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Hello everyone!!!!

I totally forgot to write down the ECG (European Cosplay Gathering) German Preliminary round result!
It was a hard but funny day!
I was so happy to meet everyone in front of and behind the stage. There were so many cool costumes I stunned all the time. Every participant did a great job in sewing and crafting his/her costume!!
Sadly I couldn't see every performance on stage.
But luckily there are always people with a camera to record it!!


Like I said, I think, everyone did a great job!! So please watch them all!
(My performance starts around 1:14:00 ;D )
I was really happy for all the cheering I got, especially from my friends who were sitting in the audience hall and from my friends and family who had to stay at home but wrote me cute messages with much luck!
And in the end it was worth! With my Dilandau (Vision of Escaflowne) costume I got second place!
So far my best result in a competition. I'm so happy!! ^^*
Truthfully, I am also a bit sad I'm not going to Paris to the ECG as a finalist, but nevertheless I will watch the show and cheer for our German representatives!!!
Give it your all!!

And YES, I'm going to attend JE!! I'm looking forward to that event, just two weeks left!! *__*
I'm going to go together with !
We arrive on Thursday morning in Paris and enter the con around noon!


If you see me, call out my name!! I looking to meet everyone there!! *____*

We plan on watching a lot of the stage performances, starting with the French WCS selection on Thursday, of course ECG finals on Saturday and the ECG French selection on Sunday.
We will see a Samurai show, an orchestra concert and try to get a place for the Vamps concert!
Walking around, meeting with and many other people!

I think, JE will be fun again! I can't wait...!!

Have a nice day

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Hiiiiiii everyone!!!

Long time no see!! (^v^")>
My last entry is two month ago… I hope everyone had a good start into 2015!!
Next to Christmas, New Year and a whole bunch of birthdays, there was a lot to do with university stuff and work and photo shootings. I'm sorry there was no time to update the latest news!
BUT FINALLY this semester is over and nearly all of my coworkers regained their health (the last weeks were so exhausting… nearly every day I had to work after university… it was really bothersome), and so I wasn't able to work on my costume I chose for the German ECG preliminary round.

So, here we are with the TITLE!! xD

Today it's not only Valentine's Day but also exactly one month till the German ECG selection (and White Day)!!! I'm very nervous because this time I start as a solo artist!! ~~(v@)~~
And many, many lovely friends will also participate (we'll party soooo hard xD)!! The skill level is very high. But the most important thing is to have fun!! (^O^)/) And I think we will!!
And here we are with the release which character I perform.
It wasn't a secret that I'll perform a character from "The Vision of Escaflowne".
Some people already knew (cause I needed help to prepare my references for the judge), many friends guessed…
It's…………………
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Dilandau Albatou!!! xD

He's a character I'm really interested in, but never thought to cosplay.
Then, a year ago an idea plopped up in my head for a skit. The idea changed many times but now I think I found the best way to show his character on stage!
My audio is ready, my costume in progress.

If you go to Leipzig bookfair on Saturday, then I ask you to watch the ECG prelim round and cheer on every single participant!!! It will be amazing!!!


The next days I try to upload some cool pictures of the latest photo shootings and news about our SHINGEKI NO KYOJIN COSPLAY MUSIC VIDEO!!!


Much love on Valentine's Day

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Hellooooooo everyone!!


Today is the last day of my prem membership (given by my lovely heart-bumping Natsu)!
So it's time for another journal entry - at 4:30AM. *laughs*

Christmas is near!! Do you already have bought presents or even made some of your own? Please tell me! I'm so done… I even can't think about a present for my mom. ^^" I hope I get a good idea soon. Before Christmas has ended.


In my opinion there's nothing special to tell from the last 4 weeks. But I give it a try!

· My sister in mind is currently in my hometown again and I went to see her, her boyfriend and their little cute daughter. My friend's daughter is ½ year old and suuuuuch a lovely girl! My little girl!! ^^

· I finished my Isabel Cosplay and my Levi Kato-Yue, my Farlan Misandrie and me had already a little shooting. It went that way, that the first pic we tried was that perfect photo we wanted and thought about to end the shooting just after 5 minutes!! ;D

I really, really love that photo!! And I asked our photographer Kaalii to cut it to a square, so it looks like a CD cover! ^^
Our commission for the release of the first "Shingeki no Kyojin - Kuinaki Sentaku" OVA.
But nevertheless we did not finish the shooting so fast! We took a lot of other photos and one of them is already uploaded at our photographer's account!

I think, there will some more follow soon! (°__^)b
(And we'll have another photo shooting this Sunday! *smile*)
ISABEEEEEEEEL!!!

· With my friend Diesel I watched all "Lord of the Rings - Special Extended Version"-DVDs in a row!!
I'm sooooo proud I can finally say, I watched the whole movie (11hours of movie in 12hours, because go to toilet and prepare some cocktails and some food also needed some time)!! And we not fell asleep!!!
That was so amazing! And a friend is planning to make a middle earth-weekend next year! ;D I'm not sure if I participate…
I also watched the first two movies of "the hungergames" with friends. It was… interesting. Now I wanna know the rest. But I have to wait till the second of third is out (wanna see them together).

· My WIP of my ECG-Cosplay is slowly going on. Finally my shoes take the color I wanted. For more progress was no time (had to sew on Isabel and had to work a lot)

· My mom's back from Thailand! I'll go visiting her soon and see what she brought me! >D

· I started playing LoveLive! for mobile. It's really horrible how fast you can be addicted by something you don't really like. Better: I don't dislike it, but I'm also not a huuuuge fan of Idol music. I can hear it. Last week I was bored and thought 'so many people close to you are playing that game… okay, I'll give it a try'. Yeah, and so started a new addiction.
If anyone wants to add me there: ID 482515527!!!
But please write a message, too, otherwise I don't allow a friend request.

