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UPDATED ON 8/20/21: Facebook, Patreon and Blog IG pages have been shutdown/discontinued As the COVID pandemic rages on and cons are even shutting down into 2021, it got me thinking on a drive home one night about how I'd feel with even coming back to blogging. When cons eventually do come back at some point. Truth be told, many of the posts and content I shared here could be transferred over to more discussions via my podcast CosplayBytes. I've been blogging my love for games, cons and cosplay for 7 years now and maybe it's time to say goodbye for now? My podcast has gotten me some incredible opportunities as a member of Press for conventions, and the rapid love I've had for streaming is also taking up a lot of time now. On top of multiple personal things on my end, I don't think I have the energy to keep this up even post COVID you know? The very first cosplay centered post I wrote was on Jessica Nigri's Deadpool, and since then it's spawned over 800 posts
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STRUCK FIRST: League of Larcy as Shedinja!

Photo by Stolen Soul Photography

Struck First gives you a first look at a cosplay just as it's been debuted/had its first photoshoot. Cosplayers have been kind enough to let me have a first crack at analyzing the cosplay by providing me with brand new pictures.

 I got to see my wonderful friend League of Larcy at Boston Comic Con who went up and debuted her amazing Shedinja gijinka there. I managed to hang out with her for a little while at the con but immediately wanted to get a chance to share it here afterwards. With that in mind this is going to be similar in some ways to my collab with Mink the Satyr a few months back <3. I'll talk briefly about the cosplay and then leave Larcy to tell you the rest. She gave me some rad info on its creation plus funny stories too! I imagine Shedinja is a favorite bug Pokemon to Larcy otherwise she wouldn't have chosen him. Dubbed "Final Boss Shedinja" it looks pretty much as to how a final boss would look like. Probably for an action game or maybe a small scale RPG? In either case, I was blown away by this outfit and imagine this tested some new skills for Larcy. So growing as a cosplayer is one thing she can happily check off as being accomplished with this outfit!

Photo by FirstPerson Shooter
EVA Foam and LED's are just some of the material used in this cosplay. I love how the mask/helmet looks and the blades look so badass in some of the shots. The halo up at the top is one aspect that lights up (or possibly the only one?) and the wings look light enough to be wearable for Larcy. I think though, I'll wrap up my quick take and have her explain the rest!
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So! I made Shed mostly out of EVA foam, with the addition of craft foam, some floral foam and lots of contact cement! I coated everything in Plastidip. The fake screws are googly eyes, my halo is held on my two pinning needles, XD the swords are from the army barracks and modified to buggy perfection. The leotard is from Amazon because long story short, making a body suit fucking sucks! I made THREE body suits before I gave up because I hated them. The wing span was free drawn by me and MAGNETIZED to my back! Underneath my clothes is a small, matching backpack with the magnets that it attaches to, so it looks like it’s just naturally there. :D I had a good time crafting this with my boyfriend who did most of the armor while I did the design and detailing. He deserves lots of credit!


All the LED’s are hot glued on very carefully, and I actually had under glow under my shoulder pieces too. I am working on the helmet having LED’s eventually as well. And maybe some slashes in my armor for effect! Attached are some pictures of us struggling along <3. We actually bought a booklet of basic foam armor crafting and modified different pieces to make the look we wanted, especially the helmet, shoulder and hip pieces. The helmet is coated in craft foam to make the style we needed! I’ll also attach the original character, from Super Evolution, a Facebook/mobile game that personifies Pokémon!


Side story: the first time we tried to attach my wings, we got some of the magnets backward so it rejected it. SO, we did this big reveal where we threw the wings onto my back with the idea that it was going to snap into place no problem. Instead it rejected super hard and flew off me! I did a funny video where I actually HAD the wings on correctly but ended up flinging them off because I was so excited! Fun fact, took 3 hours for Justin to glue the LED’s to the wings. 3 hours the night before BCC. He said he would come to bed at 8 and never came to bed LOL. Another fun fact: the base of my outfit is the same black bathing suit I used for 4 other cosplays this year LOL.

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Photo by Peace of Light Photography

Photo by Stolen Soul Photography
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Hopefully that gave you all a solid look into Larcy's creation process for Shedinja! I'm so incredibly proud of both her and her BF for creating something so incredibly badass :D. Please check out more of League of Larcy's work with the link below <3.
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