is just so-so. Hope that I could win a digital cam for National Quiz this time. Won a wireless mouse previously. Winners will be announced around June. Wish me luck. *fingers-crossed*

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Was 6-7 feet up high.

"I'm not afraid, to take a step..."-Eminem

Well that's a commercial break. :P

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The photoshoot ended after an hour. Was totally exhausted for posing in front of the cam cos I didn't warm-up beforehand. Especially those martial art poses. Tried my best already. :P

To say the truth, I am not really satisfied with my photos. It's not because of the photography skills but me. My face is just not photogenic enough to be a cosplayer. Kinda down to feel that way though.

Anyway, still thanks a bunch to my buddy for the make-up and everything. Not forgetting Amy who borrowed me her brown eye shadow too. I don't have much make-up stuffs. And to my dear sister, thanks alot for shooting a video of me crapping for 6 minutes non-stop. I bet you had a hard time walking backwards while holding the galaxy tab. Haha.

Otsukaresama deshita~ :D