kimono!Gakupo preview – The [not-so] serious part (2/2)

Hello fellow derps! o/

Here comes the long awaited or long feared second part of the Gakupo preview post!

For the serious prequel, check here.

I hope you have prepared and warmed up to the rhythm of the derpy arm dance gif because what is to follow here is very dangerous stuff. Really, really, dangerous. You better lock your brain away somewhere safe or it will never be the same again...

Because, you see, one does not simply have a completely serious photoshoot 3-4 o'clock in the night/morning without it getting out of track sooner or later. Yeah, pulling serious faces wasn't all that I did back then and here comes proof of that – proof that I can be a complete derp at times. :-DD

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LET THE DERPS RAIN DOWN! GO!!
(photographer: Hasakitsuki)
 

I flip my hair back and forth... out of frame.

Grumpypo.

BLEEAAAAGH.

Just let me pretend for a sec that I'm
in a mahou shoujo anime... la la la ~

hurp :|

This is the reason why I don't smile so often on photos. xD

I am disappoint.

I have no idea. Don't ask me.

MOTHERFUCKING KAWAII BLOWFISH.

I yawned but it looks more like a laugh – my life is beautiful.

"THERE'S A TAXI!!!"
(yeah, it was barely 4 in the morning and I saw a taxi outside, ermahglerb people)

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And the best for last. Maybe.

COME WITH MEEEEEEEEEEEE.
(this shit gives me nightmares, lol)

Because everyone knows that cosplay is so very srs bsnss. Not so. Sometimes it's nice and refreshing to just loosen up and fool around a bit and hey, why not share the fun even if it looks all kinds of bad and "oh god this pic should never see the light of day" horrible? :D I hope everyone will live a bit longer now because of the laughs I hopefully provided you on my expense wohoo! \o/ Ah, the feeling of making a fool out of myself for shits and giggles. xD Life is too short to take yourself seriously all the time, hehehe.. ~

In 3, 2, 1...  

Valkoinen Samurai runs off to rebuild his face in the cosplay world, byee ~~

kimono!Gakupo preview – The serious part (1/2)

Eiyoou guys!

So the night between 28 and 29th June neither me nor Hasakitsuki were tired so we decided to be vampires go and preview photoshoot my original kimono!Gakupo cosplay for Skecon outside. Yeah, it's the Gakupo preview I promised earlier in the cosplay plans post. 
So uhh, it was 3 in the night/morning and I was in cosplay outside our apartment having a shoot and the sun was up and shining – everything's perfectly normal! :D Ah, midnight sun is so handy; I wasn't even tired! Or just a little, towards the end of the shoot, maybe.

As far as the outfit is concerned it's all authentic pieces from Japan, mostly vintage. Earlier when I first came up with the idea to do a kimono!Gakupo design I pretty much instantly knew what kimono coordination to wear. Oh, and because Gakupo is quite fabulous I wanted to spice it up a bit and of course a violet kimono was a must to get a less bland/generic coordination, which is typical for male kitsuke.

Cosplayer: Valkoinen Samurai (Gakupo Kamui)
Photographer: Hasakitsuki
Photo editor: Valkoinen Samurai

This is a bit random but here's what the wig looked like before I had spiked the bangs. Hasakitsuki braided the long front pieces because I'm a derp and can't braid. Actually on the photoshoot pictures I'm pinning some of the bangs to the sides because otherwise this wig is quite the hair curtain.

le wig.

Oh, and about the shoot itself; it was a fun shoot even though it was surpsisingly cold. We were shooting for approximately one hour and well, at some point the I'm-tired-but-not-really-tired-so-I-will-just-do-stupid-faces-instead mood activated for me and... uh... you better go hide under your couch because this post will have a follow-up containing all this extra material! >8D Yeah, we actually got a ridiculous amount of not-so-representative pictures so instead of having a few bonus pics at the end I have gathered enough material for a whole Gakupo derp compilation post. *whisper* Stay alive, it shall arrive sooooooon...

You thought I'd let you go now? Hahaha noep!

Here's a teaser just so you'll get some foretaste of what is to come so that you can prepare accordingly. Or not.

Derpy arm dance!

Hueheuheuehue ~

Valkoinen Samurai heads off to prepare for making a fool out of himself...

Skecon 2014 cosplay plans – Singing samurai and double Okita strikes again!

Hello gais and gurls and everyone inbetween!

Skecon is storming closer with each day and soon it will be time – on 4-6 July it'll arrive! I will go there with Hasakitsuki, Jäätynyt Enkeli and Sairu-chan as my trusty companions and THERE WILL BE DERP. 8DD Khrrm, yeah, of course there will be, hueheuehue..

What is Skecon? You should know by now if you've been reading my blog but I'll say it again because shameless advertisement is key! :'D You see, Skecon is this small but growing super comfy convention held in Skellefteå, Sweden. I've been there ever since Skecon started on 2012 and I plan to continue it this way! The team behind Skecon has earned my respect and they show high ambitions too; they strive to do stuff no one seems to have done in Scandinavian cons before – like this year they will have a friggin' Vocaloid concert, wow! I'm so curious about this even though I can't really call myself an avid fan. And there's a bouncy castle too, ermahglerb I feel like a kid again just thinking about it! :'D I can't wait!

But hey, everyone knows that before a con publishing yer cosplay plans is something you do or else you get grilled by a Rathalos so here comes mine! It's samurai time again, in modern and old formats!

Friday

Series: Hakuouki Shinsengumi Kitan

Character: Souji Okita (bedridden yukata, anime version)

Yep, Okita again, because I love him too much mmkay. ;_; <3 And it's a very easy cosplay to wear anyway save for the bit of forever it takes to put on the makeup. Hasakitsuki and Sairu-chan will join me as two different versions of Chizuru (default version and geiko version, respectively) so this time it's the sick guy who gets his harem assistants! I might need help, really. We plan to have a photoshoot and I hope the weather will allow it! I'll bring the haori with me again and will likely end up with blood on my face... ~

Saturday

Series: Vocaloid

Character: Gakupo Kamui (original kimono version)

Because the Vocaloid concert is on Saturday and everyone in my company agreed on "let's have a Vocaloid cosplay group to match the event of the day!" so of course I'm in! I choose to put together a self-designed original kimono version of Gakupo because he is by far my favorite Vocaloid. Because Gakupo is the Dancing Samurai kimono style outfits fit him like a sword glove in the hand and taking advantage of this is of course in my interests! 8D *cough* I'll put together something fabulous and you'll get a preview before the con! WOO ~

Sunday

Series: Hakuouki SSL ~Sweet School Life~

Character: Souji Okita (summer uniform)

Screenshot from http://www.otomate.jp/hakuoki/ssl/

Hey, schoolboy!Okita returns once more! :'D Again Hasakitsuki and Sairu-chan will join me as other characters from the series, w00p w00p! We decided SSL cosplays was the way to go because it's comfy and relaxed and then we don't have to worry about changing clothes when the con ends and we'll be sitting in a bus for the next coming 4+ hours back home.

I AM SO HYPED FOR SKECON, SEE YA THERE! 8D BAI BAI ~