Petshop of Horrors group for Anime Boston or AnimeNext?

[ladyofthethread]

A few months back, I asked if anyone were interested in doing a Petshop of Horrors group sometime but there weren’t any definite plans made. But novaraven (who has also cosplayed D plus his father and grandfather) is now working on plans to come down from Canada for Anime Boston so I thought it might be a good time to try for a group. She’s also making the 19th Century D outfit so we’re going to be confusing and wear our versions together as D and his grandpa. :-D Plus, she should have a Leon with her and possibly a Pon-Chan.

Currently, there are no plans to do a skit or the hall contest together but we were talking about applying for cosplay chess and I’m sure we’ll do pictures at some point. ^_^ If you’d like to join us, let me know. See the links for reference pics or if you want to look at the whole album: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v342/LadyoftheThread/psoh%20reference/. We can also try to have a smaller group for AnimeNext if people are interested since I know at least one person isn’t able to make AB.

Count D – myself (although I can also wear his sister’s dress for a while if someone else would like a turn playing D)
D’s grandfather –novaraven
D’s father –
D’s sister –
Leon –novaraven’s friend
T-Chan (totetsu) – kiwi_lady is going to do T-Chan for AnimeNext but probably won't be able to make AB ;_; 
Pon-Chan (racoon) – novaraven's friend if she comes
Honlon (3-headed dragon) – a couple of people are interested in this although I don't have a definite yet
Ten-Chan (9-tailed fox) – bloodied_tears
Medusa (basilisk) – heartxofxlilith
P-Chan (bird of pardise) – Lilly from cosplay.com
Alice (rabbit) –
Keirin (kirin) –
Eva (mermaid) (obviously this one needs some modifications so you don’t get kicked out of the con if anyone wants to do it ^_^;;;) –
Suioh (phoenix) –
Alex (vampire) –
Norma (vampire) –
Dreizehn (doberman) –
Toki birds –jezeroth is tentatively doing the male ibis; the female bird has not been claimed
Mellow (digital fish) –
Pandora (Maine coon cat) –
Tina (jaguar) –
Butterfly – 
Sohki (kirin) (Sohki is actually from Genju no Seiza, another of Matsuri Akino's manga, but he goes to visit D in a bonus story in one of the Genju no Seiza volumes)– 

If anyone wants to do something I didn’t list, let me know and I’ll add it in. I omitted a bunch of the little kid characters with less interesting designs, pets we never saw human versions of, and stuff from the sequel since I didn’t think anyone would be likely to want to do those. Also, there are a lot of pets that only appear as background characters (you can see a few in the pic with Norma) and a few that are only in artbook pictures or extra illustrations. (I think the lolita catgirls are cute but D needs nicer clothes in that picture. Ripped cobweb patterned stuff and a bondage collar is so out of character. O_o;;) 


And, jumping to a somewhat related topic, I got the collar for the new costume finished. I ended up appliquéing the trim along the edges and I think it came out pretty well. ^_^ Need to work on the main robe next. 
 
 

Comments

[heartxofxlilith.livejournal.com]

Wow, your dress is looking LOVELY so far!
(As always)

I just posted in my journal about upcoming cosplay plans and Medusa is pretty much 99.9999 percent definite.

I know Alyssa was interested in doing HonLon, i will ask her about it.

Im really excited and I think having a huge group would be AMAZING.

[hikaruchan.livejournal.com]

As you know I am considering Anime Boston. Of the 3 Petshop costumes making, you already have 2 (Medusa & D). If I can come, I will focus on the 3rd - Honlon. I will have to see if can find any colored pictures, since all my references are black & white.

[sailor-asteroid.livejournal.com]

I wish I could attend that con, otherwise I'd gladly make something for your group^^

Wonderful work on the shoulders so far, I'm impressed!

[jezeroth.livejournal.com]

Your trim on the shoulder pieces looks really sharp. Nice work!

And OMG I'd love to do a group with that single art shot sometime. Talk about decadently creepy.

[doorknocker-dog.livejournal.com]

The collar looks amazing! Is it for the D from the pheonix story?

And I can do Ten-chan, if you like. ^^ A petshop group in Chess sounds like awesomesauce.

[helena-lee.livejournal.com]

OMG, the costume looks AMAZING! O.O
And you've got the pearls!! *claps the hands, jumping*
*___________* It's becoming soooo amazing!

Naaah, I wish I didn't live sooooooooo far T_T Here, it would be even more difficult to gather people to make a PSoH cosplay group. The only cosplayer I ever saw trying PSoH was Simone Setti, the one who tried the Kirin [and made it so perfectly that I amost died when watching the video]. If I were there I'd totally try Norma.

[[I know this is useless, but I got a bit confused when I saw something written in Portuguese in one of the mangas xD You have a picture of it. Right below the 'Diamonde' in the Toki birds' image, there's 'Lágrima de Diamante' written. I looked at that like 'O.O why the f***??' xD
Though I so wanted to try to cosplay one of them o.o So beautiful!]]

Ok, ok, enough useless comments. Just one more thing: loved the drabbles on your last post ^^

[rurouni-jedi.livejournal.com]

OMG WHY ARE YOU SO GOOD AT THESE THINGS???

I nominate you cosplayer of the century. Your stuff is JUST THAT AMAZING. *o*

[kiwi-lady.livejournal.com]

I'm hating college RIGGGGHT about now DD :!!
I'm still SUPER interested in doing T chan of course +_+;;;
AN would probably work out better for me though... (since AB falls at the last week of my spring break.. I COULD try, but I'm probably not going to be able to come D :.)
But yes!! AN! DEFINITELY count me in!
(btw, your new D = FANTASTIC (or shuld I say D's ancestor XD;) )

[novaraven.livejournal.com]

Can we add Lord Sohki to the possible cosplay list? I know he's technically from Genju no Seiza but he knows D and he's been to the shop at least once. He's also my fav kirin ever. ^^

It's the same style of robe as Honlan and the girl Kirin from PSOH, the colours are blue and silver, and his hair is blue. (if it's the same colour as his mane from the cover shot he was on) I think he'd be a very pretty cosplay.

[spookloops.livejournal.com]

WOW. I'm adoring your collar right now, and can only hope that I may do something even half as nice some day.

I'm so sad that I live so far away - I've been wanting to wear Bird again but have either been ill or the con was not dressy enough each time I've taken him out! ::cry::

May I ask what you used to give the shoulders their shape and stiffness? My guess is hat-weight interfacing, plastic canvas, or foam.

[mellifluous-ink.livejournal.com]

I'm new to the fandom, and I saw your photos and...wow! You're an amazing sewing engineer! :D It's also nice to see that my favourite manga has a thriving fandom.

(I found you through the drabble comm.)

[jezeroth.livejournal.com]

I'm tentatively going to put myself down for the male Ibis/Toki bird. I'm going to jazz the design up a little, but I think it's a beautiful design. :)