Well it’s pretty difficult sometimes…

Whenever my motivation fades I like to go back and re-realize the things that made me want to make the cosplay it in the first place. Like whenever I get completely fed up with Napoleon I go through and play some Eiyuu*Senki, same goes for the past costumes I’ve worked on.

I find re-establishing my love for a character/series/costume really helps me get in the mood to work on it :) 

I also try to think about how happy I will be when it’s done, and how much fun I’ll have wearing it. That always seems to make me want to work faster, too. 

And of course I take plenty of breaks so I don’t get really frustrated with  whatever I’m working on! I also reward myself, if I work on a costume for a few hours I give myself a bowl of ice cream or something, haha. Nothing motivates me more then ice cream…

Hello~ 

I’m actually pretty tall, around 5’ 9” or so…but I really love pretty shoes, so I tend to wear heels regardless of being too tall for them haha. 

The reason I wear such high heels in my photos is because my mirror is mounted quite high up, and my feet get cut off unless I boost myself up a bit. I don’t actually wear 5” stilettos on a regular basis! 

Oh my goodness, all these notes! Gosh, thank you for all the kind comments and reblogs on my last progress picture, I’ve been smiling all day thanks to them. ^^

Also, more progressy stuff, it’s very slowly coming together!

Based off the time and date this was sent, i’m assuming you mean Eiyuu*Senki, anon? 

Okay well…this is really tricky to answer! I have my favorite characters based off of  looks, and based off of how they battle. Same goes for least favorite characters….I apologize for how long this answer will be.

Favorite Characters to Battle with: I’ve gone through a lot of favorite characters to battle with…But I suppose in the end I would say Columbus.

aFor a long while it was Oda Nobunaga(?) I like her attacks better, and they tend to be stronger, but her shields were such crap. Even when I had her health up crazy high enemies could knock her out in two hits. I originally tried to fight Russia with her…that was a stupid move on my part, one hit and she’d be gone.

Sanzouhoushi is another favorite of mine, though toward the end I realized Montezuma had superior attacks.. 

BUT my favorite attack in battles is Bedivere’s 5+ punch. The power behind that one never fails to amaze me…

Appearance wise: ….I think this one is pretty obvious? Napoleon. I think it meshes the historical roots perfectly with the cute girl aspect. The end result is very interesting and visually pleasing in a unique way.

I liked King Arthur and Marco Polo’s designs too (so cute), but I don’t think they relate enough to the original historical figures to be as notable. 

Least favorite character to battle with: Damn. I have so many of these, heh. I was naughty and really only used fifteen of the characters on a regular basis, I tended to ignore a lot of characters and never bothered to build them up.

So I guess it’s a three way tie between Shikoutei, Sonshi, and William Kidd. But I didn’t care much for Ryofu or Billy the kid, either.

Mostly happy thoughts…I was actually really excited! I thought I had done something wrong and missed out her (since she has a “phantom” sort of introduction around the time you acquire Cook.) I was pleased to see this wasn’t the case. :) 

(my first play through I really had no clue what I was doing)

But about her character…well, being someone who can only speak/read English I found it all a bit anticlimactic. I ended up screen capping all her parts and had a helpful internet friend translate them for me later on. (For some reason I can’t get atlas+agth to work on my new computer, and the game refused to link up with ITH…ugh)

So by the time I got those translated I had already completed the entire game. By then novelty of finding Napoleon had worn off a bit. So I liked it…I guess? I didn’t think too much of it. Most of what was said I knew about already.

But I was also quite happy to -finally- have a picture of her that showed a bit of her sword blade. (This was cut off in the promotional images) Makes it much easier when it comes to building that prop! (Unfortunately I can’t carry a canon around while cosplaying her, sad I know. But her sword is better than nothing, right?)

So I suppose those were my first impressions about her “debut” in the game.

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When I battled against her the first time I was actually a bit disappointed, I had hoped she would be more difficult to beat. I would say she is far more fun to battle WITH then against. Dem canon attacks…definitely like her better than Magellan….

Oh my. I have rambled on here, well; I hope that answers your question, it’s quite late here so I apologize for any errors…or if this doesn’t make sense as a whole. 

I haven’t been one tumblr at all recently, so when I saw how old this was I wanted to reply as soon as possible! I’ll edit it to make more sense tomorrow….

Woah, got on tumblr today and found a bunch of notes questioning how I made Napoleon’s skirt. I’m always happy to talk  and answer questions about my costumes, but I get this particular one a lot, and I’m a bit tired of answering this over and over. 

I’m very diligent about documenting my progress and explaining things on my real blog, and I have a full write up on how I made this skirt. If you have any other questions I’ll be happy to answer, but please read the post before asking! 

Thanks guys :3 

The skirt and jacket kinda look dumb here, I sorta thew them on. Whoops. 

Dear Napoleon,

I love you dearly, and your design is lovely. But sewing buttons on socks is really difficult and I kind of hate you for them. Actually, I kind of hate you for having so many buttons in general. In total i’ve sewn on 126 and my fingers really hurt.

Sincerely, Angela

Oh my, what a huge honor! Thank you for telling me ♥

Why thank you! 

That’s actually a pretty difficult question, since I don’t order all of my wigs from the same place. Normally I search around on ebay to try and find something suitable. 

But  if there is a specific wig of mine your curious about, I’d be happy to tell you what store I got it from. ^^

A bit of jacket progress, and my almost finished boots! 

I don’t usually reblog stuff..but this, just this…I had braces for several years, then got my teeth bleached, so they are all pretty. But my face contorts into something terrible when I smile :I 

Say hello to my new pirate tights.

Man do I ever love pirates. 

Also say hello to the most unflattering top in existance. 

So….many…buttons….55 done, 83 left to do…

Drafted the jacket a few nights ago, got it but out and put together yesterday. The reason it looks so lumpy is because the side seams are just pinned. It should look better once I sew those.

Whew, re-made the shirt out of jersey, much happier with it now! Time to work on remaking the jacket and starting the vest. Please excuse the mess and lack of tights, I was feeling lazy today.  

Another doodle, yay!