So I have a few things here and there to wrap up. I need to make a new neko ear and tail set. I hope to raise enough extra$$ to get a new wig. I also need to go out and buy iron on transfer sheets to try something out for another costume. If that doesn't work, then I need to order a bright yellow star patch the largest size i can find. Other than ebay, anyone know of any good sites or custom embroidery patch web sites? I also need to finish up some neko ear sets to sell on the side to gain more funding, as well as make some for my roomates ^_^. I need to try on my belial outfit and make sure it still fits in the chest/back/and ribcage portions. I als need to start typing up my pack list. Thats always so useful when packing the week before. Oh snaz!!!! I also need to find shoes for my B&W gown and see if the mum and law can hem the bottom of it. It's like 12 inches too long and I have a limit on heel height.
What I have completed is:
Pre -reg
Vampire Knight day cosplay
B&W ball gown
air fare
90% of hotel fare
minimum $$ for food and shopping in Artist Alley
so how are all of your arrangements for fanime coming along?
I need more cash and a stick!
i need money, anda pair of sandals, and some money, and some overalls, and a long sleeve red t-shirt.
I need a pair of boots, some makeup, some alterations on my cosplays, my hair dye to show up...oh yeah and for the people I commissioned my wigs from to respond to my e-mails. Stressing the wigs....but so long as that works out I'll be set once fanime comes around.
Quote from: Runewitt on April 11, 2008, 08:29:00 PM
i need money, anda pair of sandals, and some money, and some overalls, and a long sleeve red t-shirt.
have you tried a thrift store?
Quote from: BrightHeart76 on April 11, 2008, 09:22:15 PM
I need a pair of boots, some makeup, some alterations on my cosplays, my hair dye to show up...oh yeah and for the people I commissioned my wigs from to respond to my e-mails. Stressing the wigs....but so long as that works out I'll be set once fanime comes around.
what sort of boots?
Quote from: Mister_E on April 11, 2008, 07:45:34 PM
I need more cash and a stick!
I have this odd image of you on the streets as a pimp....sorry the stick made me think of a fancy cane, then my head though big hat with feather, and it kept on wandering from there ???
Quote from: Squeeky_Moonkin on April 11, 2008, 09:33:18 PM
Quote from: Mister_E on April 11, 2008, 07:45:34 PM
I need more cash and a stick!
I have this odd image of you on the streets as a pimp....sorry the stick made me think of a fancy cane, then my head though big hat with feather, and it kept on wandering from there ???
No no you must be thinking of my firend Pimp Kakashi, the cash if for stuff and what not and the stick is more my Zeon Flag.
Quote from: Squeeky_Moonkin on April 11, 2008, 09:32:14 PM
Quote from: BrightHeart76 on April 11, 2008, 09:22:15 PM
I need a pair of boots, some makeup, some alterations on my cosplays, my hair dye to show up...oh yeah and for the people I commissioned my wigs from to respond to my e-mails. Stressing the wigs....but so long as that works out I'll be set once fanime comes around.
what sort of boots?
I'm doing Sophie from Howl's Moving Castle and she has a pair of brown ankle high boots. I need to find those, but I have pair of black boots that'll be just fine if I don't find the brown ones. Crumby part of having tiny feet is that I rarely find normal styles, they're always either the lastest cartoon or patent leather and bows.
I'm just fine, because I plan for Fanime all year round. The rest of the year only exists in order to prepare for Fanime. Fanime takes priority over school, work, and it would over my social life as well....if I had one.
I could always earn some extra money for it though.
Hm...no pre-reg, no costume, no hotel room, no real plan of action, no money, con's next month.
I feel ready. ^_^,,,
I know staff has been feeling that crunch. Weee!!!
I'm used to the "crunch-time" since it's always like this before I take a trip. For me, Fanime is halfway across the country, but it'll be worth it anyways. x3
I have my minimum amount of money saved up and I've had the hotel room and flight booked since I found out An Cafe was coming back in mid Jan. I had the badge not long after that. ~ So now I'm just saving up a bit more cash and waiting. Such a long wait, yet it's so close! I want it to come tomorrow!
