Ascendio: Sherlock and John Cosplay at the Sherlock Meetup

[pennswoods]

Hatman and Robin: The Web Detectives. Remix of this shot from Season 2 Sherlock. Photo by foxestacado.


And now we get to the part of the con that made me squee and for which I spent hours preparing: Sherlock and John cosplay. For me, one of the most rewarding things when doing cosplay is finding a skilled and capable photographer who can capture the cosplay in a way that tells a story or reflects the personality of the characters I'm going for. And foxestacado is utterly brilliant at this sort of thing!

The above is just a teaser and one of my favorites, but click through here to foxestacado's post of Sherlock cosplay squee featuring qui_quae_quod as Kitty Reilly, dixiebell12 as the Speckled Blonde, chaeche as Sherlock Holmes and pennswoods as Dr. John Watson.

The last photos is an example of some unexpected cosplay that came about after I removed my wig and wig cap. In the morning, I had put my hair up into messy pincurls before securing the wig cap to make sure that I could wear the shorter haired wigs throughout the day. However, my hair was still damp when I did this so when I finally removed the wig and pins, I had this tremendous bushy frizz. And then because there just happened to be a deer-stalker, scarf, glasses and skull lying around...



I'm totally making an icon out of this for when I post my Fangirl updates!

Comments

[foxestacado.livejournal.com]

Whee! You're welcome :) I have done a lot of cosplay shots, but I enjoyed doing this so much. I love the two of you, and you two really embody the spirit of the characters, and so the camera is there to witness the conversation. It's so nice to do that with friends :) I think this was really the highlight of the convention for me.

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

It was for me too. The whole experience and the resulting photos just exceeded my wildest dreams. I'm totally spoiled now. :)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Please pardon my objectification of your friends, but OMG chaeche's nose and lips and cheekbones. <3



And I am totally killed *ded* from your Fangirl pic. YOU ARE COSPLAYING YOURSELF and this is possibly the most awesome thing I will see today.

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

She'll adore your gif selection. chaeche is a huge Mischa Collins fan.

And I didn't think of it this way because I think of the fangirl as a composite of lots of fangirls but you're probably right. I'm cosplaying myself. That's very funny. :)

[akemi42.livejournal.com]

YES I love the gif! Thanks!

And now I am adding you since we clearly have interests in Sherlock and Cas in common.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

If you're also an Avengers fan, we might be twinsies.

[akemi42.livejournal.com]

The fic list on my Kindle is all over Steve/Tony at the moment. :)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

TWINSIES!

[dragonsinger954.livejournal.com]

*fangirls the fangirl*

Awesome photographs

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

Oh my god. Is that the world's only consulting lemon I see in your icon?

[dragonsinger954.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes it is :D lol

[dickgloucester.livejournal.com]

It's the Fangirl!!! When you make a book of your drawings, this has to be the author photo ...

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

THIS.

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

This is a brilliant idea!

[reg-flint.livejournal.com]

Aaaaawesome. Can't wait to see the icon.

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

Ta-dah! Unfortunately, I had to crop out Skully.

[labellecreation.livejournal.com]

SQUEE Fangirl and Skully! Also loving the recreation of the moment Hatman and Robin, or "Bloggin" (as I think he should have been dubbed) were created!

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

I love the hatman and robin moment so much. I think I kind of sort of look like a real John there.

[dragonsinger954.livejournal.com]

*snerk*

Roflmao at "like a real John..." ROFLROFL

[dixiebell12.livejournal.com]

I love all the photos, but fangirl made me *squee* :)

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

Hee! The fangirl was a nice surprise. It's so fortunately we happened to have all the necessary props on hand.