Either/or shall suit you well dear readers. I will be the first to admit that these photos are not very good. These are the reference photos I have so far. Carol normally wears a skirt and shirt kind of ensemble, but in episodes where she becomes obsessed with people sleeping with her, she usually is wearing something that she can rip open pretty quickly. The episode I’m choosing to model the cos after is “Diversity Hire”. Or Crystal. She changes her name to fit her mood. I will be going as the auto-erotic asphyxiation enthusiast/secretary, Carol. I should clarify that one has not been announced yet, BUT there was one last year, so presumably with its great success there will be one again. Adam will be going as our “hero” Sterling Archer and Caitlin will be the lovely Malory Archer. We’re thinking we would probably do this on the day of the Archer panel. Its new, its hip, it’s all the rage! So that’s what we shall be cosing as this year. Running on FX, it has recently just started its second season. Accompanied by his “crack” team of office drones and his partner Lana, Archer works for one of the top spy agencies of the world, which also happens to be run by his overbearing mother, ex black ops agent Mallory Archer. If you’ve never checked out the show, I highly recommend it. Created by Adam Reed (Frisky Dingo) it is the thrilling and epic tale of Sterling Archer, Codename Duchess, the most inept super spy you will ever meet. So one of the best new animated shows of the past year, in my humble opinion, has been FX’s smash hit “Archer”. For now they’re all conceptual, but as I start to gather everything I plan to post production photos and the like for all to see! □ So lets dive right in! I have given myself a meek budget, which honestly I think creates more of a fun challenge.Īs a result of cost though, I’ve been working with the idea of doing three mild to medium priced costumes and only one on the pricier side. I feel like I don’t need to spend thousands of dollars in order to put together something awesome. So since I can’t build something from the ground up, the past few months have been scouring the internet for base pieces that I can add little things to. How can I make stuff look awesome/at a pro level on a small budget? I’m also not much of a seamstress, though I want to learn more. The biggest thing for me has been picking characters that I can balance quality and cost with. So, the friends and I have been planning some group costumes and some separates, but I’ve got a breakdown of both group and non group stuff that I’ve been researching that I am super excited about. I will not be a half asser! And with that declaration, here’s some of the work I’ve been putting in the past few months, leading into Comic-Con! As cool as it would be to get featured on a website as some of the coolest costumes there, my greater fear is to be ridiculed on the internet for doing it half assed. But with SDCC being the red carpet event of the geeky year, it also means that we have to raise the bar for ourselves. People building full on body armor, spending years and (literally) thousands of dollars on the costumes that they build out of sheer love. It would seem that cosing has taken on a sense of professionally that border lines on ridiculous. Often times when I went to con, it seemed like there was a big college costume party and the theme was “Awesome”. Of course there were folks who got super into it, but they were fewer and farther between, thought that may have just been because of the venues I was at. Back when I was a kid cosing as Wonder Girl in jeans and a tee-shirt, it was about people throwing in representation for their favorite things. I have made some very interesting discoveries as a result. I really REALLY wanted to dress up!! Bare with me on my girlish moments… So I’ve been putting a lot of work into research these past few months, before we even had tickets. Its like prom, but for people like meeee(nerds)eeeeee! □ I get to wear a kick ass outfit that I am super proud of, that I have built/put together myself representing some of my favorite things in the nerd community. So naturally one of the things I am SUPER excited about is the idea of cosplay for SDCC. Dress up like Clark Kent and get my picture taken. Now I just do stuff like this in my spare time. I went with friends and it was fun but it was never anything incredibly intense. That’s kind of my only con experience, going to these small venues with one main celebrity that the whole event was really based around. I started cosing when I went to a few VERY small local cons when I was in highschool, but nothing too intense. So, while most little girls liked to dress up as Disney princesses as a kid, I wanted to be Batman.
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