I'm feeling a slight crunch as I have to break in new equipment, learn some new techniques, and all that jazz.
the other crunch would be having to do research in fashion photography as well for each of my photoshoots to improve my photography.
But I would rather call it work/fun. ;D
Quote from: BrightHeart76 on April 11, 2008, 10:03:24 PM
Quote from: Squeeky_Moonkin on April 11, 2008, 09:32:14 PM
Quote from: BrightHeart76 on April 11, 2008, 09:22:15 PM
I need a pair of boots, some makeup, some alterations on my cosplays, my hair dye to show up...oh yeah and for the people I commissioned my wigs from to respond to my e-mails. Stressing the wigs....but so long as that works out I'll be set once fanime comes around.
what sort of boots?
I'm doing Sophie from Howl's Moving Castle and she has a pair of brown ankle high boots. I need to find those, but I have pair of black boots that'll be just fine if I don't find the brown ones. Crumby part of having tiny feet is that I rarely find normal styles, they're always either the lastest cartoon or patent leather and bows.
yardsales and thrift stores are heavenly for things like that.
Quote from: Sen on April 12, 2008, 12:36:56 AM
I know staff has been feeling that crunch. Weee!!!
I think staff feels the crunch come 3 months before all the way till day before the con. <3 staff members
The only crunch I'm feeling is making sure that my con planning doesn't distract me away from Finals, thankfully my last Final is on Tuesday so I have all of Wednesday and Thursday to prepare.
What con crunch? I'm winging it!!! :)
No plan, just have fun. w00t.
Quote from: Sen on April 12, 2008, 12:36:56 AM
I know staff has been feeling that crunch. Weee!!!
I'm feeling the crunch from my FanimeCon work
and paid job work. =D
Quote from: JTchinoy on April 12, 2008, 02:33:40 PM
What con crunch? I'm winging it!!! :)
No plan, just have fun. w00t.
Thank god you don't do anything important. OH BURN! :P
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If you can, please reply to multiple posts in one post (see what I did here?).
Quote from: MPLe on April 12, 2008, 02:38:19 PM
Quote from: JTchinoy on April 12, 2008, 02:33:40 PM
What con crunch? I'm winging it!!! :)
No plan, just have fun. w00t.
Thank god you don't do anything important. OH BURN! :P
Thanks Milton. :-\
I'm going to be emo while holding those unimportant e-gaming tournaments. :P
Still need to finish my Zanpaktou and do my waraji..so lazy.
Not sure if I'm going to be able to take my Snowtrooper or not at this point..my armor guy is backed up and I don't know if I'll get it before the con..gah.
Bah... I need to finish cosplay stuff. I've worked on it a bit, but not enough to say that I'm almost done. I pre-regged already though so that's good I guess...
Quote from: Squeeky_Moonkin on April 11, 2008, 09:31:45 PM
Quote from: Runewitt on April 11, 2008, 08:29:00 PM
i need money, anda pair of sandals, and some money, and some overalls, and a long sleeve red t-shirt.
have you tried a thrift store?
yup. every one in the area. you'd think simple clothes would be simple to find.
Aside from deciding on cosplay, I'm all set. I'm hoping I won't have any problems getting to CA with all of the recent flight/airline problems :-\
phoenixphire24
"Aside from deciding on cosplay, I'm all set. I'm hoping I won't have any problems getting to CA with all of the recent flight/airline problems"
****-What airline are you flying with? Delta has changed my itinerary already once and I had to fix that. Keeping my fingers crossed they don't do it again @_@
Runewitt
"i need money, anda pair of sandals, and some money, and some overalls, and a long sleeve red t-shirt."
"have you tried a thrift store?"
"yup. every one in the area. you'd think simple clothes would be simple to find."