· AND TODAY (meant is 12/12) I finally got the body for my big boy Shugarl (BJD - a Luts Super Senior Delf Dew)!! After 5 years I managed to get him! I'll upload some pictures tomorrow - first he must become more prettier. He's currently naked. And no, I won't show him in that state!! xD


So after getting up in some hours I'll go to Kaalii again and together we'll work at her WCS-Cosplay Alphonse Elric! (And perhaps on Shugarl!)
For progress follow us at Twitter pumpkin_Parade ♥
twitter.com/pumpkin_parade

See you soon!!!!


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First of all I want to thank my dear friend Natsuno-Yuuki for being sooo kind to me!!
She offered an 1 month premium membership to me and that is… that made me cry!! *T^T* *touched*


1) SnK-CMV

Here we are with the short report of our Shingeki no Kyojin Cosplay Music Video project!!!

You can see, we had a lot of fun during the recording!!
The locations are a little castle and a nearby wood in Bavarian/Germany.

The first day (Friday) started early in the morning. For most of our members around 4AM, 5AM. (For me the day started the day before - work the Thursday and the whole night on my wig for Gunter.) We met up at 7AM in front of a supermarket.
Distributed in six cars, connected by Walkie-talkies, we drove through a thick soup of mist to the first location: the wood. (There was a house nearby with a toilet :''D)
For the first time I saw all members of our crew and was fascinated by the fact that everyone -really everyone- was so kind and cared about each other! If someone needed help to put his/her gears on, 2 pairs of hands were there immediately.
It was really, really fun to watch, to participate and to joke around with everyone!
The day passed by too fast (my opinion), the sun set down and in the darkness of night we found our way back home (around 10PM). I fell asleep very soon! xD
The second day started a lot earlier because we wanted to record in the wood's mist. This time we had no toilet anywhere… only mother nature! It was exhausting, but like the day before no one complained or was in a bad mood! Sure it was cold in the shadow of the woods and some members were covered in a blanket.
We used a lot of dirt, artificial blood and smoke bombs to create a real battlefield! For me, it was an amazing experience to see how things work and it impressed me a lot, how someone could plan all these things!! Then it became dark we finished our schedule like planned and headed back home, preparing for the last day!!
At Sunday we were allowed to meet up later (was it 7:30AM? I'm not sure)! We had a permission to film from 10AM to 4PM on the castles ground. There were a lot of visitors watching our doing. I think, the most fun event on that day was my random Barbie character!! xD I was still cosplaying Gunter (sun tanned skin). Then we needed a random character for a trainee squad scene and for that occasion I got a platinum Blonde wig… Yes, Sir, I went too long to the solarium!! xDD
In the end everything went well with filming, we finished in time!!
Now the post-edit is running and the planned release of the video is March 2015!
Be prepared for that date!!!!
Thank you to everyone!! I didn't expect to know so many lovely and kind people at once!! I really appreciate, that I was allowed to work with you guys!!!


2) Team Pumpkin Parade

Some days ago Kaalii and I decided our team name and we celebrated it with planting pumpkin seeds! xD
We are planning to participate at the German WCS preliminary in autumn next year at Connichi (in Kassel), Germany's biggest convention.
It's easy to guess which Manga we're doing (a litte hint: see my journal skin)! ;D
Yes, you're right! It's the wonderful Fullmetal Alchemist!!
I'm going to cosplay Edward and Kaalii Alphonse.
I already finished some minor parts and wore them at a local convention called AniMaCo. By coincidence or not, the same day I wore my Ed Cosplay, there was the premiere of the German dubbed Anime Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood!! And of course from everywhere I was called "dwarf", "chibi" or "small"! >,<

But as you can see, there is a lot to do till the prelims!! Redo the wig, craft the arm, sew the coat. And of course to plan our skit in every detail! ;D

To show our progress we founded a Twitter account:
twitter.com/Pumpkin_Parade/sta…
If you are interested in our doings (and wanna now more about our fellow teammates growing) you can talk to us there!
We decided to not found a page on Facebook, because we dislike that page. ;D Just for information! **laugh**


3) European Cosplay Gathering

I also decided to participate in the coming prelim of ECG. I plan to have a solo skit on stage. At this point I must thank my dad from the bottom of my heart, that he's going to sponsor my costume.
I planned to cosplay a character from "the Vision of Escaflonwe" but would never be able to buy all the things I need for that costume (as a poor student). So I decided to asked my dad and luckily he said YES!!
Yet I just bought some fabrics (2), some foam, colours and tools. But there are a lot things missing…f.e. the wig, shoes, etc!! And I just spend so much money, I never could spend by myself. Yes, to cosplay can be a (very) expensive hobby!!
But I'm really looking for the show and hope I don't miss the term of registration! x'D

And no matter how the result will be, I think, I go to Paris again to watch the ECG final! And also, my dear inma asked if I can go and meet her and that…… now I must go!! *^*


FINAL WORDS

Okay, it's (as always) late in the night and I should go to get some sleep hours ago…
But 'cause of Natsuno-Yuuki's kind gift I had to use it immediately and must write this journal.
Thanks again, my dear!! *love*


And you! Thank you for reading my stuff!!