Last weekend, I entered my Maria Calavera cosplay into the Animefest Cosplay Contest. I hadn’t entered into a contest since my first one in 2016 when I cosplayed Korra during Kumoricon. (Kasey and I had entered the FanExpo contest with our Overcooked chefs, but I don’t count that since it was just a walk-on and…
Disclaimer: This entire post does not reflect the view of Bethesda, Quakecon, or any of the affiliated companies that had to do with the contest. This is merely my point of view. I also will not be naming names or going into specifics for certain things. This is solely to talk about the things people…
As soon as I saw the episode that featured young Maria Calavera, a dual-scythe-wielding, silver-eyed all-around badass, I knew I wanted to cosplay her. Not only was her character incredibly fascinating, but her costume design was beautiful. I loved her colors, the Tabasco dress inspired attire, and all the little nods to Dia de…
This isn’t my first time attempting this series. I set out to do this a few years ago with my “Meet a Cosplayer” series but ultimately came up short of my original goal. Originally, I was hoping to make it similar to my “Leaving Home” series, in which I sent questionnaires to be answered and…
Photo credit to PancakeRemix Welcome to the second half of my Overcooked cosplay write-up! This post will focus on the props and clothing. (If you want to learn how to make the mascot heads, check out Part I!) Ready-made items we bought: Chef hat and apron set from Amazon Butcher knife toy from Amazon 1…
Photo credit to PancakeRemix Overcooked came out in 2016 and was an instant hit. I absolutely loved playing it together with Jason. I’d play it by myself sometimes when I’d get home after work before him cause I loved it so much. The sequel came out August 2018 and I decided it was time to…
Photo credit to PancakeRemix Last year, Night in the Woods came out and I had the pleasure of watching Jason play through it. It’s a charming game full of heart, humor, and fun mini games. Recently, I finally got to play it myself and purposefully picked story lines that Jason didn’t so that I could…