-What about ebay? What size are you looking for? Heres some links ^_^
http://cgi.ebay.com/Medium-Red-Dri-Wik-Baseball-Softball-Shirt-Long-Sleeve_W0QQitemZ230240800030QQihZ013QQcategoryZ137084QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.com/Medium-Red-Dri-Wik-Baseball-Softball-Shirt-Long-Sleeve_W0QQitemZ230240800030QQihZ013QQcategoryZ137084QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
under armour and dri wik are great for keeping dry form sweat ^_^
http://cgi.ebay.com/Mens-Sz-Sm-UNDER-ARMOUR-Red-Long-Sleeve-Athletic-Shirt_W0QQitemZ110241176086QQihZ001QQcategoryZ137084QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.com/Mens-Sz-Sm-UNDER-ARMOUR-Red-Long-Sleeve-Athletic-Shirt_W0QQitemZ110241176086QQihZ001QQcategoryZ137084QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
Trumby
"Still need to finish my Zanpaktou and do my waraji..so lazy."
-You're making your own waraji ?@_@ *blink blink*
Quote from: Squeeky_Moonkin on April 13, 2008, 08:01:12 PM
phoenixphire24
"Aside from deciding on cosplay, I'm all set. I'm hoping I won't have any problems getting to CA with all of the recent flight/airline problems"
****-What airline are you flying with? Delta has changed my itinerary already once and I had to fix that. Keeping my fingers crossed they don't do it again @_@
I'm flying Northwest and they too have changed my itinerary once, although it was only by 20 minutes or so. Now I have a layover of about an hour, so I hope they don't shorten the time anymore or I'll be cutting it close :-\
egad, I was in Dallas last week and supposed to fly home on American on Friday night. Flight got canceled and my travel agency (this was business travel) booked me on a flight for Saturday morning. Got my hotel to extend my stay, then my boss told me to not to wait for Saturday (in case that flight got canceled too) and try to get a flight out on Friday. My agent found me a flight at 1:45 with one stopover thank goodness and I got home Friday early evening.
I had some of my cosplay with me to work on in my hotel room but I still need to work on my wigs and some sewing to do. It hasn't quite hit me yet that Fanime is only a few weeks away ... um, not yet ... :P
No "crunch" feeling, a little bit of planning goes a long way. Someone said it before, sandals sound like a nice idea this year because I plan on doing the Eagles thing and taking it easy.
Quote from: YoureMyHiro on April 14, 2008, 10:04:41 AM
No "crunch" feeling, a little bit of planning goes a long way. Someone said it before, sandals sound like a nice idea this year because I plan on doing the Eagles thing and taking it easy.
Okay, so I know im not suppose to do one line responses, but please let this one slide by.....
the eagles..okay, lol some folks on here just arnt going to get that reference. Either your at least 25yrs of age, or you just like oldies. ^_^ Cracks me up .
I was bored so I made this, I wanted to change comic to Manga but did have any "a", "n" or "g"
Here's Version 1
(https://forums.fanime.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi25.tinypic.com%2F2md2g47.jpg&hash=873239b3eda026e043db740c553fb6793f1bc884)
And here's version 2
http://i26.tinypic.com/2s10zsl.jpg
planning, ? whats that?
wait ur not doing ur taxes today in line at like 11:59pm ?
sewing? i got my asian relatives working on that. inspector #17 is my 4 year old neice who's really good at making faux nike shoes, but horrible making frills on a faux Victoria Secret Bras... but I digress.
seriously tho a certain vague idea of what to do.
hotel room? eh, check
money? check
hanging out with friends? check
making new friends? check
being attacked/glomped by fangirls? never ready, but check???
having fun? - duh, yah?
Everyone should have fun, that you dont need to prepare for.
well... unless u need PPE - (personal protective equipment.) :P
I'm not really feeling any type of crunch. Everything is pretty much taken care of.
Hotel room reserved...Yes.
Registration paid...since October.
Truck...ready for the long drive.
Money...sitting in my bank account waiting to be spent.
Quote from: Squeeky_Moonkin on April 13, 2008, 08:01:12 PM
"Still need to finish my Zanpaktou and do my waraji..so lazy."
-You're making your own waraji ?@_@ *blink blink*
Yep! Going to be using this method: http://www.cosplay.com/showthread.php?t=69336
Quote from: Jerry on April 15, 2008, 09:28:48 AM
well... unless u need PPE - (personal protective equipment.) :P
<.< we call it that at work. And I thought we were the only ones to use that acronym, lulz.
