Kohaku's Cos-Blog

    Writing down my goals has always been a way to motivate me so I decided to share my goals with y'all! Cosplays I want to create/finish: Stolas & BlitzØ Disney Princess versions Lucifer & Alastor Disney Princess versions Niffty from Hazbin Hotel  Claire from Resident Evil 2 Kirishima from MY Hero (WIP) Kaiman from Dorohedoro Remake of my humanoid version of Shenron from Dragonball Vanessa from Black Clover Clara from Mairimashita! Iruma-Kun (WIP) Kaiju #8 from Kaiju # 8  Improvements I want to make to my Alastor cosplay: Adjust the coats fit: Take in the waist & shorten the length. Replace coat stripes with ones that are a more canon color. Secure raw edges in the coats lining. Fix the structure of the coat. Remake the gloves so they fit better. Rebuild the microphone cane? (Not sure cause I really love my current one, but it can be improved.) Fix shirt. (It busted during Momo) Create a canon Alastor wig & pants. Add LEDs or EL wire inside the collar & sleeve

        I've always loved dressing up and sewing since I was little, Halloween is still my favorite holiday even today. I made my first cosplay in 2005. Before this I had only made doll clothing, so this was my first person sized sewing creation. I decided on Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas because it was peak emo era, lol. I spent several hours watching and pausing the movie to study her dress (reference pics on the internet were more limited back than). I sketched out the patterns of the rags that made up her dress. Then I used clean grease rags (the kind that is chopped up old clothing) from my dad's mechanic shop to piece together her dress: It was created for a Halloween party in 2005 but I finally got to wear it to Anime Weekend in Atlanta (AWA) in 2007.      For my first con, AWA 2006, I was Princess Serenity from Sailor Moon and Kid Goku, Dragonball version. Sadly, I have no pics of my original Kid Goku but I cosplayed him again years later and got a pic. Sin

   I decided to cosplay fem Alastor last minute for Banzaicon (2024) In a few days I pulled a closet-ish cosplay out of my ass. Most of it were things I already owned but I created the monocle, Microphone, & antlers in a few days. Right before the con I heard of Akira Toriyama Sensei's passing. I'm a huge fan of his so that slowed me down, in fact it stopped me for more than a few hours. So, my cosplay could have been a bit better but taking time to honor Toriyama Sensei is more important.  Shenron plush I bought as Banzaicon     At Banzaicon I has so much fun! My friend Mea was Lillith and dragged me around on a chain for part of a day. We chilled with a Lucifer cosplayer for a bit. It was my friend Misha's first con and she had a blast.  My husband and I usually go to Momocon but this year we were on the fence until Misha said she also wanted to go. The final push for the decision was that Vivziepop & Bryce Pinkham (Stolas' VA) was on the guest list. So, to

         I have many previous cosplays I will eventually post, but my Alastor (Hazbin Hotel) cosplay is the first one I have documented the entire creation process of while making it.       I've been cosplaying since 2005 but was always more causal with the hobby (LOTS of closet cosplays, lol). Since covid I got even more lax and fell into a slump, until I finally watched Hazbin Hotel. I had been putting off watching the pilot until the actual show was released because I don't like suffering. (Even though I'm a masochistic millennial.) I saw Alastor's design beforehand due to fanart & the song "Insane" by Black Gryph0n & Baasik and I knew instantly he would probably be my favorite. Then my husband & I finally watched it and yep, Alastor is my favorite! Here's why: Red & Black are my favorite colors. I adore Vintage fashion. (monocles, capes & walking sticks need to make a come back!) I love Mid-Atlantic accents. Sharp teethies are cute.