Introduction to Surviving Cosplay

I recognise that sometimes what holds my costumes and props together is hope and hot glue.

It is my goal then, that everything I learn though screwing up, breaking things, and getting more burns than seem really necessary can hopefully be of use to someone else and they can skip to the fun part at the end.

I've been cosplaying since 2002, but didn't get really hardcore about it until 2006. The next entry is a list of my costumes, and I'm intending to do little bios about each one and include pictures where I can. After that I'm going to start entries about my upcoming costumes, so that the in depth screwy process of making them come together can be seen. Will there be magic or mayhem?
Both, duh, this is cosplay.

All you can do is prepare for the worst.
And that's why this is my guide to surviving cosplay.

~Raiphin
6/20/09