So now, with a rather fresh mind I am trying to tell the world how HoldfenyCon was for me.

I will skip the adventures we had to go through to get to Budapest (we must always have some sort of adventures, and not the pleasant kind) and go straight to the con.

When the convention started I was surprised to see chairs for a small  orchestra on the stage. And, indeed, a small orchestra came and played for us. Unfortunately I was rather busy when that happened, but my boyfriend (Gabi) managed to film them a bit, while they were playing some songs from Star Wars.

I was really looking forward to the cosplay competition, although my costume was no-win material.I knew I’d get to see interesting cosplay costumes and I was looking forward to meeting some cosplayers I have befriended at Mondocon and afterwards.

I was very proud of how my shoes turned out, but I managed to ruin them before the competition by walking among the sharp plastic boxes I had around my table/booth. I managed somehow to save them in the last moment, but I will need to fix them in order to wear them again.

My boyfriend managed to film some of the performances (unfortunately not all of them, because he didn’t have much space on the memory card), and I will post them in another article.

We didn’t take too many photos, though, and I am really frustrated about it, but apparently our 8GB memory card in the camera was not enough for films and photos… We DID manage though to take a few photos of the Yoko Nakajima cosplay, so that I can compare them to the old ones in 2008.

this is the 2008 cosplay

And the Holdfeny Con cosplay (click on the photos to view them larger):

First of all, this time my shoes were complete and similar to the ones in the anime, which made me really happy. I changed the green collar (I made it more comfortable to wear), I sewed it to the main “vest”. I took out the sleeves (both the grey ones and the frilled ones) and made a separate “kimono” to put them on. I cut the lower part of  the dark grey “vest” and made out of it a separate part to put on top of the purple skirt.

I totally remade the striped circles under the belt, I changed the velcro tape on the belt because I lost weight in the last 2 months and apparently I am thinner now than I was in 2008. I totally remade the purple belt, which was way too big and uncomfortable. It used to be put together with velcro tape, but I finally decided on a corset-like system, with thread and holes to make it less thick. I also remade the edges of the frilled sleeves and skirt. As I said in a previous post about my old cosplay, I am happy I have a serger to help me with my work! And I also did a big petticoat underneath the two skirts to keep my frilled skirt fluffy, because it’s very heavy (around 4 kg). I repainted a bit the crown and the earings and I changed the gemstone on the crown (actually it used to be a green piece of paper I cut from a magazine). I bought a gemstone, I used the dremel tool to give it the needed shape and glued it there. I will post a more detailed article about it in the next few days. I also used superglue to stiffen the shape of the knot underneath the green and white beads tied to the dress.

I was also happy to meet one of my favourite characters, the 10th Doctor from Doctor Who, and even got to use one of his Sonic Screwdrivers! Yey!

After working again so much, going to a convention felt genuinely like a holiday. I was happy to see people I wanted to meet and talk to them about cosplay plans and techniques. There were lots of people who recognized me and I was a bit surprised, but sometimes I was frustrated that the language barrier stopped us from communicating more. There were people who couldn’t speak English and since I can’t speak Hungarian, we would just look at each other, wanting to speak, but not being able to.

I went to see how the guys from the Star Wars team showed everybody how they made their storm trooper armors and I appreciated the fact that they were patient enough to explain to me in English how things are done. I was really interested in this because this is how I want to make my Athena armor!

I appreciate a lot the help we got from the organising team who gave us volunteers to translate for us at the table. That helped a lot and made things a lot easier for us! Although there were far fewer people than I expected to see, I really had a good time and went to sleep with a smile on my face.

It was interesting to see for sale things I haven’t seen before, like candy  – lots of shapes and sizes!, steam punk accessories, polymer clay sweet lolita accessories (which reminded me of the time when I used to play with polymer clay) or some very unusual jewelry. I drooled over the miniatures/figures that were exhibited right in the middle of the hall and wanted the Japanese-pattern umbrellas on the first floor.

Oh, let me not forget the 2 statues (Halo on the ground floor and a very cute Alien on the first floor). I only took a photo of the second one, unfortunately, but we have the Halo statue filmed:

Towards the end of the day they held the Soul Calibur 4 competiton on stage and even Darth Vader came to fight and pleased us with a dance at the end!

I liked the fact that towards the end the atmosphere was really friendly, they put some music, people would go up the stage and dance together, there was a lot of para-para involved and everybody seemed to be having a good time.

They announced the winners to all the competitions at the end of the day, so people gathered to see it and they even had the chances to win something (there was a raffle with gifts for the public).

And although I enjoyed myself so much in the first day, the second day was my favourite! No more thick costumes and complicated hair-dues, the weather was cooler and the pressure was lower. I can’t say I cosplayed on the second day, although I was wearing part of a cosplay costume (Saya from Blood C). Consequently, nobody recognized me and I didn’t even want them to.

I just wanted to spend time doing the things I enjoyed. I even had a greater time with the Star Wars guys, I joined the dark side, because Darth Vader was such a sweetie (and no, he had no cookies)

I just joined the dark side!

and Boba Fett and I chased each other with the cameras around the convention.

Boba Fett escaped in an elevator!

Oh, yes, and Gabi got pawned badly by Vader

Was he aiming for some soft parts?

and you’re down!

We were even surprised to see Rei (who delighted us the day before dancing in the storm trooper costume) play the harmonica on stage (he even played the Star Wars theme song, but we failed to film it)

The performance cosplay competition was fun, although I didn’t understand much, since it was in Hungarian, but even the language barrier didn’t stop me from seeing the hilarious parts in the skits.

