Super
Sailormoon
S anime version
- Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon -
Appearances: Ohayocon 2008, Shinbokucon 2008
Inspiration: Sailormoon is my favorite anime of all time, yet I have trouble finding characters I want to cosplay. Mostly because everything from this anime is so overdone. So why, may you ask, did I cosplay the main character? Well, it's a long story, but in the end I found there's a lack of completely accurate Super Sailormoons out there, so I wanted to do this beautiful sailor fuku justice ^_^
Design: I tried to stay as accurate as possible, but a few unique things I did was use clear PVC for the shoulder wings, and kept the lockets to a simple design. I actually might change the shoulders because unfortunately they're extremely hard to see in pictures :(
The other thing is the Eternal debate with any SailorMoon costume: blonde or yellow hair? I like both on cosplayers, but my whole purpose of making the costume was to be accurate to the anime, and no matter how you look at it, Usagi has yellow hair in the anime. I like it better anyway :)
Construction: First of all I hate super shiny satin Sailor fukus. I know the Japanese like their satin but there's nothing in all of Sailormoon history that says they're made of anything shiny. Even in SeraMyu--the shiny of the shiny--the actual collars and skirts are matte material. Pretty Guardian stayed away from it too. But it was my own preference to use what I did. It's a mix of materials, mostly because I couldn't ever find what I was looking for.
The wig was a project within itself. After countless hours studying tutorials (THANK YOU charmedseed & Katie Bair!!!), I pain-stakingly and nerve-wrackingly assembled a SailorMoon wig I'm extremely proud of. It was actually much easier than I thought it was going to be!
LimeBarb as Luna
photoshoot coming soon!
