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mijan ([personal profile] mijan) wrote2010-01-21 02:35 pm
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Arisia Cosplay: Frodo!

My brain is too tired to come up with anything coherent to say about Arisia other than the obvious fact that awesome convention was awesome.  However, while my verbal skills are currently lacking, that won't prevent me from offering Frodo Cosplay Picspam!  Here are some pics of me cosplaying as Frodo at Arisia.

One teaser:



First, here's my masquerade presentation, in order:

Frodo in the Shire. No ring, no war, no stress... yet:


Frodo receives the ring and realizes what he's gotten himself into.


Frodo receives his sword, Sting, from Elrond at Rivendell, upon becoming part of the Fellowship.


A closer look at the sword.


Frodo examines his blade.  I had to keep the sword peace-bonded into the scabbard for safety onstage, so I couldn't pull it out all the way, but it worked.  I love this picture:


One look back before venturing forward:


Frodo receives the Elven cloak and the light of Elendil from Galadriel.


Frodo approaches Mount Doom and prepares to drop the Ring. Gollum stalks Frodo and prepares to make his move for the Ring.


Tempted by the Ring's power... Frodo changes his mind and is briefly corrupted by the Ring.


After a brief struggle with Gollum, the entire stage goes dark and the music goes silent.  A few seconds later, a spotlight comes on as the theme "Into the West" begins to play, signifying that Frodo's quest is over:


One last look back before Frodo travels to the Grey Havens:



A couple more cosplay pics:






I've got some more pics, but I'll add them later.

[identity profile] georgeodowd.livejournal.com 2010-01-25 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
This looks like it was an AMAZING performance. You do an amazing Frodo, but of course you know that already. :)

[identity profile] mijan.livejournal.com 2010-01-25 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)
*grins* I know I look decent in the costume, but I can only hope it was an amazing performance, as I haven't actually seen it yet! :D
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[identity profile] karaz.livejournal.com 2010-01-26 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
Awesome job! I'm not going to lie though, those hairy feet are half hilarious and half frightening. ;)

[identity profile] mijan.livejournal.com 2010-01-26 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
LOL... yeah, the hairy feet are a hoot. But hey, accuracy is important in costume competition! :D

[identity profile] mijan.livejournal.com 2010-02-01 01:23 pm (UTC)(link)
:D

[identity profile] alpha-helixx.livejournal.com 2010-02-01 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
You were such an excellent Frodo! and those photos are truly EPIC

[identity profile] mijan.livejournal.com 2010-02-01 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Awww, thanks! Your costuming is pretty epic, too! :D

[identity profile] h-yaoikit-k.livejournal.com 2010-02-09 12:01 pm (UTC)(link)
So Fucking Awesome!!! You are a perfect frodo and the costume details are amazing! I'm an anime cosplayer myself so I know the fun that can be had and it looks like you had a ball. Extra credit for the feet...is the hair as itchy as I think it would be?

[identity profile] mijan.livejournal.com 2010-02-09 01:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks! I cosplay as Harry Potter and as Dr. McCoy, too. I've got those pictures floating around my LJ somewhere, if you want to see.

And the hair isn't that itchy, but the glue I used to attach it... it took me some experimenting to find one that held the hair well, didn't peel off before I wanted it to, was flexible, but also washed away well. I figured out that tacky glue worked best. :)

[identity profile] verdenia.livejournal.com 2010-03-01 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
SO. Frickin'. Awesome! Love.

[identity profile] mijan.livejournal.com 2010-03-01 11:53 am (UTC)(link)
Awww, thanks! How have you been lately, hun? Long time, no see!

[identity profile] verdenia.livejournal.com 2010-03-03 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
I've been pretty good! I fell out of the habit of LJ/IJ last year, and have been trying to get back into it.
Been mostly keeping up with you & your wife on FB, though, which has been nice; I'm glad to have at least *some* of my fandom friends there! :P

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