Cosplay Stuff

Greetings blogspotters!
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In the late summer during August, Toronto sees FanExpo, the largest exposition of its kind. Every year, I attend this, and I see all kinds of awesome cosplayers showing off to the photoseekers. This year, I too intend on participating. However, so does my beautiful girlfriend.
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This is all fine and dandy, but she has decided to dress up as Lightning, a character from Final Fantasy XIII, and of course, she feels like she has to get all the details right. One such detail is the weapon of choice for Lightning: the Gunblade. This is exactly as it sounds. A blade that is also a gun. Complete with moving parts that need to be replicated.
So, the lovely Michelle (name may or may not be real to protect her privacy) has me doing slave labour for her. It's like a Chinese sweatshop, only without the Chinese, and without the sweat.
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After a few sessions of creating, we've finally crafted the prototype of the weapon. Then, we have to make it out of wood, and I'm going to have to paint it. It's a good thing that I am so multi-talented and good at everything

I do, or else we'd be in some trouble!

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Thinking about how to make all this work was exhausting to me. Then, there's the actual physical labour of cutting all this damn corrugated cardboard. Don't laugh: it hurts your hands eventually! I better watch out when we have to use the jigsaw to cut the wooden version out. Or hammering the nails. And the arthritis I'll feel when painting this thing. And the hunched back I'll be having while doing all of this. Fortunately, there is a plus side to all this. We'll have a replica of a damned Gunblade! How cool is that? Plus, I get to score brownie points (do people still use that expression?) with the lady! Oh yeah!

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So, the message you should take away from all this is: if you are good at everything you do, then the ladies will like you. Guys, take note!

P.S. You can check out her Cosplay blog here: http://crazygurlie-cosplay.blogspot.com/