O-Okay... I'm going to try and write a journal about Animecon 2012 and.. stuff. Sophie already wrote a very good journal about it though. So if you want you can read it here: [link] (seriously, it's a much better journal than mine. Way more detailed. ^^)

So, last weekend I went to Animecon 2012 here in the Netherlands. It was realllyyy lots of fun! I was cosplaying Pit from Kid Icarus Uprising and Sophie (*xPandorae)  was Medusa. It was so much fun to see our friends again, and make some new ones.



I enjoyed cosplaying Pit so much. I already had the Kid Icarus Uprising game since release date and just really loved it! It was amazing to suddenly be recognized as the character from such an awesome game!

We also entered the WCS prelims because we just really liked to perform again like we did last year. The act went well. <3 And it was just so much fun to do! I was very nervous for the judging before the act though, but it was actually lots of fun too and the judges were all so nice! So it really just felt like a nice conversations about our cosplays.


Once there is a HQ video of our act I'll put the link here. ^^

The results of the WCS prelims (and the other cosplay competitions) would be announced the next day on Sunday during the ending ceremony. Me and Sophie just went to that ceremony as ourselves because we honestly didn't think we had won something. Then the last prize to be announced were the winners for the WCS prelims. So as Sophie described so nicely in her journal:

" when host Jeroen asked for a drumroll, we drumrolled as loudly as we could!
And then he announced our names *____________________________*"

I honestly still can't believe it! Me and Sophie are going to Japan for 2 weeks this summer! We'll be there for the finals, for which from each country also 1 team of two cosplayers will be sent. It will be a really big show and… I'm actually very nervous for that! But it's also going to be so much fun! I already chatted a bit with some of the other teams over facebook, and they are all so nice! I really can't wait to meet them all.



Now we still have 8 weeks to prepare for the WCS finals. We need to arrange a lot of stuff for it and also make 2 new cosplays each (1 for the interviews and 1 for the red carpet parade through Nagoya.). During that time I'm probably also going to make a new set of wings for Pit because I think they can be better than they are now (then I have 2 sets of movable wings ). I'm also going to make some of the details on Pit a bit more obvious. I'm so sad that all the details on the swords/bow can't be seen at all on the photos! So I'm going to make all the 3D decorations on the blue parts of the blades a bit more visible by painting them a shade lighter. ^^ I'm also a bit sad that my shoes can't be seen on most of the photos.. they were so detailed. Also the back…  oh well!


We're also going to alter the act a bit (we also have to translate it to Japanese now o.O and record the voices again!). And change some things on Medusa. And then I hope we're ready to take on the actual WCS finals! I just want to go there and have fun, but also be proud of what I'm showing there as representatives of the Netherlands. I want the Dutch cosplay community to get even more of a boost for more epic teams to start entering the WCS next year! I really love our community, you guys are all so much fun, sweet and talented! So I'm also going to try and film as much as I can during the WCS, so that all of you can see what it all is exactly. I'm still going to ask the organizers how much I'm allowed to film.. but I hope it's quite a lot. :3

Speaking of videos, here is a little collection of short videos me and Sophie made during Animecon:
~>>>>>[link]<<<<<~

It's weird for me to see those videos now. Mostly because these are all filmed during the Sunday, and the last clip was taken about.. 2 hours before the ending ceremony.. before the BIG news. And you can really see we just.. we had no idea! O.O I kinda long back to the me just sitting there playing with my 3DS, getting sneaked up upon by some bearded man (.. uh lady! Sorry *Orochimarisu 8D)… instead of sitting here a bit nervous and scared because of the WCS finals…

But! I'm reallyyyy looking forward to the whole journey to Japan! I was so happy when our names were announced. We.. we first couldn't believe it.. and then.. I cried of happiness! I still feel so silly for crying on stage. xD But.. I just couldn't hold it back! It was too much! D':

Me and Sophie were also supposed to make our own Facebook page for our WCS team, so here is the link to that: ~>>>>>[link]<<<<<~

If you 'like' us there, then you will get all the updates and stuff about our progress and adventures etc.
Well.. that's about it! ^^ I'm back to making homework. xD