Ladyd

x 10 Changing rooms sounds great but there is no current place to store your items unless the venue itself has a cloakroom but you'd have to go by there rules which i'm assuming is the standard £1 an item. what is the record atm anyway? i would have thought that star wars celebration thing at Excel would have been the record.... i'd love to get my Mara Jade out but i'm missing pieces...still i have got a month to try n get stuff for it.

I have a question for everyone... what catagory would you put Cartoons and comics in? and we're talking of the non japanese style like Marvel and DC. i'm torn because both can be placed in either catagory.

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cheers C P Y C LEC OR AN Left Don't forget i can only make the sign once all letters have been made and given in, cos then i can laminate them all and put them together.

OK so your happy with: Best Group (this could be from any of the below categories) Individual would be: Best Film, TV & Books (originals) Best Games Anime manga Best Kids/ under 15 (can be by default though if only 1 enters.) Audience Fav (if someone wins the in the main catagories would it be wise to go for the next best? or stick with giving that person 2 prizes? ) Juges fav (again same as above) With regards to costumes, we do NOT allow shop bought ie. of the rack from a fancy dress shop ect... take my costumes for instance i spend a lot of time finding the right piece of clothing or wig for the outfit, charity shop, ebay ect mainly cos i don't sew very well though i have done on occation i still spend a lot of time and money into creating something to make it perfect even if i havn't got specific creativity skills for making things from scratch. but yes Shop bought like a supergirl out fit is a no no unless they're a child, even then if they did make it all themselves they have more chance of winning. also having an e-mail address for entries now makes things easier for signing up, and photo's (with the exception of origional costumes) MUST be provided.

yes it's my birthday lol, i'm 29 today, thanks for noticing with only £30 left to work with and an umpteen amount of certs available how would you split it with the original and kids prize?

As much as we'd all like having all of those categories, you do have to think about it realistically - In all of the masquerades I've entered, I've only seen one child entry per masq. The judges have a limited amount of prizes to split between everyone! Also, with the original entries - Although sometimes you can come across some good entries, there's also times where people just turn up in regular clothes, put on some cat ears and say it's a costume. You can see there's been a lot less effort put into them than other cosplayers, but I don't really know any way around that. :/ Maybe the prizes could be changed for £15 each for original and kids? I don't know, it's ultimately up to you, haha. I really like these categories: Thanks again for listening to us, Ladyd. £15 each can be arranged for original and kids... the reason i originally put them in one category is because you don't get many and they're not always great and i don't want a person winning by default cos they're the only one in the category so by putting the 2 most unused categories together i thought i solve the problem that way. i have now adjusted the Masquerade rules BTW so please take a look. [The only way to learn, is to listen]

HAHAHA i love the Ghostbusters one lol

you know i'd love to have those groups BUT there are a few problems that stop me, some would be: - i only have £150 a day to split between the winners....the more there are the less they get. - i only have what our sponsors give us and we don't have that many yet. - i only have 1 hour for the show and the masquerade isn't that big yet. - i'm trying to keep things simple for crew, judges and scared cosplayers. so i need to sort out a system that works with regards to prizes. £150 splits 5 & 6 ways very well £25 or £30, enough for a group to split and great for an individual to have, certificates are easy and can be printed there or sent to you. NOW i could stick to having JUST a certificate for oth the judges and audience fave...that would give way to 2 more money prizes for groups. for eg: Best Individual - TV/Film/Theater - £30 & Cert (plus what ever sponsors give us) Best Individual - Anime/Manga/Game - £30 & Cert (plus what ever sponsors give us) Best Group - TV/Film/Theater - £30 & Cert (plus what ever sponsors give us) Best Group - Anime/Manga/Game - £30 & Cert (plus what ever sponsors give us) Original - £20 & Cert Kids - £10 & Cert Judges fav - Cert only Audience fav - Cert only how does the above seem? our sponsors are currently: Showmasters - Money & Certificates The Astral Gypsy - Manga portraits and art work SFX magazine - (top prize for sat) Mock front SFX cover Incognito comics & Collectibles - A figurine from a TV show LC Toys - (top prize for sun) can be anything from a lightsaber to a big gun Orbital Manga - Manga goodie bag Dimensional Manga - Manga books and posters i'm trying to make it a great experience for everyone but you'll always get some people that are not happy. ref picture - yes it's good to always have one, other wise the judges can't make a good enough decision based on what your meant to be - BUT you do get people who've come along dressed up and didn't know there was going to be a masquerade and therefore really didn't know they had to have a ref picture, however they would know for next time and it saves a load of random people turning up in jeans, t-shirt and a wig calling them selves something that i wouldn't know from harry. also agreed on the entering a costume you've used before and didn't win anything so i'm going to make changes to stuff on the pinned areas. rules n guidelines ect.

for all current information about the cosplay, and how to enter please go Here for the LFCC Cosplay info Here for the Masquerade rules and here for any other Cosplay related subjects cosplay area you can now apply for the masquerade online via the new e-mail address cosplayatsm@googlemail.com please follow the instruction from the LFCC Cosplay info page

with regards to origionals some people have actually had a character draw for them, or they drew on themselves, sometimes they have been creative and peiced togther a mix of the charaters via cutting pics and sticking bits together...otherwise the last resort is a very good description. i'm still liking the catagory - FILM/TV/STAGE catagory - ANIME/MANGA/GAME catagory - ORIGIONAL/KIDS as what you go by and prizes for the above plus the 2 below Judges Fav & Audience Fav