I'm not really feeling a crunch, it's more of a frustration because I get one stupid thing to work on my Gijinka Pokemon...
I can't make anything new or awesome 'AW' because of the stupid immigration and customs BS at the Airport, I've been detained at the airport, let me tell you...not cool/fun. Oh well!
but one other 'new' cosplay is basically bought because...well it just simply fatigues!
Augh, need to finish props. ;__;
I want them done, but I'm being oh-so-lazy as to doing so. Blech. Can't wait for complete cosplay, though.
not feeling the crunch yet... but I know its just around the corner... yikes!
ya saving up money is a pain and i need to put finishing touches on my costumes =P
I was OK with the crunch until yesterday. One of my cosplays was shipped to Massachusetts instead of Nevada. The company hasn't contacted me, now I'm feeling the crunch. Sigh...hoping this works out.
I need moar moniez :'( I FAIL at saving
Gah, less than halfway done with Sumomo but I'm getting there! I'm trying to devote each of my days off to it, but it's difficult when Mom has her own plans that take up most of the day.
Time crunch? Not really.
Money crunch? Heck yeah. :P
Don't gotta worry about any of that if your not going this year... :P
The crunch is getting louder and louder in my head and more and more I panic and plan.
I'm gathering all the bottles in my garage and sending to the Recycle plant to earn some extra cash my goal amout is $500.00.
If you're not feeling the crunch you are either a God/Goddess or you're not cosplaying enough XD Well in my opinion anyway.
Sammie's List O' Completed Stuffs:
- Hotel $$$ and reservation - DONE!
- Registration (Myself and Kimmers) - DONE!
- Vampire Knight Night Class Cosplay - DONE!
- Black And White Dance Dress - DONE!
- SUV - Ready for the drive!
Sammie's List O' Things Too Complete In Time:
- Anbu Cosplay - Scarf, Vest, buy shoes
- Shinigami cosplay - Remake Gi and Hakama
So close to completion! Snowtrooper is probably since my armor guy is still backed up :(
But Isshin is almost complete. Gotta finish painting the sword and make the armor..then wait for my commissioner to finish the gi and coat ^-^
Quote from: Siatsu on April 20, 2008, 10:08:12 AM
If you're not feeling the crunch you are either a God/Goddess or you're not cosplaying enough XD Well in my opinion anyway.
Sammie's List O' Completed Stuffs:
- Hotel $$$ and reservation - DONE!
- Registration (Myself and Kimmers) - DONE!
- Vampire Knight Night Class Cosplay - DONE!
- Black And White Dance Dress - DONE!
- SUV - Ready for the drive!
Sammie's List O' Things Too Complete In Time:
- Anbu Cosplay - Scarf, Vest, buy shoes
- Shinigami cosplay - Remake Gi and Hakama
Kimerz List O' Completed Stuffs:
- Hotel $$$ and reservation - need to send out to responsible party
- Registration (Myself and Kimmers) - DONE!
- Vampire Knight Night Class Cosplay - DONE!
-Meek from digi charat cosplay (iron on star and it worked...still may by a star patch if I have money and time on shipping as a back up)
-Air-fare-Tickets bought
Kimerz List O' Things Too Complete In Time:
-Start typing up detailed packing list
-purchase a new red wig if I have time and extra $$
-2 days before con withdraws XX amount of $$ I have been putting away for food and spendage
- Black And White Dance Dress - will be done once mother in-law hems it, so its not so long on me
-Shoes fore B&W dress-need to still buy and earn extra money to buy them so as not to rely on everyday finances
- Try on belial/madhatter Angel Sanctuary cosplay and see how she fits
-make a set of neko ears and a new tail for anime dance rave
-Week before con pack up everything and go over with roomies on what i should bring food wise
-****make more money***
I'm definetely chewing on a Money Crunch.
