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Join the rebellion! Hydrate! Punch a space fascist! Have fun at Celebration, everyone! See you next week.

Star Wars Rebels: space grunge but make it all the colours. . . . Star Wars Rebels is what started me cosplaying. I was a textiles sculptor at school, have a degree in costume, and have been in industry for ~nine years, but other than a single closet cosplay of Ramona Flowers it had never occurred to me to make things for myself. It’s infinitely satisfying, and after years and years of not sewing bc of (ironically) work, I love getting to bring my long dormant interpretive skills into play. I loved the show’s aesthetic of appealingly smooth curves and bright, popping colours wrapped around the straightforward, gritty utilitarianism seen in the OT. I think it’s safe to say now that Rebels pushed me into a path of animation appreciation as an adult, and I now have a far greater appreciation of character design in and of itself rather than as a just stepping stone to something more tangible. I definitely have a greater appreciation of the tiny animation physics in the most straight of designs, and am 500% obsessed with cartoon shoulder construction. 📸 @aleestudios 📸 @danielalfonzothomas 📸 @jonjamessmith 📸 @cosplay_through_a_lens

It was a simple story. It would end like this. . . . See you,Space Rebels... #RebelsRemembered . . . One year ago Rebels ended, and one year ago I finished this costume for Phoenix Leader Hera. Those of you who were around last year will remember it was a hugely emotional labour of love that faltered a number of times along the way. But she got done in time for the finale! I’m not sure I have any words for how much Rebels has meant to me that I haven’t said so many times that you’re sick of it, but! I’ll share some thoughts this evening. . . . 📸by @jonjamessmith

Whatever it takes, this rebellion is worth it. . . . *blows a kiss to the sky*for Hera Syndulla on this #syndullasunday . . . 📸 by @aleestudios at #SWCO

We are strong. . . . Missing my favourite Rebellion general on this #twilektuesday, so here is a #sidebyside that I was tagged in a few weeks ago. I thought that I would use Phoenix Hera’s flightsuit pattern as a base for a new costume, but despite my apparent meticulous labelling I do not understand it! Oh well, she turned out a work of art anyway. . . . 📸 by @corporatemotion

Owning who you are will make you a better paladin. . . . Pink carnations for undying love Peonies for prosperity and romance Violets for abundance and Sappho . . . It’s 20biteen, my dudes. Let’s all push to make it as inclusive as humanly possible. To all the bi’s, and queers, I hope you all find the strength and space to be your fullest self and the rep that is truest for you. For everyone that is on a journey or finding that their identity has evolved, I wish you safety and the acceptance to keep going.

Go, be great . . . Heading into the new year with some projects already underway. . . . Riyo Chuchi - Imade the fully tailored jacket twice before having to put her aside when I hit a wall of assignments and work madness. In that time my SW sadness won out. I will probably finish her someday, I’ve put too much work into her. But not any time soon. . . . Epilogue Hera - she is... done. Basically. I did the make-up test out of curiosity, was shocked by just how good it was, bashed out most of the rest (her costume is the exact same as her s3-4 main hero look just w some colourways swapped , but I made everything but the gloves and boots anew), and then I. Stopped. I hated the epilogue, I hated everything they did to Hera from mid-s4 onwards and had a fun ptsd attack thanks to one episode. I’ll be ready to face this costume once I’ve had a little space. . . . Olivier Armstrong - @lorna_ka kicked me onto my first baby steps to weebdom and I thank and curse her for it. The main uniform has been mostly sourced, and after four rounds of dye I’ve got my main fabric to a colour I’m happy with (a smidge darker than Arakwa’s illustrations bc it’ll read better in irl.) I’m really excited to dig into this! The live action film was a super useful guide of What Not To Do! . . . Veronica McClain/Serrano (Voltron) - Veronica isa character that leapt from ‘she’s great, I love how she was introduced’ to ‘obsessed’. Her atlas uniform is about 30% done. The Garrison tactical jumpsuit is all sourced and my next project post-tunics sometime this week. I’m really excited to play with the shoulders and cf zip partial zip cover, plus the delicious technical fabrics I picked up YUM. These will also be fun multi-character looks. . . . Atlas Shiro - I’m in the midst of remaking my Shiro tunic as I revised my pattern and sold my first. There is a lot of unhappiness w shiro in s8, but for me it felt so validating seeing Shiro in a busy, focused, command position. I needed that. . . . I’m going to avoid stating cosplans going forward; instead I’m going to focus on projects that excite and fulfil me rather than worrying about sticking to an arbitrary plan.

As long as everything goes according to plan we can’t fail. . . . Phoenix Leader Hera 📸 @cosplay_through_a_lens Shiro 📸 @rinkitaka144 Atlas Shiro 📸 @bluejaigeyes . . . 2018 has been a mess of horrible and difficult jobs, a masters ultimately deferred, deaths, illness, fandom burnout, and too much personal messiness. I thought that I wouldn’t have anything to show for it cosplay wise, but I actually made far more this year - my second year of cosplaying - than I did last, and I completed the same number of costumes. I taught myself so many new skills (electronics, prop making, wig ventilating etc) and relearned old ones (tailoring!) all of which I then successfully applied! I haven’t worn as much this year - only four cons, but one of those was NYCC! Only two RL troops due to a lack of time and then a general SW sadness burnout - but one of them was Manchester MCM to induct the indomitable @vanessamarshall1138 into Elstree Base. I’m proud of myself for constantly pushing myself to try new things even when all I’ve wanted to do is curl up, give up and disappear. Being able to look back in the year and see that I have had achievements despite the void in my head is both a relief and a surprise. Happy hogmanay, everyone!

💚 I never knew there was this much green in the whole galaxy #BestNine2018. . . . Sabine - @roboemma Kanan - @scruffy_scoundrel . . . It’s been a weird and Not Good year, thanks everyone for sticking around and being supportive! It means everythjng 🖤

We can’t afford to wait. . . . Woops, I completely missed the anniversary of finishing disguise Hera last year! I made @jonjamessmith come take photos of me in -4 degree weather, permanently stained the hoarding, rushed home to scrape off enough green to pass as human for a Skype job interview, then cleaned all the way up and raced to the Last Jedi crew screening. I don’t think I got warm once that day. Hera is and always will be the general of my heart, someday I’ll paint myself green again. But prob not this much green...

How many times are you gonna save me before this is over? . . . Keef: @renrendanna ❤️ 📸: @rinkitaka144 💙 at #mcmlondon . . . Happy season 8 day! I am awash with emotions. I only fell into Voltron in July, but it has been a bright joyous light that has kept me going through this weird and horrible Year; inspired me to create again when I was feeling burned out and lost; introduced me to wonderful inspiring new friends from all over the world in this infinitely and devastatingly creative fandom, and reminded me again and again that however bleak things get and however much my body fails me I can and will get going. I’m so glad that fell into this wormhole before the end and managed to fling myself across the Atlantic to be a part of the last NYCC panel. I’ve spoken at length about how much shiro has meant to me as a queer, chronically ill women, but I can’t think of another story where I have loved every single character so much. It’s been a delight, it’s been a joy, it’s been the perfect Over Identification Space Opera, it’s been an honour flying with you all. . . . (I have watched, I am processing. If we are mutuals feel free to dm me to scream and discuss! No spoilers in the comments, be cool and be considerate.)

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