NIKKI as CURE BLOSSOM (year-ender shoot)

goodbye 2013 and hello 2014

this was my best year-ender photo shoot evaaaaaah!!!

thank you kuya jo for the osm photos

it wouldn't be this lovely if it weren't for you :]

this was my last cosplay shoot for the year 2013

and i know that i'll be able to make more beautiful memories

with this costume~

(my shupink lashes were osm and definitely a must for this cosplay)

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the pretty cure franchise as always been a part of my heart

i fell in love from the very first time i saw them transform into magical girls

that i always dream of~

tsubomi/cure actually is like the other side of me...

 and i am more of a cure marine character

though i cannot helpmyself not wantingto cosplay her..

since she's cureblossomafter all.. that pretty face,  lonely, shy,weak yet courageous girl...

yes that's what i love about her!

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coser: nikki

character; cure blossom

series: heart catch pretty cure

(c) mapi photography

"watashi, kanninbukuro no o ga kiremashita!"

Team Henshin for HOTD (Highschool Of The Dead

here's our take: HOTD team henshin style :3

thank you alain for your osm work...

view his portfolio here----> https://www.facebook.com/ritrato.alainrafer

and thank you to my team mates and photog-friends for making this happen :]

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Cast:

marky as random zombie

ollie as rei

sky as takahashi

loki as saeko

nikki as saya

dasku as kohta

shinji as nure shizuka

star as alice

JL as mrs.takagi

Photogs:

alain

vince

ron

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the shoot was held at a college campus thank you very much to shun for accommodating us :]

everyone did well and the aftermath was a picnic style pot-luck-ish meal for everyone!

side note; it would've been better if there were a huge pack of zombies

blood spills and jam packed zombie beating everywhere

yeah! the blood was osm ... it added a lot of drama

surely it was a blast!

but we'll re-shoot this for shoot

this time...more zombies, more blood 

and more HOTD signature fan service LOL

Nikki and Miyumi's Misadventures: Audition for Goseiger Stunt Actors

I am actually sad that we aren't chosen to be the stunt actors of some sort~LOL

 for the goseigers' meet and greet here in the country

though we still tried and did our best

I just wish that somehow we were tall enough and sexy of course~huehuehue

boo-hoo!!!

owell so much for sighing and sobbing 

here are our souvenir pictures yay!!!

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I want to be a sentai or a kamen rider stunt actor some day... *sulks in the corner*

Nikki as Cure Heart

 Here's a prayer of love from cure heart and diamond to you :3

 well after a very tiring and fun day of dance rehersal with SGR48

i went straight to QC Circle for our Pretty Cure! Doki Doki! shoot

actually I was very tired that day but out of courtesy and forkeeping them waiting...

I still wore my beast smile for them...and I am very sorry for being so late

our day shoot became a night shoot

but all thanks to our very OMS photogs somehow

it was a success:3

~though our cure rosetta didn't make it in costume...

...we'll still reschedule another shoot and I hope we'll be complete by that time <3

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As for the teaser...

here are the photos c/o our friend Luis (JENCO PHOTOGRAPHY) 

https://www.facebook.com/JencoPhotography

 (run with me 1st look)

(run with me 2nd look)

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still waiting for the other photos :3

Sailor Henshin Warriors at Cosplay Mania 2013

if it's cosplay mania ... then expect me to be present :3

i'm not used to going to cosplay cons every week~

i tend to choose among the biggest and worth coming to...

and i must say that cosmania is one of the most anticipated events here in the country

(c)to the owner hihihi

for this year's cosplay mania 2013 my group and i entered for the group cosplay competition

our group's name btw is-----------> Sailor Henshin Warriors *the feels*

obviously it's a Sailor Moon Cosplay group with my girls/gays/boys hihihi

actually, we just joined for fun

but winning is another thing :3

Thank you to everyone who supported us specially to my team mates and to You Dear God <3

(c)to the owner hihihi

~believe it or not our skit was just finalized minutes before our actual presentation~

we're really busy because some of us are working, others are still  studying...

but somehow we did it...we made it... and it happened :3

everyone you did OSM~

to sky,star, and me for the video/audio presentation

marky, ollie, JL for the plot/storyline

me and loki for the props and dubbing...dasku for arranging the dubbed parts

derel and mitch for participating and being there

lucky, iban and sky for being our black men and assisting us

and finally, aki for being our technical support :3

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'til our next performance!!!

Cosplay Feature: NIKKI for a COSPLAY DOCUMENTARY by PVT Channel 4

i got a call from PTV Channel 4 last month for another cosplay feature~yay!!!