Things completed:
-Transportation&accomodations=DONE
-Registration=DONE
Things NOT done:
-Cosplay A=Fabric is still in a heap xP
-Cosplay B=Not even fabric yet! D:
Me=FAIL.
For right now..
Completed:
Hotel Reservation.
Pre-Registration.
Getting a car to drive down there.
Funds.
Cosplay outfit.
Incomplete:
Black and White Ball outfit. Waiting for a pair of shoes.
Amount of people who are going with me.
And some loose get-together plans for lunch/dinner.
No more free weekends till the con, so I have to find other bits of time to finish my cosplay.
And I need a Dremel, and a digrinder, and a jigsaw with a metal blade, and a milling machine.... damn complicated cosplay!
D: Yes, hecka Con cruch time.
Completed:
- Registered.
- Hotel'd.
- Transportation.
- Found my DS.
Need to complete:
- Cosplay. D:
- Register for Masquerade.
- Find my DS.
One month and three days!!!!!! How exciting!
I have no con crunch, since I have no new cosplay outfits this year, and may not even cosplay. Dunno, we'll see how I feel closer to con time. It's a pain since I cut my hair, because all my cosplays are for long hair, and I've found that wig caps tend to give me migraines.
Got my tax refund already; now I just have to make sure not to spend it all on stupid things.
Hotel taken care of, friends have booked their flights, I'm driving, we're all set to go!
Now it's just the waaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitttttttttttttttttt................... *impatiently giddy*
Completed:
- Pre-Registration.
- Hotel Reservation.
- Taking the train to con.
- Cosplay Outfits.
Need to complete:
- Get outfit for B&W Ball.
- Saving up money.
Got everything taken care off all I still need is a stick.
raw i put the finishing touches on my costume and now all i need to do is help my friend make a get backers sign and save up -_- why is money so ilusive
Hell yes I'm feeling the crunch. I still have to dig out my chains for my slave cosplay I do every year. Buy another pair of black pants, make my mask again, figure out what I'm going to do with my hair, find out if I have to put on any makeup...
arg...the list goes on.
IT'S A MONTH AWAY PEOPLE!!!!
Since everyone seems so busy with finishing their props/costumes and saving up enough money to go to the con.
I wonder how my friends are going to manage to pull off Fanime on time.
They haven't registered, haven't gotten back to me about hotels, and haven't made any plans whatsoever.
Not to mention they haven't even decided what their costumes will be.....
Man, I'm starting to feel the con crunch for them already.
Oh God, the sewing...the sewing will never be done.
Other than that, ready to go!
Decided to cosplay after all, so now I have to find all the pieces and see what I need to fix/add/buy.
Oh gosh, EVERYTHING =.=;
INCOMPLETE:
- I have nothing for my Light cosplay o-o-
- I still need to have a chat with my Mom about Fanime -_-
- I need more money
- Still need to reg
- Need to figure out if we need to get a hotel or not (Its less expensive if we go for a day)
- The letters on my Death Note are fading so I need to somehow get some the letters to normal.
COMPLETE:
- I have enough money for reg at least :D -shot-
Don't have to do but want to:
- Find my DS
- Find Pokemon Diamond
- Bring my camera, but Krista is bringing her's ^^; But she probably won't upload anything so it'd be smart to bring mine...
I still got my Black Lagoon Roberta to work on.
>.> I need to do a whole lot of stuff.
Haku's outer robe thingie. Finish Haku in general.
Redo Yoruichi's leg warmer, since my first one pretty much died.
Get moar money. :D
Figure out hotel room stuff.
Figure out masquerade stuff.
Rehearse masquerade stuff.
I've done:
Prereg
Staff reg (so Prereg, technically, was unneeded)
Figured out staff hours
Talked over leaving school with mom
Having some of the money necessary for survival at con
Must finish Suiseiseki costume...must finish Mass O Marbles' Hinaichigo costume (if the freakin' trim ever arrives!)...must get money (come on Economic Stimulus check) ...must finish doll dresses for Swap Meet...must...sleep....eventually.
Who am I kidding? I plan all year just to do everything at the last possible second. I love this 5H|7!
