SupaNova the Sequel!

We'd known there was a second SupaNova this year, in November, but we thought it was just the Madman Cosplay Competition. We were going to go to watch, but not compete or dress up too much or anything.

Until yesterday.

I found out that the second SupaNova was in fact another full blown comic convention! Christopher Lloyd was supposed to come earlier this year but had cancelled. Apparently he organised it so he would come this November. GREAT SCOTT!

You can find out all the details on the Supanova website, but basically it's November 4-6 for us Brisbane kids.

Do you know what this means?

A frantic month an a half of costume making! I will not be redonning my Harley suit, I want to mix it up, but one of my best friends will be wearing it!

Crazed text messages were sent yesterday and most of the afternoon and evening was spent organising who was going to be what and when. I'm very happy that this time a lot of my friends have decided to join in the fun of dressing up!

Coming up over October will be posts on the ideas and progress we make on our costumes. I'm joined on this blog now my friend Emily, so I'm looking forward to seeing her posts too!

Click the jump below for a quick write up of who we'll be going as!

Harley Quinn, Pleased t' meet ya!

I realised I have neglected to put up my full costume on this blog! Well here's the result of my Harley Quinn costume adventures in March!

It was so much fun. I'd only lost a little bit of weight and I am a lot thinner now, but I still felt confident in this body hugging spandex!

Hit the jump below to see more pics!

Harley Quinn: Day 1

So I cut out most of the pieces yesterday, and had a grand old time. NOT. Just a reminder I'm using this AWESOME pattern by Holly Messinger. She posts it to you so none of that printing stuff out and trying to tape it all together. It comes on two huge sheets with written instructions and a diagram so you can make sure you're doing the right colour blocking.

This is the most complex thing I have ever made I think. The concentration needed to make sure you're cutting out the right colour and stitching it the right way, FULL ON.

So I started with the funner stuff first, deciding to leave the bodysuit til last. I started with the Booties!

So cute. A bit frustrating because they don't have any lining and if I DO pull them apart like I am thinking about, I will add some lining so the batting isn't straight on my foot. They are so fun though. A bit tricky around the ankle trying to make it sit right, and if I get the chance I will definitely be redoing it.

Both booties without the cuffs on yet!

Harley Quinn

'Oh c'mon puddin... Don't you wanna rev up yer Harley? Vroom Vrooomm'

More Supanova costuming goodness!

I have loved Harley Quinn forever. I mean that almost quite literally. I saw her on tv once before school doing her flips and cute tricks and just fell in love. I have loved her longer than my Batman obsession even begun! Now that I have mastered the art of wearing contact lenses [okay maybe I haven't, my sister has to put them in but my eyes freak out no more!] and have blonde hair I think the time has finally come for me to dress up as the cutest, ditziest villain ever.

cuuuute Harley Quinn costume!

Red Hood//Jason Todd Costume

So here we go. The first in a long list of costumes I'll be making for Supanova!


Tim will be going as Red Hood, specifically the Jason Todd incarnation of it. If you don't know much about the Batman universe, then watching Batman: Under The Red Hood is an amazing movie. Not only is Batman so amazing in it, and you really see WHY he doesn't kill people, why he is a bit of a vigilante; you also get to see an AWESOME Joker [seriously my favourite. very messed up. very funny!] and there's also a bit of Nightwing [we'll get to him later] and the most important character in the movie, Red Hood ie Jason Todd as in the second Robin Batman ever had.

He is voiced by Jensen Ackles and yeh, he's a freaking BABE. Ugh. Love Love. Yeh I watch this movie about once a week, honestly!

Supanova!

Hi guys, long time no posty! My bad! I promise I will be more than making up for it in the next few weeks!

In 23 days is Supanova! It's our first time, but I'm very excited because we have an entire gang coming! Of course guess who is making costumes for one and all? Little me! I completely forgot it was coming up so soon, I've been distracted with helping design the wedding dresses of not only my baby sister but also my best friend. Both are getting married this year! Hurray!

I thought I'd do an intro post of all the costumes that I will be making! Then I'll break them down and kinda brainstorm on how I'll make them, then the next few days you'll get loads of pics and how-tos! HURRAY

I touched on this briefly a few months ago on Max California, but this is the costume blog so this is where all the action will be! I'll save all the massive introduction and explanations of each character for later posts, but here we go. Are you ready?

First of all let's start with what Mr. California will be wearing! He wanted to go as Green Lantern so badly, but refused the idea of wearing lycra. Well there isn't much else you can make a superhero suit out of that will work okay, so we decided to think of someone else. That someone else is someone very close to my heart. Okay that wasn't a very good clue since I have a LOT of superhero and villainous boys close to my heart.

My husband is going as Red Hood//Jason Todd!

Yummy.

I will be going as Harley Quinn!

Hiyer Puddin!