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Shutting One Door, Keeping others Open

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

Cosplay Feature: LittleJem's Tyrande!

Photo by LPC Photography

LittleJem's Tyrande definitely grabbed me when I was checking out her work several months back. The armor work and its intricate pattern design is very befitting for the Night Elf Queen. Each part of the cosplay is segmented pretty well and you get a true sense of how its laid out. Like many female designs in WoW, this Tyrande favors a small breastplate with everything else covered from the waist/hips and downward. White is a huge factor in terms of color with a lot of greens and blues towards the lower area I mentioned. Starting from the top, Jem has a glorious green wig that has some amazing length and volume. On top of this wig is a small tiara/crown. Of course the elf ears poke through from the back too!

At first, I thought the cosplay had different variations but nope, the shoulder pieces look that way on purpose. One side is smaller than the other. Despite this difference, the design is all the same, with various moon based shapes etched into the armor and resin stones placed in central spots. From there, Jem has arm bands twirled up as the lead to her full gauntlets for each one. The white base paint and blue stones make a return here, plus her fingers can be seen peeking out of them.

Mostly so she can wield the impressive bow that was made alongside this full cosplay. The weapon for Tyrande is pretty much all blue with some rad weathering done for the many wings sticking out on the ends. For everything else at the waist, you have turquoise scales meeting up at a center buckle piece with another stone in place. Hip armors are seen not too far from this part and HOLY SMOKES THEY'RE BIG. They also have a layered up look!

Photo by Starr Shots

From there, it's clear that of course Jem would have comfy pants on as a base since that's pretty much the standard for crazy awesome armor builds like this one! A tabard like piece can be seen hanging off of the belt, and the leg armor is simple in its overall layout but the little etchings really sell how gorgeous the cosplay looks. Many of the blue stones in LittleJem's Tyrande also light up like in the shot up above! HOW COOL IS THAT? Poking out from the back is a pretty transparent white cape. Most of the armor pieces also have green feathers poking out along the bottom trims of each one. I imagine wearing this cosplay was cumbersome at some points, but it certainly looks like LittleJem had some mobility in striking the awesome poses you see in the shots! Check them out!


LittleJem is such a fabulous and talented cosplayer! Please go check out her Patreon for more of her work in addition to finding her other social links! Definitely want to share her work again soon :).
https://www.patreon.com/littlejem
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