2 posts tagged “portcon”
Today is the first day my son will be gone for 5 days without me. He's 19, and this is his first anime/gaming convention. At least it's in the same state :) I won't worry too much. He's going with a group of friends and they'll all be sticking together.
Since I'm sure none of his friends even know I have a blog, I'll give you a sneak peek at his cosplay outfit. It's called Hawaiian Gant:
The funniest part of the whole cosplay idea is that he has this character's theme tune on CD so they can play it whenever he goes onstage. He'll be in Cosplay Squares, Cosplay Dating Game, and the Cosplay Court Case.
Shameless plug for my son's voice acting: http://www.putfile.com/iwato Check him out, he works for free (but would rather get paid).
My son is getting ready to go to PortCon, an anime/gaming convention in July. This is the first time he will be cosplaying, and he didn't pick an easy one. This is the character he is going as:
Damon Gant, the chief of police from the game Phoenix Wright. We're doing pretty well pulling all the pieces together. So far we have:
1. White cosplay wig on its way from Japan,
2. White linen suit jacket (have to get orange dye and cross our fingers),
3. Dark pink sunglasses,
4. Red silk kerchief,
5. Dress shoes and socks,
6. And a couple of collared golf shirts to wear under the suit jacket (he'll be there a couple days, nuff said).
Now we need to:
1. Dye the suit jacket,
2. Find pants to match or go with the jacket,
3. Get custom buttons made (hello, Etsy!)
4. Make the black cuff bands and breast pocket trim.
5. Get black gloves,
6. Funniest of all, get a white weave piece for my son's beard!
7. Style the white cosplay wig (wish me luck, I'll need it!).
Thank goodness we have until July. I'll be posting lots of photos once the cosplay costume is done.