(cosplaying as a female rune knight from ragnarok...sorry i lost my knee high socks so yeah my legs are bare)

but this time, it's for a documentary about cosplay here in the Philippines

different cosplayers raging from cross dresser, japanese fashion enthusiast, otaku blogger, mecha cosplayer,

cosplayers from a cosplay organization, cosplayer/freelance model and me ( a plain cosplayer LOL ) were invited for the documentary and were interviewed regarding cosplay/cosplaying and the different issues about cosplay/cosplaying here in the country

it is somehow an in depth documentary on how cosplay began here in the country

the how and why did the Filipinos started cosplaying

there were a lot of topics actually, but everything else basically revolves around COSPLAY itself :3

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i couldn't talk about it that much so yeah here's the BTS by sir xtianmak instead hihihi~

Click this link for the BTS of the documentary --> http://arkadymac.com/2013/10/17/cosplay-documentary-taping/

NIKKI at an EVENT at GATE WAY MALL

what kept me busy these days?

what have I been doing these days?

raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaakkkkkkkkkkkkkeeeeeeeeeeet!!!

the sailor henshin warriors were called for an event c/o the araneta management

there were 9 cosplayers for the said event and we were divided into 3 groups, 3 cosplayers per group

were assigned to 3 different malls: gateway, ali mall and farmers

ollie me and mitch were assigned to give candies to the kiddos at gateway mall

 here's baby sofia as little snowhite

annabelle as snow white at Ali Mall

 here's our last group shot right after the event concluded...

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Thank you very much to our ever-WAFU talent manager *coughs* for the support

MORE RAKETSSS TO COME!!!

contact me via my face book page: http://www.facebook.com/nikkichancosplay

Cosplay Feature: NIKKI at PERSONAGE

today is a rest day and a movie marathon for me :]

so much for work and stress~

updating my blogspot...

a lot of things happened and enough with my feel trip as for my last post here XD

hihihi!

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for the yay ~ i got featured

at PTV Channel 4's morning segment PERSONAGE (don't forget to like their page)

The feature is about cosplaying and me as a cosplayer

actually, I am not that prepared for the questions so excuse me for my answers 

but meh~ I think it's just fine :P

click the link for the video...

NIKKI AT PERSONAGE

and see the album regarding the feature as well :3

PHOTO SET

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actually, I began to question myself about the things that keep me going...

keep me cosplaying...

the community is very different now as compared before,

many cosplayers come and go

there are different views upon cosplaying and motives behind cosplaying

a hobby? a form of art?  an escape from reality? a career? a stepping stone? competition? work?

I don't know about yours...but whatever it is, let's just make this community work

let's make this hobby fun and just enjoy it like any other hobby there is

Next Cos-Project: Kagamine Rin

and here's the real deal..

kagamine rin will be my next cos-project

but I am actually lacking the motivation to start making it...

though~I have already bought the fabrics lol

I have to finish this project before August 26...

philip will shoot this cos btw...I think it'll be a studio shoot

i need to finish you before the 26th okay?!
i have to start on a diet or so because of the belly!!!

gyaaaaaah!!!

powaaaaaaaah!

DIY Ranka Lee Costume

hello~ I need some sugar and inspiration here...

~for I am about to start on a new cos-project!!!

yay! I am sooo slacking off
~so for the mean time...here's a review on my ranka lee sewing project:

after buying the needed fabrics...
I made the patterns-traced it on the fabric and cut it
(DICLAIMER; I don't have any formal education in sewing)

REFERENCE PHOTO: Ranka Lee

ribbons for the hand cuffs

 the base of the hand cuffs

 big bow for my hair

 here's the finished product!!!
use velcro/magic tape at the ends to secure each hand cuff
glue a hair clip at the back of the big bow so that it'll be easy to be place on to your wig

for the skirt...

get your emasurement and make a skirt pattern, trace it on to the fabric and then cut it

cut the needed fabrics for your other ribbpns and bows
ribbons and bows everywhere
it's actually really simple  so it's really easy to figure out

break time!!!

sharnel and her ice drop

 while sewing my ruffles... I haff to get my ice drop fix too XD

 here are your ruffles to be sewn at the end of the skirt to make it more fluffy and frilly

now, sew them altogether...

I used the cream fabric for the base skirt toppped with the orange one

then I added ruffles at the end of the skirt

for the top... I forgot to take some photos so yeah

you just have to figure it out yourself

Idk... I am really a noob when it comes to sewing...

I hope to take a crash course on sewing though~ XD

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tadd'a!!!

coser: nikki
character: ranka lee
series: macross frontier
costume sewn by ME :3 my page
boots made by iban
wig from Mylittleprinceshop clickme :3
(c) JENCO photography
(I also made a yellow uber fluffy petticoat to make the skirt fluffeeeh)

~and I will also feature my ranka lee cosplay shoot by jenco photography some other time) 

TEASER: Nikki as Lenne and Leona

how about a teaser from last friday's shoot?

coser: nikki nikki/nikki tan as Lenne

costume: loki's haven click me-----------> Loki's Haven

(c) vincent noir

coser: nikki nikki/nikki tan as Lenne

costume: hand crafted by me and iban click me-------------> my cosplay page

(c) vincent noir

TODAY'S SHOOT: LENNE and LEONA

gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!

I'm so tired~ orz

*touchdown* 

JGH from my own shoot~choz XD

with le super osm Vincent Noir

happy holiday! wtv the holiday is...
~we did 2 sets of costume: Lenne and Leona

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~the venue was at NAPW @ Q.C

I went there with iban :3 and we were on time boo-yeah!

but unfortunately the weather didn't cooperate with us

that's why we waited for it to stop...

then we proceeded with the shoot proper

t'was fun and all 

but tiring at the same time...

then after the shoot we went to SM North to eat :>

ooooooooooh I feel so sleepy...

time to rest nao

ja!