Anyway,more opinions on the competition will be found in the post especially dedicated entirely to cosplay.

The Wa-loli model is a kimono-inspired dress, combining the traditional with the lolita style.

I suggest this dress to those who always wanted to wear a kimono for parties or cultural events, but thought it was too uncomfortable.

Easy to put it on, easy to wear and preserving the charm of the kimono, this dress is ideal if you want to have a japanese look.

The top is made out of thick red satin, decorated with brocade dragons and phoenixes, and the skirt is made out of black satin. We can make the “negative” version of the dress, with black brocade top and red satin dress.

Together with the dress, you receive a one layer knee length panier skirt and a matching hand bag. The price of the whole set is 60 EURO/85$. You can also order a red mini hat to match the whole costume for 6 Euro/8.5$.

The Classic model (on the right) is the Lolita dress that you can wear going to university or work, leaving a good impression on your colleagues.

The dress is made out of the best satin. We can make the dress in other colours as well: black, red, blue, green satin, black corduroy, and the finest black cotton. The accesories can be white, red or black.

Together with the dress, you receive as a gift a one layer knee length panier skirt and a matching hand bag.

You can order the dress with a matching umbrella. The price of the dress is 45EURO/67$, and if you order the umbrella the price is 53EURO/77$.

The Dark Rose Gothic Lolita Model is my favourite and apparently not only mine !A very pleasant combination of fine black cotton and thick gauze imprinted with velvety roses, completed by the white rose-shaped lace, which gives elegance to the dress. With corsets both in the back and the front, it shapes your waist incredibly. If you want to catch people’s eyes and be complimented a lot, this is the perfect model for you (trust me, this tested and proven! )

The dress come together with the knee-length pannier skirt and the hand bag for the price of 53EURO/77$. You can also order a matching umbrella made of black lace for 12EURO and a black mini-hat with satin roses for 6EURO/8.5$.

We can make matching lace socks for 0.70EURO/1$ /a pair.

The dress comes in black with white or red ornaments (frills/lace).

All dresses are delivered in 2 weeks starting from the day of the order.

For details and other questions you can write us at shinjusworkshop@yahoo.com or on our Yahoo Messenger ID: shinjusworkshop.

PS. On the 7th of December we will launch two new dresses, a classic-goth loli and a princess lolita!

Modelul Wa-loli este o rochita inspirata din kimonourile traditionale japoneze.

Propun rochita aceasta persoanelor care mereu si-au dorit sa poarte kimonouri la petreceri si evenimente culturale dar li s-a parut prea incomod.

Fiind foarte usor de imbracat, comod de purtat si in acelasi timp pastrand farmecul kimonoului, rochita aceasta este ideala daca vrei sa ai un aer japonez.

Partea de sus a rochitei este facuta din saten rosu cu brocart de dragoni si pasari phoenix, iar partea de jos din saten negru. Rochita se poate face in varianta “negativa” (partea de sus din saten brocart negru si fusta din saten rosu).

La rochita primiti cadou jupa si o posetica asortata.  Pretul setului complet este de 250 lei. Puteti comanda si o palariuta rosie ca sa se asorteze costumatiei la pretul de 25 lei/bucata.

Modelul Classic (cel din dreapta) este rochita Lolita pe care o poti purta la facultate si la serviciu, impresionandu-ti colegii cu eleganta sa.

Rochita este facuta din cel mai bun saten. Putem face rochita si din saten pe alte culori cum ar fi: negru, rosu, albastru, verde, din catifea reiata neagra cat si din bumbac fin negru.

La rochita primiti cadou jupa si o posetica asortata.

Rochita se poate comanda si impreuna cu o umbrela asortata. Rochita fara umbrela este la 200 lei, iar cu umbrela 230 lei.

Modelul Dark Rose Gothic Lolita este modelul meu preferat si se pare ca nu numai al meu . E o combinatie placuta de bumbac fin negru si triplu-voal cu imprimeuri catifelate in forma de trandafiri, completata de snurul alb cu forme de trandafirasi, care da o linie de eleganta rochitei. Are corset atat in spate cat si in fata, care iti poate da o talie de vis. Daca vrei sa atragi privirile tuturor si sa fii complimentata este modelul perfect (credeti-ma, e probata faza! )

Rochita vine impreuna cu jupa si posetica, la pretul de 230 lei. Deasemenea, puteti comanda impreuna cu ea o umbrela pe aceeasi tema la pretul de 50 lei din dantela neagra cu model de trandafiri si o palariuta neagra cu trandafirasi la 25 lei/bucata

Putem face si sosetele asortate cu rochita pentru 3 lei/perechea cele scurte pana la glezna si 4 lei/perechea cele pana sub genunchi.

Putem face rochita in varianta negru + accesorii (danteluta, snur)albe sau rosii.

Toate rochitele se livreaza in termen de doua saptamani din momentul comenzii.

Pentru detalii si alte intrebari contactati-ne la shinjusworkshop@yahoo.com sau pe id-ul de Yahoo messenger shinjusworkshop.

PS. Pe data de 7 decembrie lansam doua modele noi, unul classic-goth loli si unul princess lolita!

Asa ca m-am hotarat din nou sa impart cu restul lumii produsele ce ies din mintea mea. Pentru ca acuma am parte si de ajutor, o sa reusesc sa fac update aici cu poze si informatii cam o data la doua saptamani sau poate chiar mai des.

Chiar azi planific sa incep, asa ca… tineti aproape !