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Control your emotions, if you want to survive you forget about sympathy. think of it like a strategy, focus on your ultimate goal, shut out everything else, steal your mind, move on instinct, let doubt take over and dispair will cripple you.Photo and editing: Martin Liddament
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FINAL FANTASY XIII PROJECT
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Vanille:
Fang:
Lightning:
Serah:
Snow: Ascott [link]
Hope: RelentlessKay [link]
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lol omg! Sorry yeah I meant Lightning! I was going through every Fang cosplay on DA before starting in on the Lightnings so my brain froze.
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aaa taki wielofunkcyjny wiΔkszy scyzoryk...
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It has been commisioned and made as special order by 0404cosplayplaza. Check eBay, I think they are selling it now there.
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Very beautiful portrayal of Lightning. ^^ And very realistic-looking gunblade! I want it!
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Thank you very much ^^
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Whoaaa!! 
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Thank you very much. We really tried to bring at least a bit of game to reality. Your comment is the best feedback we all could get for our work. Thanks once more.
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Brilliant image. Lightning looks very realistic. I really like it.
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Thank you so much, Martin - our photographer, will be very glad to hear that ^^
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holy mother of a baby turtle....is it just me or does that gunblade look frighteningly real? this is the best cosplay of lightning i have ever seen (its the only cosplay of lightning ive ever payed attention to really, just cause of how realistic it is). 
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Hey shihion-fon! Thanks a lot for lovely feedback. This was all possbile thanks to many people such as Martin out great photographer, May who created the gunblade for me as I am a very bad prop maker, BoΕΌena who helped me a lot with pinky hair... Hail to everyone of them! We all brought the fantasy to life!
Verry happy you like it!
PS. You should check out some other Lightnings too there are so many great cosplayers pulling of this character beautifully!
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BEST COSPLAY I"VE SEEN OF HER. and you got the costume right
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Thank you very much matrix365 ^^ I appreciate your comment.
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One of the many things I am thankful for is that the color of your gloves is correct.
I see so many good Lightnings, and then I look at their hands and can't look away because their gloves are bluer than Fang's sari...
I'm not saying those cosplayers look bad, don't get me wrong. But I am one of those people who appreciate accuracy, because it can make a major difference as seen right here: There are a gajillion Lightnings out there, but you are the one that I think of when I play the actual game.
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I know exactly what you are talking about. Some time ago I called myself a detail oriented freak because of that costume. Still it's not 100% accurate and I keep in mind all those little things that need to be changed - like the clasps (ordered, are on the way from USA) for example.
The initial gloves were almost black, wayyyyyyy too big, and had wrong shape, length, the bullet holsters were made of fabric and the whole thing broke after one use. I've been looking for the right colour for ages and prayed to have it right, you know when you order stuff online it turns out to be slightly different from what you saw on the photo while ordering it. Same with the buttons and belts, I spent AGES walking from shop to shop in Poland, then in Ireland and looking for them on eBay. Boots and pauldron were the most dificult things to do...
With the gunblade I gave up straight away, I preferred to have it done professionaly and looking very accurate then doing it myself and... trying to actually hide it behind me in hope noone will notice my lack of prop making skills.
Still a lot to improve I think, loosing more weight would be an example but at this point I'd seriously have to stop eating just going to the gym instead - and at this stage it is not my priority.
Your comment is one of those I appreciate most, I am sure you know what I mean by that. Thank you for writing it.
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Oh, you're welcome. I don't agree on the weight loss part though. You look PERFECTLY fine. The thing that makes Lightning look thinner than you are simply the exaggerated proportions in the game. As "real" as the XIII characters look, they are still typical Asian animations. Super long legs, short but slim torso, small/narrow frame in general...
It is something that as a normal person can't be accomplished, because as soon as you simply loose weight you will start looking bony. And that will look unhealthy, the last thing Lightning is. And your proportions will STILL look different, unless you can magically change your bone structure.
Right now, you look like a high-budget-live-action-Lightning; what she would look like if she popped out of the game and became a real human. Identical, but real. Does that make any sense? I suck so bad at explaining sometimes.
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Sorry for late reply.
Of course, you make a perfect sense and thank you very much for everything you wrote! It means that I did my job good, cause what I actually wanted to achieve with my cosplay was (as you said): "high-budget-live-action-Lightning; what she would look like if she popped out of the game and became a real human. Identical, but real."
That is why I focused more on the character itself rather than on the costume. Wearing a perfect costume is one thing, but having it empty inside... that's the thing I wanted to avoid like fire.
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Exactly. One of the reasons why I love that you use your real hair. Wigs MAY look more accurate, but often unreal, because they are so big and you don't see the actual hair line etc. Also one of the reasons why I did all my costumes with my real hair so far, except for Maria, where I needed short blond hair, and I didn't want to cut/bleach my long dark hair.
Anyway, Thank you for cosplaying Lightning the way you do. And I am SO jealous of all the people who got to take pictures with you in the FFXIII Project. Makes me wish I would still live in Europe.
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Thanks everyone for the great comments on the photo. The light sparkling in Lightning's eye just makes it.. well, it makes a beautiful subject even more beautiful! It was difficult working under the trees but there were some good pictures in that batch. I think this is one of the best from that series.
And I am STILL only about 25% of the way through the edits!!
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That is seriously the greatest Light cosplay I have ever seen! <3
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There are many other amazing Lightning cosplayers arround the world, some of them (at least in my opinion) are much better in this role. But hey, thanks I really appreciate placing me on the top with them
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I love Light! This cosplay is simply perfect *O*
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Incredible, beauty. Just like her O_o
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Thank you so much ^^ seems like it was more than worth to use my own hair for this cosplay!
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haha it was the worth!
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oh wow, the hair looks so realistic! its not just plain pink but naturally pink! 0o0
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Thanks Corodo! That's just because it's not a wig
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when i fist looked at it I thought it was a drawing!!!!
WOW!!!!
YOU'RE S SPITTING IMAGE OF HER!
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Thanks in Martin's name! Great photographer = great results.
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that is just so awsome. not a huge final fantasy fan but that is just perfect! The pose and the expression works well.
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Thank you so much ^^ we are all happy you like it!
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your very welcome ^_^
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