So four months since starting and
after about 2 and a half months of basically constant work (to the point
of styling and braiding in the hotel room XD), Nori got done in time
for DragonCon! Well, mostly done- I actually have a few tweaks, some more weathering, and maybe a prop to make by NYCC, but we’re gonna call it done. ;P This was definitely the most involved cosplay I’ve ever made, and quite a learning experience- I had never made a muscle suit, done leatherwork, or ventilated hair before, so there was a lot to learn and do in not a ton of time (plus making the fem version at the same time). But with it done it was really rewarding, and I feel like I’m a much better costumer on the other side of it. So excited to wear it again soon!
I want to send out a massive thank you to
anybody who not only helped me or taught me something that helped me
finish this project, but also those who cheered me on or listened to my
stressed rambling. Seriously, this would not have happened without all
of you. ❤
Super quickie sketch of a peaceful old Dain Ironfoot for determamfidd. Doesn’t look that much like him, but ah well xP I’ll do him again later.
Dain I love your beautiful grizzled old face ❤ And Dets, I know the last couple days have sucked, so I hope you remember what an amazing person you are and how much creativity you inspire in the rest of us ❤
OH OH AVIIIIII
*pats him* Oh you sweet old darling, how much do I love you.
More ALEP singing XD I ended up (drunkenly) singing the setting I’ve been working on of determamfidd‘s Song of Beginnings from Sansukh the first night of the event, and everybody loved it (both the lyrics and the music) and ended up asking me to (drunkenly) sing it again the second night. By the end, people were joining in with the last line of each verse, it was kind of wonderful. ❤
(I’m actually working on a choral arrangement of this, I was trying to sort of keep it hidden til then, but that preview I put on soundcloud has like a gazillion plays for some reason, so fuck it XD)
(ngl Avi, half of those plays on soundcloud are probably me XD)
Sweet merciful GOD. *shivers*
Okay – first, your voice. You have such a beautiful, beautiful voice. There is such a gorgeous, pearly, clear tone, and you have amazing control and brightness – it’s right into the mask there, and your vowels and phrasing and pitch and rubato and OHGOD *clutches face* AHHHH it is so BEAUTIFUL. *flails at you very intensely* AVIIIII
SECOND: THE TUNE. OH MY GOOD GRAVY. People are joining in with the refrain, just. GAHHH. It has that solemn sacred feeling, that magical depth and vastness, the simplicity of plainsong, the grandeur of a hymn, the plaintive ache of a song that promises acceptance… one day. The repeated high motif before the refrain makes me tear up each time, I am not kidding.
Yay someone recorded it! xD So at our ALEP events in Kentucky we usually do choir workshops, so even though this was only a little baby gathering I still wanted us to sing something. Aaand since I’m Sansukh trash (and we’ve done just about every movie song under the sun xD), we ended up getting a little group together to do The Iron Hills for Me. ❤ Learned in about an hour with a smartphone piano app and sheer willpower. xD We had to take the key up for the sake of the poor altos, and I was mildly overheating/trying not to die (I ended up tearing my costume off as soon as this was done XD), but we had fun. Everybody loved it, and I think we might have converted some new readers ;D
You sound amazing! (lol, yeah – it is a good idea to transpose it, it is loooow) AHHH and look at you all, you look INCREDIBLE. Holy heck, just one hour, that is so impressive!! THE HARMONIES WHOOP – yessssssssssss the rubato in the last chorus! – and saldhkgfaljsgfsaljhfdas your voice, this is just
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THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH AHHHH, all my love to everyone singing!
So hi guys! This is my intro for Thorin Stonehelm for the Sansûkh
podfic (though definitely not my Stonehelm voice ;p). Sorry for
whispering a bit, everybody’s asleep xD Really happy to get to meet
everybody and get started on this amazing thing!
AVIIIIIIII !!!!
I am thrilled beyond words that you are to be our lovely awkwardest of butterknives! and omfg, you are too kind ahhh thank you so SO much. *hugs*
“…And the green grave of Finrod Finarfin’s son, fairest of all the princes of the elves, remained inviolate, until the land was changed and broken, and foundered under destroying seas. But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.”
Aw Yiss 