#afa2018

If you played spot the difference, the upgrades I got would be the boots, greaves (that’s the shin armour), and the braces (forearm armour). Everything else is the same as before. I really love the boots and greaves. Don’t they look awesome? I always look at armour-wearing cosplayers in awe - I personally find them much, much, cooler than other types of cosplay.

I actually lost one of the spikes from my arm braces. It fell off and I don’t know when or where. Oh well. 

I mentioned on my Instagram, but this is the last time I’m going to cosplay as Reaper. Okay, that’s a waste, and it really goes against why I decided to cosplay as Reaper (tl;dr: cool enough to keep reusing) for my debut. I didn’t explain why though, so I guess I’ll do it here. Simply put - it’s not fun. 

Whaaaaaat?

No, seriously. To cosplay Reaper, I had to lug one luggage bag, my school/work backpack, and one tote bag all the way to Suntec City. Then, I needed the help of others to put on the costume. It’s like how medieval knights require their squires to help them put on armour.

Then, after donning on everything, I could barely see anything. Lift your shirt and cover your eyes with it. That’s how much I can see while I’m cosplaying. And I didn’t use contacts, so add in a 400 degree myopia to that (I guess that’s my fault though). 

Then, after approximately 1 hour, I already feel spent. Okay, maybe that has to do with how I never ever exercise, but still. It’s really hot when you’re wearing three layers, one of them being thick fake leather. That fake leather cloak isn’t light either. My guns are also 1 kg each.

Speaking of my guns, the fingertips of my gloves are too big to easily go through the hole of the trigger guard, so once I’m holding my gun, I pretty much not able to let go of it until I decide to call upon help to slowly remove it. 

After that 1 hour of cosplaying, taking off my costume is a sight to behold. My inner t-shirt top would be drenched in sweat. Totally. You’d be hard-pressed to find a spot of dryness on it. It’s that strenuous. 

Understand why it’s not fun now? I don’t know how people who regularly cosplay armour-wearing characters do it. Major kudos to you guys.

So yeah, I’m done with Reaper. It’s really a waste, considering how much I actually spent on it. I don’t even know if I should sell the costume to get back some of the money. I doubt I can even recover 50% of the cost though, so probably nah.

Anyway! Merchandise reveal! I bought two items:

I couldn’t really find anything to get, so I just settled on something nice and cute. Who doesn’t like Eevee anyway?

It’s a wooden sword. Really good quality though. I don’t really know why I got this, but it was the last few hours of AFA and it was discounted.

I couldn’t really find any Mystic Messenger merchandise there, so I didn’t get any 😞. Everyone is into HypMic now.

Next, my cosplay plans. My cosplay career isn’t over! Oh hell no. As much as I complained about how insufferable Reaper is, I still find it pretty cool to do. I kind of like the attention as well 😅

But I’m going to tone it down a lot next time, so the cool factor is much, much, lower now. No more armour, and (maybe) no more weapons. I’ll be cosplaying something so simple that I’ll be able to bring everything in a single backpack. It’ll even be normal looking enough to wear almost all of it in public without looking strange. And I’ll have full bodily capabilities while cosplaying as well. Free hands! Full vision! Yes!

Noctis Lucis Caelum. The main protagonist from Final Fantasy XV. Very simple to cosplay. I don’t have the weapon, and I’m not sure if I want one. Remember, free hands and easy transportation! 

To be honest, I’m more interested in cosplaying Ardyn from the same game. He’s an awesome antagonist. But his outfit is way too intricate, and that means expensive. So nope.