Cosplay has finally been decided, and of course, I've decided that I MUST have a new costume. So the hunt for clothing begins! Luckily there's still 4 weeks before I head out to CA, and I managed to find a fair amount of pieces this weekend. I'll be sporting one of Nenene's outfits from the Read or Die TV series and going with my friend who will be cosplaying Yomiko (also from RoD).
Still need: white headband and a book shaped charm for a necklace
Then I just have to figure out how to get this costume, my regular clothing, and all my stuff for my other cosplay (Azuma Kazuma from Yakitate!! Japan) in 1 suitcase...it may prove far more difficult than finding the rest of my costume.
I finally done with with all my outfits, both cosplay and B&W. All that's left for me to do now is save money.
more money and buy a tie.
Other than getting my Asuma costume done... nothing really seems to be a "Crunch" Finishing med-finals perhaps?
due to money crunches, i shall not have a mario cosplay.
3 more weeks!
Yeah I know what you man. I have to finish making my Jiraiya headband and scroll. Money wise I'm ready. It's just the way thats starting to get to me. XDDDDDD
I love having my birthday on the 24th of may <3
I'm staying at a friend's hotel room that's not charging me
My costume is being made free by a seamstress I know
My mom is paying for my registration
And the rest is being payed for by relatives and friends XD
YUSS!
So, no con crunch feelin' here!
Quote from: questionette on May 06, 2008, 03:07:07 PM
I love having my birthday on the 24th of may <3
I'm staying at a friend's hotel room that's not charging me
My costume is being made free by a seamstress I know
My mom is paying for my registration
And the rest is being payed for by relatives and friends XD
YUSS!
So, no con crunch feelin' here!
Dang, you got it pretty easy! XD But that's okay, because it's almost your BIRTHDAY!! ;D
In any case, relating to the forum topic, I'm starting to feel more of a crunch each day. XD We're on the home stretch! I still need to finish the wings for my OC's boots and practice making Robin's hairstyle.
I'll probably get to it after the semester ends. <3
my con crunch has ended for the most part only thing left to do now is to do more sit ups and pushups >_<
I'mma start feeling that time crunch the day or two before Fanime. xD
I got most of it finished, all I have to do is make sure I have everything, and make/buy some black armwarmers for the sake of accuracy (totally optional... I'm a lazy-but.. :D )
Roberta is done! Yay! Just got the crucifix and the wig.
Now to polish up Lorraine McFly for the ballroom dance.
one of my wigs just came in. This is what I have left:
Find or make an orange apron by next week
Sew my new ears and tail set for the rave/dance
may finish a tail for one of my characters, not totally needed though
Try to make a set for a friend
Finish my packing list and the start packing on May 17th ...why so early? cause I fly with so much stuff and need to optimize space without going over the luggage weight limits.
ok, now the crunch is on. i havent even started my shinigami or my pushie sword/floor cushion.
The crunches are starting to sound like loud explodions!!!
my cosplay is STILL missing in action. Aside from that I'm all good. The one thing I had no control over is being taken care of now, so I"m sure I'll be all ready to go when I leave...in less then two weeks! ;D
Quote from: Squeeky_Moonkin on May 09, 2008, 11:49:51 AM
one of my wigs just came in. This is what I have left:
Find or make an orange apron by next week
Sew my new ears and tail set for the rave/dance
may finish a tail for one of my characters, not totally needed though
Try to make a set for a friend
Finish my packing list and the start packing on May 17th ...why so early? cause I fly with so much stuff and need to optimize space without going over the luggage weight limits.
Only 10 flippin days left..@_@
I found an apron...its not the right shade of orange, so I am debating on getting it, then doing better later on, probbaly sew one later after fanime (cooking mama cosplay)
made a tail, but may redo it, need to sew 2 sets of ears and decide which set to bring
probably not going to make the set for the friend
Finish that damn packing list by wed
I also badly need to find 2 garment bags oye and clean my truck this weekend which takes up sewing time @_@
Start packing This Thursday night so I can keep adding to luggage as i remember things I know I might almost forget (never fails)
bottom line, 5 more productive days to sew etc