C14 is fine hun yeah the grouping people together hence my origional thought in Cmidlands was TV/Film/Theater Anime/Manga/Game Origional Kids (i could easily group the origional toghether with this one to make the amount of entries bigger as they are both the smallest groups) judges fav Audience fav and keep it like that? best in catagory = 3 catagories plus the judges and audience...this way it also means with there being 5 prizes it'll be £30 and not the £25 so the children or best origional costume will also get money and a cert

OK so how about Film/TV, Games (this includes video and others like WoW), Anime/Manga - for the obviouse japanese, chinese etc... influence, Only have Origional if there are enough entries audience fave Judges fav kids entrie it was suggested how about ignoring the catagories and just have kids, single entries and groups, plus the judges & audience fav. how would you feel about that?

Ok so i'm being sneeky at work. yes people i have a job where as before when i started this whole thing...i didn't... anyway, i'm still not back online at home just yet because of a Tiscali upgrade gone wrong so this is going to be quick. i'm setting up an E-mail for you guys to book your places in the sat and sunday masquerade, costumes worn before BUT not won a prize CAN be entered. Please email a picture or a link to a picture so we can grab it and print out for the judges. if you have it, please send the music you want played when you go on stage OR let us know what it is and we'll do our best to find it for you. Hopefully both days WILL be busy so you will not be asked any questions. You will be given (dipending on amount of entries) upto 1 min 30 secs MAX on stage. good for posing for the photographer and audience and maybe even a little bit of mimed stuff lol... We will be changing the prizes from 1st, 2nd and 3rd to the following. Best TV related Best FILM related Best ANIME/MANGA related Best Childs entry Best Origional Judges Fav Audience Fav The standard Prizes will be a Certificate of what you came, £25 Cash and then what ever is provided by the sponsors. The Childs aka under 12 years prize will be a certificate and a goodie bag if i can get one (fingers crossed) as i would like them to go away with something other than a certificate...possable a manga portraite from the Astral Gypsie, BTW Emma your brother still hasn't had his done from when he won one at Manchester. uhh thats it for now. does that sound OK...i've been working with the tech crew and should be getting a better idea of where things are going to be and i'm trying to get atleast SOME cosplay related stalls near us that can give hints and tips for make up, teeth, clothes ect....BUT we'll have to see how the lay out goes... any way, gotta go, thanks to Sephy for putting my message out on the C13 post, i had to do via her answer machine lol. cheers babe. OK FYI just made an e-mail cosplayatsm@googlemail.com i will let you know how to do the sign up ASAP for both days.

Mew! OMG! i love tsukyomi moon phase ='] ive still gotta finish watching it, but thats sooo awsome xD sadly, im going on sunday D= i will be there on sun day to maybe dressed as abby from NCIS xaflamex SWEET, can't wait to see it, i'd love to meet paula parett , also don't forget your Caff pow lol since eve myles is going to be there along with John Barrowman, i've decided to go as Gwen cooper, on the saturday and i may bring out the angel outfit...though i'd love to have the mask to be the weeping angel.

i wouldn't worry i still havn't got around to doing my '@' yet, once i have them all though i'll be placing them together so obviously the sooner i get them the sooner the sign can be up at the events.

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would be interesting to see i remember you telling me how hard it was to find green and white stripe tights..... i founf some one ebay the other day and thought of you lol

You may want to be carefull with the rollerlades, C13 is different with the rules as it's not a hired hall it's a shopping center, so their security might stop you...they're fine in the cosplay area for the masquerade but i'm just warning you that you may be asked to wear shoes around the center.

Of course you can. C P Y C LECTOR AN A left

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there will be for cosplayers. aww thanks....they're pretty cool but can be uncomfortable, i need to re-do the shouler straps so they stay on more securly and are also comfortable. if i can get the boots i may do Mara Jade otherwise the winged outfit is just pretty...plus i don't have to wear the wings i can easily be a pretty random elf, i have a lovely blue hooeded gown that goes over the top lovely like.

i have no idea...i may dig out an old costume...i haven't worn my Mara Jade in a while... though i am missing the broach and the shoulderpads.. and my boots broke...i could see about getting some new ones...other wise i can always (if my belly allows) do Emma frost. actually saying that i could always be a random elf....or Angel..i have the wings....they havn't been out for a while.... what do you guys think i should wear?

current judges for C13 are: Emma Cutler pro costumer of 15 years A member of the SFX crew (who will add a meal with the SFX crew as a prize) and Stargate Atlantis actor Paul McGillion

Yes thats fine as long as you didnt buy the outfit straight off the rack like you can with supergirl outfits from fancy dress shops. Cosplay isn't just for Manga, i remember a group once comeing as the scooby gange in a cardboard painted mystery machine with scooby in the window lol, and they came 1st and scantilly clad womencame 2nd lol. done forget to produce a picture reference for the judges to compare.