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Description Or, uh... something to that sort...

Taken by Eurobeat King at Sakuracon 2010.

Finnian from Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler (cosplayer is me.)

Okay this is the last one for now, I promise. I just don't have a very good picture of my full costume... and this one doesn't show my face or wig well, but I've got another picture for that. Plus my shirt fabric isn't hanging badly and making me look like a fatso. :<

Mom told me later that that was... a... Tibetan prayer bell? And so I probably shouldn't have punched it. But it wasn't my idea. (I look like I'm breaking my wrist in that picture so I'm not uploading it lol.)

Please visit [link] for more photos!

Because it was pointed out to me and I'm paranoid about this kind of thing, I decided I'd bring this up in the comments.

The pants aren't correct, if you're going by the anime. But I was going by the only coloured scans I could find from the manga, and this is what I found:

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It's simplified in the second one, but it's definitely McCleod tartan in both of them. At least, that's the absolute closest tartan there is to it. I didn't know how to make a pattern, and it was a lot simpler to get this fabric (simple being... relative. It took forever to find it, haha).

Anyway I just wanted to mention that, because I'd like to make it clear that I did try my hardest to make my costume as accurate as possible. And trust me, when I say that, looking at that tool belt hurts me more than it hurts you. It was a last-minute thing on incredibly low budget at that point, and it will be remedied as SOON as earthly possible.
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Comments: 12

MissNeuroticDoll [2010-07-08 08:13:20 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic idea!

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Aleiki In reply to MissNeuroticDoll [2010-07-08 14:31:01 +0000 UTC]

Haha, well I can't take credit for the photo idea... only the costume and title XD I'm glad you like it, though!

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MissNeuroticDoll In reply to Aleiki [2010-07-08 15:35:51 +0000 UTC]

Haha, I see... There's no problem at all, the costume is also perfect.~ *-*

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Aleiki In reply to MissNeuroticDoll [2010-07-08 20:51:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank you <33

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MissNeuroticDoll In reply to Aleiki [2010-07-09 08:00:39 +0000 UTC]

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Ginger-Jude [2010-07-07 21:38:10 +0000 UTC]

It isn't the best Finny costume I've seen, but I love the concept!~

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Aleiki In reply to Ginger-Jude [2010-07-07 22:12:59 +0000 UTC]

Do you mind if I ask for some critique? I'd love to improve the costume and I'd be interested to hear what you have to say.

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Ginger-Jude In reply to Aleiki [2010-07-08 00:55:46 +0000 UTC]

Not at all!
The overall shapes of the costume are good, but what bothers me the most is the pattern on the pants. I know how hard is to find anything even remotely close to Finny's(been there, done it), but there are some ways of making the pattern if everything else fails.
Also, I think that the colour of the wig is a bit to light. You should try dyeing it.

As I said, overall it's a good cosplay!


(I hope I didn't sound bitchy or anything)

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Aleiki In reply to Ginger-Jude [2010-07-08 02:34:32 +0000 UTC]

Oh, no, you didn't sound bitchy at all. I appreciate your honesty! And actually... that's the most correct pattern out there for the manga version. XD; I was worried someone would bring that up.

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It's simplified in the first one, but it's definitely McCleod tartan in both of them. At least, that's the absolute closest tartan there is to it. I didn't know how to make a pattern, and it was a lot simpler to get this fabric (simple being... relative. It took forever to find it, haha).

And the wig, yeah... we had a lot of issues with the wig. It's one of those things where the reference images are never the same. In the anime it's waaaay more orange than in scans in the manga. And then the scans were... not super similar. XD; We barely had the time to style it, but since we need to restyle it now, I'll definitely consider dying it. Thank you very much for your input! It's appreciated <3

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Aleiki In reply to Ginger-Jude [2010-07-07 22:02:00 +0000 UTC]

Well uh... thank you? XD; I can't take credit for the idea, it was the photographer's. But I am glad that you like it.

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tarra4ever [2010-07-07 21:36:14 +0000 UTC]

Why, what a religious Finny we have here XDD

Dinner is blessed now ♥

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Aleiki In reply to tarra4ever [2010-07-07 22:02:06 +0000 UTC]

Haha, for sure.

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