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Costume Photos
Rinoa Wannabe
Taken by Paul Jacques
Princess of the Forest Owls
A feather floats on the wind
Angel Wings
"Hunger" by Alinthea
Taken by Paul Jacques
Taken by Paul Jacques
Record breaker!
Eyes on You
"Dance with me?"
"That's a secret between you and me. Got that? Rinoa..."
Costume Information
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| Cost : | £110- £120 (2008 update- £51.86. With postage £76.66) |
| Time Taken : | 5 hours? ( 3-4 hours on 2008 update) |
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| I have wanted to cosplay Rinoa for years and she's still my favourite Final Fantasy character to date. I adore her style and the design of her outfit. It's unique but not in you face so you can still walk down the street without too many odd looks haha. Seeing as it was my first cosplay and I cannot knit I did have the duster & arm-warmers commissioned for me by Dream Angels as they produce the most accurate looking ones I have seen. Made from real sweater-knit fabric it clings to your curves & is gorgeous. Has the all important wings on the back of course. The arm-warmers are a tad loose so I intend to tighten them in the future or get some sock glue. I did alter the duster myself slightly however as the buttons needed changing (they were silver I wanted them blue) and re-positioning on the clasp so it fit better. The skirt I made myself. I had a denium-type pleated skirt that looked the right colour so I took the zip out & un-stiched all the pleats till I was left with a scrap of fabic. Then I put it back together from scratch. I shorted the length, made the skirt wrap-around to create a seam at one side & sewed on 3 round silver buttons. Quite pleased with how it turned out but it does need a re-vamp. I already had a pair of black lycra cycling shorts so I made an insertion at the front of each leg and sewed in silver zips. Unfortunatly because of the nature of the material it bunches up =( I still need to work out how to avoid this. The black clingy cami-top I brought from Peacocks. Boots are actually meant to be boys school boots lol but they managed to fit me.They have 5 shoe lace holes and I tied them only up to the 4th as Rinoa does. The metal clasps she has on the front of the boots I made by taking apart 2 belts I got from Claire's Accessories and glueing the top part of the belt buckle to black strip of elasticated material which I wrapped around the boot and tied underneath just in front of the heel. This is my favourite part I made myself. The ring was a simple silver band I brought from a market stall years ago with her character in mind. The way the chain links are on her necklace are unique and I couldn't find anything that matched it so just found the closest looking necklace I could (which involved me taking off a pendant and re-attaching the links) which I then put the ring through. Ribbon on her arm is a simple black ribbon which is slightly elasticated to help it stay tied to my upper arm without cutting off my circulation. My natural hair style is pretty much the same as Rinoa's so I dyed my hair black and got some auburn-brown hair extensions which I cut to the right length & width and clipped into my hair. You could see the hair grips close up however so I may try a wig next time with the highlights put through properly. I have had my hair dyed like hers properly a few years back though, shame I didn't cosplay then! Make-up was simple darking of eyebrows, a bit of brown eyeshadow & mascara. I adore this costume =) Cost notes- Duster & arm-warmers- $130 (around £65)postage $11 Boots- £5 or £10 cannot remember. 2 belts to make boot buckles- around £5 Blue denium skirt- already owned Black lycra cycle shorts- already owned Black cami top- £3 Auburn clip in hair extensions (8)- £14.99 Plain silver ring- £5 Silver necklace- £3- £5 Elasticated strips, 2 zips, elasticated ribbon, blue thread, 2 small blue buttons- £5.90 3 large silver buttons, elasticated ribbon, stitch ripper- no more than £5 * 2008 UPDATE * Right I plan to improve Miss Heartilly and reveal her again a year after her debut. I brought new shorts & zips and sewed them directly onto the fabric this time to stop the lycra bunching. Came out a lot better. I started making a entire new skirt but failed miserably (I need to start working with patterns) so I patched up the old one by cutting off excess fabric at the waist, re-stitching & replacing the zip with buttons as it made the fit better. The back of the skirt was half gaping open but thankfully the duster covers that. The front looked how I wanted it to and that's all that mattered lol I ordered a wig from International Wig.com. Style- Mary by Sepia. At first was annoyed to find it didn't actually have a side parting (although at least had a side fringe). Wished it was slightly longer too tbh but oh well. I cut up the auburn highlights and sewed them into the wig just under the hairline. Not a professional attempt but the finished result looked ok ^-^ Didn't wish to destroy the arm warmers by attempting to tighten them so brought some sock glue to hold them up and it works a charm =) I have a Squall plush to keep me company this time XD I used a black eyebrow pencil to fill out my eyebrows more and to make sure I matched the wig. My hairs naturally quite dark so I didn't bother last year but tbh it made a big difference. I wore Rinoa again on Saturday 25th October 2008 at the London MCM Expo. Same as last year I was asked for many photos and told my costume was very accurate. I'm glad I used a wig this time as I had more comments on my hair. Someone thought it was my actual hair lol Quite a few people found the Squall plush a very cute touch. I was wearing this costume as expo attendees broke the world record for the most people gathered dressed as a character from a game. I was number 80 of 342. 2008 Update Cost Notes- Staysput sock glue- £5.99. Postage £1.50 2 metal zips- £2 Zip for skirt- 40p Black lycra shorts- 99p. Postage 80p Black wig (Mary by Sepia)- $39.99 (Roughly £20) Postage $34.99 Auburn clip in hair extensions (8)- £14.99 Squall plush doll- $8.90 (Roughly £4.50)Postage $10 Black eyebrow pencil- £2.99 | |
To-Do List
| Find & order wig in suitable style | High | Complete |
| Re-make shorts | Medium | Complete |
| Trim wig if needed & add the extensions | Medium | Complete |
| Re-make Skirt | Medium | Planned |
Journal
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2008 UPDATE (Posted 1 Month Ago) * 2008 UPDATE * 1st October- 10th Oct- 15th Oct- 16th Oct- 21st Oct- 23rd Oct- 24th Oct- 25th Oct- |
Comments
I really like this cosplay. The duster is spot on, and I like how you've got some real attention to detail on the costume! It really suits you! :3
OMG Squallplushissocute! Iwanttostealitfromyou!! <3
Coolness, this should look better. ^^b