Unbowed. Unbent. Unbroken. The Sand Snakes might not be official members of House Martell but the bastard daughters of Oberyn Martell certainly live by his house words. The Sand Snakes group has been on the mind for years and I’m glad that it finally (mostly) came together even though the weather definitely did not cooperate and let us go down to the beach and take pictures on the sand. Sadly though, Lin didn’t defeat the snow quite in time to join us Sarella Sand but it will happen one day.
Obara Sand: Erin Nymeria Sand: Bria Tyene Sand: Abby Photography by Ceratopian with editing by Erin
All of us designed our own costumes, using the text as influence and sharing our sources of inspiration when it came to styles and fabric choices. For me, Nymeria’s overall design mostly stayed the same as my original concept sketch from about a year and a half ago. I kept trying to redesign it to not have a bare midriff given the cold weather but just couldn’t get it to work. More likely than not, I have a feeling that the style probably won’t be completely in line with how the Dornish look in the show but it was still fun to design and to create. I will also admit that I definitely look some liberties with her dagger since they are described as being well hidden but dangit! I wanted an excuse to get a shiny dagger and I was going to wear it!
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Perennial stylebomb and vampiric up-and-comer, Jubilation Lee might have gone goth at the beach but can never truly leave behind her West Coast colour spirit. But sleek black is only a perfect background for a firework medley of yellows and pinks, so let’s serve it up loud and proud.
POW! Ring + Citron Moto Jacket + Spike & Neon Bracelet Set
The Right Light Sweater + “Never Mind” Shredded Muscle Tee + Break It Down Bodysuit
Adidas x Jeremy Scott Sneakers + Spike Shorts + Jeepers Peepers Sunglasses
Persona 2 makes me want to lie down and cry, which means it’s probably on my cosplay bucket list of 90′s golden era PSX JRPGs and I like it a whole lot.
Heather and I have been talking about a Persona 2 group since the dawn of video game time, and we were gonna make it happen or die trying. I love these stupid games so much, and it killed me that I haven’t been able to pull it off yet because I spent the last billion years of my life trying to (unsuccesfully) do Eikichi Mishima’s dumb wig instead. So when she mentioned that a few of her buddies were getting a group together for Katsucon, I whispered hell yea to the heavens and ironed creases into my pretty boy antagonist bestie pants and switched to Jun Kurosu.
Needless to say, a huge heartshaped thank you to all my cosplay buddies who welcomed me into this group — it means a lot to me that this finally happened, and I only wish we could have had more time on The Other Side together!!
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Lisa Silverman: Sew Crunk Cosplay
Tatsuya Suou: Sew Crunk Cosplay
Maya Amano: Ukraine Kraine
Jun Kurosu: Lin (me)
Baofu: Rin
Ulala Serizawa: Leesers
Eriko Kirishima: Heather
Kei Nanjo: Nate
Photography by: Felix Wong
Our genderbent Wraith Squadron w/ Aaron Allston | photo from Alana Owlet
We’ll return to your regularly scheduled posts in a little bit but we just wanted to say how absolutely gutted we both are to hear about the passing of Star Wars author Aaron Allston. He wrote some of our favorite books and was a wonderful man who we both had the pleasure of meeting at multiple conventions. We could never say anything but good things about him and we are fortunate to have had the chance to have met and talked with him.
Rest In Peace, good sir.
In case you didn’t know, your esteemed editors work for SHIELD in their spare time (and every year at Dragon*Con) so it only makes sense that we’d come to this eventually. Every SHIELD Agent knows that the key to surviving a briefing by Nick Fury is to accessorize appropriately. Harness, aviators, and eagles everywhere are absolutely standard issue.
If you’re looking to get the SHIELD feel by color alone then just remember that the combination of either black and white or navy and white is golden.
And the aviators. Don’t forget the aviators.
White BCBG Harness + Aviators + Boots
Eagle Necklace + WeLoveFine’s SHIELD Shirt + Eagle Earrings
Michael Kors Crossbody + iPad SHIELD Case + Hugo Boss Purse